Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-03
SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCEs.

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SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCEs.
There were gathered in Detroit on
Monday evening the representative Re- |
publicans Of Michigan, and men like Sena |
tors Evarts, Logan, Conger, and Nander-
son, and Governor: Foraker of Ohio, were
conspicuous as invited guests. The
gathering in itself was meant to be and |
was exclusively and essentially Republi-
can. The club was organized year
ago, efte- the defeat of 1884 had been
analysed and measured; was organized
with the avowed purpose Of preparing
for the future campaigns Of the Repub-
lican party, snd was made up Of those
who believed that Republican defeat was
the result Of division in the Republican
party, and that victories in the future de.
pended upon Republican union.
The question before the meeting on
Monday night was. On what basis shall
the Republ leans unite for the coming
centest7 The fact is recognized on all
hands that the Republican party has been
one Of achievements, and that it has
accomplished more than any other party
ever organized in this country. There
are Republicans as proud Of the past as
men can be who believe that the work
of the party has been done; that its
Inn M hat hoo
lived it's allotted time, and that it should
be allowed to depart from the stage.
The Democratic party has taken ad
vantage Of this feeling, and has made
pretense Of extending it's lines so as to
include certain points fought for by the
old fashioned republicans.
This is the merest pretense, but it is in
line with the Democratic tactics. For
twenty five years the Democratic party
has made a pretense of changing ground
to catch the floating vote. 1t did this in
1884 when it put forward Mcclellan
against Lincoln. 1t made prstense of
returning to the old ground when it put
forward Seymour against Grant in 1858.
It made definite change Of front IN 1872
when 1t put forward Greeley against
Grant. It acted on another pretense
when it put forward Tilden against
Hayes in 1877. The pendulum swung to
another extreme in 1880 when Hancock
was put:forward against Garfield. An
other change of front was made IN 1884
when Cleveland was put forward against
Blaine. In all this time there was no
break in the Republican line. Lincoln,
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, represent.
ed Republican principles. They were
elected as representatives of the Republic
can party that came int power in $780,
and when they devisted from the line they
were criticised or condemned by the
members Of the party that had elected
them.
As has been said, the question that
came before the meeting at Detroit on
Monday night was on what platform can
the Republican party be united for the
campaign in 1883. There was no disa-
greement whatever on this question.
Senator Evsrts declared with character
istic emphasis that the duty Of the Re-
publican party is the same now that it
was in 1860. The same duties and the
same responsibilities must be assumed,
and the sooner this is determined upon
and the sooner all minor issues are
subordinated to tho main issue the
quicker will victory come. The party,
he insisted, could not stand still. Unjust
go forward. or decline. The weakness of
the Republican party, he said, is the
strength Of the Democratic party.
Make the Republican party strong and
the Democratic party will be weak.
General Logan spoke in the same
strain, but with even more emphasis.
Pointing to the disfranchised people in
the South, he insisted that the work that
the Republican party had in hand de-
manded all its thought and all its
strength. he was in favor Of no half
way measures. and he believed that the
strength of the party was IN its fidelity
to the right. Governor Foraker closed
his speech with one Of those strong
sentences for which he is noted: "When
you ask me to tell you of the relations
of the States to the General Government
I point you with the pride and patriotism
of Republican to Appomattox as the
whole answer" The spirit of the meet
ing from beginning to end was in the
nature of call to stand by the safeguards
of American liberty. There was no
m,nc,ng Of words and no masking OF
purposes. Not the least significant thing
about the meeting was that Senator
Logan, very generally regarded as
representative Of the Western Republi'
cans, and Senator Evarts. speaking BY
right for the New York Republicans,
voiced the same sentiment.-Inter Ocean,
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