An Infamous Program

If anything were needed to convince the voters ot' Michigan of the shameless demagoguery of the democratie party in this state, it is furnished by the proeeedings of a democratie cancos held in Lansing last night and fully reported in the Tribune this morning. The caucus revealed more than that. It disclosed rascally democratie purposes with sufficient distinctness, and iu ampie nunibers to arouse the republicans of Michigan to a sense of the imperative duty devolving npou every loyal member of the party, and to awaki'ii the whole state to real'ization of the outrageous legislation which is contemplated by the democracy and will be enacted if senators enough can be cajoled or bribed to make that possible. Upon this latter point Senator Crocker, as unscrupulous a partisan as ever occupied a position of trust in Michigan, assured the caucus that by sundown today arrangements would be made to secure the 17 votes necessary for the passage of all of the partisan ineasures which might be dictated by the caucus or the state central committee. Later on it was developed that among these measures are the gerrymandering bilis affecting the congressional and legislative districts, and the outrageous Miner bill providing lor the election of presidentia electora by congressional district Then it wasdecided that the democrat of both houses should stand together for the enactment of all of these measures, but that none of them should be put through until after the election which will occur on April 6. The Tribune's report of proceedings of the caucus are perfectly accurate and reliable, both as to substance and detail, and there is no longer doubt of the democratie purpose to complete the overthrow of government by the people in Michigan, a work that it began in the state seuate on Feb. 24. This brings the republicans of Michigan face to face with a question of vital signifleance to the republican party. Will they perrnit these democratie purposes, plaiuly set forth in the words of the participants in last night's caucus and clearly subversive of popular government in Michigan and of overwhehning effect upon the future of Michigan republicanism, to go unrebuked at the polls? Will they stand by and see the ground swept from under them without protest, or will they rally to the polls one week from Monday next in the full power and might of the great organization that has governed Michigan for a geueration and administer such a rebuke to partisan rascality as shall disconcert and paralyze it? Will they permit tlie election to the snpreme bench of a democratie candidate who has already prejudged the case of the people of Michigan versus the whole pack of democratie thieyes, or will they eleet by a rousing majority a justice pleilged only to give a fair and impartial hearing to every particle of evidence that may be produced before the supreme court affecting the legality of measures enacted by the Michigan legislature subsequent to the 24th of February, 1891 ?