The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-12-12
TIE republican party of this state is IN

TIE republican party of this state is III
a sad mud1le. 1t is in the coalition of
successful army after the capture cf a
tomn when plilage is the order Of the
/ !sv. The enemy Is whipped, hopelesslY
!, appears, and the victorious party has
/ become a gang OF Irsa5GGteTs. II no
1 longer makes any pretensions 10 public
+ policy bat relies wholly for future sue
cess on tbs '.nard times Ia the indis-
crinjDste scramble for position all
/ thought Of responsibility to the public is
ignored, and 50 eager IS thu desire for
( psUuder tDat the leaders boldly accept
the motto: The Devil take the hind
masf." The people look on 10 complaisant
asooi feeiiag hopeful Of good results to
IL iEstFiai interests from this fac'lOnal
( Oyalgrti01 ct Office seekers. Mokana
yer dupsd his followers TO such an ex-
tca. with the trickery al hidden brow.
The aIr IS charged with details OF com
hiuatiOus. The combination which wins
/ a the convention has attained the goal
/ Z tie cry Of hard times Is snre to cause
{ ii stampede in It's direction No attention
need D. given tie people: they are already
! ,rraIied and then let loose will flock to
( tie support Cf tie party which has been
: 6tliy crying volt. The election OF a
! rialg brood Of oiIire seekers is pauac6a
/ or all Industrial Ills. That is the doctrine
( 'og accepted 10y the American people.
a.t Is the political belief now extant in
. :. ,sacusI1 and the Office seeker IS cot
/ 5 .'V n arailing h:ustIt cf he oppnrtuni-
/ y II pfesnts to further biz own ambitious
I .rI Oses.
I he corner stone Of industrial pros
p Ity ia no Ion -er intelligent industry.
. ID some boon extended by the govern
meat hich IN prpniar conception has
/ f.ecume au entity dlstinc' from he people.
" Ii powers scarcely short Of omnip0-
! t,ace. Il has creative net aCIalnlst ratIve
/ fuGctI0ls. and can b-sLo raYJrs without
/ CTiTIng upon the people for the materi-
a.. |. Is the source Of all material good
or evil The populists are rapidly carry
! Z tins theory Of government to its ului-
nate conclusion. Tine Was when the
.'rr-dO veil eXcnsel his want Of indus
Try by sayIuG The wurid owed hIm a
! i4vIuP:" We Are now accepting his Dhlos-
! OyGy quite ereral!y aud ara looking tt
( t - government lis the industrial agent
I 81 AL the people. We are bee )ming de-
pend -nts, sinking to the level of the
| Indian who lives ia idleness while await
/ i9g his government arnuily, aud the re-
I publican party Is popular as it promises
! to be the dIsb1rsiDg &geot.
Ine democratic party has had practi-
| G!!}y not hing to do with national legis-
! ia,i0n since 1860. Some shallow writing
| VIII say that 1t then caused the civil war,
blind 10 the fact that the seeds of that
/ greLt rebellion were planted when the
| constitution vas adopted, just as the seeds
II tie panic OF 1898 we're sown by the hand
| of Protection. Ii we deal honestly with
! historical facts we shall be the better
able to satisfactorily discharge the duties
If citizenship and thus force office seekers
10 appeal to sense, not to rely upon mis-
| representation for their success.
The condition of things liz Wisconsin,
politically, is deplorable. The democrats
came into power in 1890 on a most Yep
| fehensible issue b1t gave the people d
% Dst excellent administration. They
| we're successful when they should have
| Teen beaten and beaten when they should
have been successful. The republicans
came into power IN 1894 on an issue which
has left rs legacy of evil that is to-day
CoFruptiDg our political integrity, (what
little we had of it, binding us to the
duties Of the boar and which has led 10
| shameless scramble for nominations.
The people are not Considered. No ac-
CONT Of them is taken. They are held
IN voluntary political vassalage by the
spell Of the mystic words. 'hard times.
They have sold their birthright to the
party which feeds their prejudice and en-
courage5 their delusIOn. No rotten
! borough of England was ever more Sc
cRra to the lord Of the manor than Is
Wisconsin 20 tle republican party to-day.
| The people have voluntarily surrendered
/ every right Of manhood to the keeping
| OF the party which attributes the hard
! times" to democratic success three years
! ego. The republican party feels no re-
| sponsibLity, has no responsibility, and
! Ellis the measure Of public expectation
| by vague promises OF restoring prosperi-
| Il. This Is the tiimsy superstructure we
are building, trusting the stability of our
government 10 the shifting exigencies of
! business and demanding from govern
ment what comes from thrift, frugality
| aad intelligence. This is the condition
Ia Wisconsin and 1t has made "hard
times King who is a puppeU in the hands
OF republicans.