Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-04

rassed with one difficulty-too much
surplus money in the treasury. In 1898
an administration handed to its sue
cessor government embarrassed with
deficiency SO great and demand Ii
abilities SO heavy that distrust of its
currency had produced a panic which
affected ali business. In two years
after Harrison went to Washington
the country knew that the national
treasury was empty, though the neces-
sary expenses of the government had
not increased. In eighteen months
after Cleveland took the oath of office
trade had begun to revive fast the
tariff was reformed in the right direc-
ton, if not quite far enough. bullion
purchases were stopped, federal ex-
penses were cut down. department
barnacles were scraped eff and fears
of forcible interference with home
rule in elections were set at rest.
There is nothing in populism. prohi-
b1tion or mugwumpiSm for sensible
men to waste time over. All of them
have proved that if they had power
without opposition their members
could not conduct government. The
choice is between the party that saves
money and the party that corrupts the
suffrage with the bride of appropria-
tions and grants of monopoly: between
the party which multiplies offices
to swell power and the party which
abolishes unnecessary Offices to dimin-
ish taxation; between the party which
encourages disorder by inviting classes
to grab from the general fund and the
party which suppresses disorder when
laws made for the protection OF equal
rights are violated.
And as the line is between the two
old forces which have contended since
our government was founded, it will
be benefit if the fight can be made
fierce and aggressive on both sides.
The fercer the fight. the stronger the
men who will be developed into lead
ers. We need bold criticism, aroused
feeling and unsmirched loyalty to
party as the exponent of principle.
Every flaw in the proceedings of the
recent session was due to a slackness
of party spirit. There was too much
visiting between the lines There was
too much mixing. 1t got SO bad that
on the tariff. the great central issue
of the preceding campaign, you could
hardly tell some democratic senators
from their republican cronies.
Brice and Murphy could not live in
genuine, old-fashioned political fight.
Mckinley and Harrison could not lead
corporals' squads. Such men should
be trodden down and lost.
Nothing stops abuses. accentuates
principles, drives out the thieves and
breeds statesmen like political fight
that is for political blood in every en-
counter.
Parties are not made to agree and
fondle each other. When they do look
out for plundering on the sly. Unless
they are kept fighting, men in public
life find it very tempting and very con-
venient to quietly agree on robbing
the distant public.
Democratic principles are worth
fighting for. Republican principles
deserve to be fought out of existence
The people must eternaily fight for
their liberties or combines of power
will steal away every liberty in the
constitution The democratic party
has grown, and with it have grown
democratic principles. when party
spirit ran high. Nothing can beat the
democratic party when its spirit is
aroused. And the republican party