Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-10-03
P4RTyEy AND POLITICS

The following resume OF the political
parties AMI the principles upon which
they are onnded, written by Kansas
man, is reproduced because il appears to
tell some truth about All Of them. The
people need 70 study politics more and
k,llew party hnsses less, and such com.
ments oa all the parties can DO no one
any harm:
Recentevents have directed the atten'
tion uf the people to the subject ot what
lnhtiral parties really stand for. The
pa,ers for the FIRST time in my memory
are trying to define the differences in
part, creeis. Heretofore parties divided
IN some specific measure, such as slav-
cry, tariff, gold standard, etc. But none
ot these las been principal or com
petei pulicy. just what the real differ
ence between the parties was, more than
the oats TO get in and the ins to stay in,
has never been taught. Most Of the
things which the republican party stood
for, there was acQuietcence on the part
Of the others, and vice versa. In fact,
so far as the application of a principle
that would apply to all things, none of
the parties have had any principles.
The democratic party claims to stand
for the principle that "the country least
governed is best governed" but that
infers that government is bad thing
and logically carrying out that PROPOSE.
ZION would make no government the
best, because it would be the least, But
the party repudiates this anarchistic
but inevitable position of their princi-
pie, While decrying government, they
favor government much as we have it,
il only they were allowed to administer
it.
"The republican party stands for gov
ernment, that it shall be all powerful, hut
denies that it shall extend its functions
to industries, vet itself applies govern
nent to some industries, such as postal,
school, army, navy, penal and elemosy-
nary and many other institutions, 1t
refuses tn apply the principle OF govern
ment as a principle. 1t stands for or
ganization for the benefit Of few. And
SO does the democratic party while deny
ing the principle.
The populist party wants to apply the
principle OF government to few things
like transportation or banking, but re-
fuses to apply it to all things. 1t wants
government protection of the people
from the dominance of few private in
terests, but refuses to see that the prin-
ciple should be applied to all interests,
1t favors governmen; extension to cover
a few more interests and refuses to re-
cognize the principle on which it bases
these claims.
"The socialist stands out for a foil
length principle. lie wants govern
ment, and is willing to follow that de-
mand and to apply it TO every activity
Of lie. tie does not ask favors for a
few, nor condemn the few dominant in
dividual interests-he follows the logic
TO its full and rounded completeness.
He does not believe that the least gov
eminent is the best. nor does he believe
in applying government to part OF the
body of society only.
when the people begin to think on
these subjects and snslyze the aims of
parties, and then study their own self
consciousness, there will appear new
factor, a new life, new departure in
politics. Heretofore the politicians have
made fake campaigns and the people
voted one or the other of the dominant
tickets, feeling that it could not make
much difference anyhow which way the
thing went. This is the first time in the
history OF this nation when the abstract
principle of government attracted the
attention Of the masses"