Abstract

A New Party

The article focuses on the crumbling of the old political parties and the possibility of the formation of a new political party in the United States. The Senate Chamber would, in fact, be the very first place such an idea might naturally enter, since it is the place where party perplexities are most strongly felt. There is scarcely an important measure now before either House on which party lines are likely to be regarded. If the Republican party is in trouble, the Democrats are quite as badly off. There are two great popular issues on which alone a new party could be based. One of these is, free-trade; the other is, hard money. A new party, to be worth existing at all, must plant itself firmly on both these positions, or it will have no advantage over its predecessors.