The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-10-19

RECOGNIZES TIE INEVITABLE.
Light Reaches i Republican Paper Manly
Admissions.
From New York Truth. Rep

hESUuNIkIaS IHE INENIl AD.Gs
Light Reaches il Republican Paper Mani,
Admissions.
From New York Truth. Rep
4 PLEA For 4 NEM NATIONAL IARTY
1t is mistake to suppose that The
oisintegration in the Republican part,
! is the result of mere dissatisfaction Will
| the machine" The trouble with til.
Rcmb lean party is that without prin
ciples it is impossible to hold it to-
gethcr For good many years nov
lican party has not pursued any bold
straightforward AMI manly policy upon
any question.
Take the tariff question, for instance
It is impossible to ascertain, from any
action Of the Republican party. what
course will be put sued as regards pro-
lection and free trade. We have high
tariff. once necessary for purposes ol
revenue. Now the revenue vastly cx.
ceels the necessities of the Govern.
ment Notwithstanding this excess
Congress fails to deal with the question
and allows the accumuat!ons to 20 on
although the people are suffering griev.
onslv from the burdens Of taxation. In.
stead of doing its own work Congress
delegated il to Tariff Commission
At the time Truth charged that this
action was only sinking a responsible
itv. and the result has shown that W.
were clearly right.
We believe that among the people no
element Of discomfort Is so great as that
engendered hy this Tariff Commission
1t has Travelled all over the country
from Long Branch to Omaha. and from
Portland to Savannah. and it has even
failed to obtain the little it was organ.
lied to obtain. 1t is now within two
months of the time Wien the commits
sion must make its report: but il is evi
dent from the newspaper reports Of I'll.
iunketing Of the commission through
out the summer that the report. when
it is made. will not he worth the pape,
on which ii is written. much less til.
cost of printing it.
The people cannot fail to perceive
that the imbecilitv of Congress In,
simply been supplemented bv IN imbe
ellie commission. and they are apt I,
conclude. and rightly. that a part,
which is incapable of dealing with tn.
tariff question is equally incapable o
dealing with all other questions. Will,
there are many elements Of dissatisfac
ton in the party there is none that Is sc
likely to work the party's overthrow il,
the feeling that il is incompetent to dea
with great national questions.
There are elements of discor,l in thu
Republican party. especially in the piy
otal States of New York and Pennsvl
sania, which must inevitably defeat tn,
party this year. These dssen>ions. III
though they are of serious character
relate only to the division Of the spoil
to men aud not to principles. I'll,
only question at Saratoga was one O
faction. There was no contest over is
sues, and no indication that in the fut
IRE the party would deal with practical
questions in practical manner.
All this shows that the mission of tn,
Republican party is ended.
II We turn to the Democratic part,
we find the same contest for men an,
. not for measures. II We examine tn
, platform adopted At Syracuse We fin,
! tina. it is only an echo of that adopte,
. ut Saratoga the day before. Each 9
{ these platforms is only string of gill
, tcring generalities. 1t happens. fo
, once. there is less disscnsion in til
, Democratic than in the Repnhlica
, party. but this harmony is only inspire
. hy the prospect of immediate success,
!, 1t is union for the sake of the spoil,
) 1t is harmony and union becau>
victory is this year inscribed on I'll
!, Democratic banner.
! Unfortunately for the continue
, success Of the Democracy, the Dem,
. cratic party is rs free from guilil
, principles of public action as the II
!. publican party. Ii the Democra,
) should obtain the next Congress at
: the control OF the two great States
New York and Pennsylvania the
!. would he, apparently, hope that Il
!, old party had taken new lease Of lf
This life. however, would prove del
: sion and snare. The Democrat
: party is equally incapable with the X
: publican party Of dealing with the re
questions of the hour. 4 Democrat
Congress would result in loud boasts
public economy, but we feel sure Il
= outcome would he no practical legisl
= ton.
1t is vain to hope that either Il
Democratic party or the Republic.
!, party will deal with the tariff qliesti,
in Congress in the Told and straightfe
= !, ward manner necessary to serve {
: best interest, of the people.
! 1t is vain to hope that either t
! Democratic party or the Republic
|, party will deal with the question, /
!. lating to the corporations in such
:. way as best to subserse the public
; terest.
G Each of the old parties is alike I
q creature of the monopolists. When :
!, hear that Mr.. Jay Gould made t
j, ticket ut Saratoga, and the ticket
Ii Syracuse, We may he told that which
Il not strictly true, but which means
e the same that there is to be no rel
Ii against monopoly from either of the 1
4 listing parties.
'e As to the land question, it is the gre
d. question Of the future, In very /,
+ Years the rent payers will he ut op
!. war with the landlords. Morkinem
q are beginning to discover that in .
II American cities and manufacturing &c
10 tiers rents are going up and wages Il
&c going down. The workinemen will n
$. endure forever the necessity of TOLL
Is III poverty that the landlord may
le paid. Men are beginning to see that
q rents must be paid at all they ought /
l. to he paid to the landlords but to /
% States, The result of all this will