The Republican journal., 1873-07-10
Concerning Tremendous Campaiuns,

The Progressive Age is pleased to criti-
CHE the action of the Democratic party in
its campaigns, and especially to ridicule
with that noted sprightly wit of its own
the recent publication of Mr.. Kimbal's
letter. 1t says:
But the most astonishing impression made of
their furious on coming is the Kimball letter.
Our neighbor, the journal puts itself into prom
inence by securing the original manuscript for
publication. And, as If the world was waiting
i'll suspense, the press telegraph agent i'll this
city fastened to announce in pompous language
that the Journal would contain an important
letter from the Hon. c. p X imbalI! About
what? Why that he had concluded not TO stand
candidate any longer, under the present dismal
prospects of the party! Advance slips of the
letter were sent to all other democratic papers
which they published with great flourish of
trumpets, ''Kimball declines! Great Is KIM
ball!' "Kmball declines! Hoora for KIM
BALI" 1t is like the Chinese mode of fighting {;
at the approach of the enemy a tremendous
gong-beatlng is set up, followed by a preciptate
retreat into the nearest thicket.
1t is usual, we think, for persons to
whom letters are addressed to receive
the original manuscript So our possess
sion of the letter is not SO surprising as it
might be. The agent Of the associated
press, acting under general instructions
from headquarters, noted the existence of
the letter. So the association and not the
democratic party is responsible for that
part of the Ages astonshment Advance
slips were sent as a matter of courtesy,
and we are sorry that courtesy astonlshes
our neghbor.
But if the Age wants to see the record
cd history OF a really astonishing cam
paign, 1t should read in it's own columns
the history of its war upon Mr.. Represen-
tative Hale last year. About two months
before that Gentleman's denomination
the Age opened its batteries. Mr. Hale, it
declared, was utterly unfit for the position
He was an opponent of civil service reform
tie created useless offices to help re-elcct
himself. He was using bribery to accom-
plish his nomination. He WAS devoid of
republican principles. And nominal
ed defeat awaited the party at the polls.
This was a defiant position to be taken by
q determined newspaper. This was sure
ly the programme for 4 tremendous cam
paign, in its beginning. Put what was
its ending?
Our readers have perhaps read the an
ecdote of the Ildcions journalist Of Paris
whose graduated expressions were so
amusing when Napoleon returned from
Elba. He began by announcing that
''The Corsican monster has escaped :" and
ended some days after by the declaration
''The Emperor has entered Paris Long
live the Emperorm 1t was pretty much
so with our neighbor. After Hale had
been in this city, the Age suddenly learned
that he was not so much of monster,
that he was a republican and an a Bic one,
and that the danger in opposing him was
that the Democrats might Get the contr oil
in Congress. If the refusal of a gentle
man to even accept Il nomination is laugh
able, what in the world does the AGE
think OF its own campaign against Hale,
which began with such a fierce storm of
opposition, and was so speedily attunad
to the aulcet notes OF praise