Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-18
HARD TO TELL.

1t is really getting to be difficult fol
a stranger to it to tell that he is read,
ing a Republican newspaper, But a
few months since its politics were ob.
vious enough it had then no ann in
the world but to elect Garfield and no
delight so great as TO expatiate, after
the deed was done, upon the virtue OF
the Republican party and the great
glory il was to continue to shed upon
the country.
The Republican press is not SO
unanimous now It's tunes are dis.
cordant The organs do not blow
sweetly and in unison. They are not
alone occupied in denouncing the De.
mocraoy. In truth we get but small
share of their attention, and come in
for more ha'pence than kicks, and more
smiles than frowns The house is di.
vided against itself, and the warning
factions even look to the common enc.
my for aid and comfort. Tho New
York Tribune, which has been con.
spicuons of late years for the exceed
ing blackness of its RepuDlicanism and
the extremity of its phobia against
anything Democratic, Igads now al.
most like Democratic sheet in the
expression of its disgust At the conduct
Of the Republican Senatorial bosses,
whom IL charges with attempting to
usurp power that does not belong to
them IN refusing to go on with the
public business until the President
nominates the men to Office whom they
want 30 have nominated. Are we
sorry that Garfield was elected asks
the Tribune and it thinks not; but
nevertheless recognizes the fact that
while "six months ago the Republican
Tarty was wild with joy because Gar
field was elected, it is not thus Joyous
to-day. 1t refuses to believe that it is
because it has changed its mind and
repents OF what it did, but finds that
the difficulty is that "some men, who
could not be elected themselves, think
that the President belongs to them as
part of their live stock, because they
turned in at the last moment and Sc
cured his election The whole story
is the old oae the Republicans having
secured the bone now fight among
themselves for its marrow and those
who don't know them as of one party
would never recognize the fact in their
present demeanor.
That other metropolitan newspaper,
the New York Times, IS more free and
conspicuous great deal than the
Tribune in its assaults upon Republi.
cans. Really the party politicians can
get no justice done them save at Dem
ocratic hands. Standing between the
factions with onprejudced minds, we
can discern readily enough that one is
as good as the other, aud that there is
no principle at all ina fight which is
simply in its issue to determine which
set of leaders shall walk the plank.
We recognize the energy with which
the Garfeld-Blaine combination are
seeking TO bury the Conkling- Grant
men, and we cannot get up any vic.
lent Indignation over the strenuous ef.
forts at selfpreservation which the
proposed victims arc making, even
though in the effort they obstruct the
public business for two months and
fall under the condemnation of their
party organs of the Blaine Garfield
type, as "usurpers' and Senatorial
bosses" There is no doubt at all that
it is simple question of "bosses," and
though we object to the country being
made to pay the expense of the strug.
gle, our fairness won't let us demand
that the Senatorial victims selected for
the Presidential juggernaut shall deliv-
er themselves up to it. We eare willing
to pay our quota Of the cost TO secure
fair play and see the fun; and when.
ever we get a chance we will be dis
posed to help up the under dog in the
fight. 1t is quite comfortable to feel
that we are out Of it and bound to
profit by it, whoever wins, We can
read the remarks of our Republican
contemporaries with great complacen.
cy and enjoyment, now that they are
directed towards exposing and de-
nouncing the sins OF one another. We
frankly confess that we never found
them so interesting before, nor so
truthful and full of information.
They are speaking now from the in.
side on subjects with which they are
familiar and about which they have a
great deal TO tell. But really for the
benefit Of strangers they ought to label
themselves and put up in big type at
the head of their editorial columns,
"This is a Republican organ" Here
are two local organs of the party in
our town daily firing away at one an.
other as though they really were po.
litical enemies. No one could posi-.
bly, tell from the way they talk that
they were members of one political
family. They are edifying to the pub.
lie in that they tell it great deal that
is bad but very true about each other,
and how they sell their editorial opin.
ions and generally are corrupt and
hypocritical to the last degree but
they are not lovely examples of family