The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-10-01
Grant and Arthur.


The special Washington correspondent, G.
II. NJ, Of she Phitadelphia TRes, writing
under date Of September 9th, says;
Ii IA too much 60 expect q eontinaance Of
the policy Of reform lnaagaFAted by President
Garfield and crys,aiized ID bis Cabiaei Those
Who expect Il viii be disappointed. know
OF no better illustration Of the character Of
the coming administration than that imPrcs
siSe scene upon the lawn - Eiberoa the day
AFTER President Garfield died. The familiar
conferences and association befEecH Grant
and the nezly made President, their close
communion and warm personal regard IS they
walked about the lawn aader the thados Of
the house OF mourning, vas enough TO saE
gesi the future. This evidently dtd a0i cccar
10 ne alone, as cOaid plainiy see in the faces
and hear ia the tones OF the crowd. Ikere
was the new administration before as IN ,
single picture, which 3 smart photographer
might have sold two for quarter. There
was Arthur, sgaixart, Aud there vas Grant
What else vas necessary Nov there would
have been nothing in this bot for the history
which lay behind H. This history IS familiar
to every man in the country, for Il Is very
recent one aad needs no vsrnish 10 renew It's
freshness. The Arthur administration means
Grant and all that name implies. Grant
means Granlism and Gransism meaRs sPoils.
There is the picture. That is the way IL look
ed ia essence at ElberoR. That Is the way Il
looks ia the abstract from Washington to-
day.
Is there anything 10 the record Of Chester
A. Arthur 70 give the lie 70 such an infer
enee? Perhaps you could appreciate il bet
ter IL you eoald view the picture from this
point II you could see the happy faces Of
the stalwAEts beaming through the outward
forms of mourning If yoa could hear the
sneering words Of the Grant crowd hanging
about the corridors IT, you could realize the
departmental aRimosities which are 10 be sat
isied, then you might understand the changes
which are IN store for Us.
The following from the Sialwari organ in
this city is the FIRST faint expression OF stall
wari ideas and CRATES haEshly on the ear and
offends the eve with the dead body OF Garfield
lying ia the rotunda of the Capitol:
VHTANTED-TIIE NAMES OF THE DEMOCRAT
w &c clerks in the Post once Department ap-
ton came into power, address conhden TALLY.
GRAND BOUNCE, Republican Office.
The elamor for spoils sets in over the dead
body. II comes from every department, and
from every section of the country the Grant
and Conkling crowd raise their glad eyes
toward the new President and demand with
confidence their share Of the raiment Of the
dead man lying in the rotupda of the Capitol.
man rs Garfield we know what it would be,
bat Arthur is a very ordinary man. The pic
ture on the sward at Elberon was but the in
dex of what was and is to come. In Arthur
Grant will live over again. If he has gained
wisdom by experience he will see to it that
he advises better than he executed. Here in
Washington this is not anticipated. For
time all will go well, but the ordinary man
will not rise above ordinary things.
Il al.
gathering of the stalwarts about the throne.
Star Route Brady walks erect upon the streets
again and joins the throng from his long Sc
ciusion. Belknap comes forth and prone
nades arm.in. arm with Grant. Dorsey hur-
ries from his sheep in Colorado to gather po
litiasl WOOL in Washington. Along with hun
dreds of others who need Bhitewashing, they
press forward to the new stalwart star'made
President by stalwart assassin. Will they
become part and parcel of things to come ?
Well, Chester A. Arthur is but an ordinary
man