New-York tribune., 1880-10-08
"DBJvE ON THEY'VE COT OUT"

| feed them.
| "DRIVE on! THEY'VE GOT OUT"
This is q very remarkable lot of " supes
that is marching across the stage and back be-
hind the scenes and over again, trying to pass
itself off as procession of Hancock RepuD!l-
cans There must be somewhere from SIX to
ten of them in all-all major generals and no
enlisted men, and all either making speeches
or writing letters to the newspapers. every
mothers son of them being chiefly anxious to
illuminate himself and dwell as long as pos
sible in the public eye. It's funnier than
Humpty Dumpty. When man with bass
drum gets so wrapped up in his own music
that he marches straight on all alone, fancy
ing that he leads procession, he Is
simply amusing but when he puts on the airs
of drum-major and tries to pass himself OH
for whole procession, when down at the
bottom OF his heart he knows there's only
one of him-or less-he becomes irresistible.
That's a show that prOyokes H9meric laugh
ter And what shall be said OF 1t when his
employer stands by and with serious coun-
tenance assures the audience that he really IS
a procession, and that there ale several hun
dred of him with torches, banners, trans
parencles and positive political convictions
This is the case OF "COlOneln Henry Her
cues Hadley, who is trying to pass himself
off for 1900 Hancock Republicans. and thinks
he will soon be $500, while his Democratic
employers stand by and say, "Oh, it's quite
" clear that there are at least 1,30O of him
"now, and he's rapidly increasing"
Then the sort of men they are! And the
reasons they give for leaving the Republl-
a. i.h hoy do
IT. just look at it! The final argument
against General Garfield, the Republican can
di1ate, the one upon which the whole oDpo-
sitiOn to Lin has at last been centred, IS that
he is not IA man of integrity. They say that
he sold himself for 1929, and they have
challed the figures all over the country In testl-
mony of their belief in his personal dish0n
esty. Upon this argument against him, who
are these people who are 50 shocked that they
cannot abide the idea of this bad man being
elected PRESIDENT Who are these sincere
and upright souls that have stepped down and
out OF the Republican party because its candi-
date is 80 corrupt Why, here is Colonel John
w. FOrney, of Philadelphia He is not en-
tIrely unknown to the people OF this country
He is quite well known in Philadelphia.
Say it in Philadelphia that John W. Forney
can't vote for Garfield because he doubts his
integrity. Say just that; no more There Is
not Il man who knows him there, or anywhere
else whose face wOuldn'C broaden to Il grin at
the suggestion. Then there's General Benjamin
+. Butler Could any audience keep its cOunie-
nance ut his appearance in the procession ?
Aud " Boss Shepherd, of Washington lie
is another 80 with his hand upon his heart
protests against Garfield His sensitive sou!
is shocked too at the thought Of having Il cor
rupt man for President. Does that detection
need any particular comment Close on his
heels. with blue streak behind HIM, comes
Mulett, disappearing in poly syllablcs and
protesting with p0lyglOt oahs combining
seven or eight orders of architecture, that he
cannot support Garfield. And there is not
cut stone of all that he has drawn three or
four prices for and put in public buildings in
the past ten years that would not out OF the
very ugiinesS in which ne has set it, actually
smile at that spectacle.
And then there il "Colonelr Henry Her
cules Hadcy, not so wei known as the others,
but known in insurance circles, and better
known TO the gcnei al public nOg han he was
before THE TRIBUNE Illuminated his career
he cannot vote for Garfield because he has no
confidehce in his honesty. Ii must be said for
tins remarkable person that the one thing
about him that is tunnicr than his idea OF the
number of people he l., is the reason he gives
for voting for Hancock. lie feels that
he cannot trust Garfield. This is so
good thing that the victims of
his operations in insurance and other
enterprises will. if they have any sense OF
humOr, forgive him all he owes them Well,
these are the principal men of the Hancock
Republicans the supes" playing they are a
procession. 1t is only necessary to name them
They cannot vote for Garfield They have lett
the Republican party. Very well. The party
Will try and bear up under it.
Passengers in this bus will do well to look
"out for their pocketbooks," said London
policeman at the door OF crowded omnibus
"there are two members Of the swell mob
"in hcrc.n =" If that's the case" said a nery-
Gus young man i'll white choker, who looked
like "a clergyman, " | will get out. | cann0.
"risk my reputation IN such company" "And
a." said respectable looking old gentlemen
with gold headed cane and spectacles, :" have
/" too much money about me to stand the
chances of being robbed" And so both
alighted. Then the policeman said Drive
"on they've both got out" The Republican
party can drive in comfort now-several
persons have "got out"
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Ii is unqucstonably true that ut every election,