Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-04

The me-iccn Party.
TIE new PARTY in California, known
as the American party, polled great
many more votes IN san Francisco on
Tuesday than it was expected it would.
I 1t was generally thou ut that ii would
draw its streD 9Th almost wholly from the
Republicans, but this proved TO be a NILS
take. a very considerable fraction OF
che votes il obtained came from the Demo-
cratic party. Outside OF the city, how
ever. II polled com paratively few votes.
This American party is nothing more
than the old know-Nothing party, which
reached The zenith of its power some
where about 1856. IL appears 10 have OBJ
tanned quite ioothold in San francisco.
but It is not probable that it will become
form da BILE there for the reason that ma
j'rity OF the voters are foreign born. It's
principles differ very little from those "
tho old hnow-Notning party. 1t declares
that the naturalization laws should be
repealed; thatfOreign-born citizens SHOULD
enjoy all the protection which the laws
AFT rd, but that they should not have
voice in The making or the administration
patty with the institutions Of this coun-
try should not DE permitted to come here
WITH the view of settling; that the soil of
the United States should be owned ex-
clusively by Americans, and that the real
esta e of non resident aliens should be
limited in area and value. The party has
no views on the tariff or any other public
question except those above enumerated.
day or TWO ago the statement vas
published n Chicago paper that there
are two societies in Chicago which are
directly the Outgrowth Of Know Nothing
ism. These societies, it seems. are very
activ- in securing recruits, and propose
in the near future TO make a demonstra-
ton Of their strength. One is known as
the "Patliotic sons Of Anne ioa," and the
other as The 1T Order Of Deputies"
They naye In view pretty mucn the same
objects as The American party Of Caifor-
mia. They believe in giving the offices to
native born Americans and oppose eccle-
siastical inter erence with State interests.
1t is not known how great their voting
sire ngtn is. Some Of their me mi ers claim,
however, that it will cause surprise when
II S known.
There are a great many, doubtless, who
think that genuine American party Is
the only safeguard against the dangers
threatened by the growth of organized
aDaTcnism and Socialism. They argue
that a majority Of the anarchists and
Socialists are foreigners, and that they
are drawing natIve-b born workingmen
ri Inv of
labor aggatiOns. An aggressive AmerI-
can party, they think, would turn this
sympathy into hostility.
Tnis seems to be plausible, but review
Of the history of the Old American party
is calculated TO create the impression that
such a party would be lmpractIcable and
dan erous. There is notmuch reason TO
appreheud that the anarchists and Social
lists will become formidable unless the
wnrKingmen fraternze with them, and
there is not much proba bility of anything
Of that kind. WOrkingmen nave griev-
ahces, and IN localities may, on occasions,
be led into compromising relations with
anarchists and Socialists, but genuine
American workingmen, as a rule, are not
likely to become converts to anarchistic
doctrines. They know that their inter
es 5 do not lie in the direction of anarchy.
TIE two great parties which now con-
tend for the control of the government are
fully capable of satisfying wOrkingmen.
as lar as Legislation can satisfy them, and
of making wnaiever reforms tue best in
terests OF the country require. There is
no more need for an American party than
there is for anarchists and Socialists. Tue
worklngmen, holding as tney do the bal
ance OF power, can command from the two
great parties whatever the common sense
OF the country recognizes as their rights.