The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-11-14
THE CAUSES.

OF the great disaster that engulied them
on the 4th Of November, but many OF
them seem unable 10 yet recognize them
though they are seen BY all men. Let US
aid these friends somewhat In their quest.
The republicans had record once Of
which they were proud and many of their
policies commended themselves TO the
country, but long career OF party success
made them desrotic and utterly reckless
and regardless Of the political rights OF the
minority, pursuing such course as indi-
Gated that they believed democrats had no
rights that they were bound to respect.
When the tide turned against them and
1ilden was elected president. they torced
Hayes to usurp the great Office to which
he had not been elected, This, In our
judgement was the great turning point iu
the history of the republican party. 1t
was the fatal point, "where gravitstion
shifting turned the other way" That deed
took from patriotic republicans that pride
In their party, upon which, prior to the
elimination of that outrage, they had
loved to dwell. 1t was the skeleton In
the closet" which they all had been seek
ing to avoid. Since Hayes retired no re-
publican has been bold or base enough TO
defend this great fraud. "drst triumphant
In American history"
Without attempting to point out the
perfect identity Of the leaders of the re-
publican party with the monopolles and
plutocrats, how they have utterly ignored
every right and interest of the great body
OF the people In the interest of the power
full aud wealthy classes, let us mention the
admission of ro;ion borough states solely
for the purpose of strengthening their
waning power, and when Montana voted
ag ainst them, they boldly took two sena-
tors by fraud and violence whom the peo.
pie had said should belong to their oppo-
nsnts. The election of president by
bribery too open and notorious TO be de-
MED, and who rs soon as he was seated In
power introduced again the "spoilS system"
In Its most offensive aspect In the very
face o platform pledge that all execu-
tive appointments should be made alone on
the ground of fitness and no removals made
excep, for sufficient cause other than par
tisan. All these acts Of commission as we'll
as many of omission, the great body of the
republican party might have condoned for
their party's sake, but then came Reed,
Mckinley and Lodge as political leaders.
Reeds conduct as speaker Is without a
parallel In any deliberative body ever con
vened by an English speaking people. /,
was nothing skor, oi an actual mad revo-
lutiou to accomplish party ends that were
una,tainable by any fair or honorable
means. Peaceable It IL tru" but utterly un.
kuoTn to the forms Of law and contrary g
all precedent In parliamentary bodies.
Then came Mckinley with his Intensely
partisan and outrageous tariff bill, pre-
pared for the sole purpose Of building ~
all kinds of monoPolies and inviting the es
/ Enlistment of all kinds Of trusts with pow
er to oprress and rob the consuming clas
at will. designed year by year to make new
millionaires and more pauPers, to take from
the farmer and consumer mos, OF ,heii
earnings and give them TO the tavoreC
classes, In a word bill which has beer
aptly termed BY a mass meeting of rePuLli
cans as "lhe sum ri all viilainies." Add "a
these, pension legislation more proliga,c
and demoralizing than any ever before
known in any country, designed not as re
ward for patriotism, bat lure for fu,ur,
partisan effort. To cap the climax cam
the force bill designed to place the ma
chineiy for electing members Of congres
and president and vice president With sucl
uns>rupulous republican leaders as Dudley
Quay Elkins, ,Clarkson & Co. thus keep!ni
that party In power for all time to come
To these must be added Harrison wht
seems to have no motive or purpose bu
partisan and selfish greed, incapable of an.
of those impulses that led former presi
dents to lay aside party bias and to stan'
for the masses against the classes. II
view Of this long line Of encroachmenii
upon the best interests of the people, ii is
matter of no wonder that peaceable reyc
luton overlook these unscrupulous leader
before the.consumnation CftheIr desperat
schemes. The great body of republica
voters are as honest as any, and hence wi
not be led to destruction by their leaders