Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
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"Thus wags the world. Let q man be
prosperous. and every man is hisfriend."
so wrote the rollicking Fitzhugh, the
simple. minded. frsnk-sPoken Democrat
Who guarded the door Of the House Of
Representatives. and dispensed smiles
and patronage to the delegates Of the
people, who were proud to call him
"frisnd." This '.biger man than old
Grant" was in Elysium when he wrote
these words Of wisdom. Ho was being
pstted and fiattered by Representatives
and Senators who wanted thsir friends
appointed a. ~hoor.swsepers or hat.
brushsrs. He was driving to breakfast
every morning behind spanking team
of horses which the nation had obse-
quiously begged him to make use Of.
He was junksting around the country
with the members. and anticipating q
glorious old time ut the Centennial.
Perchanes. In the simplicity OF his heart
he thought that he might cut out "Old
Grant" in Philadelphia. and be forever
immortalizsd as tho "bigsr man" who
turned on the steam and set the great
engine in motion. lie was the conhden-
tial friend Of Sunset Cor and other dis
tineuishsd Democratic leaders in the
HOUSE, and no had a right to eIclaim.
in the ~fullness OF his prophetic soul.
"thus wags the world. Let a man be
prosperous. and every man is his
friend"
But. alas, prosperity has departed
from the house Of Fitzhugh. For him
the smiles Of fair ladies beam no more.
and the adulation Of strong men Is no
longer forced upon him. Even Coz. who
Was proud to see the festive Doorkeeper
at his home and at his dinner table.
and thought II an honor to arrange n
Texan excursion with his friend. has de-
serted him in his great trouble. He has
been cast down from tho summit OF his
power. and to-day he Is plain ftzhugh
Of Texas. late xxi confederate Doorkeep-
or Of the House. Onlythis and nothing
more! How are the mighty fallen!
But Fitzhugh. though politically tie
capitatsd is not yet deal. Confidential
friends OF Representatives aud Senators
arc hard to kill. The base ingraiituds
Of his Democratic brethren, who are NO
better than him. IL they are not worse.
has aroused tho bitter ire OF the unfor-
tunaisfsttsr.writer. He will not under
stand that frankness is q crime deserv-
ing OF condign punishment, and he is
determined to supply to the world those
little details 81 Democratic policy which
the close-mouthed members have hith.
srto kept concealed. This repository Of
Democratic secrets Is about to ''wag"
his tongue. AMI when the ''wae' begins
the party in power in the House will
probably realize the wisdom OF the ex-
preston in his letter. which honest.
supplemented fitzhueh has already re-
allied to his cost. 'thus wags the world.
Let q man DO prosperous and every man
10 his friend"
The ~''waeging'' tongue Is not the on
ly weapon which the festive letter-writsr
possesses. When no vacated his office
yesterday. he took with him several val
liable records. lie went to the docu-
ment.room and took thence several in
dsx-books. showing the number OF re-
cords and documents drawn by each
member and still retained. The Ser
geant.at-Arms has been orjsred to re-
cover them. and probably will. But be-
fore this can be done such an accom-.
plishsd lstter-writer as fitzhugh will
have hal ample time to make a trans
cript Of all the records which he needs.
And then the '~'wagging' will begin.
Then. perchance. will be revealed to the
eyes VI an astonishsd world many a man
''bigsr than old Grant in his own es.
timation. The rollicking Doorkecpsr
says that be will make some Democrats
trsmblc; and II he il as frank aud out
spoken about them a. no has been about
himself. the chances are that he will.
With the ''wagging." Of course. will
come more investigations" These are
not Economical" institutions. to DO
sure. but now that We are in the ''ln.
vestigating'' business we may as well
carry it on to the end. BY all mean
let the tongue Of fitzhugh ''was." Let
Investigation" proceed. And then
shall come to pas that saying Of the
Dcorkecpsr. Thus wass the world.
When n man is prosperous every man is
his friend" hut when his little games
are exposed. a. those OF our Democratic
brethren are about to lie. every man is
his enemy.
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