The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-05-28
A Political Diagnosis.

republican party during The last
national campaign have all proven
false goes without saying.
The consequent conclusion that
these promises were part of polit.
ical chicanery to put the republi.
can party into the offices is like.
wise apparent. Not only did the
repu blican party mislead the peo.
pie as to the truth, but it knew al
the time that the principles 1t ad-
vocated were false and Injurious,
and in pressing them upon the peo-
pie they sold their patriotism for
the spoils of office.
Thousands of men voted the re-
publican ticket last fall under the
stimulation OF a desperate hope
that at least few of the profuse
promises made would be fulfilled,
and in so doing hindered the appli-
cation of the true remedy under the
delusion held out by polite al job
bers.
The remedy proposed by the re-
publicans was an injection of faith
cure into politics. They said Soon
tidence will restore prosperity"
And that is another form of the old
dogma, "Believe and be healed"
But the disease of the nation was
not hypochondia; it is org sanic. And
t4ncesuIt of the coincidence treat
ment" has been that the proper
remedies have been neglected and
the disease has become aggravated
if not chronic. The little potion of
tariff the republicans claimed ought
to be administered they knew to be
worthless, and have not dared to
prepare it. They have even aban-
doned their record of a tariff for
protection and now urge one for the
revenue it will produce. Why have
they done this? Simply because
they know that their ante-cam-
paign statements were false and
they dare not now stand by their
assertions, else long-suffering ma
tion will consign them to a long re-
tirement from office; and in the
hope that they may fall onto some
expedient policy they have squan-
dered nearly three months in aim.
less, fruitless legisl alton.
The fact of the case Is that the
single gold standard is the cause of
the trouble-the root OF the whole
matter. And the republican party
know it now and have known it for
years, AID admit 1t in that plank of
their platform that extols "interna-
tional bimetallism." Why ought
not men act upon their convictions
of truth even in politics? When
ever the legislator sacrifices truth
to political expediency, he becomes
a traitor and betrays his constitu-
ency. 1t is this insincerity, this
rank hypocrisy, of our legislators
that causes continuation of the
trouble. We want change in the
whole personnel of the government
service. New blood, new brains,
and above all new manhood and
sincere, such that will grapple with
the besetting evils and honestly
oppose them for the public good.
Tho ring must be broken and the
gang dispersed. There are better
and ADLER men in private life than
the whole official roster of the ma
tion can show, as is demonstrated
by the rise of such men rs Bryan.
And 1t is among these men we are
to look for the future welfare of
the nation. And 1t is upon state
ment of prin ciples such as were set
forth in the Chicago platform that
we are to push the fight TO victory.
We might as well go into the bat
tie conscious of the fact that we
are not asking the people to sup
port an alternative principle for
The good of the country, but we ad-
vocate the only principles for the
nations welfare, aud oppose class
who are willing to sacrifice the peo-
ole and their country in order to
leap wealth and luxury about
themselves.
The gold power must be broken !
md the reasons for it and the ar
;uments to support II will be found