Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-01-27
Siout City Atgisttr
SATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1866.
Aus Cesar Aat Nullas-The Senate
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Ana Drew Dla~k.
Wise men cs,ss isves, their entire capi-
sAl 10 any one single scheme or specuIa-
ton, nor will any sensible farmer place
u! bic eggs under o~e hen. It is only
rash. silly, bankrupt people Who posses.
sed Of no real substance whatever, having
everything to gain and nothing to lose,
ever trsst all,heir worldly hope to the dee
psratiou Of . mere chance OF the 6ck-
lsness Of luck. SolidisJ and merit rarely
II ever, gamble with fate.
I. is painful 10 cent 'mp'a.e tho serious
malady that ffl;sss the forlorn lion A. ".
Hubbard AMI his unhappy little squad Of
IAN ishing fellowers His isa direfu', dis
gussing and absurd mania for IN
ora, chair in tho Senate of The United
States. To bis weak and disordered mind
shs togs Of . Senator possesses value and
charms With which health youth and beauty
bear no comparison. 1t would b the
pinnacle Of glory, the sum-total of pros.
pesisy aud tn. consummation ofhappiness.
His poor, ds'udsd and disappointed friends
and hang~rs-on were delirious with the
erandest vain expectation Of results 70
Gov from his impossible elevation, in IN
undivsrtibls AID immeasuresb'e stream
into n cir cspaci"ns ard hungry packets
With them, all was hop; ag-r aud hu"'-
ant hope. though that all depndrh 'n'ir. ly
upon tho uarrowes', mos, brittle Of cha".
ces. If IN an unfortunate momrnt OF
Legislative letharxv, success had slipped
stenlshily pas. the doors Of worthy men and
visited their destitute and desperate con-
clsve, there would have been am.ng them
. we'll funded astoni.hment, and "sounds
ofrevslry BY night" and By day, shocking
TO steady habits. an seriously disturbing
the .quauimi!y Of al nervous sp'"s'ers Of
the Anna Dickinson schoo! but i, was
. consolation to know ,ha. nothing Of the
sort bore the most distant relation to the
rem stest Of probabilities.
The dismsy occasioned in tho Hubbard
circle BY tho announcement Of "Har'an
elected for the long and Kirkwood for the
abort term. WAS indescrib.bl All hopes
instantly wrecked, AMI smashed 70 at"ms
"a though by tbs explosion Of ano:h"r OF
Buffers 20 ~dcr Boats and 10 int"r,ifv
the anguish Hubbard nas not heart Of
tn the contest" Poor Mr.. Huho.r'! W"
tender him our Incidence, AMI pr1y 'ha,
W may not be suspected Of g'pa,inc over
bis adversites or ,h,se Of mis- ',,tle circle
Of pretended admirers. Daring tn. re-
mainder Of bis term ss a Representative
tho less heard Of him the better for his
constituents, and tho Notifying fact that
he occupies q seat a. a Gent ieman from
Iowa. can only be patiently endured i"
e,nnec,ion with the certainty that h" Wa.
not more completely ignored in the Sen"-
sorial contest than he will be in all pub.
lie Affairs after March 4 b 1867, WHEN biz
cow lettering supporter, will rid them
selves Of their bar,hen by casting out
through tho gates Of oblivion the pros
tss,s and pu.rs,cent c.rcrs Of their d.
func,ed candidate Even the Journal,
WIS. lullaby is 80 soothing, and a.'trry
90 encouraging will eschew its Veil aigas
we'd ,nd oft told nursery story Of "O!d
mother Hubbard" and 60 forth in search
Of new, a live, real man, Of whom
When an election shall have been conc!u-
ded II canno. be contemporary said he
vas not heard Of in the contest"
Hubbard's influence a. a Representative
10 really Insignificant but It might have
amounted to something ~ Senator if no
could hav, stolen his way along in his
night clothes whilst the Legislature we're
mapping, which seems to have been bis
only chance. A very awkward failure in
Assd. A downright piece Of bo.chery
8 rely nothing WAS ever 90 badly managed
since the world began, except Mrs. Gun
ming Rams bogus baby affair. With al
HE snarss and tricks, and tricky surroun-
hs VA mot heard Of IN the contest" and
doubtless obtained tho con.emp, Of Hsr-
Ian and Kirkwood who prove II have been
real candidates and no. Peter Funks
Had the vain old trickster been successful
ia bis ridiculous pretensi"n. his time
would have bean occupied in o",-s'ckinp
his friend. simply 10 still further define
and establish his character for integrity
and gratitude. His dupl:ci'y agains' their
iasi"ceri,y. is a wager h. would lay n. ANY
moment, aud to Us it looks like an even
thing, with no great odds on either side.
For time they KEEP. up appearances. and
matters we're .olerably plausible. We
beaan to think Thorn in earnest when BY
nigh, and BY day it w.s Hubbard Hub
bard sung, shouted, and beloved but
ve now have evidence that they no more
succeeded 10 decsiving him. tha" his soc-
eesssss will ever enable him to reward