Evening journal., 1892-05-06
TWO PICTURES.
Harper's weekly Compares the Prac 'ic'
OF the Two Parties Wtth Their PROBES

Harper's weekly Compares the Prac Ice
Of the Two Paroles wtth Their PROBES
HioDs.
One Of the common arguments OF in
tellieent Repu 5licans for adhesion TO the
Republican parry Is the allegation that IL
is OF higher general character and tone
than it's opponents, that IL ie compare
lively the party Of intelligence and con-
scIen,e - and that the public welfare Is
safer In the hands Of snch a party even
without regard TO its special policies or
measures. There is no doubt that this
conviction holds many Republicans to
their party who by no means regard the
Mckinley bill as the height OF
economical wisdom, aud who DO
not believe that force bill
would benefit the coloTed voters In the
Southern States. This is probably the
feeling which retains in the party the lbI
members Of the late Massachusetts, Re
publican Convention VINO Ia order to
SHOW this agreement with his frser views
upon the tariff, voted for Ex-Governor
Ames as delegate to Minneapolis They
we're 1877 out Of 1929. but that Is very
large proportion in an assembly OF uu-
doubted and unquestlonable party men.
and thew represent the Re ,ublicans who
hold to the party by tradition. and by
the feeling that we have mentioned Of
the superior intelligence aud conscience
OF the party.
But II this be a sound view, and II the
a florence which the slavery question
developed and fostered In the moral tone
of the two parties still remains and
instlfes the preference on such grounds
OF the Republican party, what explana-
tion has any honest Republican TO offer
Of the unanimous declaration OF the
recent Republican convention In Penn
sylvaDia In honor Of Matthew Quaf a. a
man whose party services the party
gratefully acknowledged Is the abuse
Of an official pecuniary trust charged
constantly and In detail and
so universally believed that two
gears ago. rather than acknowledge his
party leadership, large body Of Repub-
licans voted for the Democratic candl-
date for the governorshlp- such al
legged conduct, which Mr. Quay has been
challenged and defed TO disprove in the
courts. and which, we repeat is so sus-
tanned as to be generally credited
throughout the country, service for
which an honest party Is gratefulY And
n In the great Republican state which
casts for the party a maj ority Of seventy
thousand, the party conventi II unani.
mously declares It's gratitude to such 3
man, can it be honestly said that the
party as a party is morally superior to IT.
opponentY
The power Of Senator Hill over hi,
party in New York is constantly cited NJ
proof Of the low moral character Of tha
party But Senator Hill has never beer
publicly charged and generally credite,
with misuse OF public funds for his per
sonal advantage, and II his party as
tendency In New York proves the Demo
cratic low moral quality, does the part
ascendency OF Senator Quay In Pennsyl
vania prove the superior Republican
moral quality? At the moment that tn
Pennsylvania Republican Convention wa
thus extolling Senator Quay uuani
mously and with no Republican
protest. New York Democrats wer
organizing an immense and imposing
fraudulent representative Of his party
Do intelligent and honest Republican
assert the innocence Of Senator Qlay
AID II SO. can they ezSlai1 his refusal to
dlsprove tha chsrgesf Or, themselye
refusing TO take notice OF them as mug
wump lies, do they deny that they ar
generally believed, and believed because
IN untrue, the untruth could readily an
Immediately be proved9 While the Re
publican convention OF the largest Re
publican state unanimously honors Sena
tor Quay, the Republican party canno
sneer at the Democratic party of Ney
York for not peremptorily spewing on
Senator Harper's Weekly.