The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-11-21

. gigantic civil war, In which itself laid the
knife with unsparing hand to its Inherited
abscess Of African slavery. The evil Is Grad
icsted, the wounds healed land In all the
grand procession Of nations there Is now
: none so strong, so true to the principle OF
human liberty, so devoid Of inherent ele.
nhents of danger, and with so brilliant q
promise for the future, as the American Re-
public. 1t has withstood the storm and
earthquake, the feebler tremor of foreign
war and the CONFUSION Of internecine con-
fict. Its history is the worlds amazement
"A menace to despotism, a beacon of hope
to all the people of the earth.
Not under the auspices Of any one politl-
cal party has all this ben achieved, and who
would trace his political pedigree will run
into genealogical puzzle that cannot be
solved. With Washington elected as Fed.
eralst, Jefferson Is Republican, Jackson as
q Republican aud again ., Democrat, Clay
asa National Republican and again as q
Wing, the crosses of nomenclature are rs
complicated as the policies espoused were
convertible. 1t Is only twelve years since
Charles O'Conor as the straight Demo-
cratic candidate polled but 20, 40s votes, and
did not get an electoral vote, while 2, 1884 ,079
galvanized Democrats and Liberal Republi-
cans voted for Horace Greeley. We would
like to know how modern Democracy pre-
served Its direct lineage, even from Jackson's
conversion, through such q bar sinister as
/ hat ga ott -. h.. al Ill
siveness Of party names. The shifting Of
preponderance OF power from one party TO
another has been frequent, and supremacy
has turned before As IL has turned this time,
on the balance Of power being held by
cratic and apparently Insignificant minori-
ties.
We accept 1t as settled that the official
canvass will decide Cleveland has majority
of the electoral college, and that he will be
the next President. And while we regret
that the party which has made the greatest,
grandest and noblest record of any ever Or
ganized In the Republic, has had its locks
shorn, Its strength dissipsted and its adver-
sity brought upon 1t by its own political
Delilahs, it Is not without faith that its sue
cessor in power will be patriotic and faithful
to the principles established by It. As . |
matter Of fact the mission Of the Republican |
party has been accomplished, and Its weak>
ness came not until In the fullness Of time |
there were, with but the one exception Of
eradication of Polygamous Mormonisn, to
which the Republican party stood commit
ted, only histories and economic questions
dividing the powerful parties. Continued
power developed schIsms and alterations
which will just rs surely develop in any
other party long continued In power, but 1t
withstood even these until unreasonable
fanatics dealt 1t the final blow that brought
temporary grief. The cry Of 'turn the ras-
Gals out" and "Reform," was but campaign
demagoguery-bogus pass words to the cita-
del Of power. That there have been and are
dishonest men and scheming rings In the
Republicanyarty, none will deny; but It's
administration Of four and twenty years as
an entirety has never been equalled for fidel-
ity TO vital principles aud honest handling
Of the public funds, The Democratic ad-
ministration, even In Its desire to secure q
frmsr grip on the government, will be for
tunate If Its first four years shows so clear a
record.
1t may not be altogether an unmitigated
evil that Democratic Executive 10 elected
this term. IL Is easier to criticise the acts of
others than to do them well ourselves; and
q party with an administration Is on the de-
fensive by the very nature of circumstances.
The Republican party Ia neither cast down
ner dismayed. IL has lost the Executive, I
but II has gained largely In Congressman. II
has found out the enemies within It's ranks
BY the thrust Of their knives, and It will d
never again be subjected to their treachery.
The ranks will be closed up and In 1888 the b
party will be in better fighting trim than 1t
has been for years. The Democracy dare L
not make blunder II they would continue n
N power, and to exist without laundering q
would Be In defiance Of all traditions of the
,arty. =,
Perhaps the least to be envied man IN The a
United States Is President elect Cleveland. v
With preferment TO the highest position in q
he world he has TO meet not only the i'm. N
'ortant problems Of government, but COM
'lexity Of demands that are appalling.
Iside from the demands of his own party,
forth and South, for place and power, he a,
Till have TO keep in humor the Independent b,
republicans who named him for the race | G
nd between the three, whatever course he b,
lay pursue, he will be always under hot m
re. The South, with Its 1853 solid votes, or
I'LL demand the lions share. The North, m
18th Its 90 yotes that gave the victory, will VI
Of be less exacting and vorscious, and ~
READY the Independents are lettering bis 81
lactive limbs with theoretical civil service Of
bibles. With Scylls and Charybdis to right Ju
Id left, and cargo Of civil service dyna- Ju
lite In the hold, Cleveland will have to be ",
. most skillful skipper that ever sailed . "a
hull IL he don't have his administration FER
hooner In distress before the wrinkles are cid
II of his canvas. While believing he is fer
nservative, and would personally prefer to Is
low the civil service reform theory, We be,
edict the tide will carry him with 1t and nj
1t his appointments will eventually be de,
lde - strictly on political grounds a. have IL
ose of any President since Jackson. ate
II would be unfair In this glance over the on
liticai field TO omit acknowledgment Of dor
} magnificent campaign made BY James leg
Blaine. We do this the more cheerfully hsv
It IL was only when he Was fairly and en- OF
selected by the National Re- Wv
blican Convention that he became our . .,
ldidste. Since Clay's campaigns of 1914 bav
candidate has equalled his In the MASTER dom
ability with which ls directed aud dis
sed the issues Of the campaign, In the
rit, vigor and skill with which be met the N
lntlsss violent attacks upon his record, Moo
In the manly fortitude with which he ceiv
met repulse. He proved himself val Leo
standard bearer, heightened the respect stea
he world for his mastery abilities, and Sum
taken his defeat, albeit It came from hn crev
! household, with admirable herolsm. mad
Is the brightest man In American poll land
no made no mistakes In hls campaign, subj
to as "a 49, H. - -