Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-05-31
REpUBLICANREVIVAL
THE G. o. p. ENTERING ON A
NEW ERA OF PROSPERITY.
indications Which Promlse to Give the
Party Another Long Lease OF Power
The Senate Bribery Investigation - Dis
grace: Bargain with the sugar Trust.


moeTocy IL DIsrupteJs
There are indications that the Re-
publican party Is about to experienc,
great revival and enter on a new era
Of political prosperity, says the Indian
apolls journal, In republic in gov
ernment it Is inevitable that political
parties should have their ups AMI
downs. Tho people, though level
headed in the main, are whimsical, and
they sometimes follow after strange
gods for while just for the sake of
finding their way back. They never
got very fa. firm the right path.
During the last decade they have been
experimenting with the Democratic
party, apparently with view OF seeing
Il 1t was possible to get any good out
OF 1t. The party begged SO hard to te
given trial and made such unlim ted
promi es of good behavior that the
people, "for u change conclu led to
try it. The result has been so disma ly
disastrous that they are NV tumb. ing
over one another to g.t into the right
path.
There has never been a time in the
cations were so clear in the second
year OF an administrator of the com
pete dissolution OF the party in power
as the present 1t is not ne .ely the
ordinary apathy of an off year or the
trans ent Gisaffection that always fol-
lows new deal in the offices. These
are expected and discounted. The
present condition is very different.
Instead of n mild apathy and partial
disaffection there is deep disgust ar d
complete decentralization. The Demo-
cratic party is not threatened with dis
ruption; it is already disrupted. 1t is
not in danger of being stampeded: it is
already panic.stricken 1t is not drift
ing on the rocks: it is already wrecked.
1t will be miracle If /. pulls itself TO-
gether sufficiently to stand up in the
next election and be knocked down.
The measure of the popular disgust
with the Democratic party is fairly
approximate measurement of tie cx-
tent OF the Republican revival An un-
broken record OF Rep lblican victories
In all the elections of the last year.
state, district AID municipal, shows
how irresistibly popular sentiment is
rdnning the Republican way. Pro-
gressivists and con.eryatists. pro'e y
sional men and business men capital
lists a-d wCrkingmen. old vot rs and
Young ores, q seem to have reached
the common conclusion that the only
hope OF good government lies in the
Republican ralty. Espe ,ially are the
young me rallying under the Repub
lican standard. The un-American and
unpatriotic policy OF the Democratic
party. its hostility to American
interests at home and abroad,
seems to have made deep
impression on the minds of the young
men of the country. Wolkingmen
who have been voting the Dem ocratic
ticket are coming into the Republican
party by thousands. The con rast be-
tween the prosperity they enjoyed e.
fore the Democratic party came into
power and the terrible depression and
uncertainty that now lrevail has been
a powerful object les on to all WHO de-
pend upon their daily labor for their
da ly bread. So has the cont ast be.
tween the promises AMI the perform,
ances OF the Democracy. AS a conse-
quence the workingmen are leaving
the Democracy in d .oves. and large
majority of them are joining the Re-
publican ranks. The net result of
these various influences is an unmis.
taxable Republican revival which
promises to gle the party another
lease OF power.