Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-04-30
REPUBLICAN, "LOYALTY."
A Striking Comparison for the Considera
ton of the People.

A Striking Comparison for the Considera-
ton of the People.
Events SO press upon one another in
American politics that comparisons, OBJ
viously just, often fail to be effectuat-
ed because the people are SO engrossed
| with the affairs of the hour. No citi-
zen who recalls the course of the ma
jority of the republican journals and
| republican partisan advocates during
| the Sackville West incident can discov-
er in that either true Americanism or
! sincere patriotism. A democrat was
president. A democrat was secretary
of state. A republican intrigue was
set on foot to bring about compiled
| ton with foreign government for the
! express purpose of embarrassing the
| government of the United States The
| republ tric!1ster in the far west who
| wrote the decoy letter to the British
minister did it with malign motive. He
threw away all the instincts of an
American, discarded the obligations of
patriotism and betrayed his country.
Murchison played his concealed card
deliberately, willfully, basely, for the
direct and designed end of involving us
as a nation with England and compell-
| ing the national American executive to
resort to severe steps for the vindica-
ton Of national honor. Murchisons
motive was as ignoble as Mr.. Cleve-
| lands dilemma was difficult.
| If the president did not demand the
recall of the British minister for inter-
fering in American politics he would
have incurred the censure of a great
mass of the American people without
- III he, Oh
| ject of the republican traitor-for trail
tor is any American who will wanton-
| " embroil his country with a foreign
| government. The traitor purpose was
to arouse prejudice against Mr.. Cleve-
land then running for second term,
and increase the vote against him GER
| tain to be incensed by Sackville Vests
| course.
Did the republican press denounce
| Murchison? Did notable republican
| spokesman declare such tactics unwor
thy an American citizen? Did any con-
vention of the party declare that vic
tory won at the expense of national
honor was too dearly bought? Contrast
their failure to do this with the cour
ageous, frank, disinterested conduct of
the democratic press and democratic
politicians toward President Harrison
and Secretary Blaine throughout the
difficulty with Italy. Which is the 10y
al party, the national party, the true
American party?
While in the state department Mr..
Bayard was required to take up the
subject of Behring sea. He laid down
the principles which Mr.. Blaine has
followed. While the controversy pro-
ceeded under the guidance of Mr.. Bay
ard did the republican press uphold
national rights and support him in his
definition of them? On the contrary.
every proposal submitted by him was
interpreted by them to mean substan-
tial surrender of our property and bar
ter of our rights to British sagacity or
even British gold. The democratic dip
lomat proceeded with caution, courtesy
and firmness, but he had to win his
points without encouragement or con-
gratulations from the republican press
or party. Contrast this contemplate
littleness with the practical unanimity
with which the democratic party and
press stand by Mr.. Blaine in the con-
tinuation of the course initiated by Mr.
Bavard.
Which is the true national party?
Which is the loyal party? To which
in the future, whether for maintenance
of true economic principles at home or
of the national dignity and cOnStitu
tional principles in all our transactions
at home and abroad, should the Ameri-
can people turn with conference.-the
cago Herald.
TREACHEROUS REPUBLICANS.
Oily Oratory for Oleaginous Oppression
lists.
If there were reason to believe the
speech of such a republican as the pre-
siding officer of the monopolists' con-
vention then would it be painfully
evident that treachery was rampant in
the g. o. p. Speaking to representa-
tives of the republican clubs, j. NJ.
Thurston, of Nebraska, said: 1.-The
vote buyer and the demijohn must be
banished from every polling place over
which the flag of liberty beneficently
floats" Shades of the past! what is to
become of the republican saints? If
vote buyers are to be banished, what is
to be the political status of Dudley,
Wanamal1er and Quay? Must these
eminently pious representatives of mod
ern republicanism be eXiled and their
occupation destroyed? If there is to
be no more vote buying, by what trick
shall such worthless as these retain
their prominence in the republican
party and pay their tithes to Cheap
Johns" Sunday-schools? When Brother
Harrison has used the power of the
chief executive to reward the judge
who protected the inventor of blocks of
five, is it fitting that policy should be
adopted that will render nugatory this
defilement of the judicial ermine?
And then what scant respect is shown
certain recent republican saints by this
reflection upon the demijohn. Why
should a convention of monopolists and
tax eaters cast such reproach on the
statesman who was so seldom sober as
to warrant the suspicion that his nor
NAL condition was that of inebriety?
There be still in public life many gem
tlemen who have personal reasons for
speaking kindly of that era in republic
anism when mediocrity and chicane
were held as best passports to executive
favor. They managed to keep their
names less conspicuous than other COM
Founders of the felonies by which the
administration was marked, and have
held their heads high because of their
cunning For these it must be serious
offense to know that 1.-The rounder,
hummer, vote buyer and demijohn must
be banished from every polling place"