The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-07-15

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FAITHFUL POlsTGsAsT.
Sketch of the Persona.e an,, Oaar-a
ac.er of the HepuDi; can s,anss.e
date by a Conn pc tent trliat. 81
d [Washington Letter. h the Boston I',.s'
A large faced mar, ,wi!h IeutJitic
features, heavy undei lip, fuu t,eard );
with a dome shaped b. u. a!hel. Sch
tiiy furnished with hair, 1t sleepy eye,
large, Ooseiy jointed body, heavy N
his motions, and with a general eX-
pressiveness about him thai denotes
the Weskness Ot<tis cilaracfei i,--t:iis IS
the Republican candidate for the Pres
idency. l do not want 10 pant Mr..
Garfield with all n=unfiiendly4 ..,en @tt-
will be the duty Of Democratic jour
nalists to speak of him with harshuess
many times before the campaign shall
be over, and there is no Occasi on for
Fastening to the canvass, the character
which cannot fail tOsmake IL an un-
pleasant one. For this, howe.e er, the
Republicans are responsible. Ii they
aid not desire the personal character
OF The candidates involved, they shod
not have selected Mr.. Garfield. His
record is TOO bad for the Presidency.
Mr.. Garfield is a scholar. Against
adverse circumstances he made a fight
for education and position. lie has
been courageous in this respect. lie
worked his way through college, and
he has battled successfully with Tor
tune ever since. lie has won some-
thing by Intellectual strength, more by
pIiancy and certain yielding TO parry
whenever he has expressed
an aspiration after something better
than his party wanted. The courage
with which he gained his first advance
in the world as a graduate of Williams
College, was the last exhibition he
ever gave of that quality. Since then
he has been the coward OF politics.
AS the Washington Post expresses it
this morning, he has "the voice OF a
lion and the heart of sheep Me-.
Garfield while in Washington resides
in large two-stOry brick house GU
the corner OF 18th an streets. lie
bought the house a few years ago, and
has added TO il since. His home lille
is very simple, the only difference be-
tween it and those who live around
him in the quiet neighborhood con-
sists in the society OF bright men and
women, largely from the world of let
ters who grayitate 10 him as they do
who are scholarly. Otherwise his lie
er's family. The house is furnished
very plainly and without much taste.
Very few pictures are on the walls,
and those few not good. Mr.. Garfield
talks about art, but, as is true OF him
in other relations, he expresses more
than he feels. In the second story Of
the L of the house. Mr.Garield has his
excellent library. and there be is at his
best. He knows book and talks we'll
about them.ii a.a s.s- k.a .-a d ziis'
81 PRETENDER AND DIsSEMBLER. Ia
la character Mr.. Garfield is pre-
tender. He makes pretensions 10 an
orderly life, modelled on the plan OF
New England Poritanism. He knows
all the time that he is hypocritical.
He is not a bad man and he is not a
very good man. What he does would
not iDjure him as the world goes, but
he thinks it would, and he cOnceals il.
He would have the world look upon
him as one whose life is pure from the
little vices that mark other men. l
imagine he smokes cigar with the
feeling that he sacrifices votes by his
devotion to this habit. He would not
have his Western Resel We constituent
cy know that he had ever tasted Whis-
key, and yet he has seen a.deal of it.
He loves the pleasures Oftthe table,
good eating and drinking, as do most
men of healthy bodies and minds, but
be hides his healthy .appetites from
the world as he would hide excuses.
His appetites and desires are coarse.
What he is can be read in his heavy
sensuous face; but worse than his nat-
ural tendencies is his deceptiveness.
During the filibustering against the
force bill, when Randall, aided by
Blaine, was leading the minority, and
Butler the MAJ ority, Garfield Foster,
Frye, and one other whom | do not
recall, were in the Speakers room
down stairs, playing poker. During
their absence (they were voting with
the. Democratsl they were regularly,
voted by the tally clerk. Finally But
Ter discovered the trick and protested
that The four had not been present
during the roll call, although their
names were recorded as voting. Blaine
rushed down stairs to inform the pos
hcI pIdycTS vi Cf y NfhC
by one they entered the chamber thro'
different doors and appealed 10 the
Record as an answer 10 Butler. =. 1t
was little thing but Garfield will say
and tries to say that in all That side OF
his life that is turned to the public
gaze, that he knows not poker nor any
other game at cards; that betting is
abhorrent TO him, aud that he is an
enemy TO cheating and immortality ol
every sort. He wants the world 10 be
lieve that he is a clear-minded man
that his thoughts are elevated and his
language pure. In this, too, he play 6
the hypocrite. He has a strong mind
of coarse fiber. L is vigorous, but il
lacks refinement. When he unbends
he loves common and gross things.
His wit is very coarse, and the stories
he will tell in the company of gentle
men at dinner table are some OF them
revolving in their vulgarity. AS u dis
tinguished Senator said of him yes,er-
day: !" lie paints his iniQuities on a
Sunday school banner" -E .-sis- -i1s.-
-l,g A PRRTENDER I'm POLITICS. t
Mr.. Garfield is pretender in poll-
tics also. lie is not what he says he
is, nor is he what he has succeeded i'll
making somo people believe him to
be; while he would appear strong he
is thoroughly weak, and whereas he
would have the reputation OF an indie
pendent statesman, he is really one of
the most subseryient Of partisans. He
is a weak and very dishonest politi-
clan. In the extra session he said more
than once in open session and private
conversation, that he would vote Tor
the repeal of the laws allowing troops
to keep the peace at the polls. -He an-
nounced it once too often, however,
for when his party saw that The Dem,
ocrats were about 10 profit by his
promise, Conger and some other stall
warts openly upbraided him on the
floor, and Garfield retreated from his
manly position under eoYer OF iaise-
hood. Ten years ago he made strong