Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-02
The Future Of the Republican Party.


With the Lincoln Administration the
Republican party first acquired prom
mence and power, and by a combination
OF circumstances it was called upon to
do its best work at the beginning of its
career. To it were attached many able.
men and accomplished statesmen, who
sooner or later lost their influence with
the party and became detached from its
support. ~ 's''t '5''. -
It's very significant fact that, with the
single exception of one whose absence
was requested and who left in rather bad
odor, every member of Iincoln's original
Cabinet became antagonistic to and left
the party. Greeley, Sumner, Fesssen-
den, Trumbull, Adams, and that class
of men were denounced, and totally
different class of men came to the front
and assumed control. ~. ts IS
From that time forward, while adven-
furious politicians have been rushing to
its standard, the better element Of the
party-the men who gave it character
and standing-have been leaving it.
Give the Republican party credit for
all the good it may have accomplished
and still there follows a long account
ability, such, for instance as -.
y" The Boss Shepherd Ring frauds in the
District of Columbia. asa.
The safe burglary iniquity.
The whisky frauds, reaching to the
White House.
" The Freedman's Bank swindle.
The Belknap Impeachment. .. T..
The Robson naval frauds.
The SanEorn frauds.
. The Indian Bureau frauds. '+3'
The Pension Bureau frauds.
The Black Friday rascality. f.'
The theft of the Presidency in 1876.
The Indiana bribery in 1880.
And the Star-route frauds, not to
mention long list of other offenses,
any one of which ought to and would
overthrow any other political party that
ever existed in this country.
Those who acted with it from the
start. and held out with it as long as
self-respect would allow them to do SO,
admit and assert that it has been false
to all its first principles, and become a
party of pretense and hypocrisy. -
Intrenched in power as it has been so
long, with all the offices and emolu-
ments in its possession; with unlimited
resources and an army of willing serv-
ants at its command; with innumerable
dependents tenacious of their places and
ready to do anything required to keep
the party in the ascendancy, it is no easy
matter for the sovereign people ever to
overthrow this huge monopoly of power.
L Recent events indicate pretty clearly
that the people have taken these things
to heart and intend to act accordingly.
The Republican leaders will, of course,
blind the eyes of the people as much as
possible by ignoring their complaints,
and endeavoring to divert their minds
from the sins of the partyto questions
of policy upon which they suppose peo-
pie may differ: The people, however,
are in earnest, and what they want is
honesty in elections, economy in public
expenditures, and thorough reform in
all the affairs of Government: and this
they well know can not be effected un-
less there is a change of the men who
administer the Government. HID
The influence of names is no longer
felt; the catch-words of party can
neither rally, nor do they alarm the
voter as they once did. The honest Re-
publican who means reform does not
hesitate to act with the honest Democrat
who votes for it. The Independent
voter takes the responsibility and casts
his ballot where he thinks it will do the
most good. We have seen this in the
last elections in the different States; and
this movement will continue, and the
whole country will again rejoice in an
honest administration of Government
under new men and new order of
| things.-Portla,ad (INe.) Register.