The sun., 1900-12-05
SALISBURY REAli EARS.

SALISBURY REAl'I EARS.
Chairman Salisbury of the Democratic
State Central Committee makes his post
election appearance in letter addressed
to the members of the advisory commit
tee which he appointed to assist HIM i'll
the arduous work of the recent campaign
"A letter of coincidence that is Il plea
for sympathy and counsel.
Like all the other Democrats who
have written post election letters, Mr..
Salisbury deals only in gencralties.
He has no definite ideas to suggest, no
new policy to outline. no progress to
note und no hope To express except that
general hope entertained hy all Demo
cratic leaders, that the Republican ad-
ministration will lail-that confusion and
failure will come upon the nation and
| upon tne Nlule bflHSlllS l"NH "I' N"ii'i
ing upon the people i'll order that they
may turn to the Democratic party for
succor He says:
MY own belief is that the same con
1tiqps vii gFsSi tMo tHat Hsari i,tP%plSI anh f9n
party, due to unchecked power, will il
my Judgment not hc lived up to by tn,
Republicans to the satisfaction Of tn,
American people. Their unquestionet
supremacy in national affairs will brrec
troubles within their party and probably
II vast amount Of Incompetence and cor
ruption and Il failure to satisfy the jus
lcNpectati0nS of the people will put then
on the defensive in the next campaign
to such an extent thar we may reason
ably hope for success
1t hchoOvCS us then not 10 ialtpr il
our allegiance to the parts Of The Con
stitution Of which we are members. an,
to strive all thr llrder to reaclm on
STATE from the disgrace and cavern
mental evils Wltlri now 50 Srioti~l,
threaten rs. The carnival ol ,Ii,hoilps
incompe tcncy exhibited by the i,epuh
ncan* in Sussex county will likely hc rr
peatcd on II larger stage in all our Stat,
affairs ana the people will turn again t,
the Democratic party for an economical
and honest administration of our Stat
affairs.
This is nihilism in politcsa u siitn
mcnt of the policy of destruction tina
has always been characteristic of tn
Democratic party. Mr.. Salisbury in hi
capacity Of political leader, pretending
; to be a loyal American citizen, and on
ambitious of political honors, confesse
that he and his party have nothin
I higher in principle or better in policy t
propose in the government of the na
} tion upon which to build a claim fo
: future trust from the people, but find
Solace for his SORROWS OF defeat in til
5 hope that incompetence and dishonest
may develop in the Republican admin,
$ ration, put thar party on the dcfensiv
e and give him and his party treason
| able hope for succcss.' We ask NJ
: salisbury why, by some good inspiration
e if his party principles are better, il
$ policies more practical and its admins
: tration more honest, do you not nj
G nonncc q program which by its supciio
Il ity puts the Republican party on I'll
!, defensive without regard to possib
e failures? As we understand it the pu
. pose of political parties is the devclol
j ment of the better principle, the doin
Y of better work and of course the bette
ing of HE general conditions. That
| least has been the purpose and resu
: Of Republican political effort. If
i party cannot reasonably hope to do tn;
$ without the necessity of failure on I'll
+. part of the opposition, of what use is il
1 In what does its virtue consist. The,
are the conditions that are apparcu
4; and these are the questions which al
0 forcing themselves upon the attentio
: of the people and for which demand
@ made for explanations and answers, an
5 these are the conditions ana question
I before which Remoeraas OF the Slul
bury type are dumb. Having no re.