Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-04-28
THE POLITICAL ICE DIssOLyIyG.
Prom foTnry's Progress.

tlous oI lne party tnht won the Dreel-
Dental election last November by so
narrow margin, are breaking up into
fragments. One of two things is clear
from this almost universal dissolution.
Either the najortics cast against Han.
cock were false, or the confidence in
Garfield is gone. Certainly the first
reason is conclusive, if VIC recall the
terrorized vote in many Of the bust.
ness centres last year, and the present
deep and loud discomfort in these To-
calities. In Philadelphia, which was
the first stone Of the column 10 fall on
the first honest succeeding trial, after
the declared election of Garfield, il is
clear from the recent experiment that
nearly enough counterfeit votes were
counted for Garfield to make his ma.
joritv in the whole State. Republican
examination boldly pursued has proved
that by the aid Of bought election Of
ticers and forged returns, the voting in
the Presidential contest was "A fragrant
farce, and when we include the organ.
lied patronage in the counties, the sur.
mise ripens into fact. The Indiana
October election was proclaimed
auction in advance. That State was
purchased in open market. The same
revelation is true of New York and Of
other quarters The proof was not
only in the mcagre Republican strength
in Congress, illustrated by the present
degradation Of the United States Sen.
ale. but in unprecedented Republican
defeats in most of the great Rcpubli-
can cities since the Presidential elec-
ton. The first sign since the Repub-
licans of the Senate have attempted
to make a party in that body by an
open bargain with 4 Reputhator, il the
failure Of the disruption of the So.
called solid South The Malone Goa.
li.ion has made the South granite
against tl'a, organized ingraFitude. 1t
has even di-gustcd the coleycd vote
and has placed the Northern men Of
honor who preferred Mr. Garfield, in
that worst Of all attitudes, helpless
apology. W party can live that Is
ashamed or afraid TO defend itself
This element. added to the proved
dishonesty o9 The Republican sings iD
most Of the great cities. has dissolved
whatever cohcrencc there was last
November. That Conference IN the
Republican column was alway, sollow.
Ii was inrcsd confidence. 1t was a
combination of fear The EMPLOYERS
feared the employed, and the employed
marched forth IN manaclcs and crown
ingly voted with their despotic masters.
Aud now that these very employers do
not hesitate to- show their horror Of
such arrogance as that Of Copkling.
and such shameless corruption ~ the
bargain with the bullying Repudiator,
Malone, is it surprising that th9 men
they forced to vote against Hancock
should seek the first occasion to return
to the Democratic party? There is
another ingredient in this dissolution
Of the Republican party. There are
rot places for onc out of hundred Of
the hungry exPcctauts. Reform has
seized the cities. It will control the
departments. u will force economy
upon the bureaus. The first to suffer
will be the colcSe,l men. aud they will
be kept more resolutely out m the
cold, now that the whites, who are in.
will labor with might and main to
stay. An army of mercenaries will
soon tire of fighting without pluuder,
and when the gas rings are broken,
and the water-rats are made to work.
and the street idlers are made to do
honest chores, the romance oE party
loses its gliding, and men come down
- the prose of common life.
The fact is, Mr.. Garfeld's admins
tration will be constrained by ahe times
to obey the best emotions. There is
rest from mere party hatred and sec
tional passion. The wealthy men Of
the country. headed by the corpora
tions, must Of necessity be wary We
have seen that all the organizations
against the Republican rings have be-
gun with them. They votod against
Hancock, because they honestly be-
lieved he would unsetile their tariff.
They already see that their worst enc
mics are the Republican chiefs, and
the very meagreness of the Republi.
can majorities in Congress are warn
ing that they cannot make war OH the
opposite party. That IS growing in
good sense and in affluence. The
South is getting wiser, more comforta-
bic, and more Democratic. Malone
has given to Virginia new issue.
He appeals to the pride of the whole
Soith, and It is manifest that he will
be sunk deeper than plummet ever
sounded, as certainly as that his bar
gain grows more Odious every day.
The ice Of the small, accidental ma
iority will dissolve, and the summer