Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-21
0AllY POsT-IMTELLlGENcER
TnE Evils or sIcveGs.


the daress which sftssd snsesAs-
Strange ~ IL msy At 6rst thoaaht 80
pear, ezpsEisnes hss sbosn tat m
Amsrfoa is ID msoh easier master 10
maintain discipline 10 ths ranks OF
parsy 10 opposiiisn than 10 ne raaks sf
party 10 poser. More than ocse, gar
" osean5z4tiors which have seemed
perfsot 70 long ~ the party was be4ien,
have bsea ansbie 20 sand The strain Of
victory. Tbs RsEnbIisan party in ire
earlier history vas held toeetasr N
spdss of vistory BY the soessive fosos Of
great principle. II represented union
and freedom, and The men Sho formed
Il cared more for the principle than for
the party. They REGARDED the party
simply ~ q means for attaining tbs
ends ehieh they sought Thee ~ rs
RepnsIleaRs became thsy we're Uai0n
isss, not UnioBists beeanss they vere
R~pablieans. When ths var vas sver.
the rebellion crushed and the slave made
frse, the elements Of the party stu
sluns toRathes. bssauss people did nos
believe thet the danger uaa really past.
They regarded thu Rspubliean party -
tbs essbodiea eppDsittoa 10 disaUtsn
sad othes 70 roQrssdve ideas. 30 ione
a. fear Of the soaab was stronR tbs par
~ vas uaitsd. bal ~ coon - thai fear
began 10 disappear from lapse OF
tiras. the party hesHs 70 disinteRrase.
Now issues arose, and in too many cases
rsan vese not Republicans because they
vsre hard. money pasn % because thsy
we're tariff 'xnen, bat they nere tam
men and hard money men teeauss they
we're Republicans Their political aiiI-
iasions we're not no mseh the result Of
their political bsl,ef as their belief sas
the rssaIt Of their affiliations. The par
~ had become TO them an end rather
than q means. AZ this came 70 be the
case disssnsions arc within the party.
without the influence which had pre-
viousIy held it together. Il began TO
share ths fate Of other snooessful par
ties. Men separated from it on this
presext and on thas. Factions aross
and grew In strength and influence.
The names Liberal Republican, stAl-
wars, Haifbseed and finally Msgvump
esms into vogue, each representing some
al..sslu- ..ws1hS., sf,. "a. sac 40 ann,A AafAn
ton from Il. Ihe inevitable eonss-
quenoe came at Last. The party VS.
defeated, NOT BY Lee old time enemies,
bot BY the votes Of men who all their
lives had been Republicans. and By the
apathy Of others, who whils they did
not actually throw their inhasnee
against the candidates Of their party,
refused 10 use their influence or 10 raise
their voices In behalf OF those oandi.
dates. The Rspsbliean party had met
the common fate. 10 vas 10 have been
expected and could not have BEEN
avoided.
Too Democratic party Is no exception
10 shs general rule. For many years
that party Was out OF power. snd its or
aanizstion was married by q discipline
which only defeat readers possible of
attainment. II came 10 be tbs common
belief that no influence could be broaRh,
TO besr upon 9 Dsmeont xhieh would
indnee him 10 VOTE against the oanai.
date Of hts party, and thai the whole
mass Of Democrats voters could be
swung 10 the support Of any measure OF
theory which their leaders hxsd upon
1 IS likely TO be conducive TO the saoeess
Of the party. This belief, 10 may be
said, was iusihsd by the nnsserviuR
loyalty which Democrats invariably din.
played toward the platforms and eandi
dates Of their party. Republicans
might hseome Liberals, Stsisarts or
Half breeds; they tni0hs wander OF In.
10 the ranks OF the Prohibitionists, the
Greenbaekers. this and thai and What
noe but Tbs Dsmosna no was a Dem-
ocrat always and forever. Bu, this OF
Raniza,iou, splendidiy disciplined as n
WAS appears NO mere able to bear tho
ssees tutexieation Of success than was
In great rival Scarcely bad Presidenl
Cleveland assumed the dutits q his
Once when sIishi dsisetions began
70 b. sppaFen, here and There. There
began 81 be talk OF Democrats Who be
lievsd IN evil aeEyiss reform and OF
Dsmcosats Who believed 10 something
very diasrens. tbs altRhs breach erasau-
ally vidensd until now !, 10 notorious
fact that large wilma Vt the Democratic
party led sv no less . psrson than the
viss President Ia opposed 10 the Pref
deai's civil service paliey. The State
organisations soon tslt the effects Of the
break Ia the national organization. In
Q dezsa States Democrats began 10
light Democrats. Even In The Terri.
tories the evils Of viet,fy were field. In
Washington Territory, Cor instance, Il
70 clear that the old harmony which 90
long charaetized The party Is eons. The
psmoeratie press Of tlse Territory nov
contains dozsn attacks upon Demo
erass for every ons apsu a Rspablisan.
In AessAra The rarty IL split wide open.
The Maainnis men are declaring thai II
tAs President eensiIsnss 10 shower bis
tavors upon tho roel,.- Hansen faction,
Montana san never Agsin be carried BY
.he Demoesaisi and the Tools- Haaser
men ASSERT With equal vehsmsnce that
II favor 10 shown the maeinnfs faction,
shs party will be forever ruined. ID IA
the same ell around.
90 the ether hand, The Republican
party eeeins 10 show The healing intia.
sncs 81 defsAt osa hsars lsss aud lesa
81 stalwarsa and Halfbrcsds. /, viii
net be iuns before Il h che Rspabiisan
parry which ID shefosSAly uniied and
the Democratic which 10 tam ey die
tensions.
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