Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
GREATEST NEED.
uATlON'S MOOT !flPERA-
The vr NEED is a NEW PARTY.

uAT1ON'S MO5T !IlPERA-
HE I'VE NEED is a NEW PARTY.
,,+ Is Neither a Glass Party Nor n
III ,t,nal Party. that Is Mother IA Farm
. party Nor IL Lab"rers' Party. but Al
,,,,,io;s' Party.
w." From the Voice.]
NOT prohibition, though that car-
II m,th it results of great importance.
les NOT m increase of the currency,
th as we believe, such EN- increase
no"s ,ly corresponding to the increase of
ls aajai ION and OF business is impera-
! opn demanded. 1t is not tariff re-
pNws though the interests of the nation
u italy involved in that. 1t is not
se australian ballot, nor the extension
= = n;yil-service reform, although both
. .Ease are most emphatically to be de-
irea.
rho ;mperative need of the nation is
- for any one of these issues, important
1 wh they are; but it is for q new party,
~ t6at is neither a class party nor n
~atiornl party; that is neither a farmers
Ga,tv nor a laborers' party, but a patri-
H. marty: one hat is not q conglomerate
: Inv interests, but a combination of
,omv convictions; formed not on the
lr;nciple of "you help me and I'll help
|or, but on the PRINCIPLES of everlast-
Eg instlce TO all, manufacturer as we'll
e iaborcr. mortgageor as we'll as mort
losee. taxpayer as we'll as Office holder,
R,.fice to the nations commerce as we'll
u 10 tbe nations home manufactures, TO
h.. debtor as we'll as to the creditor; and
hove all a party that shall insist upon it
Fb2ta business that is evil, evil only, and
hat continually, shall no longer have
N. pais of the law for It's protection,
rd the control of politics for its per-
%uis.tes.
This nation needs nothing so much as
needs such a party. And it is never
Fcins to have such a party until the citi-
Ems OF the nation are ready to build it,
ar parties must be built. There are
thousands of men all over the nation at
hi, moment who, if they SEQ the above
t}toments, will give them their unre-
eryed assent, and say, When shall we
lave such a party?-would that it were
ere now! They sit waiting to see such
party spring forth as Minerva sprang
rom the head of Jove, full panoplied
md full developed. Such a spectacle will
bot be seen. A true party nus be built.
does not consist simply in a platform
md . ticket; any crowd can get together
Ind furnish these on short notice. What
hat knows and trusts its following. and
following hat knows and trusts it's
eedcrship, and these can be gained only
fter years of growth. A party has to
1--we: % Its organization by States,
counties, and towns; (2> leaders in the
owns, in the counties, in tho States. in
he nation, who have not only the conf
Rance Of the party, but the confidence of
zach other on all essential points. This
@equires a sitting process that is sure TO
lake years, No one who has never tried
can have a adequate conception OF
he constant vigilance aud incessant toll
becessny to hold together a feeble
hjnority in the face of powerful as
aults, lidicule, vllitiration, and misrep-
cseltation, and to make of that feeble
hinority IN aggressive, cohesive, active
rowing political party.
The charge has frequently been made
hit We think more Of our Prohibition
brrty than we do of prohibition. For
bur part we are ready to admit the
barge fully and unequivocally. We do
llAk more OF a. new party than OF any
ne issue that is before the people, be-
alse We believe the need for q new
anv is greater than the need for any
linz else. We do not believe that the
lolibition party is what the party of
he future must be, but We are confident
es@t II Will grow -is growine-'nto n1ch
party, and We are equally confident that
here is no other organization within
bigAt that can grow into such a party. We
~, "a - ~. ID .o1,,l,;I,1 ~.on%, H.,
BE care for prohibition itself because
ne greater melodies the less. Yet if that
party were to prove false to the policy of
low, for We believe that the party of the
ature must achieve that policy before it
IAN achieve any other of importance to
ne nation. Only through a new party
BAN prohibit on, actual and potent, be
Accomplished, but it is by no me us the
Pnl1 important result that will be at
aned.
The nope that either old party can be
nade over Alright is an iridescent aud de-
uslve dream. The plan SO periodically
lFgsd that the sood men throng to the
p%slMaries and gain control of the con-
%entlons is a hopeless plan. One reason
5 that the good men will not do it, and
mother reason is that if they do they
simply plunge tie party deeper into the
Aife. BY the law of politics, when a
nan attends a primary or q convention
le Is pledged to sustain the measures and
EAnlldates adopted by the majority. The
GOOD man who goes to q primary, there
ole, ties himself to the party policy
Morse than before and renders himself
ke's OF a remedial factor than before.
he does not recognize this fact, but
eleAs over the traces because of some
aiomous nomination. he will not be
gwen the light to enter the next pri-
lafy. 1t is an utterly hopeless task,
s1en the base clements have once OBJ
AIMED control Of a party, trying to purify
ila ennoble it. When Senator ingalls,
fa'' mat the p%uriication of politics is
M lrldescent DREAM" he would have
EeA absolutely correct had he added
through either of the two dominant
PARTIES"
Inc Prohibition party has a far higher
aAa broader mission than is implied in Its
lalne. 1t holds within itself the power
.hu potency of much more than Prob. BIZ
non, and as soon as it is thoroughly i'm
Duea with this thought, and thoroughly
ssafe that the party itself is something
d more important to the nation than
~. one OF its issues, then, and perhaps
al MI then, will it go on to the v%ictori-
.us goal We firmly believe is within its
The Inequalities OF Lie.