The times., 1898-03-04
FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1895.
To Denoc ratsi

If the various human fragments
which are supposed to be at the head
of the leaderless Democratic minority
of The House Of Representatives are to
be believed. there is a settled idea
among them that partisan triumph
next November is TO be promoted by
federation Of treason against the whole
American people now.
To be explicit: There are some self
styled Democrats, elected as such, who
hold ii to be good politics" to mega
lively encourage the Administration in
a course Of national dishonor in order
that the record Of that infamy may be
used for partisan advantage on the
hustines in the future. Such Demo
Gratis take the impossible position
that a man should sink his duty TO his
fatherland to make capital for a vast
~ less thing. his party
We know and appreciate the tempta-
tions of the hour: but We say without
hesitation that. in view Of the exigency
.hich faces the country the man who
viii subordinate his patriotic duty in
the face Of foreign aggression, to the
dlsire to place the Administration in
the wrong, Is false to his duty, his con-
stituents and his American manhood
Fight as We may over matters of
domestic policy, when the time comes
that an American government, no mat
Ter how hypocritically. asks for the
means to place the nation in a state of
defense. the question Of party should
cease and terminate. At such a juno
ture. instead Of playing the small game
Of demag agogy. all people, irrespective Of
political affiliations. ought TO get to-
sether. have a band play the star
Spangled Banner" and reverentIy sa-
luting the flag Of Washington, Of Jack
son, and Of Lincoln. clasp hands ana
swear To one another to uphold the
principles and promote with guns the
l.r=cepts Of the fathers.
Yet We find Democrats" in Congress
ready 10 hamper the military arm Of
the Government when they know that
that arm, if used at all. viii be used
IL pursuance Of their own policy and
their own contention for the past three
years. What illogic. What Grass
idiocy, All party lines are obliterated
Al The water line. Why not join with
the minority Of patriots within the Re
publican ranks and strike for the fame
and glory Of the country?
1t may be possible. even remotely
probable that some politicians are par
tisans before they are patriots. That
is not true Of the mass Of the people.
They, the great unconsidered in these
movements Of chicanery and bond deal
ers, are Americans, and raging, fighting
Americans. IN the end they viii have
10 be counted with. They VIII not ac-
cord glory TO the Democrat who makes
. deal with the Spanish Reed. or any
Of his Tberiau herd, that ostensibly
Ia may make a point in the next
campaign. They viii not jubilate be-
cause the absence Of Democratic fire
and fight in the House has enabled Mr..
Hanna 10 ignore the dumb appeal Of
the massacred Maine sailors and to
carry through the conspiracy Of the
disgraceful Spanish-Cuban bond dear
Ia short. they VIII not honor any man
because he has shown himself a Demo-
crat in preference 10 displaying himself
as a patriotic American.
Better a thousand times that the
Democratic party, as such, should sink
into the waters Of Oblivion than that it
ever can be said Of it in history that
il was not ready at any ti1e to forego
its organization interests to stand by
the flag and the Constitution. At this
present time we need patriots more
than We do partisans We need the
men who cannot be cowed by a
Speaker or controlled by the power Of
a tip" from Wall street; who cannot
be influenced by a share in the Span
ish-Cuban bond steal; who cannot be
budged from their duty by the insinua-
tions OF corruption, by the menace Of