Show THE disfranchisement ISSUE DEAD ALL alili classes of citizens in this territory who have the least love or reverence enoe for american institutions are to be congratulated on the death of an issue iesue whick which was a disgrace especially to its supporters as long as it was imbued with life we refer to the proposition to disfranchise a class clan of citizens on account of religious faith As an has been noticed the democratic party has emphatically condemned it local republican leaders on their part declare that the he question lp so gop plemely extinguished that no HO direct reference to it will be required in their bolf th coming platform their argument is that while they utterly repudiate it they would be undignified and guilty of demagogy if they came along tardily to express their disapproval of it and they will oppose anything in their platform that can have the appearance of a competitive bid for votes as against the democrats though asking to have the platform so HO framed as to elearly clearly indicate that they condemn quite as emphatically as do the democrats the hateful proposition it is but simple justice all round to note that when petitions were circulated asking for the enactment of the odious measure they were signed by both democrats and republicans and that on the other hand the signers of the protests agal against not its passage were not confined to either one or the other of the national parties neither party as organized today can be charged with all the favor the infamous project received here at home nor can either claim all the honor for restating resisting and stigmatizing the atrocity as it lt deserved it is refreshing to see that both parties are ashamed of it for that much man hood and justice they are entitled to credit only the wawne ifune appears anxious to continue its old career of hate and despotism without stop or shadow of turning we hope it may have to run the course alone |