The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-29

The political situation in the Unit
ed States is at present somewhat Pc
culiar, if not a little vexed, when
viewed from party standpoint. 1t
cannot be said that any particular
political party, or faction within a
party, is to blame for the present
unfavorable condition of politics.
Yet it is acknowledged that such
unfavorable condition exists in spite
of all parties. AT present but two
parties can be designated as in the
field preparatory to the Presidential
struggle of 1892, although there
are claims that third party will
inevitably arise as one of the poll
teal results of Tariff reform and
the dissatisfaction expressed at the
late election.
The past history of politics in the
United States, however, warns most
people not to place much reliance
in party of local and mushroom
growth cutting much of political
figure in national election. These
ephemeral political organizations
prove that a political reaction is al
ways equal to some undesirable
party action, but they prove little
if anything more. Every party that
has become national factor in Am
erican politics has been of slow and
laborious growth, consequent in
every instance upon the untitness
and disintegration of one or more
political movements, marking an
other step in the development of the
commonwealth.
1t would not be the part of wis.,
dom to broadly allege that no party
of sudden birth would be able to
influence the trend of national pol
icy to a certain extent. But it is
in strict keeping with the history
and logic of political events in the
United States to assume that nc
party of this kind, the immediate
result of local dissatisfaction or sec.
tional demands, will ever secure suf
ficient and continuous support tc
substitute certain reforms, however
desirable, for party platforms of ma
, tional dimensions, such as have fo
long periods represented the antag
onistic political forces of a grea
nation.
Even if the late election in thu
United States be considered as tn
beginning of great political break
ing up, time would still be demand
ed as the chief element of success
and should, consequently, impress
us with the fact that the next Presi
dental struggle is to be fought GU
mainly upon the old lines by the oil
parties. This being admitted, as i
is by those thoroughly conversan
with the history Of American poll
tics, most people are looking closel.
at the present "political tendencies
to discover, if possible, which part,
will be most likely to secure victor,
at the next election, under the nu
merous difficulties surrounding boil
the Republicans and Democrats.
The Republicans would be les
confident. if they could fathom thei
defeat by the discovery of large De
mocratic gains in the majoritie
against them; but this they canno
do, as a rule. The Democrats woul,
be more confident, if they could as
sert that they had won close vic
tory upon party issues clearly mad
and of long standing; but this the
cannot do, as rule. The cleares
heads in both these great partie
acknowledge they are at fault as t
, the future, and are at present cast
ing around to discover how great
or how little their respective organi
cations are likely to be injured by tn
q abnormal political conditions whic
q were fully exposed by the late Gu
y bernatorial elections.
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