The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-25
THE NEW REPUBLICANISM.

Many occurrences indicate a new de-
parture in the ranks of the Republican
party.
The recent elections have made an i'm
preston on even the dyed the-wool mem
beers, and there is an evident casting about
for some new issue that will infuse some
life into the weakened party. In some
places, tariff reform Is discussed with ear
nestness, while MIR. BLAINE's somersault
from free whisky and tobacco rather than
a repeal of any Of the protective duties to
his present attitude in favor Of free trade
with South America, is something mar
velous.
The party leaders must be beginning to
think that they can no longer fool the peo-
pie on the tariff question. and would better
change their position as quietly and
stealthily as possible, in order to get upon
safer ground.
But 1t is not upon the tariff question
alone that change is indicated. The defeat
of the force bill has contributed to the
reaction against the Republican party, and
its members are demanding other changes
There is little wonder that the party
the issue of high protective taxes, for it is
mere matter of education as to whether
people will believe much in that doctrine.
On other questions, the desire for change
will be induced by the changed conditions
of to day.
| One evidence of a growing belief in the
Republican party that, to fight successfully
a political campaign in 1892, it must turn
about and face the future instead of the
past, is contained in the following para
graphs from the Detroit Tribune, one of the
leading newspapers of the northwest:
This much being understood at the start the
| Tribune may doubtless be permitted to express
its candid belief that there is no further prort
to the Republican party in training its cam
paign guns upon the incidents in the past his
tory of the country and the subjects of much
contemporaneous Republican oratory enum n
ated below:
1.-THE War of the Rebellion. The war i:
over.
't2-The Solid South. The unfortunate con
diton of things in that section does not properl!
give license TO demagogic appeals to preJudict
in the north.
''S-The Bloody Shirt The day of this gar
| ultul uSSlulutSS DIS pl1IllCdl d. ud
gone by.
1.-THE Golden Club The bugaboo of British
gold in American elections has been seen S,
often that it doesn't brighten anybody now
One logical argument for the protective policy i
worth 100 columns of invective against the free
trade campaign fund.
1.-THE rebels in Congress. Every one o
these men was restored to the full privileges O
citizenship with the sanction of the Republican
party, expressed in its national platform, an
given effect by the acts of its representative
l in the national legislature But great man
l Republican orators do not know the history G
the Republican party"
f But with such a change as indicate
e above, the old members would not be able t
f recognize the new party, and to bring tn
S masses of the party to support it would b
e a work of time. Moreover, it is dangerou
S to change front in the face of the enemy
a and the Democratic party will not be slo7
to take advantage of the confusion an
Q broken ranks of the opposition.
e We await the experiment of the monopol
5. party with cheerful interest.