Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-16
nlr,Y POST -IHfELLIGEgCER.
avermge CANDIDATE

.,o.bs, d;sturbsnce make their appear
.noe in the dim horizon Of the future.
0ovsrnor and Congressman making are
over for this year, but the Prssiden'
makers seem determined TO take time
bv the forelook and forestan puono
opinion ON the subject OF the soo0e
"a hia Aocidsuoy, Mr.. Arthur.
Blaine. of Maine, refuses TO aiio"
himself to be spoken Of in that oonnso
4;cr but nominates Harrison, OF lndi-
ana. The Democrats seem undecided
=. n Who will carry the banner iof
than in 1884, that is the Simon faie'
old original DR.. Townsend wing OF .nA'
organization. But now comes the Ieo
Ma or Reform Democratic Repuoii-
-, uartv-if there il anything in
n.me that sssociation ought, under the
oueration Of the-longest-pole- takes the
,ersimnon rule, to sweep tho Doaiu
Mr.. Bradhurst Schiefslin, OF OF New
York, according 70 . brief biography OF
that gentleman, accompanied vi'0 =
vood Ont. which is now going the ROUNDS
Of the press, is to be nominated 'o'
President in 1884 by this p. or Il. d. n.
uartv. Of which he 10 the founder, "
having besn,oreanized in January, lsso.
He vas a candidate for Congressman al
lsrpe from New York at the recent cleo
ton. but was showed under.
Mr.. Schieffelin ia a retired merchant
And vas for q long time the head OF sne
Great drug house of Schiefelin, which
for four generations has been one OF
ths leading establishments OF the KIND
IN the world. He ia now the proprietor
Of the House and Home, q popular and
valuable illustrated journal, man OF
active philanthropy. having, it Is said
provided with food and shelter, between
the years 1873 and 1880, destitute people
in New York City to the number OF
quarter Of million. Such antecsdents
lend responsibility to any cause in which
such a man may engage, and naturally
exotic curiosity a. to the purposes
sought to b accomplished by the men
engaged in the cause. Mr.. Schieffslin's
Marty describes the Government OF the
United States, a. Q democratic republic,
in which the people govern and tho Of
noe holders are the servants"
II such really were the case, one
MIGHT we'll believe that time had run
back and brought the Age Of Gold. Bot
Il ID something to know that such an
ideal exists the minds Of any body OF
mon; that such q theory has been for
mulatsd. II inspires the hope that the
high ideal may become materialized;
the theory evolve itself by slow but sure
processes into substantial fact.
In its platfarm this new party exhcrts
the psopls Gin order TO accomplish the
peaesful diffusion of wealth TO vote for
the making Of laws TO limit the disposal
Of property by testament, or will, or be-
quest, after the decsass Of the testator,
20 or for any one leRatee to an amount
not exceeding in value, gay fifty thous-
and dollars, or an ann lity not exceeding
six per osnt. thereof"
The platform also advocates civil ser
vice reform, the reduction Of the num-
Der Of Offices; depreoates tho use Of
money for ssotarisn purposes; advocates
the up-rooting Of polygamy, the sstab-
lishment of compulsory industrial
schools, and the reduction Of the stand
ing army.
In ths light Of the past history of the
world several Of the objects aimed at
seem ohimerical.: 80 have other re-
forms seemed in their inoipienoy. We
do not present this resume Of the new
movement headed BY Mr.. Sohiedslin Ia
our readers for the purpose Of advising
them to connect themselves with the
new party.
But We lay the matter before them az
. significant indication of widespread
movements, deeper than the surface
dsspsr, indeed, than ever the line OF
plummet Of the more politician sound
ID. II u one Of tho phases Of the great
labor problem, calm and temperate in
tons, marshalled BY intellect, honesty,
sobriety Of speech and aot, challenging
attention BY the force and direotnsss Of
IL appeal 70 the majesty Of the Law in
seoed of tho hummsry Of the Sand Lott
Or The insolenoe Of the Communists o.
bal.
Under another name this movement
has seated Butler in the chair consid-
cred sacred to the sangve asd of Mass
aahasetts. In many forms and in many
places Il u asserting and maintaining
IT, potsntiality; and the man Who fails
% recognize the force with which it il
moving on TO the accomplishment Of
purposes which through peacsful rev.
olution shall usher in an era Of "purer
manners, better laws" fails TO read cor
reotly the signs of tho times.
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