The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-02-06
Which Shall It BE.

The worst thing that can befall
great political party is to get out o
harmony with the people.
A political party can become an,
remain strong and successful onl,
when it represents and battles 70
great principles, when it embodie
the best sentiments of the PEOPLE anc
their aspirations for good government
and progress. 1t is possible for
party which ono becomes great t
fall into decay and gradually get GU
of harmony with the mass of it,
voters sometimes before its true con.
dition Is realized. The spell of It's
name, record, prestige holds the de.
votion of its members for awhile.
The crust stands for a time after the
substance has gone.
1t is q sad day for such q party,
however, when its true state is not
recognized before it is too late, when
a critical election finds its supporters
asleep and unconscious of danger.
Then its crust of powar crumblcs
Under the ballots Of an awakened
people.
The evidence is overwhelming that
the democratic party of Missouri is
out of harmony with the people, that
it is lacking in the vitality which en-.
ables it TO keep abreast of popular
opinions and aspirations. Election
figures show that for q decade past it
has been declining steadily and has
failed TO obtain its share of the in
crease Of the popular vote. Its ma
iority in the state has been gradually
melting away, and it was shown con
clusively in last Sundays Post-Dis-
patch that, present rate of relative
gam continuing, the party will he in
a minority at the election of 1892.
1t is not wonderful that such is the
case. The party's strength has been
weakened and its organization preycd
upon by city bosses and state bosses.
1t has been disgraced by boQdIers
and officials who consortcd with and
used them. Selfish personal bossism
instead Of progressive leadership has
been its controlling spirit. Personal
ambitions have been substituted for
vitalizing principals, and ii has been
used as n personal machine by I'M
scrupulous politicians. The party
policy, purposes and nominations
have been shaped and dictated by
selfish leaders through corrupt man
ipula'ion of election machinery and
not by the voters through honest pri-
maries. Post Dispatch.
The merchant who keeps his name
and business constantly before the
public eye is bound to realize the
beneficial effects Of so doing. Pco-
pie will feel in the one sense, ac-
9uainted with him, and his name will
naturally Get to them when they
need his wares. In these busy times
people do not care to hunt up the
man who has goods for sale they
prefer, rather, to go where their at
"tcntion is called, and then if they find
the goods as represented, the foun-
dation of their future patronage is
laid.-Ex.
Young man remember this: You
will get as a rule, what you seek for
in this life. If your highest aspira-
tons is to be a %loafer, q loafer you
will be to the end of your days. If
you strive to be of use to your fel-
lows, to be educated and refined, q
mar of strict integrity and indus
trious habits, you will, in all human
probability, be a gentleman, a scholar
and II who neri the respect end
esteem of his fellow men through
life, and he remembered afterwards
as one who has lived to SOM pur-
pose.-EX.