The Ravalli Republican., 1896-12-23

VIC arc Il good enough republican to
refuse to join these disruptlonists
and mouth makers, or to lend any as
sistancc in humil;ating the republic
can name for the sake Of glorfying
democracy us it has been cXcmpliicd
to us Since we have been old enough |
to understand it and to sllun it. And |
more especially in Montana. These
papers which call themselves rcpub-
lican and still mourn in sackcloth
and ashes because democracy has not
entirely prevailed, would better shed
their republican skin and grow
covering and scales more to their
liking and comfort. rs republican
papers they arc snccrcd at by tri-
umphant democracy for the aid they
gave it in the local campaign, and
their thanks for the votes they Sc
cured for the hcrmaphroditc state
ticket as against that Of their own
party arc the loud and resonant
horse laugh. ...S~.. ".@
These few papers we have referred
to, and who chuclllc and hug them
selves because q great wave Of pros
pcrity is not already rushing over the
land, appear to forget that this
country is still under democracy.
They seem not to care to understand
that all these business failures, all
this tarlincBs in the hoped for bet
tcrncnt OF trade and mechanics. all
Of this paralysis and distress under
which the country has 50 long been
and still is staggering, are in a great
measure the result of the total ina
bility Of democracy to rise to a right
ful conception Of staIcsmanship, and
or past and present democratic rule.
And they take upon themselves, III
their partia! blindness, in their in
ability to sec but one thing ut +;
time, but one side Of Il many sidcC
question, the role which might be
played by democratic papers, but
which i'll fits one calling itself rcpub
lican. The Fergus Argus, in Il re.
cent article, apt]y says:
1t is very natural that some Of tho
democratic papers should take adj
vantage Of every failure reported ii
the United States to prove that
times are not growing better IL
they were fair and honest, however
they would admit that such firms re.
ccivcd their death blow under foul
years OF Il democratic administration
1t is like calling in another physician
| to save a man after the death rattle
has taken place. I'hc republicans
party does not promise 10 perform
miracles.
And our advice to these so-called
republican papers is to trust little
in the party whose name they have
honored themselves byappropriating,
and let democracy do the prophcsy-
ing or evil to come to the country.
1t cannot be Verse, nor even half as
bad, as that which democracy has
served up to us for the last four
years.
We lay not, however all the blame
tf,rt 1 In 1 IN RI !,
Of the republican party OF Montana
to the silver republican papers.
Many Of those who called themselves
Mckinley Or regular republicans
helped to defeat republican candi
dates in the recent campaign and st
lent aid to democracy and weakened
the party they boastingly declared
themselves the only true members Of
Many in this county, and no doub
in Others, refused to support rcpllb
lican candidates who would not noun
the housctops and loudly shout 10
Mckinley. In preference they cas-
their ballots for democratic candi
dates who continuously proclaime
their fcalty to the gentleman VIII
was in opposition to the candidat
these sclf-Sullicicnt, Sclf-g! !oriiicC
sclf-stylcd irregular" republicans ul
held and supported. They thrc'
consistency to the wind. and did tina
which the leader whose banner the
marched under would have declare
party trcachcry Of the deepest dye
and that which he would have
deemed diShonor.
We have said enough on this sui
ject. II VIC have made plain o.,
disgust at the action of some VIII
call themselves republicans VIC hay
done what we started out to do. An
if we have brought to them u real
Zation Of the shamcfulncsS Of tn
course they have been and are sti
pursuing, if we have made them t
understand what they are bringin
the grand old party in Montana Il
and by 50 doing can induce them
come to their senses and get tt
gcther for an unbrokcn lineup in til