Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-29
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The Game OF SDoiI

and is entitled to good deal as speci-
men of political art. There is no doubt
that Mr.. Arthur is skilled hand at the
trade which he has practiced long. 1t is
too early to judge his work by its lasting
fruit, but for the present it seems to he
crowned with an abundant measure of
success. The fundamental idea of his
plan is to recognize no division in the
Republican party, but to draw the whole
of it into the Staiwart band. 1t is
large undertaking, in view of the fact
that a few months ago the Stalwart part
of the party was very much the smallest.
To see it so soon distended to a capacity
that is likely TO enable it to embrace the
whole party shows a very capable hand
in the management, and shows more
over the hand to he in possession
of a great deal of power. as
we'll rs freely disposed to use it.
The well-founded suspicion is that there
is to be good deal of robbery done to
put the president in funds with which to
coalesce the elements of his party and
bind to it what additions it needs. A
great deal of excitement has been caused
by the manner in which the committees
of the House of Representatives have
been made up i'm the interest of extrava-
CANT legislation. 1t is remembered that
the speaker was tie direct creature OF
the president the growth of night
almost. 1t was made known that he
was the administration candidate, and it
was done. 1t was done by the force OF
promises and the virtue of great expec-
tatlOns. 1t is not to bc supposed
that the speakers committees were
made without the concurrence of the
speakers maker. The appointment of
the committees is the speakers most i'm
portant work. lie was selected rs the
presidents instrument to do the work
as the president wanted it done. We see
that it is done in Il manner to throw
open the doors of 4 full treasury, and
We need little reasoning power to deduoe
that Mr.. Arthur proposes to use the
means he has thus prepared for himself
Cor the purpose of sustaining his party.
That is the method which suggests it
self naturally to him, being in accord
with those he has been accustomed to
use in his political operations in New
York. With Il definite idea of what lie
wants to do and unlimited re-
sources of bribery to accomplish it,
he recognizes no such word as fail.
Maybe before he gets through with his
essay at managing political things in
the higher plane he has reached, on the
methods of the local New York pOliti-
clan, he may realize that there is i diff
ference, and that things that can be done
in 4 corner of the country with impunity
cannot he as successfully undertaken
under the observation of the whole peO-
pie. But for the present he has no such
lesson. He has reason to be greatly en-
couraged by the success which attends
his first manipulations. He seems to he
scattering the refractory elements of his
party as mist dissOIves before the morn
ing sun. lie speeds along so rapidly that
he gets by the good Republicans who
wait 10y the road side to keep him
straight. like Il flash, and is away Oh the
wrong road before they realize that he
has passed. There is the innocent and
good Philadelphia Press, for instance,
which probably knows what it wants
but has al unfortunate way of making
"a. 1 l,,N - fnn
sure-wiich is still pointing out to the
president the fork :lhcad' in the Re-
publican road where the Stalwart path
runs off, and has not yet realized that
Arthur is already far ahead Oh it, and
that by this time the Republican column
is crowding into it and bids fair to jam
it up SO that there may not ere long be
any room left for belated and bewildercd
members OF the flock, such rs the Press,
which may soon have TO make extraOr-
dinary and humiliating sacrifices to get
anything like Il good place, notwith-
standing the abundant table that is being
set.
There is to lm rich food on it and
enough turkey for all if the spoliative
scheme works. The hen-rOost is full
and Speaker Keifer's committees are OF
kind to give easy entrance to the rob-
bers. Randall, Holman and other
watch dogs of the treasury have been
put in lack seats where their Observa-
tioh of the proceedings will be limited
and their capacity for interference
checked. Judge Buckner says that the
banking committee " is SO made up rs to
report any bill favorably that ComptrOl-
Ter Knox OF the national banks may re-
commend and calls it "a very bad
committee for the people as it is now Or
ganized.n That is one Of them a; and
the appropriations, naval and other com.
mittees that stand before the portals of
the treasury are like unto it, and thai
experienced and distinguished thief
RObeson, is door :seper.
THE trial of DIR. Geo. II. Lamson, OF
England, at one time a sojOurner in this
city, for the murder 10y poison of his
wife's brother, Il crippled schoOlboy.
whose estate of $1,000 he expected his
wife to inherit, promises to become one
of the celebrated cases in the coun.
try in which it occurs. We have already
published in the INTELLIGENCER of
Dec. 10 a detailed account of the crime,
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