The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08

Battery---Result, Partisan
Electricity to Keep
Alive Sectional
alism.
ION Dec. 18th, 1891, this article ap-
peared in this paper. 1t was repro
dUced in over four hundred other
papers. Read it and see if some of it
doesn't apply to the extra session.
REPRESENTATIVES: Es:-Profoundly CRATE
full for this mark of your confidence
and esteem, 1 pledge myself here and
now to devote whatever Of industry
and ability I possess to the advance
ment of the real interest of the Demo
cratic party"
These are the remarks of Mr.. Speaker
Crisp on taking his seat. He said
nothing, about the people, the country,
or even his own section of it, which is
at present so needful of a friend in
power. According to his own confes
sion he is partisan, elected in the in
terests Of partisans, which he gives the
broader name of party. His is the same
philosophy that guided Speaker Reeds
practice. According to his own con-
fession he will judge every question by
its effect upon the interests Of his party
the party which elected him. If any
great reform is advanced during his
reign, it will be because he and his
hackers believe partisan interest can
not be hurt by it
Ifhe thinks the great Democratic ma
jority in the House is because the peo
pie prefer one set of partisans to an
other, he will learn better later. A
mere partisan iseunpopular now no
matter what is his hobby. The people
now perfectly understand that mere
partisan agitation will never accom-
plish any real reform, no matter u der
what banner. Men will be partisan
enough-too partisan when the name
and the interests of their party are
never mentioned, when only principles
and the interests of the people and the
country are discussed. But when
speaker announces that he is going to
use his great judicial cfice to further
the interests of his party, we see at
once that if he is consistent with his
philosophy he will thrash over and
over the same old straw of partisan
agitation with like results.
The same public sentiment that
would tolerate a partisan in the
Speakers chair, will tolerate him in
the Supreme Court of the United
States. The same Speaker that will
leg" for his party in making laws will
leg and log roll for it in interpreting
them-wil pack committees in par
tisan and personal interests, and will
use his high judicial Office to do any
thing that modern partisan warfare
of its votaries, its victims, it's
dupes and It's tools.
Crisp may be better than his philos-
ophy-better than he pretends to be,
though men seldom are; but under his
reign I shall be disappointed if hear
of much else but Organization" "
party" caucus" and the usual ap-
pliances of machine politics. 1t is but
human nature to retaliate upon the
tyrannical majority-it still more the
nature of party majorities. The result
of it all will be that after some months
of bullying the bullies who lately
bullied them, they will so disgust the
people with the triumphant party that
they will again vote the Republicans
into power, and the old party see-saw
will go on as eyer. Congress reminds
me of gigantic bull fight. The par
tisans are the bulls. The people, the
spectators at a cost of five million dol
lars a day. They paid a thousand
million dollars for the Reed Mckinley
show.) The capitalists are the man
ayers, and make money, no matter
which set of bulls win the fight. The
bloody shirt is the red flag which is
used to make them mad. The lobby
lists and newspapers are the goaders.
The grand Crisp combination company
promise a show to last six months,
which will rival the great gladiatorial
contests of the latter Caesars. All lovers
of true partisan sport will be enter
tanned as never before. Preparations
of the most elaborate nature have been
made. All taxpayers are invited to
witness the performance.
Last night 1 dreamed saw in fam
ing red letters a bill poster of which
the following is a copy:
GRAND CRISP COMBINATION
COMPANY
To show every day for at least six