The Function Of The Mugwump

The independent ia p ijlltfcs, aecordiag to' tüie o;d jiaradü'X, tiie man wüo canno.t be depended upon. Yeb Jie is niat. wifflio-at h.ia v:wi iaaobiy.i in practócal paaiUcs. His i. duty ■ i i.isin - hoi a lieg.' tlli.tr a ileaslug duty, buit i a jiigii.y uiie heaMi of the state. Organiza t.j.uis are apt to l'esaat vlie inti-p,ductiton oi ïiew issuies wíii ii tase Bono ol v pu'rfcjr Unes.' The Independent man has ttoe duty Ol edur catijjg tiiie masa o 'Jaei 1 - b an appoeciatüJia of thfi aaw qaestious. As n crattte lie i,s ap tO) ovmr-an.agmiir)liis o,ailce and to tíeek isoCJatton ratiher ihan í.nilcpcndcnce ; and 'Uie great dunigcr nüat besets h:im Sla the bendeooy to BeCff-gioi-Sfteatdïm whícíh oíten i f'xliï.iiit-Ml in Wac eriblc ojí oMiar moafs actíiooi. It iü natural ■.lo.at he ])-.i:iy-.-, maní shoujtl resetnfc liils cai.dlji". Tihey havy boirae 'Jae bar. tlieui and ttie heat, o,; the day. They kmow tlit' a&tfitttltaea of iction and ■t'he adviainitagi&s ö,f m.aking hasfce sjf v]y. Tüey kinow, üoo, that íio tu-i'ai pqotüI is vr a(eJi3aved üy iadirüijual a.ml ík iiat i éao-rt. 'i b ate catalejos to bi u'vei-eoiivj '.a tlie patli of cvery petorto whitli WUü i oaiiy to an ■)■ ■m'.zi.'i body witli all taie weight dj twaídErtUoia nad expfffianee bellimd it. Tiie independent ín.an niiíuy lo necesBary ; ,r Lniítiating i ;l J1 cement. Au orgaui-zed party ■ ia striong eacragh ïo uummount the cbstTuctiojifi tiiat Ite in the warv.