Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-26
THE PoLEujA1 OUTLOOK.

Ihere IS no question but wL4l a iarg,
 portion oi the GepublIcan drreat wa due to a revolt against ''boss.sm." Re
 publicans b,fore and since the eIectior
 have sigmlsd that fact. It is idle t,
 suppose that men who refused longer ts
 support Republican 'oosses" wouId cast
 ID their political fortune with Democ
 racy aud d. Che bililg Of Democratic
 "bosses." T. voui3 be a great u.;,. like
 Jumping from the frying pan iuto .l. 1 fire. In L0 party las ;as "hass" ele.
 ment been so strong and 70 high handed
 as Tn tie Democratic iariy. The party
 h New York tried to relieve itself of
 the incubus of the rammauy "bosses. "
 but after brief struggle yielded to the inevitable, aud today "Boss" Kelly is
 as omuipoteut ID the council. of lie
 Democratic party as evcE They have
 not had coutrol Of patronage, except
 local, for years, but they use what little
 they have for all 1t is worth, and indi-
 cate what they would do If they bad
 full control of the national administr- tiou. When they secured tbe Hoa>e after the. tidal wave of IS74-7J. "bettar- men-than-Grant' came to the front and d clean political sweep was made, and they will do the same i1 March next. The country would gain nothing On the 'boss" question, and certainly nctAine -. owl service reform, by complete political revolution. In view of these facts it is simply mou- umental folly to imagine that Irdepend- l ent Republicans contemplate sfiil:a.ing | with the Democracy. The Democracy vas simply in shape to profit by any Re l publican disaffections. Except in New ! York they have only won by plurality. | The majority is still against Democ- [ racy.
 It is bar. ly possible that the existing state of affairs may continue long enough ia enable the Democracy q. sa- cure full control of the National Gov rrnmeut. That will depend upou wheth- ! CT rae dement's naturally autagouist.c to Democratic principles can coalesce lg.u before 1881, and tle course the Democracy pursues and th+ uSe they make of their partial power. Hereto fore they have simply occupied a mega live position, have hal to assume re- sponsIbiliry for nothing, I ave been ua- ec'ors and obstructioaists. I. requires B different kind oI talent to inaugurata measures aud assume tle responsibility 1t !lgislation, and unless the Democrat c majority in Congress is made of ail- erent material than that elected u they will make sorry york. It 8 safe Co prelio tll, iu one session hey will satisfy tine country of heir mastsrly incapacity t) grap- 'le with legislation, and they giLl be rel egated again to a hope eas minority. The victory has laced the Democracy iu tLe most tr,iu.. md dangerous position iu wLicnjt could possibly be placed. For lts cLascea iu ,Si, it would have been far better is tls party had carried this eirc- ion and been compelled Co father he legislation Oi the next two Wears. -n fancied security they might have ontinued the pracj3crs tIat the psoHle nave now condemned and the disaster Shicb has uoN over taken them would bava come at 8 presidential year nd tine consequences would have been lofe general and more dan aging. X, | is nov tLe Republican party has tao oars in which tu profit hy the lesson dvantape of Democratic mistakes and which have been Eruver1Ia..