, 1876-05-27
FITZHUHH AND HIS BUDGET,

FITZHUGH AND HIS BUDGET.
Tho "bigcr man than old GRANT, who
WINS recently ousted from his position M
Doorkcepcr Of tho uousc, docs not take his
ousting In good temper. It is hardly to bo
expected tint he would. One does not like
TO hAvo the cup dashed from, lis lips juat as
he begins to tastc TIM intoxicating 1raught.
Hero wna poor F1rznuon, Just beginning to
rea1izo TINT ho was "a bigger man than old
dnANT." Tho boy had just commenced to
take his Int and cont. The Democratic nctn.
bcrs were inst beginning to Ionic him, to
break for him overy time he went on tho
floor, and to pull him by tbs coattail this
way and that. His "frol;cke" with the
members and Senators had but just begun.
CoK's affection for him WAS In its sworn"
vernal bloom. He had taken ten with
the kRnRs but onco or twice. The spanking
turnout had not prancod about Washington
but few times. lie VIVA just getting
comfortably tixed," FAY was beginning to
llave gool time, and the friend from Texas
had hard1y arrived before poor F1rznuou is
notified lie is no longer wanted, and, like
WoLsEY, he must bid long farwell to ali lis
former greatness. And why2 Simply be-
cause he wrote n letter and people laughed at
him. OF course he is just 90 much repre-
sentative Democrat as he ever was. He il
just as much Democratic rcformor as ovcr.
There was no objection to him on this score.
Tho Democrats have known all tho time that
ho was under indictment for arson, atcaling
bed-quilts, and other little Irregularities.
They knew it when they appointed him. A1r.
Cox knew it when l1o grew 80 fond OF him.
Tho KEnns know it when they invited him
to tea. All Washington knew it rs llo rolled
through the streets with lis spanking
turnout The Democrats, however, could
stand all this. These little pcccadi1loes were
not obstacles in tho way Of Democratic re-
form, nor did they disqualify man from
being good Democrat, especially man
from tho South, where indctablo otfcnBes
arc apt to DO taken rs characteristics Of
chivalrous manhood. But that the Demo-
cratic Doorkeepor should write letter, and
that the writer should be laughed at, and the
letter should be laughed at, aud the party
which appointed him should be laughed at,
WINS mortal offenso. Therefore was poor
Fi1znuoH ordered to quit. He is no
longer - bigor man than old GRANT"
The boy who took his hat and coat
even laughs at him. ', Cox has proven
faithless, ind his affections ars bestowed upon
now Doorkceper. Tho KEnns' teapot no
longer sings for Ftrzuuou. Tho spanking
horvcs daah proudly by poor peripatotic
F1TzuuaH, wcarily trudging on foot, md
Far grows scedy. It III sad thought that
the friend from Texas may have forgotten to
bring tho $500 with him, and that 10 and
F1TzHuoH are subsisting on FREQ lunches,
and putting thoir heads together to SEQ how
they will return to Texas.
FrrzHuon, however, is man of spirit,
He may have to be sacrificed, but some one
will pny for it. During tho short time he
was Doorkecper it Is evident that ho did
something else besides frolicking with the
members, supping with tho KEnRs, and hob
nobbing with Cox. Ho was laying IN
something for rainy dny. He evidently
feared there might cone time when
his services as Domocratic refor1ner would
no longer be appreciated, and that timo hay
ing now come, le is determined that the
other reforners ahall pay handsomely for
ousGng him. It appears that other Dem
ocrats have boon writing lottors and doc
uments; that ho has these lettors and doc
umenta; that they aro of scandalous aud
incriminnting nature; and that he is prepar-
ing to unload himself Of them. That is right.
We trust ho will, aud for that purpose VIC
tender the columns Of TIE TRIBUNE To him.
We havo always Ind friendly interest in
lin, and, now TINT he is Of low estate and
stripped Of all his honors, now that old GnAar
Is "a bigger man" than he, We feel moro
than over Interested in him. II is lis duty
to lot tho world know what these men have
been doing who refuse to "frolick with him
any longer. Unload, F1TzHunn.