The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-23
CONCERNING NoN-PARTYISM IN
CITIES.


The great city OF Chicago gave W.
liam Mckinley and Garret A. Hobart a
splendid majority in November last. OF
course, there was lot OF good citizens
who concluded that the next thing was
10 have period OF non-partyism. and
apply 1t to the city government The
press is 50 independent in that city mat
1t is in a perpetual pricky-hea, to igh,
the republicans. The truly good goods
Of Chicago are never satisfied with the
republican organization. Democrats can
do as they please. run the town wide
open, gambling houses and ALL and the
goodies have nothing TO say. The mo-
ment a republican official is not disturbed
when a glass of beer is furtively swnl-
lowed contrary to some dead letter law,
the storm Of righteous wrath breaks
forth. The spring eection came on.
There was a citizens union, Of course,
and republicans rushed in TO be non-par-
usans. The regular republicans were
looked upon as guilty OF gross offenses.
and the democratic candidate for mayor
was elected by a whooping majority, and
the Aged and Bryan wolfsh disorder
lies ;ejodced, and rushed to have a gorge
Of the exposed carcass OF Chicago like
the gaunt Wild dogs of the wilderness
upon a fallen horse. This was non-par-
tyism.
TAe majority Of Mckinley and Hobart
N Ohio was nearly fifty thousand. and
was given by the workingmen who
wanted a high tariff. The sound money
issne reduced the republican majority in
the country. because the farmers had a
free skver fever. Henry George, it VIII
be remembered, knew the state was 60
ing for Bryan. Last spring the towns
that gave forty Of the fifty thousand
Mckinney majority were infested with
citizens union movements. and mahg-
nant independent newspapers. hot for
non-par tyism, and so the democrats had
about FIVE thousand majority on mayors.
where the republicans had given McK.n-
ley forty thousand. In Cincinnati-Mc-
Kdnley, nineteen thousand majorily-the
citizens union, fusion and so forth cleo
ted democratic mayor; and now the
worst democratic gang that ever afflicted
the city heads procession Of reformers,
and as the aecticn is purely municipal,
the fundamental object OF the reforma-
ton is to elect a free silver and green
back man-McLean-to the senate In
stead OF Mark Hanna, so as to make the
senate. now for sound money on the
casting vote Of the vice-president, free
silver or any other fool's finance, by one
majority. This is purely local, as any
one can see. This citizens union NAL
ady tnat breaks out to hep the demo-
cratic disorderlies is a disease. 1t orig
mates in dirt and blooms into democ-
racy. The democrats have a discipline
that enables them TO often overcome re-
publicans who are taught by moon
baked scientists that the chief end Of
man is to rise above his party. As the
republican rises as on the wings Of
dove and flies away, the democrat
squats like a toad, and pants until he
is counted. This purely municipal cleo
ton here in the great cities on the New
York islands-one in which Mr.. Low and
Mr.. George have kind friends who re-
Ifeve them from the details Of deals
furnishes a fine, broad, fertile field for
non-partisan purposes. The democrats
are very much opposed TO national is
sass, because they have no national prin-
eiples. It suits them to mouth about the
separation Of the municipalities from the
larger pOlttios of the land; and they
Eould be glad to have the non-partisa
forces help them into power here, where
they could get more patronage in one
town than the republicans enjoy in the
nation. The republicans managed the
laws 50 the municipal elections are to
be held on what is called the off years.
That must be one Of the reasons why
ehe republicans should not be consulted
by the gentlemen with pocketbooks who
have strolied into politics. The republi-
cans also are responsible for the Greater
New York, and that is another reason
why they should not be received in re-
spectacle society. and should disband at
the nrst municipal election, and make