The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-01-22
THE LATE ELECTION.
Thoughtful WORKS on Serious Subject
The Peoples Veal.

ThOuEnCIul WOrIs On u SfEsOu3 oNDJ0OL
The Peoples Veal.
Though draw game, the late cleo
don affords evidence Of popular UNI
rest and unsettleduess. The pertuba-
lions for some time noticeable in the
political heavens have become in the
last canvass so pronounced as to indi-
cate further changes in the near
future. The period is thus marked as
one of transition, says the lions Her.
ald of Boston. The force of some of
the old issues is spent; the new ques-
tons OF society advance to the front
for consideration. The issues OF the
war have held place hitherto; those of
finance industry immigration, tenn
perance, and the protection of Ameri-
can institutions especially the educa-
tional system of the United States,
must pow be considered by the people.
What the people are interested in,
must in due time engage the attention
of the parties organized to carry out
the will OF the people. The late cleo
tons give fresh evidence of the loos-
ening of party ties When great is
sues are at stake, party lines are
closely drawn. The vote OF almost
every member can be depended upon.
The party alignments are distinctly
drawn and definite; the ranks close
up; the whole body acts as with one
will. But when the crisis of the bat
tie is past there comes relaxation of
discipline, multiplication of strag.
glers. The edges of the columns be-
come frayed, the less adhesive atoms
crumble away. Individuals pass from
side to side with little difficulty, The
independents and hoaters become nu-
merous. Old questions lose their pow
er to enchant the multitude, and fresh
war cries arouse the enthusiasm OF the
mass meeting. We stand to-day where
the ways part; we must choose new
path.
Two ways are open to the PARTIES
| They may follow the incline to their
destruction or they may attempt the
more difficult ascent with the new
ideas. Most parties have chosen the
former. The disposition or flexibility
was wanting to adopt the higher alter
native; the weight of gravity bore
them on to their own place. With q
party, change of base is no easy mat
ter. Only expert horsemen can ex-
change in the midst OF the stream; the
old seat may be abandoned without
gaining Judgment in the new one.
AS compromise, some parties have
tried, with slender success to ride two
horses, generally in the end to be left
in the water by both. A party, like
an individual must be one thing
or another To play fast and
loose is to lose its character and
standing. The political party must
stand for an issue, and when
that issue becomes outworn, the party
itself, which stands sponsor. must usu-
ally 60 to the tomb of the Capuets
So went the great federal party; so
followed the whig party after long
posing as the party of liberty. As the
advocates of industry, the whig leaders
could never come to place The question
of human freedom in front. In the
North as we'll as South the negro was
sacrificed to the cotton bale; and the
two parties which did it were sent to
hades. one of them to be utterly an
initiated and the other to enjoy q sort
of post-mortem probation, in STUN
bling about among the living. 1t re-
mains to be seen how far the old or
CARNATIONS can meet and handle the
current and prospective issues, Some
are confident they will be equal to the
new opportunity. The supposition
flies in the face Of recent history. The
presumption is against the new adapta-
tons. We have this comfort in the
case. that the choice must soon be
made for veal or VICE. The new ques.
tons press for settlement; either the
old or new parties will be called upon
to handle them.
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