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Show !J THE MASSACHUSETTS REPUE- ; !!:! . . LICANS. ? ; i The Republicans of Massachusetts have 'r ; ;, been in convention and have promulgated ' ' I a platform that inay Jie said to show the country "how not to do it.' The Massa " chusetts liepublic!ans,'with Seiiator Hoar at their head, are certainly more com- 'i intent tb show '. the country "how not to , j do it," than any other Bet' of men in the country. The platform renews the pledges to the soldiers and sailors of the , . war, and makes a great big demand that justice shall be done to them and theirs. It i3 a pity that the platform neglected to point out ithe injustice which had been done the soldiers and sailors of the war, for then the country would know to what they are entitled. This cry about justice being done to the soldiers and sailors of the war is the cry of the demagogue. Justice Jus-tice has been done them, and honor and gratitude are give them by all. The families of those soldiers and sailors who died on the field or upon the water have been provided for by a grateful people ; while those soldiers and sailors who were maimed in battle are likewise provided for; so are those who are debilitated from exposure and hardships suffered during the war. They did their duty in the hour of-, peril, and the country has done its duty towards them in the hour of peace. What do the Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts Republicans desire further? They desire to catch their vote with a false and luring cry about justice to the soldiers and sailors ; that is all. The demand which they make for a national bankrupt law is a good one, and one that we trust will meet with the approbation of Congress. So also is the demand for the extension of the principles of the Civil Service Act, and one to be approved by all parties. . These are things which' the majority of the people, no. matter of what political creed, desire to see accomplished, for they are things which, when accomplished, will beaboon ! to the whole country. The platform goes in heavy for the protection of the American Ameri-can workingman, that subject of such constant solicitude on the part of the Republicans, and incidentally for the poor manufacturers and the needy monoplists. This is right, for protection has always meant higher wages for the workingman and diminished profits for the wealthy employer and the soulless corporation. The platform urges a vigor-our. vigor-our. enforcement of the Edmunds law and the passage Of such amendments as will give.it increased efficacy. It also encourages the "Kansas plan" for settling Utah with law-abiding people. This is a good plan, but absolutely impracticable. How are the new colonists to obtain farms, when most of the farming land is already in the hands of the Mormons, and theirs because they have Government Govern-ment titles thereto? Of course the Government Gov-ernment might reserve all unsold lands for the sole use and benefit of the colonists, colo-nists, but hardly will. If the Kansas plan is tried by Congress, we do hope and pray that the colonists won't be those who have been "deprived of their means by the ravages of the grasshoppers." grasshop-pers." The Kansas grasshopper sufferer is the most insufferable bore on earth. Senator Hoar was president of the convention, con-vention, and in the speech which he delivered de-livered he ridiculed those who charged the Republican "party with waving the "bloody shirt." He defended John Sherman Sher-man against such charges, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing Sherman's Mt. Gilead speech. It was right and proper for him to do so, for had he done otherwise, it would have been the calling of the pot black by the kettle. From the meagre report of his speech, we should say that it was an apprehension apprehen-sion of everything and a comprehension of nothing. The country will live if the Republicans do not live, even in Democratic Demo-cratic hands. |