Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-28
VIII HER DO WE DRIFT?

IN" foiio wing private letter from /;
prominent Washington politician to 2
friend ia Chicago wall interest our
readers
; am quite satisfied that the silver
question i IL be, next 20 the tariff.
the leading issue in the Forty-nin I'll
congress. end for that matter. throug',
iHis administration. w 10 this time.
: however, it is apparent thst Cleve-
/ land has determined 20 yield moth
/ ing-not even patronage Ia Demo
crats-to the silver man. The conse-
qucnce i the, are very mad, sui
talk loudly about split. and all tina;
sort Of thing. Bat Manning and Whit
ney may be depended on, think, To
keep the inaddesi OF them en- rapport
with the administration The li>iri
button of official control and patron
age to New York is the eianifican lca-
turc of this regime. Ia my mind. II
. Indicates a pUrpo-e To s'ildih that
state beyond Il doubt for 1888. with
the sGuth assured bv the rrU-hin.. ont
of local differences by The shotgun.
New York can control he dcsiiuie- OF
this government. New York stat. =
like Paris and France: il j. controlled
by the city. So. if my theory be cor
rect, we shall see in the next ten wears
a Democratic administration with it,
power radiaIing from Wall street. aud
the corporations. We will wines
the revival OF ~pmuerce and the
importing interest. and the ceniraliza-
lion OF capital for the great mcjrnp-
oils We will witness the decaden &c
of the manufacturing Interests of
PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio and New England
4 cessation OF healthy Immigration.
and q check on the growth of the
great west and the proper and profit
able development OF her agricultural
resources. This viii effect the south
both WAYS. Ii viii tend to break
down her new manufacturing enter
priscs, but by way OF compensation
she will resume the political sway of
the government. We shall now
squandcr millions on American ships
OF war and for great harbor aud
coast deiensc-: aud having turned
our attention from the pearclu pur
suits of life and the harmonious de-
come involved in some dirty cumpli-
cations with the South American re-
publics, and through tli, with some
more general scheme of contest with
some European power. This will cap
tivate thousands of Young men who
have come TO manhood in Tie ia>'
twenty wears. Perhap< | am posse
miStjc. but Que hears good deal more
OF this kind of talk in Washington
than a peaceful man like me likes TO
hear. Snd ihere l. no snrcr way 10
bring IA conflict of arms than to
make vigorous preparations for il.
and Ia far iliarize the public mind
with gen raj discussion OF She reia-
tive streng b Of ihe nations. The Re
publican party is a grand old or-lni-
zatien. l. las had :, neReiicicni pur-
pose. anu has honestly endray-
ored 10 n,fii mankind. bur inst
now, rs II seems 10 nae. II h:sS no lead
er, having 'crmiticd its leader t. be
shot in the back 10y the rank and file
while they were advancing On the Zoe.
Ii has de>poiled itself. liz council,
are divided. and its iurure uncertain
The proaihiiiOa.sts. the rciormer>. aai
'''V '''S' "S't i"tahii4 people MlfniN
it> rank: and who belong nowhere
else. have dealt il the blow which vii!
ncce>sitate many years ct united pur-
pose and hard work 20 recover from.
1t must now take its place - Il minor
ity party. and ouiiire ,.nlic, which
must be 10 . closer alliance with the
sympathies aud industrial Interests 81
the people, who may be depended on.
| think, TO come 10 it, side when it,
conduct shows that il i worthy of
their adherence ami encoura.calcut