Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-04-05
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The Wonderful Changes Wrought During Csp.
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The Wonderful Changes W rought During Csp-
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From the Philadelphia Times.
Captain John Burton, master of
one of the steamers of the Occidental
line, plying between this city and
Havana, arrived yesterday from a
round trip of ten days duration. The
Captain ID an ardent Republican.
When he left home his mind was up
pressed with gloom. The Electoral
| Commission had concluded Its ieb 1rs,
but it seemed toe settled purpose Of
the Democrats in the Ii use TO OBJ.
strGct the progress of The count to
such an extent that it would be i'm
possible to have a peaceful inaugura-
ton, while many were inclined to
think there would be new election.
Captain Barton, therefore, w@s re-
Ieved, on landing, TO learn that the
Inauguration had taken place. lie
went to bis favorits resort, the Union
League Club, to learn the particu-
lars. There he met his ola friend
Colonel Snowdritt, W h D always
koows the news.
Glad TO see you, John. said The
Colonel, 'and | know you are rsjoic-
cd to hear that the country is SAFE |
vas just reading good thing in the
Bulletin, giving Blaine sharp rap
| BY the way, what an ass he has
m ade of himself?'
The Bulletin? Ass? Blaint? re-
piled BartoD, surely the Bulletin has
not gone over to the Democrats?'
oh, no; but Bla'ne's course, you
know, has been TOO outrageous for
anything The IDEA Of his entagon-
izing the administration at The yery
start.
Blaine antagoniziug the admins
traiioo2'
Yes, as the Bulletin says
when the pa oic business Of this
nation is intvnsted to men Of proved
fitness, who shall remain in place to
do the work TO which they are train
ed, it il possibls thai The elective Of
fees viii Be filled generally by men
who have seme other claim to them
than their capacity for making prom
lses to the mob OF place-hunters, and
Of being hail fellows we'll met with
every ragamuffin who has longing
thirst 10 taste of the stream that
flows from the public treasury
Il wonder how the Camerons will
take that sort of talk?'
Captain Burton stared at his friend
in amazement. Was it possible that
Snowd-itt had turned Rsformer? No,
it could not be; this was q guy. He
snatched the paper from his friends
hand. Yes, it was the Bulletin, and
the words read were correctly quot
ed But why this fling at the Cam
erone?
i am glad to see, continued Snow
ift,'that old Simon has been beaten
at last. But the checklist thing be
has ever done is this attempt TO put
Don in the Senate
Don in the Seuattl Then Wallace
is dead? You don't mean i?'
Nothing of the kind; but of course
the Old man wasn't going to stay in
the Senate after Schurz ami Key had
been crammed down his throat
Il beg you to explain
why, don't you know that Schnrz
and Key were appointed to Cabinet
places?'
'Schu,z aDd Keyl Who is Koy?'
why, the ex-rcboI General, you
know; the one who was Demo,
cratic senator from Tennessee. He
was q great Tilden man, and Of
course it was right to give him a
show
Captain Burton was again agita;,
ed. is it possible that [ have been
misintormed? Did Ti|den get in af-
ter all p
why, no, you upid fellow. But
corci!iation is tho watchword under
the new regime. As the National
Republican remarks, 'the adventurers
must withdraw and leave the origin
81 Inhabitants Of the South TO control
their own affairs in their own way;
and as the same able paper says in
another place, 'the CORY garment
must be buried
You puzzle mo beyond M ASSURE,
Colonel. | never expected to near
this sort Of talk from you.'
j don't sec anything astonishing
about it. The President is in earnest,
aud with Sherman and Schutz in the
Cabinet, Matthews and Lamar in the
Senate and Garfield and Gibson in the
House, the bloody shirt will never
flap in the morning breeze again.
who is Matthews, and who is
Gibsopt'
Gibson is one of our best oxoCon-
federates. He is from Louisiana;
noble felowl Matthew'S Don't you
remember Stanley Matthew'S He
Is going to the Senate in RI lace of
Sherman. Garfield is needed in the
House, as the President says, to aid
10 the work of paciGcation. A few
weeks more and Packard, Chamber
lain aud all the rest of the carpets
baggers will be packing their traps
What It isn't proposed to throw
| them overboardY
'Of course, old boy, of course;
government that cannot sustain itself
has no right to exist. The Secretary
of War aud Attorney General will
attend TO the carpet-baggers, never
fear
Now, Colonel, you are carrying
this QUIZ too far. | was half inclined
to believe you, but when you say
that Taft and Cameron have gone
back on Packard and Chamberlain,
you must take nae for greeny.'
'Tatt and Cameron, the-wby they
are not in the administration. What
use has Hayes for such BourbonsP'
What You don't mean to say
that after eIecting Hsyes these good