Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-06
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New haven. Conn.,, News.
The News was founded 10 years sgo as
an independent newspaper.
The republican party was then drifting
towards that policy of Capitalization OF
power at Washington, and promotion OF
class interests which it has since more
openly pursued. The democratic party
had not recovered from the shocks of the
civil war and its ill-stsrred presidential
campaign under the leadership of Horace
Greeley.
In Connecticut, Bulkeleyism had begun
to be dominant power in state politics
William II. Buckley was the republican
candidate for governor in 1882, and Nor
gan G. Buckley was already slated for
the succession.
During these 10 wears, each of the great
parties has come to assume in Connecti-
cut, and in the nation, definite position.
The republicsn party has become the open
champion of tariff framed mainly in the
interest of protection for certain indus
tries, as against tariff framed mainly for
revenue and II ensured by the needs of
the treasury; and the champion, also, OF
federal laws to regulate in vital points
the internal affairs of the several states.
The democratic party on the other
hand has returned to the ancient standard
OF Jefferson and Madison. 1t insists that
the genius Of our system of government
demands that every state should regulate
its own affairs so long as it bears true
faith to the constitution of the United
States. 1t declares that unnecessary tax
alton is unjust taxation; and that public
Office is public trust. 1t insists on an
honest currency; that the intrinsic value
of every dollar coined by the United
States, whether in gold or silver. shall be
the same to the man who holds it.
Before these issues were made up there
was call for the independent voter and
the independent journal. But now that
each party has deliberately taken its
ground, and, by convention after conven-
ton, down to those which have just
spoken at Minneapolis and Chicago, has
irreYocably affirmed it, we believe that
the place for every man is in the ranks of
that one of these great organizations
which he believes to be in the right. Or
ganized labor is stronger than morgan
lied labor. Organized political effort
is stronger than unorgsnized political
effort.
The News believes that the democratic
party of 1892 is in the right, and that it
has chosen the right man to lead it. 1t
will not occupy position which it be-
lieves its readers should not take 1t there
fore takes this occasion to announce
itself democratic journal. 1t viii be a
change of name. but our readers will
bear us witness that it involves no change
OF views. The doctrines we have advo-
Gated we shall advocate. The commend
alton We have always been glad to bestow
on any good measures of republican leg
islation, we hope we shall have still more
frequent opportunities to give hereafter.
Nothing unfair or uncandid will ever be
knowingly said by the News of any re-
publican or Of any democrat. No IN
worthy candidate need look for favor
here But we believe that in the success
of the democratic principles as pro-
claimed at Chicago depends the prosper
ity of our people, and that the rule that
has made us never neutral now requires
us to give to them cur public and perna-
nent support.