River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-04-26
THE TWO PARTIES.
A Comparison of Republican and Demo-
cratic Policies.

A Comparison OF Republican and Demo-
cratic Policies.
There is an important truth in the
remark of Gov. Mckinley tina. 1.-The
altogether too common idea that there
is in fact little difference between the
two parties, and that the country will
prosper equally well whichever may be
in power. has been completely ex-
ploded by one years trial of democratic
rule" The republicans so managed
the affairs of the government as to
promote the material interests of all
classes, and to keep our rate of pros
perity superior to that of any other ma
ton in the world. When they retired
from power they left things in a
healthy and satisfactory condition. All
kinds of business were profitable, all
kinds of labor had employment, all
kinds of people were contented and
hopeful The fact that single year
has served to bring about directly
contrary situation is not acci-
dental and cannot be explained
without recognizing the existence of
certain fundamental and practical
differences between the two parties.
They are not inspired by the same
motives, they are not guided by the
same theories, they are not character
lied by the same impulses and ten
denotes. 1t is true, generally speak
ing, that they are both DESTROYS to ad-
vance the national welfare, but they
have opposite ways of seeking that re-
suit, and the test of the relative value
of their methods is in the effects that
they produce. The question is not so
much one of patriotism and honest in
tention as of capacity to perform salts
factory service.
The sober truth is, as experience has
demonstrated. that republican princi-
pies and policies are better adapted
than democr tic ones to the work of
safe and beneficial government This
is the lesson of the events of the past
year, and intelligent people cannot fail
to be impressed by il. The conditions
of success were present when Cleveland
was inaugurated, but the opportunities
have not been improved. There are
able and worthy statesmen in the DEM
ocratic party, but somehow they are
not equal to the emergency. They
mean well. but they do not grasp things
in the right manner and do not take
advantage of the chances that come to
them. The fault is less their own than
it is that OF the party to which they be-
long. They are the representatives of
sentiments and doctrines, preferences
and proclivities, that do not meet the ne
cessities of politics. Their proceedings
are lacking in the sort of sagacity that
adjusts circumstances to accurate and
profitable uses. A fatality of disap-
pointment attends their plans and en-
terprises. They encounter failure where
the republicans would win a victory,
and all their efforts fall short of justi-
flying their promises and professions
The occurrences of the past year have
emphasized this fact In most signif
cant way, and furnished a contrast
that is peculiarly interesting and sug-
gestive. II has been demonstrated, as
Gov Mckinley says, that 1.-The success
of one party or the other means all the
difference between national happiness
and prosperity and national discomfort
and distress. st. Louis Globe Demo-