The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-04

PANIC AMONG OFFICE-HOLDERs.
Prom the New York SUM-
Since the fatal tide OF 1874 no event In,
occurred In politics which has 10 startled
the loyal Republicans As the recent election
"a Maiar. They were not only unprepared
TOT ~ but regarded such contingency a.
almost impossible. IN any State in the Union
was considered firmly anchored In the faith
and les liable than all others 20 be shaken
~ an angry blast Of detection, Maine NAV
De said 10 have enjoyed that distinction. II
was run Ike close corporation. the scrip
o. which was carried In the pocket OF Mr..
Blaine, and was hypofhecated, traded, or
loaned ~ the necessities Of the party re-
quircd.
In fact, theSenator supposed he had fee
simple 10 the soil OF the State, and rather
irea.en y A. personal possession. the It'll.
81 which no man would dare dispute lie
mad the utmost confidence in the usual ma
lorlty. and like some Of the chief victims OF
the French revolution, who were CAV and
festive and unconscious OF danger long
after the rumblings OF the volcano had
spread alarm, Mr.. Blaine went to the far
west 70 stump, where his aid was not need
ca, and then fastened home, upon sudden
summons, 70 find his scepter departed. so
Mr.. Hale, Chairman Of the Congressional
Committee, would not admit the possibility
OF defeat until he found himself hoisted out
- . ~Iat III &OHEIt<< uN an Ignorant me-
chanic." whom he secuted a. a competitor
for that honor
All the excuses made for this result are
mere after-thoughts, and devices conjured
up TO deceive the unwary. Instead OF the
vote being light, as Is pretended in some
quarter, y exceeded the aggregate Of last
year by y, jOf. and was only 1,O-I below the
total cast for Tilden and Hayes. The distri-
button OF the votes shows that the Demo-
Gratis took the Greenback club to crack the
Republican skull, as they are likely TO do In
Massachusetts and other States, where they
nave been In hopeless minority heretofore.
Inc chronic Office holder Il, perhaps, OF all 1
Others, the man with the sharpesf scent As TO I
coming political changes. He watches Con-
Nentions, primaries, new departures, and 4
elections, a the weather bureau does the
rise and fall OF the barometer. They All
nave = significance for him, 10 which the
outside world generally may be Indifferent. n
FOR sixteen years he and his friends have
deem Lying generously at the public crib.
feasting and fattening all the year round.
hardly ever doing an honest days work,
ana their chief business. Of late, has been to
LOFTY the grandeur OF Grantism, to uphold
the pet-baggers, and 10 distribute d0cu-
ments 70 the campaign committees.
these patriots had kept keen lookout
on the new movement, but they never
dreamed that IL could have the audacity to
assail their Gibraltar in Maine. They mad
been assured BY Blaine, Hale, and the other
members OF that corporation, that all was
well, and when Blaine started on on his star
tour their faith was strong enough TO move
mountain. Imagine the feelings OF these
ardent supporters OF the Constitution, and
All the amendments,a at big salaries, when the
news was flashed over the wires that Maine
was lost. The next day when assurance
vas made doubly sure. the gloom in the de- ,
partments ~ Washington was As II some .
terrible scourge had desolated the house,
holds Of their occupants.
SIX or seven thousand props OF the Gov
'rnment and pillars 81 the Republican |
.hnrch who had come 10 consider that the .
treasury was created for their special use, /
ma that the country could not prosper ,
Without their official countenance, suddenly ,
discovered that the world moved. Since
his light dawned upon them happiness has
zone out Of their official lives. They look I
ipon the future Of free institutions A. dark !
md forbidding. since they may not be per- /
nitted 10 sustain them At two or three or I
our thousand year. In
Many have already given up and are sfriv- I
M 70 prepare for what they believe to be an 4
Inevitable change Others have become re- :
larkaoiy conservative inside week. They I
re far more tolerant OF opponents than p
ormerly, and are great admirers Of the era 2
good feeling, when the lamb aud the lion :,
lay lie down together, and there will be no Il
description for opinions sake. Upon re- e
rttlvu. they are ul>vp>tl 10 condemn the n
arsh measures OF their old friends as being a
le excess OF too much power, and they :,
link now IL would have been better. per- Z,
aps, u the Democrats had occas ionally been
lowed majority in one branch Of Con-
re<>.
John Sherman's change OF front in face OF
e enemy, right on the eve OF the fall elec- :.
ons, has intensified the panic among the y
ce-holders. They know that desperate n
ep like that would never have been taken in
Mess the case was almost hopeless. As A
'nsequence, large numbers are deserving -
e sinking ship They have found strong !. !.
mpafhy with the demand for change, and ~
scovered ties with the Democracy which re
nd them closely TO some OF the leaders. So
"a many are free TO say Hayes was never a,
ected and Tilden ought 10 be seated. Con- -
rts multiply daily, and the Main election Z. I.
= worked wonders, besides giving James III
Blaine an indefinite leave OF absence. He ~
n now repeat the curt saying OF Monsieur Of
Sage, after the death Of Charles XII. at a,
G battle Of Frederickshall, .Gentlemen. ~
G game Is up, let US be going.v =,