Telegram-herald., 1891-04-03

pCetN pATT ON MEMS REASONS
Foa ThEla PARTY ALLEGIANCE


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shtch the ho1y was organized marks
hs history Of religion the world over.
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4 msn who rarely even opened the Bible
Ut up IN wrath 70 fight for . general
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perislvs examination e. 70 the dognAs Of
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WhAs We have observed and all recog-
tiA This Is especially the case in the
United States. where politics has all the
fanaticism Ut religion and fascination u
gambling. Deprive an American citizen Of
politics aad you deprive him Of life. And
yes the average man often cannot give u
rsasea fog the faith that is in HIM We
have the people today nearly equally d.
vided In two hostile camps. Now, ask
the average voter why ne Is Of such .
party. and the sam Of his reply win be
that the other side are. IN his estimation.
dishonest. unpatriotic people. and his
side Thoroughly American.
There are, OF course. reasons for tho
existence of the one party as well as thu
other. bus taese reasons are generally
unknown to tho rank and file. That
COMMONLY given. that the other party, be-
ing half of the American people. Is CON-
posed Of knaves and fools, and ones own
organization Is male up Of sensible men
and patriots, is enough to consign the
supposed reasoner To mild ward in an
asylum for the insane.
The natural division into two parts Of
all civilized communities lies between
those who have and those who hare not
Tho man who comes into this world of
toll. for such IL is, to claim his living,
and finds no shelter, food or raiment
prepared for him, not even work, while
another with no better claim than his
own has all provided. naturally feels al
antagonixm for the more fortunate. This
deepens when it is discovered that the
privileges accorded a few in the way Of
accumulated property not only secure
to them living for each, bat are aug
rnented by Injuries that rob the many
Of bare subsistence. Tho hostile armies
organize ON this line, and in all civilized
communities Of the earth this conflict is
raging.
Now the party Of tho outs arc the
masses: in other words, tho people. The
party Of ms make the classes, composed
Of the favored few. For hundred years
the haves and have-nots Of the United
States. under our present form Of gov
eminent, have been forming instructive
". The growth has been slow from the
fact that our wide, fruitful continent for
nearly half q century equalized property.
A we get from the earth all that we
1.-Two on, tho many farms open to actual
settlers deprived capital Of its power to
oppress, and made labor so valuable in
itself that it cared little how poor it
came into the world. Every man was
sure Of . competence for himself and
family, while the road TO wealth seemed
opsr to all. The great body Of our peo-
pie wers made mp Of those possessed Of
IN easy competence, whilc on one side
were few very poor, and On tho other
. les number extremely rich. As late
- 1859 We had bat three millionaires in
al the United States, while the percent
age OF men owning their own homes was
greater than among any other people in
the world.
At tho period speak Of the political
contests were mainly over abstract politi-
cal questions. and although conducted
with much interest and noise, the result
In each instnnce was accepted good nat
uredly, and the excitement would sub
side until aroused again by another can-
vasA.
This condition In the last three decades
hs shifted TO something far moro seri-
ous. The immense stream Of immigrants
steadily pouring upon our shores has
absorbed the public domain. II occu-
pies all that is left of the vast tracts
seized on and held by railroad corpora
tons. and the tide OK hungry labor
sweeping back from the interior to older
settlements has brought rs precisely the
same fierce competition that is the curse
Of Europa We have today a larger body
Of tspantry in proportion TO our popula-
ton than any other nation under the
sun. The comfortable middle class has
nearly all disappeared. and great gulf
lies between the very poor and very rich.
Under this condition, that grows more
intense every day. the two parties as
snr,e toward each other an anta1onism
never dreamed Of By the trainers of our
political fabric. We have developed
into government Of parties. The party
In power IL the government. and the
party out Of power has no rights the
more successful organization feels bound
% respect. The significance of this may
be felt when we stop to consider that not
only every Office in the government suf-
fsrs from a change Of administration.
bat every c~rt Of property il affected.
This incinsles thu vast accommodations In
tho hands Of individuals. the immense
Investments. ~ IN railroads. all the real
and 6rfitious vslnes gathered in BY cor
por.6ious. trusts. monopoises and all the
labor cf the land.