Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-10
/. a Great and New Political Parry Forming,

One OF the direct results OF the war
with Spain, aside from the acquisition
of territory and the driving of the Span
ish from the western continent, will be
the widening of political views held by
the voters. Already the effect can be
seen in the commingling OF men who
fought in opposing ranks in the war of
the rebellion, in the ranks of the volun-
teer forces, and the appointment of ex-
confederate officers to official positions
in the armies now going to the front.
The day of sectional dissensions has
passed and a new era has dawned upon
the country in more respects than one.
Commercially there will be great en-
pansion; politically there will be greater
tolerance and more freedom of action.
Looking at the situation from an un-
prejudiced standpoint, is it not alto
gether probable that out of the feeling
of good will and patriotism that has be-
come so prominent in the past two
months a new political party will arise
that will take the place of the two
dominant parties of the present day? A
| party which will combine the better ele-
ments of the Republican, Democratic
and Populist parties, and lead the n
ton on to greater glories and achieve
ments than has ever been dreamed of by
the most sanguine American?
As the politics of the nation are o
lined up, the New MEXICAN believes
that the best interests of the people are
subserved by the Republican party ano
it's principles; believes that protection
and sound money are the only safe
guards for National prosperity and in
tegrity, but at the same time it recog'
nizes the fact that parties, like men
serve their day and generation and mus
give way to the changes which are in
evitable. The Populists have dreamed
that the mission of that party was to re
place one or the other of the old pohti
cal organizations with something better
but guided, as they have been, by mer
dreamers and Impractical would-be re
formers, they have failed to even com
mend themselves to the good opinion o
the patriots of the country because o
inherent weakness. Such has been tn
history of other parties which have
sprung up in the past 80 years. Con
trolled by visionary erratics they have
only Sc we'd to make a thorough exhibit
ton of the foolishness of mankind in
general and passed from memory. But
at this time conditions are ripe for the
organization of a party which shall com
bine all that is good of the present or
CARNATIONS, discarding that which is
corrupt and demagogical, and in the
end prove a blessing to the great re-
public.
To the Republican party the people
of this country owe all that has brought
greatness and honor for the past &C
| years; national cohesion, freedom of
press and speech, growth and prosper
ity. And its day of usefulness is not
passed. 1t is as powerful for good as
ever. The Democratic party has lived
it's day; it's achievements have beer
rather of a negative character, ant
aside from the ignus fatuus of free trade
seems to have nothing to live for. Jus
on what grounds it a make a contest
for the suffrage of the voters in the flu
ture is difficult to see at this time. Its
rank and file are restless and dissatis'
fed, it's leaders bewildered and dis
| couraged, except in those sections where
prejudice is the controlling motive.
No one can foresee the ultimate out
come of the war, but that this nation is
on the verge of greater things every one
who has watched the trend Of events
acknowledges. Can these things only
come from the disintegration of present
political parties and the construction o.
new parties and the forming of new pc
litical friendships? This is a question
which is stirring the whole country and
| the outcome will be watched with even
| greater interest than the conduct of the
a which promises so much for the flu
| ture greatness of the greatest country
on the face of the globe.