The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-07
SUNDAY. OCTOBER =. 1900.
INDEPENDENTS AND PARTY PRO
GRESS.

Sanatpr IIoar's article in the lnterna-
t.onal Monthly. of which we have spoken
b,sfore on the Republican party, is too val
liable a contribution to the campaign ut
erature Of the day to be dismissed Win
a single reference. Not only does me
Senator point with pardonable pride 20
thu, notable achievements OF ms party
moi nn,y does he excoriate the laFses ana
racllatian of the Democrats. but he goes
fartS1er and with all tie power OF MS mas
terly pen the fiass alive the pus.iianiiileus
and invertebrate independent
As 10 the ,1nneasIred revilings OF the
Democrats and their, party, We nave nom
ING TO say al present. The Democrats are
sin sufficiently numerous and their prii1-
cipies of sufficient vignr TO enable 1her
party 10 survive Senator Hears attack ZOE
a Slay or So Meantime Prof. A u Muse
has said a few things for lie Democrats
in the same number of the lnternatio.aai
which VIII serve to show the faithful that
there are still left those, who can find con-
sniation and strength in the principles OF
the party of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
Jackson and Cleseiand.
s,,t moi 50 far tie time serving independ-
ent whom Senator Hoar has gieeitea.
There is none 50 poor 20 do ann fefet-
ence and Il the counts in the sndictmeht
drawn by me Senior Senator from Massa-
chtsetts be true the independent Volef
must be the meanest of mankind
What have the Independent voters done?
asks Senator Hoar. And to that ne re-
plies that they have, since 1865, in a greater
or less degree. continually hindered the
fixed policy Of the Republican party
The independent voter is then one who
opposes Republicanisna. BY tbs OPPOSE
tion Tslden was elected and by it CleVe-
land was enabled for Two terms to stand
between the American people and the over
3weening growth of the purse-proud parolls
that controlled the Republican party. by
this same power 1he Force Bill was de-
feated. Senator I1ear laments this as
backward step. But it was step that
had to be taken, for the wrong line OF the
previous policy OF the Republicans had to
be retraced before the country and these
Southern States could aops 10 start in the
right Inc for working out their race pro-
biem.
We feel the fighes; respect for Senator
IIoar. We appreciate his Intelligence and
applaud his hfe's work as a whole, for
he has carried with politics aspirations
and ideals that are too often left in the
shades of the college lecture rooms; he
- h,,r,
ing brightly even in the Very halls of
nractical politics where most abounds the
heavy and sitting atmosphere of the wor-
ship OF ,nammon. And though the Senate
has, in our opinion, deteroratcd wofuly.
which Senator Hpar denied bitterly in the
Forum some years ago. yet he himself
is still a shining light. the more SO as he
Is surrounded by such products OF Repub-
Ncan policy anihwartcd as Matthew Stan
ley Quay and his unierling Penrose. But
the life and aims OF Senator Hoar have
not been always the stririnss and Ideals
of the Republicans. That party has &C
complished much. both of good and evil.
For the good the public thanks the high
minded leaders. For the evil, the pubic
knows only TOO we'll the class Of men
In whom dwell the spirit of plumber and
prostitution Of public means 10 private
ends that brought about the sevoit asainst
the corruption Of Grant. the advisers OF
Hayes. the personality of Blame and Pro-
lection under Harrison. What The Repub-
Iican party has done of evil is written
large and plain. What il would have done
none may say. but also none mar doubt
That the blessed wounds Of its friends. or
rather Americas friends, the independ-
ents, have saved the Republican party
Tine and again from corruption and de.
basement under the leadership Of men who
we're in it for what they could get out Of
ii. and against. whose sordid ends a,,c
brutal selfshness the higher ans and
r,asriotic views Of the Republicans Mhs
are OF the stripe of Geo. F. Hoa- have
.~.i,cd nf, more than childish babblings