Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-11
yEw PARTY.

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tably the Evening Post, the New o
Times and Harper's Weekly-are sd
vocating the building up of a new 20
Htical party which they look to Presi'
dent Cleveland to set on foot and build
mn. The foundation Of the platform J;
Civil Service, and the old division Of
politics is ignored or suppressed otheI
points may be developed afserward, a.
the new party grows up; perhaps the
abolition Of silver money may be Of
them, and some. people may want 70 have
free trade for another; but the great
thing will be the Civil Service.
This new political organization which
the New York Evening Post wishes Mr..
Cleveland to build up. will, we are told
by that journal, be composed "of the
better and more thoughtful elements OF
the two parties into which the country Is
now divided the better and more
thoughtful Democrats and the better and
more thoughtful Republicans. In the
imagination Of our contemporary, these
can be combined in the same party, with
the Civil Service theory for their pre-
dominant if not their exclusive political
doctrine, and the ~sabiugAtian Of al other
elements As the ideal they viii labor tor.
II they succeed, the old Democratic and
old Republican leaders, the party nnan-
ayers and workers Of the country, viii
be put under the heel Of these better and
more thoughtful classes. and thus .
millennium will Ne attained that vii Be
most agreeable 10 the better elements.
This new and beautiful a~ristoeracy. with
its life tenure Of office and pay, viii then
rule the country permanently. and the
coarse common people, with their vie
manners their unre6oed ideas, taar low
instincts, VIII remain IN the szbo-dIna-
ton which suits their n2tlrAl state
Possibly the name o; Democracy nigh.
be retained, but tia. iss question that
viii have to be determined 81 the right
time The great thing VII b 10 take
care that the vulgar reality shall exist no
longer, as a governing method and soroe
The government OF the people. by the
people and for the people ) = thing quite
Inconsistent with the Civil Service
theory; it shoai Be sOs nd q; forever.
II Is = suggestive and impressive tsc.
that in this p-oS& Of destroying the
Democracy under the dslazEs gcs.sass q
Introducing better and nors .ho1ghEzl
elements into tie lasting ooatrol Of the
Goyeramsnt-1l il TIE interest Q. 5
p1rer and mare trRnsosnians pabllc
norailty-ws ara al t5s veEy ssA-s IL
vifed TO pat ourselves un3sr the Euid-
znce * leaders and teachers VITO have
shown BY inishbIe aetoas that there Is
no extrerae a ViilRiny. no dso1Szea. o;
political sso1ndrellsa, that they are net
ready 10 Ai0ps and 70 lastly when II
serves the p1rpose they have IN hand.
The ehisi, perhaps the osly. eoaspzo0s
advocates & the nsE party nosson are
the Essniag Pest. the New YORK lines
tAe Springfield Republican. and HArpers
Weekly, says the New York San; and
THESE very journals we're also eozspacz-
CTS advocates and defenders Of TIE count
iag CIT O: Samuel J.. Tsliea ard the
eoGnslRg Il Of Ratherfori B Hayes IN
lS--. They winkei 1t the t-3zd. f~or-sry,
xoa perlE-y which preceded that iniAmy.
and 5Gs.l1a3 and praised il after is coa-
Summation, and 50 they do to this day.
We do net believe that Mr.. Cleveland
hAs evG cherished any saeh parposs Is
tAess advisers and friends q ms are en-
~dsay0rlng 70 inspire hin with. Il would
BE 1oss unfair. in or opInioa, to al
tribute 70 hin the p==eht4son Of pc
hnal EeaeAs-y On 50 v4ss 3 scale.
There i no syiisace that be intends to
e1lld mp a nsw party composed OF the
better and more t~ho1ghtsal elements
OF the old parties; or that he expects to
divide the coansry, and take = rational
vote on this question Of Civil Service
examinations and life tenure Of oToa
IL ss nATrOw question: for 80 great a
decision, and yet il il we're possible. i.
might be worth while 10 have thl3Cvl
Service Illusion dealt with sq1arsly BY
the people as the main issue in an cleo
ton. and the result might teach 8 useful
lesson to the old apostles Of frand who
now wish to dispense with the political
power Of the common people, and to put
q end 70 the impertinsat spirit Of De-
mocracy.
II is known that for some time pas.