The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-07-17
THE w PARTIES.

mat the republican panty Is Tue
party of the people, that it is the
party of principles, the party of con-
victions, the party of progress and
action, is conceded by all fair
minded people. Since the affairs of
the government were placed in its
keeping two years ago, it has been
at work redeeming every pledge it
made in its Chicago platform. The
last legislation on the tariff question
was some twelve years ago when the
senate and house we're in republican
hands. For the past decade while
the democrats were in the majority in
the house of representatives not n
important act of legislation found its
way through that body. Every I'M
portant measure looking to the relief
of the people was strangled to death
by that party. When it was found
that both branches of the national
government were placed in the re-
publican hands, in 1888, the first act
of the democracy was to make the
assertion that no legislation should
be allowed to find its way to the
statute book. The pass word was
"hllbuster." But they found the
party of brains in charge and the
gogues, and tine grateful thanks Of a
long suffering people have gone out
to Mr.. Reed for tho able manner in
which he has carried out the demands
Of the people. The revolutionary
tactics of the men who tried to dis
rupt the union in the recent past
were brushed away like the cob
webs Of an evenings growth. The
revolutionists III the campaign of
that year pretended to favor the
granting of pensions to the union
soldier and pretended to favor tariff
reduction, pretended to favor the in
crease of silver coinage. What have
we seen? We have seen q united
party of coppcrheads voting agail s.
the granting of pension; we have
seen q united bourbon party vote
solidly against the increase of silver
coinage we see q routed democratic
organization doing all in its power to
prevent the reduction of the tariff.
That is now, that has wei been, the
democratic party. Without princi.
Pile, without honor, WITHOUT courage,
without the t~ruthfulncss of an aborig
inee, 1t still lives and hopes to gain
favor from q long suffering people
That party which has robbed the
treasures Of S2,400, 900; that has
promised everything and done moth
ing that is without honor at home
or abroad, ie the party tha1 desires
and asks to be reinstated IN p4biio
favor. History has long since fixed
the status of the two parties. Thirty
years is long enough for any people
to ascertain whom TO trust. If they
could find on the blotted and dark.
ened pages of democratic history one
clear spot, one hopeful sign, they
might forget its early record, but
they can see no hope, no promise of
the future. On the other hand they
see in the republican party every
hope and promise for the future. 1t
performs the duties demanded by
the people. The people know where
it makes n promise 1t is not q shallow
p~retense, n fraud and a deception.
They know it is a party of convic-
tions, Of courage, of action, and not
o hungry set of office seekers and
boodlars. They recognize in it the
same patriotism that characterized il
in the dark and trying days of 1860,
when it had Lincoln for its deciple
and its guide, and rising generations
will grow up to honor and respect it
not only for what it has done, but for
what it is now doing and will ever do
so long as 1t exists in this patton of
free men,