The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-06
4 Inc Plat scandal,

AN Albany, N. L., special to the Chicago
Times, dated the SOth ult., says: People
who predicatsd the existence of these several
supernatural beings, and attributed the va
rious phenomena Of nature 10 their poten-
tial agency, we're called idolsters. Was the
assembly of Iowa politicians at Des Moines
collection Of idolsters? The question in,
vites examination.
| In their formal deliverance they speak of
themselves as Representatives of a sentient
being called republican. party. Iu all
systems of idolatry there are found persons
acting as representatives, or priests, of the
different supernatural beings which the s,s.
tenn sets up. 1t is the Office of these priests
to represent, set forth. formulate, pr, cIs,n,
the exploits character, purposes, will, and re-
quremeuts OF the supernatural being they 70.
present. This office inexperienced by the
representatives of the Iowa divi ity. Speak
ing as representatives Of the being called a
party, 1--WE demand Of the people," they saw,
"thelr fullest confidence and support" In
and OF that being, because of lis faithful
ness to past pledges, y the msgnifi, ent
results it has achieved, X y X the msryelou.
devotion it h g shown, x n X is abhorrence
OF slavery and polygsmy, y X it's active
Interest IN the relief OF struggling and CD.
pressed humanity, \ tia efforts to es.
tabllsh temperance and upbuili all moral
forces," etc. The clesrness with which the
priests OF tho Iowa being avoid confounding
themselves, or the people 10 whom they
address their priestly deliverance,
with that potential entity which
they style "the party" will not fail to at.
tract attention. 1t 10 not for themselves
thst they demand Of the people their fullest
confidence and support 1t is ut thew that
nave performed these many wonders. Nor is
1t the people that have performed them. The
mandate is not to the people 10 put their
tru;t in themselves, nor to put their trust in
the priesthood who address them as repre-
senta;ives Of the party god, but to put their
trust n the party god the supernatural, in
visible, intangible being, without form or
substance, which OF its supernatural DO wer
and vc!iti0n has done these wonderful
things. ut" the miraculous entity which
Is not people, not politicians, nor man, nor
Womsn, but is of the spiritual essence, and
Inc neuter gender, "wlll in the future, as in
Inc past, prove its capacity to graphic with
every emergency, and with every question
affecting the peoples interest" Where
fore "we," the priests of this idolatry, call
upon the people to worship "it."
Another distinctive popularity of idol.
atries is the tendency of the priesthood 10
assume the character of directors, mana.
gers, or bosses of the divinity thew call
upon the people to worship. Thoueb /, ia
The divinity which performs all the won
deriul exploits, the priests are ant to take
upon themselves the Office of demsndipa
and directing the performance. and soma'
times, when the god is dils,ory or disnba
dient, the additional office Of lec,uring him
upon Inc proper execution of his function.
or OF beating his image with Il club for nom
execution oft. Thus, the thousand priests
OF the party god in Iowa, after reciting the
wonderful performances of that puissant
deity aud demanding that the people nut
their fullest confidence" in "it," straiehl.
way changed the style of their composition
: that of demand upon that supernatural
b ing. 1--WE insist" they say, upon the ex.
ecutlon OF certain mandates issued by the |
party priesthood last year. They supple. |
ment those mandates by list of new
vinty. They demand the i'm. |
proVeement of rivers, tho protection of the
people against "uhjust extortions," (imply-
ing that just txtorlions will bs submitted tt) |
the suppression of diseases" in swine and |
other animals, and the protection of the |
people against abuses of some kind that are |
opposed to be prac'iced through the patent
ONCE. These demands are made not upon |
Inc body of persons who WELD the powers
OF government, not upon tho legislature. not
upon he representatives of the eople. nor
upon the people themselves. but upon the
political being who is assumed 10
exist apart from and Independent. of ali
lhese-the invisible and intangible but ali.
potential entity called "the party"