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and as if it was great condescenslon on their
part to tolerate it. This sort of sham patriot
ism and sickly sentimentality has been nur-
tured By a certain class of newspapers that
plume themselves upon the absolute impair
tiality with which they denounce all parties
and all public men. As long as the lines di-
vidng the two parties were not sharply defined
these hermophrodites in politics had more or
less following, and could draw off enough weak
kneed and feeble minded voters from the Re-
publican column to give the vantage ground to
the Democrats occasionally. But now the peo-
pie are beginning to realize that the issues
which are before the country are Of supreme
importance, and that if they want peace, thrift
and the inviolablity of the national honor,
they must bend all their energies to the per-
petuation of Republican principles. With such
consciousness of their responsibilities they are
not inclined to listen with attention or even
with patience to suggestions that they should
throw away their votes because they cannot
always have their own way in the selection OF
candidates. They accept the good old liberal
doctrine that the will of the majority ought to
govern. If they go into conventions and are
outvoted they make no complaint but submit
cheerfully to the force of numbers. Instead
of standing one side and pouting and sulking
like dsaffected schoolboys, they enter the list
with the zeal which foreshadows triumph.
Propositions to scratch and to bolt meet with
very little favo-, however insidously and elo-
quently they may be urged. 1t is satisfactory
to note the growth of hardy and wholesome
public sentiment in political circles which prom
ises to solldify and harmonic the Republican
party and help it to renew its old time victo-
ries. Here and there a ravens croak breaks
forth about smashing the machine" but it
sounds so feeble and foolish, and it excites very
little attention. When anybody can ascertain
any method by which party can be main-
tanned and made to subserve a useful purpose
without any organization or leaders or head, 1t
may be in order to discuss the expedioncy
of dispensing with those auxiliaries. "Aun-
ty," broke out bright little girl all OF sud-
den II don't mean to get married when grow
up. intend to be widJwH' That child had
quite as much of an idea of what she was driv-
ing at as those wise people do who are contin-
ually declaiming that they propose to sustain
the Republican party by breaking it to pieces,
Such nursery vagaries are evidently going out
of fashion
New York never was in so flourishing con-
dition as it is today Business in every line is
extraordinarily brisk. All the great avenues
of traffic are teeming with activity. The
streets are thronged with people; the various
manufacturing concerns are running to their
utmost capacity. The stock market shows the
eagerness with which opportunities for invest
ment are sought after. The sales of merchan
disc are simply enormous. Real Estate is rap
idIy improving in value. Desirable sites upon
the Island are in immense request. The city
is OH the eve of one OF those colossal strides Of
prosperity Of which she has made SO many, but
for another of which she never was so well pre-
pared as she is today. All the circumstances
point TO great revival of commercial inter-
prise under such favorable auspices that it can
hardly fail to prove lasting and fruitful. The
notable event of the week has been the rise in
the shares of the railways that bring coal from
the mines. On the intimation that new
combination to check production had been
formed there was an advance in some coal
stocks of twenty per cent in single day. All
the former timidity of capitalists seem to have
vanished completely. So many new uses for
funds have. been discovered that money in
spite of its abundance has commanded seven
per cent interest on call with ample collaterals.
There is every promise of brilliant season in
social life and altogether the metropolis IS
putting on a radiant aspect YARMOUTH.