Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-03-12
REPUBLICAN PARTY RENT By
FACTIONS AND AT EACH
OTHERS THRoATs FOR
BLOOD.
Striking Difference Between the Re.
publican and the Democratic
Parties.
The One Boss Ridden. without
Opinions Save as They are
Furnished by the Bosses.
Keeleyities Swarming Through the
Legislature in for Their Jag
Cure Bill.
CoLuMpus. O.. March Q. 1saf

| fOrIy-SeVen WIG cats caught out In
the mountains, strung together and
tied over a clothes line would in some
small degree give a birds eye view
Of the Republican party of the state
in its present condition. The two
factions are fairly devouring each
other in their greed for public office.
In the mad rush for spoils the Re
publican party will be found tearing
at each others throats and swapping,
snarling, biting, frothing to tear each
other to pieces. The belief ofthe rank
and file that they have the next fight
already won have begun more than
a year in advance to quarrel about
the spoils, If they can show such a
lurld temper at this time what will it
not be if the party does win in the
next great national handicap.
ANOTHER TARIFF BATTLE.
At the present time there is every
indication that VIM. Mckinley the
prophet of higher tariff and less rev.
enue will be the Republican nominee
for the presidency. Four years ago
he was as far from the nomination
as he is apparently near it now. Then
the Republican party was full of
curses for the Ohio man and his doom
seemed forever sealed. The Demo-
cratic party can well welcome this
issue. But there is reason for think
ing that the nomination of Mckinley
would mean an attempt to side track
the money question for the tariff.
Mckinley has never expressed him
self on the subject and does not in
tend to do so. A Republican candi-
date nowadays has no need of ex-
pressing himself on any subject. All
that he is obliged to do is to get the
nomination. He has no opinions.
The people do not want any Republ1-
can candidates to have opinions. Suf-
ficient for them to know is that he is
a Republican and on the ticket: The
rank and file of Republicanism have
long since ceased 10 do any thinking.
1t is all done for them by the bosses.
The Democratic party is the party
that does the thinking and reasoning
on matters of Importance to the state
and nation. 1t used to be said few
years ago that all the intelligence of
the country was in the Republican
party. But it is so no longer. The
majority of the newspapers are in
clined to the principles of the Demo-
cratic party. 1t was the Democratic
party that took up the economic
question of the tariff and settled it.
It is likewise the Democratic party
that will in the end solve the tinan-
cial problem. The Republican party
is occupying negative position on
ali these things. 1t can do nothing
but sit around and growl while the
Democratic party is going ahead and
working out the salvation OF the
country There have always been
critics and always will be. The Re-
publicans of to-day are not worring
about principles and doctrines. They
are thinking of the best way to get
into power and enjoy the emoluments
of Office. The rich corporations too
are looking forward with expectant
eyes to the return of the Republicans
to power.
The temperance question like the
ghost of the late Banquo will not
down at the bidding of the Republi-
can bosses. 1t is true that having
elected q Legislature through false
promises to the Anti-Saloon League
the party turned it's back on those
promises and defeated the very bin
which they were under sworn agree
ment to put through. Such treach-
cry is sure to have its own reward in
time, and the time for the Republi-
can party seems not far distant. All
kinds of temperance propositions
~ hninp v7,lna1n.J @l,a
Legislature, and among others isone
preventing a saloon within 1000feet
of church or school house. This
bill would revolutionize the city of
Cincinnati, where the Republicans
get such large majorities. But the
knottiest problem for them to solve
in the line of the whiskey. question,
will be the Kelley bill, which pro-
vides that each township and coun-
ty must on application send their
drunkards to the jag cure at Marys-
vile, which will cost the people 800
for each man. AT first. such pro-
position seems preposteroUs but on
second thought it is a measure which
is not unlikely to pass. The argu-
ment for the bill is, that it is cheaper
to cure a drunkark than it is to allow
him to get into the poor house and a
charge on the county. Such a law
would be good thing for the Kelley
surley, and possibly agood
thing for drunkards and in the end
perhaps for the tax payers, but at
the present writing it seems to be
asking too much of a tax ridden
people.