The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-11

of poker in which the dignitary wins
enough to pay his weeks board, or
the contrary, precludes any counsel
from ever again practicing i'll that
court. According to Whitridges way
of estimation. We may venture the
proposition that all the courts i'm the
union would soon he compelled To
put up shutters and quit business for
want of lawyers to represent the in
terests of litigants. Whitridge must
be a pretty fine lawyer himself to
know 50 much about the ethics AID
proprieties of the profession.
As the critic puts it, Conkling suf
lers most when compared with the
other great names which the Roman
race of the Empire state has proud.
.mblazoned on her gilded scutcheon.
The ex-senator does none of tile bril-
liant things that Burr, Hamilton,
Dewitt Clinton. Seward, Dix. Rufus
King or Silas Wright used to do. He
cares nothing for natural history.
turns his back on the classics and in
lulges in no foolishness. But in pie
bian WAYS Roscoe is richer than any
IF the greybeards mentioned above
He is a boxer OF boxers. He has
rather the advantage when it becomes
necessary to let fly his right duke in
IN artistic manner
But common folks must he allowed
20 have their opinion of the late sena-
tor on the question Of his greatness,
md otherwise, Notwithstanding the ILL.,
latured liatribe of Mr.. Whitridge
Conkling is 4 great man. without q
superior in public life. and with yer,
few peers stepping 10 the trcnt down
llong the regiment or more Of states
men in the country. Tom Hendricks
is 4 Judge well qualified TO pronounce
IN opinion on the subject, and ne says
nd he is speaking on our side. thar
is man of very great abii-
it,, a matches orator, AMI altogether
a Statesman OF magnitude. H. work
IN the !a>t campaign speahs for it>elt
and tie next will show him greater
;!Ian b"t"r" Every man in Thu
,oantry. o: any other c,ur:rr. who
ira> once lad Il taste of the sweet> ot
OFF e i ambitious for more, ana ;aaI>
yhat'> tao matter with Cnnklin-.
That in hv which the angels s;.Il ha-
seized u1nn him bod. and soul. Eli>
restless eve i fixed upon that high
seat con~ecrated by tender mem
,rieS of men - unble that not
IA al the annals OF time can
their like ID, tound. The offi:c itself
!, ;h. nobics.o1 earth. Wlo canuof
be fnr-iring to a man wh, dreams Of
pressing he same seat Nhrrh the
!iampden &c the western world SAT
with deathles> honor The kingly
lorms which have recIined there aIe
cmbalmed in history. a IMAM ought
10 be excused for INDUCING in the
hope that he NAV rise 10 the level of
taeir creatures, 10 the attitude OF
their undying names. Who does not
know that if C0nkling ever get To be
president toe glory of the republic
will pervade the world with renewed
splendor, and the good name Of the
union sound in higher report Ia he
enthralled Kingdoms over the water ?
1t is time that this country were once
more presenting To the world the
magnificent spectacle of great nation
directed by a great mind.
We were near this pageant
ONLY recently; but the cur
tain fell as the prologue was but
just pronounced, AMI the hero. in the
person of Garfield, had but just stepped
upon the stage. If republican rule
is to stretch Its attenuated proportion.
over another four years, let us have
the best that the rank and file of the
party can produce.
The show about opening up in
Washington will serve to amuse Us
till the classic and legitimate drama