Show THE POLITICAL FUTURE THE springfield republican has a very interesting editorial on the political future it says aada the barometer points to unsettled weather and that form centres bentres are forming at washington and albany the two great parties of the nation present each an unpromising aspect the republican is independent in politics and reviews the situation so as too to enable independents to form a c correct or view of affairs since 1884 they have been more or less allied with the democratic pa party arty it says days the cleveland administration dispelled the vague fear beara i that had attended a democratic restoration but it disappointed any hope of a radical departure from the spoils system however the independents supported cleveland in 1888 because of his per onal traits of sense foresight and courage events have justified the adherence of the independents to democracy up till the present but as matters present themselves now a new departure is in in ord orl 7 the democratic party without cleveland is not adequate to meet the responsibilities of government the republican next goes on opposite party which it characterizes as aa perhaps a little safer than the democracy it says mr harrison has made in shenata the main a decent administration of the partisan order but nothing has ban been done in the way of pur tying the party from and polls grollo seekers in this respect it render itself unfitted for government and is no BO robetter better than its antagonist the question is then asked is a there any hope in a new organization are the conditions condition such that a now new party may be bom to Is there some great Z principle upon which men oali cap unite now in embryo in the mind of the nation at large the principle of federalism haa strength in the national constitution of democracy trust in the common people of the whigs love of the union of the republicans restriction of slavery Is any such great principle working in men mens menis Is minds today asks the republican to which it replies as follows such stich a principle we believe there is widely as aa the vital need of the body politic I 1 it is j best expressed by Lincol ns words government of the people by the people and for the people it is best appreciated by c considering on h bow 0 w far we are from possessing it and ho how w f far ar we are drifting away from it what we are drilling toward is government of the people vh e by the ans ana for the grabbers the d public offices except a small fraction of the less important are given as rewards for partisan activity they are given with a view not primarily to the public service but to keeping one party in power that I 1 is helping certain other men to offices beyond this among the people at large there is a growing tendency to ask for laws which favor this or that class the tariff system as aa it now exists is largely the product of a combination of certain classes of producers to make all consumers pay a higher urice for their wares our tension expenditure has far faiz outrun the limits of justice and gratitude and the glory of our veterans has been tarnished under the passion of getting money from m the he government overn ment that is out boutot of no fro rf neighbors gab pocket A part of the debtor class are clamorous for cheaper money that they may profit at the expense of the creditor class corporations intrigue for special legislation and organized manual labor demands special legislation the competition grows wider and hotter for con gressional congressional and le legislative NJ dative interference to help this cla dais 58 an and d that class the remedy lies in the restoration of government to its true function the impartial care of the general good practically this thin would mean first of all a tenure of public office by merit only it would mean a steady redress of that one tys system M of import duties which aims to extra extravagantly a profit certain interests by gunj net burdens on the whole community it would mean the end of special leg isla tion but ultimately this principal of the common good would work beyond these special reforms it would not contract but bat extend the beneficence of our governmental ern mental organization |