| Show A SITUATION it cannot be said aalde that the political situation of the country presents pree enta a very today there never wag waa a time in the history of the nation when matters were more completely 19 chopped up than now there to la division everywhere and disunion permeates atea and disturbs dia the closest ties of national family life Co counting from the bond bead of the nation down it la is doubtful whether there has been any other period in ID the annals of this country when the he more intimate relations of friar friendly adly life could have been so BO readily affected by political opinions and preferences as now certainly no period gives an of their having been so BO affected in the retirement of hoke smith from the cabinet and the prompt to say eay the least appointment of david B R francis to succeed him as secretary of the interior is an illustration the be like ilke of which has bus never occurred before secretary smith to Is said to be oo on the best beat terms with the president so far as ae personal pe friendship is in concerned he is also of the same political faith and to in his policy as member of the cabinet was in accord with his big chief yet because mr smith felt obliged to sustain his party nominee for the presidency in a way in which the administration was not officially concerned he was dropped out in his bis individual choice he was not to in accord with the rest of the cabinet although he was officially there tore be to is impelled to retire only a tow few months prior to the close of his bla term an administration placed in power by a great political party thus purges itself of a member who maintains his party allegiance inmost in most conservative form this thin proceeding aou coupled pled bythe by the speedy appointment of 0 mr smiths 19 successor euc cResor shows show how completely the present administration minla has out cut loose from the bulkot bulk of the party that placed it in power this pecullar peculiar attitude of what Is pro pre fumed to be the party head bead towards the body of the organization bas ban been carried to an extent altogether unknown heretofore in this nation but it is in not the only peculiar feature of the present condition looking the whole field over the prominent disunion noted la in seen to be mere ly an illustration of what to is manifest everywhere and in every party there to is to be found in each combination formed a centralized thought on some name leading topic but a complete alsol ml carity of views view on almost all other topics which the party combination has under there la Is fusion and there la is disunion everywhere with discord predominating the result Is ia that nobody in any party la Is fully satisfied and very many are at a great lose what to do this very u uncertainty upon a general well defined defiled policy and the determination to force special issues to a consummation is 18 fraught with much danger to ae republic more khan many people realize it may be the case that the disposition of the american people to compromise rather than to engage in disturbances will met act as aa oil on the me troubled waters until a safe landing to ia effected but it to la also possible that the beat and turmoil of the great conflict at hand band may be too much for the bitterness of partisan strite strife where there are so many factions and that somebody may paw pas the bounds of decorum in the eager to win this year has given abundant evidence of the disturbed condition of the elemener ele the outcome of which has bag been storm and disaster there Is 19 also commotion in the minds of men and only cool and wise beads bead will av avert a rt hu human man storms and disasters disaster |
