The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-22
ARouT PARTIEs.

There is Sogv no Party Advocating Pure
,JcGcrzouiaH Democracy Juirss BE- t5e tiIr
People, Party
A political party Is uu organization
of citizens for ths promotion OF cause
which effects the policy of the govern
mcut The Organization is effected be-
cause only through organization can "a
question of public policy be success
fully advanced. There are two views
prevalent concerning parties One is
shat iJ is organized 10 formulate au
idea, while another Is that &c b. am orr
ganizatisu To present an ilga already
formulated. The latter is the curUaet
Wow. Citizens are expected e. think
p themselves aad to ally them--Ives
with "a party which pr5mulgstes their
IDEAS
Many cfreumotaaces have arisen late
jy which go 20 prove that party collars
arc worn very loosely these days. The
very atmosphere is pregnant with the
. 0dora of independence The comm 1u
mas cs are bold to say 20 parties Won
must do this; VIC demand this of you.
The parties seem to be hesitutiug. The
leaders are estimating on tac effect of
fle com pliaEse7 many of them speak AS
though they had decided TO ignore tIac
peoples demands They evidently do
this anticipating thc p1vvsror the party
lash. Again VIC wish to udmoni-h
thee bosses that the people viii never
aga.n be driven, They can De toleI
bv throwing to them tLc blit OF their
. choosing, which Is Dri4cipIea
/ Tolitical parties are "a matter of
/ growth, and now parties ure the result
+ of dissatisfaction existing auDIE the
member ot the old partiel- Never,
| perhaps in the history OF the country
/ was there as much evident diasatisfac-
[ ti11 as ut the present time; the people
are in advance of the aJ-cul-cd leader
/ and the party bosses seem 70 have no
/ disposition 10 learn Can It. be that
] history is 20 repeat t7e-f2 The fight
I which pus tie republican party iu
Z power began iu IsrJ iu % way similar
I to the present condition Tho people
{ were detsrmiurds the bosses also chose
. the same ''ruls or ruiu' policy that is
F. being pursued today, and after every
[ thing had been done To disrupt the dom
I iuaut party 80 went into convention
and the bosses who were uuuble TO
/ control b5ltcI, bat the split really
] occurred on the election OF lAe speaker
the fan before No sooner had the
democratic party split than the 7vh .g
party W H.eh had only been held to
ge-her by les upp8sitiDl to democracy,
the same as the rePubica1 party is now
held together, it. too, went 20 pieces
and the third or minority party came
. into power LuC s1-rLI-et dem .grat e
press OF the south today j. doing more
T 20 insure the division OF and the sutl-s-
2 uucut defeat OF the party than an other
forces com biued- aui that, ZOO when q
I third party Of no mean proportion
threatens 20 become an active factor iu
I the next ca.uF aigI- People learn much
more rapidly to-day than they did
/ thirty years ago, and rzdi-a. pglIt-
icaI changes have occurred iu the
I parties of the country every thirty
years. The federal party passed
away 70 give place q the gyh-gi
the whig party passed away %
give place TO the republican party5 the
old republican party passed away 90
give place 60 the present democratic
party. Party names have changed, buL
there has never bssa but Two dominant
principles Evpresea-edi one gga- the old
Hamuilaiau i1eu THAT tl= rieh auH