The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-17
W. Q. q. q. OOLUNN,

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| CONDUCTED ny MRS. N. L. HOBBS.
\ Remarkable Editorial from : Republics
| Journal
The following editorial from the Phils
delphIa Evening Telegraph Of March
1891, is we'll worth reprinting. consider
ing that tho paper 10 : republican jour
nal. 1t helps 10 con6rm our repeated
predictions that there must b. break Il
the old parties before long, end The Pro
hibilionisls should feel encouraged ove
the prospects:
"Tbere has been . good deal ssid and
written recently about peanut politics,
phrase which very we'll describes th'
very lowest, smallest and cheapes
variety OF The article; but peanut poll
tics 10 . personal thing, and therein dOel
it differ from pocket politics, which Il
that sort that both the two great parties
are at present dealing in. The Prohibi
|tion party, however narrow and bieoted
its platform is, still Is . psrty Of princi
plea party bound together by An idea
and one OF some moral force. But there
lie no moral principle or idea 10 The
platform OF Republican or Democrat
nothing whatever to make the party ol
leither . soidly national one. AT thil
time there 10 no national party, unless Il
Ibe the Prohibition organization. Il hai
lits defects, but sordid selfishness and
are not of them.
"How conditions have changed may
Ibe perceived BY the making Of . com
Iparison with those that existed prior q
and during and Immediately after ths
WAR OF Secession.
Those we're the really great days o.
|the Republican party. IL gathered into
lite rauks all that Was noblest and best
lin thought and action, from I'll parties
Its leaders we're great men, great states
|blest and most elevated 10 the spirit o
Jour Institutions.
Party managers and National Commit
tees used the argument Of patriotism. ol
love Of country, OF liberty. to arouse
voters to do their duty. The purchase
Iof Statefuls OF qualified citizens Was mol
lin blocks Of i've; corruption fundl
were not openly contributed to, moi
were contributions TO them repaid with
high Offices, and nobody thought OF fry
ling the fat out Of any class or claspes q
Iget money even to be used In carrying
lon the war. No bargslns were made
with men or clssses to the effect that Il
They would raise funds for the purchase
lof votes, they should be repaid with
with honors and places.
| All these things are affairs OF to-day
Iof thIs time, when parties have becoml
eordid, mercenary, and sectional. Th(
thine 70 rapidly approaching when new
IAdminiolrslion win have 70 ~ choson
end both the Republican and Democrat
lie parties should BE- getting resdy Sov ib<
contest. But there ID not only DO preps'
rati0n, there is no unity. Pocket poll
tics does not bring people togethsr y
did the politics Of ideas and principles
1T is known how certain States voted
for Presidential candidates In 1855, bul
nobody can confidently predict how
those same States will vote In 1892. Tbs
tariil question, which IL . purely mate
Trial one, aud the silver question, whict
lie . wholly s0rdid one, having divided
both parties. The Republicans ore no
united In favor OF the Mckinley law
They were not ell in favor Of Il ever
when IL was 10 Congress; they are more
ldiscordant now than ever about Il.
i The Democrats, - rule. have agreed
Ito disagree with 1t, and are practically
united in opposition to Il; but on shl
silver question they are al At sixes and
sevens, just q some Republicans are
With both the Republicans and Demo
Icrats the silver question 10 sectiOna
|one. In the South Il 10 splitting chi
Democratic party In twain 10 The Wesl
Iit IL disrupting the Republican party
Both Il and the Mckinley tariff quessio
|are the ripest fruits OF pocket polilics
lor selfish, sordid desires, and not o.
principles Il eli. When the Republicans
stuck close 10 the wholesome princi pll
lof protection to American industry
they were united % one man, and they
were, consequently. invulnerable At Tho
'lpolls; but when they set up : meaeurg
IfOr the benefit Of . class and called i
protection, they split all to pieces.
There 10 no one can say how two ol
three Of the Western States, which have
|always been classed as safe Republican
Estates, will vote in 1o99. Pocket poll
tics has seized the farmers like On epi.
demic, and their Alliance is the conse'
IQueuc0. 1u0 koTWoTo purty Will ~
stronger, not weaker. In 1892 than Il
was In 1890; and yet In that year Il
detected 80 Congressmen. 1t bss been
steadily growing since then and though
|it may attain its greatest growth next
|year; it will then 10 90 formidable % 70
lreuder uncertain The votes Of more than
lone Western State.
| Our politics to-day are 90 largely com.
Imercisl o to divide the old parties that
formerly we're bound together BY ideas
The Western Republican leaders are
|Quaking with fears Of the Alliance, and
|Southern Democratic leaders ere quite
lee much alarmed by Il there. The Re.
publican Tariff bill, the Democratic ail'
YER craze, are playing havoc with thu
prospects OF the old parties. They ere
both pocket politics, and are mighty a.
trsctivs or repulslve 70 those whose in'
|teresis regarding them vary. Pocket
lpolitics u degrading politics, and ~
that 10 tho favorite variety at The pres
ent time.