Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-12

ard wss dspsR5iIgon the solid 6cu n and
! : single trek, N:W YJIk.
| lis rale w,s the rule e the souta, which
. depenGei upon il 10 ressi2 the IoYgr Il
! bad los. by me sword. l. Rad no assured
footing ia sly rGIthe 4 stz,e, not v5n il
NV York, WGeie its ONLY cnaGcs dc
pe1dad apol the mcb Of che great city
Il has, aEioFtu5steiy for ;he great prinCi-
plss which II represented, remained 1
sou hem p9rty, z1i II has new sbsr, {
the fate O. the Cngiederscy, with whose
elements * has bssn ia sllalce.
There were those WHO thougds Nspo'
leon hsd q chsnCe St:er Wserioo, arc
there will De Democrats wlo viii hope
for revival Of taeir pkrIy.
Let these consider ths sisustion. Til
Republican party now returns 30 powe:
with wisdom borE Of painful experience
Like the Holly Alliance at Vienns, they
will make assurance doublJ sure BY :
radical reconstruction Of the politics
map. The admission CT North and Soul
Dakota, Washington, Wyoming snd Ida-
ho-snd this will be dons ct orce-wiI
give them ten additional UUited States
Senators, and about twenty i've addIuo22l
members Of the House. Masking shss6.t
game Of their enemy-Nsw York and ahe
! solid South-Hn impossiollity. They Nts
insugurste vigorous foreign policy HAs
will in al probability result Ia the auneE
alton Of C8DSds, snd the addition OF ave
or six more Northern states
These great movements will Ill the
popular Imagination to the exclusion Of
economic questions. Wills any serious
demands for fsczl reform can be CON-
| San HUi q ~
taxation. They can thus make Il sbso-
lutely impossible for full generation to
come, for any party identified with the
solid south 10 attain power. The cold
south Itself, siwsJs politically wise il its
generation, seeing Nc hope through tie
Democracy, will break up Tvs old
again, and msks alliances With the party
which csa Alone give them q share OF
power.
Minneapolis journal: When the Chi
csgo platform was adopted many SfHeSa
of the system Of protection wsssssrdj 10
complain that that system had recsfra
its hardest blow from It's too asdHhf sud
very indiscrees friends. Thessassi igsss
preston made by that pIaforHIpos ME
ccuatrY WAS decidedly EnfaVOrz oiesc L
WAS taken as stub BORN refusal TO rocog
MA the necessity CT any reform iQ III
tsTid. That WAS not she popular tesShs,
and hundreds Of Thousands Of BSSE5H-
cans felt that their party had besissoTcad
into position on this question which
they could Rot tske-thGt Is had parted
company with lis judgment.
Tat Wss the feeling when the cam
p6ign opened, and the outlook aAg by DO
nsans bright in those dGys. But soon
Shere began TO sppesr eVidsrc from
every quarter that, while tho dCf dillon OF
she pSrtY's position in ths national plat
form might have been unfortunate, the
great mass of the REPUBLICANS would no;
consent to be forced INTO kn apparently
false position on ths yitsi issue OF the
dsy. The frank and manly uttersncss Of
the Presidential candidate were among
the 1sst assurances Inst the parry LAG
| not gone kstray. Then followed the intsr-
probation Of the national platform BY the
liberal press CT the country in the light Of
the historic attitude Of the party ssd is
LEADERS on this Issue ard the preparation
Of tariff bill by ihe Z Publican Stats
AL shese and many other ASSURANCES OF
fidelity to the cause OF the people Wers
made the more eat gfactoIy by the ex>
treue zee trads utterznces Of tho Demo
cratic leaders from the south aud by tsG,r
forcing upon their party measure which
hsd neither the merit Of being adapted 10
| the purpose for which IL wSs RrIfessediy
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ieduo tion-nor the
guilty OF being framed in the puolic ia
terest with rsspec! TO Industries OF ihe
country or ths relief of the psopie from
tsxGtion.
As the lines for the final contest on
this Issue we're formed they rapidly took
positions favorable to TIE Republicans.
1t became distinctly and upsvoiGa5'y d
question of protection or free trade. Tls
K ,publicsas have Won on tat i,s1e. and
thes have deserved TO. Now what ara
they going TO do A9out Il? VIII they
realize the fact thst they could not have
won Il they had not perERsdei the saopls
that there's Ia the true party Of tsriE re-
form? And will they, IS soon &c Meg
have opportunity, proceed 10 ''stiust ne
inequalities CT the tariR" IN the in.erssi
az the paop!t?
They csnnot sRord TO DO Otherwise.
The protective principle has besE pre-
served, thanks TO the intelligence Of ,ke
psopis. Bat IL Wa preserved 10 be made
os the kigtss: posE!b,a be3e&E 30 shs
GoEEtry L hGe SeaR preserved for 5
good purpose. It's Republicans have sn
opportunity 60 wake ~ servs hat pRs
pose Ia thu highest dcgreS. That Is sas-
ssiRly magnificent opportunity. Sc IS
EnqusENoEaoI7 az imperative dHs7.