, 1877-11-05

Al!NIutlk III kAe Eukl18 fQ&H blllAA LAW OGEA
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A WORsTED "GAME-COCK."
Tom Ew1Sa, ~ ho Is fatniliarly called in
Ohio, has furnished another instance OF
how oftou vaulting ambition o'erlcapa itself
mud falls On tho other side. TOW EWING is
the son Of tho onco celebrated Ton EwrSa,
the great Ohio Wing. tho frientl an1 con-
temporary Of C1Ar, WEBSTER, DEnniEs, Con-
w1s, Evans, and tile other Whig statesmen
who Aourishca from 1886 to 1859. lie WIS
Secretary OF the Treasury III 1871, but intlig-
nnit]y resigned when Jou1 TYLER npostatiz'
ell. So long ~ there Was another man In tho
country claiming to 10 Wing. old "salt-
Boiler remained Wing, and then he retired
from politics In disgust. Tho son Is man Of
mncl, greater pretousions than tho fathor.
The old gentleman WIS ono Of tho allest men
Of his day, IN orator, and Il man Of intel.
1ectual superiority. Ew1so junior Is not
that kind OF q ,Ean. I1e In ambitious, and
thinks himself vast improvement OIL Lis
fnn,ous ancestor, bnt Ia troubled by . want Of
appreciation OH the part Of the general public.
Mr.. EWING has been laboring industriousty In
Ohio for the Democratic party for soine
years. 1Ie has aspircd 10 high honorH. Ho
was willing to bo Governor, United States
souator, Vico-Pros.dont, or even member Of
tho House, and tho Democracy was warned
ovor and over that all tllat WINS wanted 10
reform, t!linga WINS to "lot young TON have
cha1cc." In 1876 Ew1su WIS elected to tho
House Of Representatives. Before tdat
cyeut. however, he l.al become, in addition
10 being Domocrat, one Of the widest
Qreenbackers. lie was for aboiishing interest
on tho public debt by paying foreigners
on.interest-bearing gruanbacks ho was for
abolisling tho National Banks and having
but one form, Of legal monoy,-greenbacks,
not to be redeemed, but to DO OF themselves
final payment. TO thcHe "principlos" lie
added that Of ga friend to tho workingmnn."
When candidato for Congress, he waa nc.
customod TO say to tho people that in ton
days after he took his scat in Congress ho
would havp tho Resumption bill repealed
apd tho National Banks abolished.
{ A1r. Ew1No, who Is probably tho most
striking personal illustration Of tho choapol,-
Spg effects Of imitation, certainly did not
know the House OF Representatives. HoAal
not rcal protitab1y tho fate Of othors who
Anstencd 10 exhibit their arrogance md con-
ceit, aud wers incontinontly snutbetl and
taught their own insiguincance. Mr.. Ew1Sa
cottoncl 10 RANDALL, md WINS put oil tho
Committee Oh Banking mud Currency. The
first day tho House met for business, Ew1No
induccd the Committee 10 lot him report q
bil1 to repeal the Resumption law. md In
this bill lo included repeal OF tho General
banking Inv. With oil tho confidence,
insurance, and Insolenco That he would assumo
II he wcro addressing I'LL Imitation Club In
Columbus, A1r, EWING presented himself rs tho
loader Of tho House. on tho most important
question Of the day. IIo WAS arrogant. 1Io
reported the bill, and demanded TINT tho
House pass it Instantly. Ills ignorance of
parliamentary law led him into biunders.
Throo-fourths Of tho Democrats favored the
bill and one.fonrth Of tho Republicans, but
Ew1Sn'a insolence, Ills airy consciousness OF
self-inportauce, and tho naughty manner in
which llo impressed on the House that ho
was "Ew1Na Of Ohio" were too much for
tho House 10 bear. In about five minutes sfr.
Ewtso's bill, OIL which ho had refused to per-
mit debate. to which ho would allow no
amendments to be made, and which he ind
promised Ills constituents he would have
passed. right of, waa hopelossly buried In tho
fathomless pit Of the morning hour" The
next day tho "gallant" Ton entered tho
House somewhat tanned. 1Io hatl as .uucl,
t]iaxt,st for tho House as tho House had for
him, Tho HOUSE had refused to recognize
him as leader, and had laughed at
lIs blunders. and had troate.l his ingolenoo
with contempt. The House refused to take
his bill out OF the morning hour anl thou,
II with lis spurs takon oil and his comb come,
II whnt damaged. hu asked ncsmisyfon to With
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