The Republican journal., 1884-01-24
The Democra1c Split.

The Democrats at Washington are certainly
in a bad way. They are divided, disorganized
and demoralzed. The Bourbon and free trade
element which put Carlisle in the Speakers
chair now dominates and is engaged in reading
out Of the party cX-Speaker Randall and the
thirty or forty Democrats who share his views
on the tariff question. The Southern Confcder-
acy is on deck again, sure enough and it is only
surprising that it did not long ago assert itself
and take that control of the Democratic party
to which its votes and ability entitle it. But evil
IDENTIFY the tail will no longer be permitted to
Was the dog. II is the dogs urn now and
Northern Democrats who are unable to stomach
free trade and the rule of Southern Bourbon
ism will have to take back seats. Indeed. some
of the Democratic leaders of former DAYS. have
been semi-otficiay Informed by the Carlisle
dynasty that they must keep quiet or go to the
wall. Others have been told that they might
go over to the Republican party where they be-
long.
In other directions there is trouble in the
Democratic camp The Ohio Senatorial eIcc-
ton has exposed the holloWnesS of Democratic
professions in favor of civil service reform and
of their anti-monopoly cry. Congressman
Warner, Democrat of Ohio, says the election
of. Payne was brought about by method,
which every one who is lover Of free institu-
tons must abhor and condemn" And further
1--WE have won voters by preaching anti-mon-
opoly civil service reform. honest government
and exposing Republican corruption: and now
comes this exhibition" Other Democrats said
when Payne WAS nominated: 'Oh. that was
done to rebuke us for elecing Mr.. Carlisle as
speaker. Well, Ohio can go where She belongs
to the Republican party" The Solid South
may rule the Democratic party but it has not
votes enough to elect President and it i, now
helping to create solid North which can and
will elect successor to President Arthur.
\ correspondent of John Swinton'> Paper. bv
request of the editor, has made platform de-
signed TO give to the laborer all that hi, labor
produces. 1t outlines some reforms which
might well be carried out. and on the whole is
more practical than could have been expected.
After laying down twenty-four plank,. the
platform maker proposes that the National
Greenback Labor Party, the Social Democratic
Party, the Knights of Labor. the Anl-inono-
poly Organization, The Grange the labor or
CARNATIONS generally, etc, etc.. ''>hall come
together quickly into grand impressive con-
vention. embody their aims in IL platform.
nominate Benjamin F. Butler. or any other
acceptable candidate, and 90 to work" Here is
nan @Y"4tcr of the most udicroll> kind If
all the reform movements in the country were
to unite i'll nominating Butler they would
stultIfy themselves utterly by this one act.
There is no man in public life to-day who en-
bodies so thoroughly all the worst elements of
American politics, who is 50 unprintpled, or
whose career Is SO completely at variance with
true reform III every direction. He is dpma-
gogue of demagogue>. He took up Greenback-
ism when 1t served his purpose, and spurned il
when il had no more votes to give him Now
he is saying: The richare growing richer and
the poor are growing poorer; This thing must
stop The Boston Herald thus indicates how
Butler may best prove his sncertv
We suggest that the general should sell his /
yacht, one or two of his Supertluou> residences /
aud some OF his horses. and divide the proceeds /
among his poor neighbor>. His stock in the |
MlddleseN mills the bunting factory. the car |
fridge factory, the Merrimac navigation and a |
few other boated corporations would also help |
Ailt In III i'll,