Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-13

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The HERALD sthe Official paper OF the city
OF Los Angeles. The city delinquent tax lists
and all other municipal notices appear only
in Its columns.
Mr.. n. N. Rowe is the Santa Ana agent of
WIN the Republican Party Liver
just now there is much speculation
amongst thoughtful people AZ to the
future Of parties in the United States.
The tremcnduous vitality Of the Dem
ocratic party has been approved by
its ability 10 stand twenty-four years
Of adversely without any serious
strain. II is doubtful whether at any
period Of its history the Democracy
was rallied to the fight with anything
like the disciplined ardor and enthu-
siasm which characterized II during
ihe late campaign. But will the Re
publican party be able to endure the
ordeal OF exclusion from powerP We
are not disposed to answer this ques-
ton nippantly. There have bcenfew
finer or stronger organizations than
the party of Lincoln, Sumner and
Seward considered simply from the
standpoint Of force. Many persons
Jump to the conclusion that, because
all other parties that have been in
opposition to the Democracy have
melted away, the Republican party
must do likewise. But there are
many points Of difference between
the Federal, Wing and Know Moth
ing parties and the Republican organ
ization of to-day. The Federalists
held power but for n short span and
did not have an opportunity of edu-
eating the people to the acceptance OF
their tenets. The Wing party attained
power twice, but the fruits Of victory
were almost Immediately snatcbed
away from Il and before II had any
chance of inoculating the masses with
the essential principles Of Whiggism.
As to the Know Nothing party it was
the toadstool Of our politics and need
scarcely be taken into the count.
With the Republican party this is
all very different. II has educated
the nation for generation, and man
full and determined ~ has been the
attitude Of resistance to that process Of
the Democratic masses II has not
availcd to prevent the Republican
party from writing most of the history
and compiling most OF the school
books and educational text books OF
the day. II has had in many respects
an inspiring and epic history, whose
glamour has not been altogether OBJ
scured by the chicanc and corruption
which have been grated on 1t under
the administration of Grant and
Hayes.
Simply on superficial glance, we
should be tempted to- think that we
are now face to face, in the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties, with
the two great national organizations
that are destined to rule the country
for centuries to come, answering ON
this continent to the Wings and Tories
of England, who have maintained
their existence for over two hundred
years. Nor would this be Il bad thing
for the country II il were true. Two
strong, cmulous PARTIES, one conserva-
tive and the other with tinge OF
radicalism, can he made immense
agencies for good in II nation which
has adopted constitutional form of
free self-government.
There are causes, however, which
threaten the perpetuity OF the Repub-
lican party, and chief of these is the
presence in that organization of large
numbers of men who may fairly be
called, without using the word in
an offensive sense, "cranky." 1t
is the large numbers Of Repub-
licans who would be willing to
regulate what their neighbors
should cat and drink that give
the Temperance people strong hopes
of being able to capture that organi-
zation. They boast that they defeated
its candidate for President this year
and that next year they will dictate
its nominations and in turn defeat the
Democratic nominee. Every man
who is not under the influence of the
Temperance craze knows how laugha-
BILE this expectation is, not as to get
ting hold of the Republican organiza-
tion, but as TO doing anything with it
in the line of success when they have
secured it,
The inevitable effect OF the storm
ing of the Republican brcastworks by
the Temperance men would be the
disintegration OF the former party, A
very large proportion of the organiza-
ton, embracing all who believe in
personal liberty and deprecate sump-
tuary laws would come over to the
Democracy, while our Temperance
friends would be able to rejoice over
the Rump.
That there is grave danger that
the Temperance leaders will be able
TO compass their plans cannot be
doubted. The vote of st, John ut the
Presidential election shows the immi-
nence of the peril. The claim made
by them that they have defeated
Blaine and Logan is unquestionahly Il
just one. They can do the same thing
again and again. Can the Republican
party face adversity with the iron for
titude OF the Democracy, contcnting
itself with its sweet and bitter uses?
1t is highly doubtful. Ii it can, we
have now in full vigor in the United
States the political organizations
which will rule the country for gener-
ations to come.
The Republican chagrin at the coup
de grace delivered to their standard
bearers is intense. Their hatred OF the
Temperance leaders is black and
deadly, yet they have to brace them
selves for the ordeal which will deter
mine whether or no the Prohibition
lists will swallow them bodily. The
issue is upon them now, and they