Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-20
Labor Of the Republican Party.

The Republican party Is peculiarly
happy organization. This verdict is. not
based upon an abstract theory but has
its foundation on the. well-settled prin-
ciple that busy minds. afford q fruitful
field to cultivate contentment. It is a
well established fact that constant oc-
cupation drives off the spirit of restless
ness, and light labor serves to reinvig-
crate the tired senses. The maxims,
verified as they are by the test of time,
are sufficient to.prove the first PROPOSE
ton, If the other conditions can be
established. OF course, literally speak
ing, some difficulty might be met in this
particular. The party collectively can
not be said to have mind, and in the
light of recent history there is ample
room to question whether the members
of it individually are better provided.
But in, order that a measure of amiabil-
ity may be preserved 1t is safe to assume
/ that they are thus endowed, though the
l.strength or weakness of the Substance
may be properly left to conjectnre.
This much being conceded, itrequires
little reasoning to prove that the grand
old party must be as happy asa clam at
high tide. At least its hands and minds
are constantly employed Itcan not be
ltruthfully asserted that the labor is al
ways light, for experience proves that
the task imposedsi is sometimes much too
burdensome to be borne bv the feeble
structure upon which it falls. But it is
la willing service, and that is some
thing. Persistence is another ruling
characteristic that gives flavor of con.
tentment to the laborers. When defeat
is the harvest of the effort, the result is
accepted with undisturbed equanimity
and a new start taken inthe battle
against adverse circumstances. If VIC
| tory spreads her wings over the work in
| hand, the harvest of his triumph is ac-
eepted with benignant satisfaction. In
either event the tight is pressed forward
| to its cOnSummation. <.r.. .tf .s.fy
| ~ During recent years the labor has had
the spice OF variety to give zest to its
prosecution. First and most important
in the catalogue of effort has been a
universal ambition to plumber the peo-
| pie In this there has been. developed
a charming unanimity of purpose on
| the part of the grand old party. Old
schemes have been worked over assidu-
ously, and new plans invented with
amazing rapidity. But these labors are
onerous and exhausting. 1t is fortu-
nate, therefore, that change of tasks
affords diversion, and that there is al
ways at hand a fertile soil into
which the tired laborer may plunge.
This limitless arena is the field
of harmony. Harmonizing is al
ways in order. First in one State
and then IN another the efforts of the
party leaders are constantly invited.
Periodically the announcement is'made
that the work is completed, but this is
simplyaa harmless fiction. Promise of
bargain with sect or the fragment of
some broken organization allure them
away for time, and the announcement
that harmony has been accomplished is
4 q pleasant subterfuge, but the cessation
is only temporary and work is soon re-
sumed. Harmony never comes, how
ever. just now Pennsylvania, New
York and Ohio are all supplying material
for the effort. Three months ago it was
said that the breach in this State had
been healed, but the evidences are that
it is aswide as before Little better
success has been met in New York, and
in Ohio the whole thing depends upon
the ability to mortgage the future legis-
ilatlon to the liquor dealers and it il
questionable whether the German vote
win accept the security offered. -Har.
"iSburg (Pa.) Patriot a'..5a .'-9 mTHl Z.