The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-06
Political influence or The Hone.

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The epiaoode Is making itself ielI in
the p6thcal clmp1ign With very decided
eject Three mo1tbS go such state
ment would have been fidieuled. The
most Gstnfe wire pulIeT would have smiI-
ed 81 the ides Of the influence Of the horse
on politics. And yet, II he can prevent
OCEAN steamers IRON sailing, cause . vir.
tual suspension OF wholesale and retail
business, induce stsgnAIion In ell CONNER.
ci1l enterprises, prevent the living from
fdihliDg their social and bnliness engage
mentS and the dead from being buried,
and completely laying an embargo on the
attendance upon Hmusemenls and Sunday
services, there b no reason why he should
not reTolutiOnizs, OF at least distract, Z
political campaign, and this be has done
be has cOUgbel' and Eneezed the enthnsi.
SSm al out fit lis o! no uEe for man
who has got SICK horse 70 ny and be
enthusiastic over candidates. Il Is not
nov the familiar question "Fos whom will
you v0te:' bot "How Is YOrr horse =
Greeley men and Grant men have at least
agreed upon one stable topic mo pun in.
tended and that is the necessity Of reform
in the care and treatment Of the horse,
and some remedy tor his cataHfh. Gen.
ersl Grant can now, Tor the first time, come
in Tor sympathy from bis political oppo-
nents. he runs 10 horses principally, and
there Is no doubt that, By this time, they
are all down with the epizooiic AlIpoli.
ticiAnS can meet on this common ground,
and all must sufeT alike in this common
Afliction. How can the candidates get
TO their speaking places in the rural dis
trics without horses, or how can the 70.
ters go 70 hear them? What iS the use
Of the political meeting Il you cannot have
the triumphAl car with the six.Gnd.thirty
red, white and blue young ladiesI How
can the crowd "enthuse" without the
brass band, and how is the brass band ~
be on hand without the wagon! How
can the mounted boss cavalry" Join in
the procession How can the country be
saved on foot? Surely, now, If ever, the
politician can appreciate Richards in
tense desire and munifcent cfer for &
horse. The fAg end Of the campaign must
inevitably be g dull one without the blaze
and glory which Dsusliy. illuminstes Presi.
dental campaigns. Itmust also serious.
y Affect the election. Wherever the dis.
ease prevails in the rural districts It viii
be impossible for the farmers 10 get 70 the
polls. In the cities the vote will proba.
big be Te3ucel, for that considerable
number o. voters %ho always depend
upon wagons, and won't or can't vote on
loot, win be wanting.
In Chicago, politics which have taken
one vide divergence; oTing 10 the Sunday
question, noT take another, owing to the
epIZ oO;ic. As long as the horses are sick,
peoP.e vii! care very little whether beer
h1Ts today o: not The Temperance
question goes cut OF sight, and the horse
STEPS IN. All TIE little petty questions,
and tie big Siste and National issues,
tAde into iHsignifcance before the eyes oil
tLsl man whose horse is 10 the barn,
coughing and sniyeIling, he himself put.
hsg along on loot, uncertain whether be
can get 70 any place in any given time,
equally uncertain, IS he Leaves home in
the morning, when he viii again get to
the bosom o. his boTseless family. Il ia OF
no use u talk politics 10 him now, lem
Perance, OF Sunday beer, OK aoythlpg
else, tcE his hoISe is sick. An this goes
70 show upon Whist slight threads great
eyents hang a sick horse drAgs himself
wAh uncertain gait into the political field,
aud, presto, the eagle stops bis screaming,
The calcium Lights are dimmed, The color.
ed troops fght badly, the orstors' voices
grow feebler, the bunmefs house them
selves in the saloons, and the grssshopIeI
becomes buIden.