Marshall County Republican., 1877-02-01
SENATOR GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN
REEVE.
"IIickOry" on Reeve.

Tothe Editor Of the Republican:
SIR: The Warsaw Union is very severe
on the erratic senator who represents this
district, and after plainly intimating that
he has already made sublime fool of him.
self, closes by comparing him to George
Francis Train. Having no personal
acquaintance with the Hon. G. F. T. r.,
you can not Of course deny the insinuation
of the Uaion that he has made fool of
himself. yet may be put in posses
sion of certain {. cts in his history which
will go to show what he really is. He Is
not Democrat as we learn from the Ceaten-
nidi Democrat, which says that "he is
thoroughly independent in politics. and in
every other respect" A copy of the Chi
cago Times also contains an article from
the pen of the Hon. gentleman in which
he declares that the Democratic party is
dead, dead, dead" In this the Senator
was doubtless mistaken; at least the corpse
is troublesome. Now it Is perfectly in
keeping with the senator's temperament, as
it is with every highly mettled gentleman,
To- explode over such an insinuation As
wss made by the last legislature. The
senator is an honest man, and as such his
manhood revolted.
This. to us. is not strange since we have
learned his natural pulsation to be at the
astounding rate Of 19o in the shade We
do no. believe the senator, even in the an
atomical condition he hus ut times imag-
ined himself,-that of having four arms
each six feet long-wOuld reach for more
pens, ink and paper than he could care
fully stow away in his several sara:ogas.
five grip sacks and the pockets of those
two newly made overcoats.
What man with the benevolence tn buy
end pay cash for claims put in his hands
for collection, (IIaslanger) build an iron
bridge in his own town gratis, bulldoze
the county commissioner court, when
the said court thoSght il no more than
fair that lac should have rccompense for
the bridge, will say. with such acquire.
menis and capacity would be likely To
accept aIgovernment hostlership, and find
himself when he can run snow pillow In
his own village unmolested, and at no ex
pense except that of carrying an accident
insUrInce policy.
The Uni "a" man is of the opinion that
MIR. Reeve made large tool OF himself il
the correspondent of the Democrat
represents him correctly. In this we con
cur, for IL shows him more fit for fish sell
ing than for lawmaking. And yet we are
compelled to admit the correctness Of the
report of the speech. for the reason of the
correspondence showing the ear-marks of
writer who has made his style familiar
to the most Of the people here; and be-
sides, If we are NOT mistaken, he would be
the last nan in the world to say a word
which could be construed derogatory to
the senator. He is impressed with the
notion that Mr.. r. Is without peer in the
whole state in law making, speech making,
farming, snow plowing or fiddling; and
being largely interested in seeing the Sena-
tor build up for himself high sounding,
though hollow, reputation abroad, yet he
would countenance him in going even to
the extent of bartering away the rights OF
his constituents to make the name and
notoriety he aspires to. OF course his
apology to his folks at home would be his
temperament, pulse. independence and dis
position to receive or reject platforms or
measures" as it may suit him.
Brother Zimmerman considers Mr.. r. "a
very small edition of George Francis
Train" Now from what information we
can gather we are of the opinion that Mr..
Reeve has done nearly, or quite as much
to entitle him to wide spread notoricty,
at least national reputation, as G. Fran.
els. Let US see: Train finds all laws and
institutions wrong. and has announced
himself as candidate for the presidency
In 1880, and. ii he succeeds in keeping out.
side OF the lunafic asylums, may make It,
Mr.. Reeve, after burying the Democratic
party. was the first 10 declare new one
and named il the Great American Party :
and IL he succeeds in keeping the old
party under. and We hope he may, this
/" Great American party" may pdsh him
it's father, to the front. in view of which
he should desist from any antics thai
might be INDUCED in about The assembly
rooms by his Darwinian ancestors leas
il should be deemed best that he take
stall in the state asylum for repairs
HICKORY.