The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-15
JAMES AND Jack.

The reverend and honorable James Har-
Ian, editor and principal proprietor of the
Washington Chronicle newspaper, formerly
United States senator and secretary of the
interior, proposes to return to Iowa, and
again become candidate for the United
States senate. His reputation has not been
of the savory kind, and he doubtless signs
to again be the recipient of ten thousand
dollar fee from railroad company, and to
regain his position as the ''great American
franker," which position he worthily filled
until our quondam Vermonter, James II.
Plat, pucked the laurels and placed them
on his own brow, relieving brother Harlan
of the honors and title too. Times are not
as they FUSED to was" as the eX-divine very
well knows, and so he has commenced to
hedge, and thusly "goes back on" on his
old friend Zacharab. Listen TO the dulcet
strains of Harlan and the Chronicle: cold
~ lack Chandler is gradually coming to
the front. He now says he will only be
% satisfied with Christiancy's place which
d" he has put himself in training to fill as
" soon as there is a vacancy. lack is not
" a bad mainland he has many good in
tentions-but then we arc told that a Ger
d" tain hot locality is paved with good in
d" tentions, the meaning of which is that
% such qualities are not always available
" on earth. Such men as Chandler ought
:" to be satisfied with the honors they ha' c
already received, as the country can
' well dispense with their services"
We hardly suppose that James means
what he says about "old lack" but, for
once, he happens to speak the truth, and
then he is talking for III home market and
expects by this kind of palaver to pull the
wool over the eyes of the honest, un-
sophisticated republicans of Iowa. If
there was the least possible chance for this
honorable and reverend gentlemen to sue
coed, one object of his ambition would
doubtless soon be gratified. How quickly,
with prospect OF success, that railroad
company would come down with another
ten thousand dolars-purchast senators
are so handy to have, even if they do re-
quire a little watching. But we fear that
the ex-senator AMI ex-secretary has over
shot the mark in firing at lack. lack was
and Is bosom friend of the administration,
and James will loose this support by going
back on him-but possibly the reverend
editor thinks, since the third term letter,
that this faction of the republican party
hno F,,ll tI,o 80,
support is not worth seeking. But then,
the honest, sensible republicans, the great
mass of tEe.party, will think the Chronicle
proof reader has made sad blunder. They
will see that Jim" ought to be substituted
for "Zack" and will read the description as
intended for "old" James Harlan, not for
''oid lack Chandler"-all except, perhaps,
where it says he sis not bad man"
There is no possible chance for James
unless the contest should be confined tc
him and Belknap, and the Iowa voters
should feel as the Indians did, when thu
president proposed to right their wrongs by
making a change of agents-the In iiani
protested, saying that the present agent
had stolen himself rich at their expense
and they would rather retain him than be
again robbed to enrich a, new agent. I'm
less Harlan can thus narrow down the con
test, we would say to him, as he says tc
Chandler, with the change of word
i" Such men as Harlan should be satisfied
with the honors they have already re.
ceived, as the country can we'll dispense
" with their services"