The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-05-16
the COMING DEMoonAOY,
An Attractive and Suggestive Article from
an English Radical. A


an EnElish EsadIcal. hA|
Mr.. Smalley. writing from LondOn.to
the N. Y. Tribune, says: "Mr. LabOuch-
ere cOntributes to the March FOrtnightly
an article entitled "a Democrat on the
Coming Democracy" which students OF
English politics cannot afford TO neg
lect. Mr.. LAbOuchere, II is true, fs not
recognized exponent of Radicalism,
but he Is a singularly frank person, and
his views may be taken as shared by q
few of his colleagues In the House, some
OF whom are less able and all less out
spoken, His sympathy with Mr.. Cham
berlain, for example, Is close, and he
looks to Mr.. Chamberlain as leader.
Mr.. Lobouchere's programme would
etartle most OF the reasonable pOlitics
ians who call themselves Liberal; not
less from the way in which It. is urged
than from Its extent. The earlier items
will not strike you In America as sub
versiVe to society, revolutionary though
they are. Equal election districts, pay
ment OF election expenses and OF MEM
bers by the state, biennial Parliaments,
abolition Of the House of Lords as leg
islatiYe bOdy1theSe, preceded by the ad-
option Of an extended franchise, are the
more immediate sObjeets MI. LabOueh-,
ere proposes to himself. They are, .how-
ever, only preliminary-Only pulling
of the political machine into rapid wOr-
king order. With the Lords out Of his
way, and Democratic House Of Com
mons, Mr.. LabOuchere would proceed
to abolish the civil list, and lput the
Queen (whOm he permits to remain on
the throne as an ornamental ngure-
head) on a salary of $4,000 year, like
the President OF the United States. he
would disest8blish and diSendOw the
Church Of4England "atl once" and de-
vote the $16,O00,000 a year to be got
from It's revenues to educational purpo-'
ses. HeiwOuld settle the land question
by making Oecupiers owners. He would
limit the number of acres a man may
own, and Of pounds sterling he may ao-
eumnlate. Taxation would be based
on the excellent principle" that. those
Onght to pay who can best afford 1t.
Customs and excise are to be abolished,
and the burdens now laid on industry"
to be sustained by help Of a progressive
income tax and progressive succession
-duty-rising. to 90 per cent, Aud so on
and 80 on. These may DO for examples.
Mr.. LabOuchere does not expect help
from the Moderate Liberals In
this work. He proposes to recon-
strqct the party by turning out the
Wings, and calculates that when he and
his friends have superseded them, the
bulk Of the organization, who are mere
''waiters on providence" will cheer
fully follow the new lead. The Wings
are the fOns ct Orlgo of all evil. They
accept the part of TRAITORS" In the LIB
reral camp for the sake of office and
profit. Wings. Conservatives and Mod
crate Liberals are. indeed, aetuated by
the paltry ambition OF appending right
honorable to their names, and by lust of
mere spOils. Heretofore right hOnOra-
BILE has been thought to be not an ap-
pendix, but prefix. "We, on the con-
trary; we. virtuOusibut slightly phaFi-
saieal Radicals. 1--WE look steadily to
the triumph Of our principles"