Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-25

why, my dear fellow" be said.
smilingly, II was .Zed. >" S..
The Only Way to Run Politics.
The Hon. Charles Emory Smith Of
Philadelphia spoke to the Republican
Club of this city on Monday night.
choosing as his subject ..Morals in
Politics." His remarks were well re-.
ceived, and small wonder, for they
were of a kind rarely heard at the
monthly meetings of that organization.
Mr.. Smith spoke in defence of honest
partisanship in American politics, a
theme welcome to every good citizen,
Democrat or Republican, and we'll
worthy the consideration of his hear
ers, many of whom have been straying
away from straight paths for some Time.
1--WE are shocked, gentlemen" de-
clared Mr.. Smith, .sas we ought to be
shocked, at the violence of faction and
at the rancor of political discussion
which too frequently prevail. But
what we see now is the very gentleness
of the zephyr, compared with the furi-
GUS storms that lashed the troublous
sea Of the first fifty years Of our polit-
ical existence. y And what he added
was even more important:
1--WE are shocked at the scramble
for public place; but though we have
much to learn in this respect by q
study of the earlier period, 1t is still
true that John Adams went on with his
midnight appointments at the expira-
tion of his term, while Jefferson's agent
stood, watch in hand, calling halt.
And it is no less true that while Presi-
dent Cleveland to-day puts forth an
| order that no man shall approach as an
applicant for public Office, it is true
with the advent of Andrew jackson,
the very fences of the White House
we're so crowded that they broke down
with their burdens. y
recollection OF his friendly auditors of
the Republican Club these stirring
episodes in the early days Of the coun-
try's history, when men were not
ashamed of their parry principles or
party colors; when an appointment to
public Office was an honor to be covet-
ed, and one open to all Americans. of
equal fitness, on equal terms; and when
the intensity of party spirit was the
surest safeguard against fraud in Office,
against Capitalization and against en-
croachments upon popular rights.
The same sentiments deeply stir both
political parties to-day. They stimu-
late the activity OF their leaders.
Wherever absent, neglected. or avow-
ed apologetically, detection and indif-
ference result. Our Republican
friends suffered deeply from these in
the late election, by the loss of former
strongholds, especially in the West,
where the spirit of political strife Is
earnest and keen, and Mugwumpery has
taken no root.
You do not get a good working team
by hitching horse and q mule. The
combination is as poorly politically as
it is in the field Of agriculture. Such
was in substance the conclusion to be
drawn from the remarks made by Mr..
Smith to the Republican Club on Mon
day night. Who shall say, or who can
say, that they did not correctly de-
scribe one of the grave causes of hia
party's recent defeatp
Here in New York city, where De-
mocracy is supreme, Mugwumps are
ignored absolutely. They have, Of
course, the right to advocate the elect
ion of such candidates as they prefer;
to vote for them. and to have their
votes counted. That is all. They are
not permitted to interfere with party
management, to divert the Democratic
organization from its duties or pledges.
w SnioiOO GAClT OO0 VICWS OI KOVeru-
ment, or to impair the integrity Of
party association. Our Republican
friends in New York OF late years have
had sort of limited partnership. linn
tied to defeat, with the micellaneous
Mugwumps; and It has led them into
many sentimental encounters, result
ing always in humiliating disaster.
That usually has been followed BY
vexatious recrimination on the part Of
the Mugwumps.
Mr.. Smith pointed out IN his speech
the only method. approved BY the ex-
perience o. more than one hundred
years, whereby popular elections may
be won in the United States; and al-
though his remarks were addressed