The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-20
Alasi Poor joint

We hope that some good samaritan of
Philadelphia will go around aud attend to
Mr. john FoRSEY of the Press before the
Official declaration of TTLDEN's election ar
rives to drive him stark mad. Wet cloths
applied to the head and temples, or a gen.
tie trickle of ice water along the spine,
might help him. JOHN was always oonsid-
cred rather weak on the moral side but
until the other day he was supposed to be
sound in the head-sound enough, at all
events, TO keep himself on the winning
side and gather his full share of the spoils.
In fact we now recall but a single instance
out of his long and brilliant career OF po-
litical adventure in which he rated pre-
maturely.
That was in 1872 when. failing to COM
prehend the full extent of Mr.. CAMERoNs
power over the ballot boxes of Pennsylva-
MA, he boldly ranged the Press against the
Ring, and had the modification OF seeing
the beaten HARrRANFr counted III in spite
of him. But JOIN speedily retrieved
| that little error OF Judgment. He had made
tho Press troublesome to the Ring, and
they were glad to buy the control of its
columns for a term of two years, and to
provide JoHS with back seat In the CAM
ERoN councils at the expiration of the pc
riod OF his exile. Mr.. BILL KEMBLE and
his associates became the purchasers Of
that singular privilege for the sum OF
10000. aud when poor JOHN undertook TO
sell his infected and prostituted press aud
types to Col. MCCLURE, they just raised
| their forefinRers and made an end of it.
So JOHN had learned a lesson, aud re-
solved never TO play honest orsndependent
again. He went back into his editorial
chair, under the whip of the Ring Boss.
and, although his old organ was cracked
and Shiny. he ground out faithfully The
dismal tunes that were set hun. 1t was
only natural that, under these circun-
| stances, JoUN should feel himself insepara-
bly, Identified with the Ring, and pro-
| foundly interested in the success OF Mr..
| CAMERoN's candidate for President. And
| so, when the returns came in on cleo
ton night, announcing TLDEN's election
| by an overwhelming vote, JoHN tore his
thin hair and raved like a Bedlamte. 4
| crowd collected around the Press office,
and. supposing they wanted to see him in-
stead Of the nows, he appeared from time
to time ut his old bay window, and howled'
|
going mt the successful party with cold
steel" and bawled aud shouted IA deal OF
| similar nonsense, all the while dancing
about ms if he had chestnut burrs in his
trousers, to the ininite delight of the street
gamins and the great disgust of the sober
Republicans who CHANGED TO hear him.
The next night he repeated the perform
| ance with slight variations. He had heard
| in the mean time of CHANDLER's scheme
to count in the defeated candidate, and
was Il little comiorted in regard TO himself,
| but in the same state of boiling rage to-
ward Mr.. CAMERoN's enemies. He evil
IDENTIFY thought they ought to be exter-
minated without mercy. and he rallied al
the solid Irish the "solid catholic
Church, and the solid South, until the
air was black with his incoherent maledic-
tons, and the newsboys were nearly wild
with the fun.
We trust he feels better now. But there
is danger of another ut. The fine scheme
OF Messrs. CHANDLER and CAMERON may
yet miscarry, and if it does JOHN will un-
doubleday 90 of on another rampage
Somebody ought to take him in hand
The bay window ought to be nailed up oil
q strait Jacket ordered in time.