The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14
The Resroasibility or Power. !.

held responsible for the acts of the
Ad ninistration and ior the policy of the
Government. TIE party out of power
has moth ng to do but to find ault and
criticise what is being done. The ma
jo-ity is blamed for its ms of omission
as well as for those of commission: but
the minority becomes conservative the
respons bility - OF of2econducting public
affairs is laid upon it,
The sue ess of the Democratic party
at the late elect on not only surpr sed i,
but has emed to SOBER the leaders.
Some of the more intelligent Of them
are asking themselves what they shall
do with their newly acquired power in
the popular branch of Congress-. and
how they hould, use the great trust if
they should be successful Vwh ch may
God averth in the next. Presidential
election. The question is. with some OF
them. :. How is the dead Democracy to
be raised upP and with what body will
it Gomez" Ixpn ( 90 1alcs -1asI--
Already the shadowy prospect Of get
ting control of the next Administration
ha, caused much disagreement, and q
split of the party into several inhafmo-
nioos and contending factions is not i'm
probable, There s q wide divergence
of opinion in that party on the tariff
question and the contest over the
Speakership OF the next House will turn
ON that vexatio issue. Ex-Speaker
Randall of Pennsylvania, Senator Voor-
hees of Indiana. ex-senator Eaton OF
Connectic t, all bright and shining
lights in the Democratic ranks, dec are
that It must not be pledged any longer
to the absurd and destructive doctrine
of free trade, and for this the Louisvi Ie
C9u7ier-JournaI the recogni ed organ
of the Southern Democracy, reads them,
and all who agree with them, out of the
party. Cz
But the gulf that separates the two
wings of the party on the tariff qWs-
ton. which is as wide as that which
separated Dives and Lazaru /. is not any
wiier than that made by Senator PEN
dleton's bill in favor of Civil-Serv-
ice Reform. Pendle on's bill was iu-
troduced at the last session of Con-
gress. when the prospect of Demo
cratic success in 1874 was as uncertain
as Venn Ir's predictions about the
weather. and the Democracy has no
OBJ ections to the most T gid re orms
among the Republicans, but there It
must stop. But now the bill wa; de-
nounced as DEUS on and a fraud by
Senators Brown, of &c rgia and oor-
hees, of Indiana, and for this both OF
them were read out of the Democratic
party by the Aew York World, which
sets itself up as the leading organ Of
Bourbonism in this country. Messrs.
Brown and Voorhees, viii probably not
stav out after being excomniun Gated by
the skorld, because they mora nearly
represent the views of the partv tn n
Of al Uo~TS, n "a nj tha ftsvrts
Service question. They declare that '.to
the victors belong the spoils," as. their
great patron saint, Andrew jackson,
did be ore them. and Brown frank ly
admits that the PendIeton bill will take
all the enthns asm out of his party. and
leopard lze its success at the next cleo
ton. In the iangua se OF the immortal
Flannegan. of Texas, Senator Brown
wants to know 'What are ve here for''
If not to ho.d the Offices when we can
get them?
The Worlds bull of excommunica-
ton recites these two charges of heter-
odoxy on the part OF "the tall Syea-
more OF the Wabash" and bounees
him out of the party in the following
neat manner:
Accordingly, when Mr.. Daniel
Voorhees, takes the Republican side OF
the two chief issues in our politics
the issue OF adm nistrative reiorm and
the issue of reven e reform--it be-
comes 8 duty for Democratic % rnals
to isavow Mr.. Daniel voorhees,, and
permit him to go where he belongs"
Now. the Republicans have no good
use for Mr.. Voorhees,. and would much
rather he would remain where he is and
do missionary work among his be.
nighted associates ON these two great
public uestions; but let that pass. The
real humor of the whole b siness is
found in the fact that the Pendleton
bill is the work of Mr. Dorman b.
Eaton, a Republican and embod es
the views OF the leading men of that
party on the sub :ect, and that while
Mr.. Peudleton is the puts i've aiher oil
the measure, he is in reality onlv the
step-iather of q Repub lean reform.
According to the World, Mr.. Pend eton,
as the champion of Republican ideas. ID
much more OF a political hereto than
Mr.. Voorhees,. a.rT izst l.,
The question comes back to us unan-
swered: "What will the Democrats do
with their newly acquired powerP
Their leaders are already at logger
heads over two important political is-
sues, and others wi ! arise to vex their
souls and distract their counsels befo e
the expiration of the Forty iehtEsC Con-
gress. With the acquisition of power
comes also the responsibility of making
q good use of it--C, icago Journal.