The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-02
THE PARTY STILL LIVES.
Republicans VIII Await the yindIcation
OF Their Principles.

OF Their Principles.
The result of the presidential contest
can be stated very briefly: Cleveland
is elected; the democratic free trade
party has triumphed; the new house Is
largely democratic, and the senate will
be Of that political faith after March 4.
The long years of Justification. of
preaching political millennium to the
credulous multitudes have at last borne
fruit The people of the United States
are to-day exactly in the position CT
that Atheniau who, when the question
of the Ostricism of Aristides was Se-
fore the citizens for decision, asked n
man whom he did not know, but VINO
was Aristides himself. to inseribe THAI
name upon the she'll which he intended
to vote. The statesman asked him
what grievance he had against the
man whom he proposed to Danish
The reply was that he had none, bu:
was tired of hearing Aristides called
tine Just.''
So with a large number of American
citizens Just now. They were tired of
hearing the republican party extolled
as the conservator Of the best interests
of the nation. They are reckless Of
what may come from transfer of un-
controlled power to the democracy, and
are only anxious for a change"
1t is in obedience to n well-kuown law
that pendulum, drawn to the extrem-
ity of its arc on one side, when released,
viii swing Just as far on the other side.
The war for the preservation of the
union was the irresistible force which
swung the mighty pendulum of the
popular will TO the extreme limit of the
arc With the triumphant outcome of
that mighty struggle. this supreme force
was removed. The tendency has been,
for the past twenty years-that is to
say, since 1s72-toward the other ex-
treme Various issues have served as
hindrances. and hitherto prevented the
full swing to the other end This year
they did not prevail, and the swing is
made.
But the hour of the democratic party's
triumph is also its hour OF doom. If it
dares to carry out its wildcat money
scheme, as promised the people in the
Chicago platform. il will meet with dis
affection in the west and south. If it
carries out the policy outlined in the
tariff plank of its platform, it will
rouse the workingmeu to realization
of the incredible folly of which they
have been guilty, and be hurled from
power as soon as a general election
| gives these deceived citizens the OppOr-
| tunity. II it does not fulfill that
promise, the farmers of the west and
| the planters of the south will wreak
/ their vengeance upon it. Its tergiversa-
ton has placed it in the predicament of
/ the gentleman who found himself To-
I Gated between the devil and the deep
/ sea
This result is inevitable with party
which reaches power through false
methods. The democracy has commit
ted the error of pursuing the policy OF
negation. 1t has condemned without
| stint any and every measure emanating
/ from a republican source, without hav-
! ing the ability or the craftsmanship to
/ frame a wiser policy. 1t has been
/ driven to the advocacy of theoretical
/ makeshifts, which are sure TO prove
{ less advantageous, when put to the
test Of practice, than the policies they
antagonizeG. Hence we look. with the
full assurance that our anticipatiOns
/ will be realized. for complete dis
| crediting of the democratic party in
I its attempts to remodel the economic
and fiscal systems under which the
| United States has grown so marvel
: ously within the past thirty years.
The republican party of the nation
| is defeated, but it is not destroyed. 1t
is party of principles, not Of make
I shifts. 1t can afford to wait for the
| certain vindication which must come
when the people have had a full exhi-
/ bition of the lack of business capacity
/ on the part of the democracy. That
| party's lease of uncontrolled power
cannot be long-unless the people OF
/ the north submit 10 the introduction OF
! the election methods which have rem
/ dered the name OF southern democracy
a kissing and a reproach to every hon
/ est mau.-Toledo Blade.