The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-07-20
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The New York Journal OF Commerce
comes out In support Of the Democratic
NOMINEES because Il believes . change in
the administration occasionally is wise
and desirable. a. one administration
after another OF the same sort, II liable
o cover up the aims Of ID predecessoE.
This IL m Of the most potent Arguments
against the long continued rule Of any
one party thai can Posably be advanced.
and the Journal would have come still
nearer the mark had il reduced the time
for change To ENTHUSIASTICALLY. In fact,
the more frequently the people cause
the National Administration to alternate,
the cleaner will be the departments; the
purer and more economical the Govern
ment- Time is required to form and es-
tablish the political cables which to .
greater or less extent surround every
disPensatory Of public patronage, and
the aggressiveness Of these corrupt com-
binations IL always proportionate with
the length Of time that the party under
which they rose. remains in continuous
power, and as it is the height of folly to
expect a political party to purge itself Of
its vicious elements while in the hey
day of power, the wisdom of the Jour
nails theory is clearly apparent.
If the masses Of the people Of these
United States appreciate the present sit
uation and are really DESTROYS of correct
ing SO far as possible the grave abuses
which have grown up, and under the
onS continued rule OF n single party,
are steadily increasing both in magni-
tude and numbers. they will now put
their craftsmanship aside and in harmony
with any party that best affords the OPP
p~oItunity to dethrone the men who I'M
der the guise Of patriotism and loyalty
to principle have for years defled the
Government and robbed its treasury
without scruple.
The robberies of a few millions that
have lately come to surface notwith-
standing all the careful efforts ut con-
ceGlment, is a certain indication of much
graver sins yet unexposed, and the bal
Hncing of accounts between the people
and their trusted servants has become a
matter OF such grave importance that to
the people, the success of any man or of
any party is Insignificant in comparison.
In view Of existing facts, the questions OF
protection, free-trade and all others now
bsing agitated, combined, should be Ell
fectualiy su~bjuSated to Ia desire for ad-
ministrative reform, which can only be
brought about by the defeat of the Re-
publican patty. No matter who the de-
t~ivercrs may be, or what their political
creed; their instrumentality in routing
rom Washington the pestilential horde
of thieves and corruptionists who for
years have fattened Oh the stolen sub
stance OF the people, would in itself con-
stitute them public b~enefactors. The
only real issue ut this juncturo Is the
dethronement Of the so-called Republi-
pay "hASh HAO - GONCElnk luCuDua
sits astride Of the body polite and has
we'll nigh crushed the life out OF the Re-
public, and having once freed itseli from
the rnpacious clutch Of a tyrnnt of its
own creation, the country will richly de-
serve to be ground under the heel OF n
despotism, should it ever again permit
any political party to retain the reins Of
the Government in these United
States for more than three consecutive
terms. A continuance OF ms, nsate par
tizanship may produce a creature greater
than its creator. In fact, there is no
conclusive evidence that the Republican
COLOSSUS has not already acquired these
formidable dimensions. 1t C set at
defiance the expressed will OF the major
ity and is quite likely to attempt the
same again. We shall see.