National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-02-04
A Little Speech for the Senate.

Stalwart Bourbon Democrats respect
Stalwart opponents, but cannot afford to
say so. They despise weakened Re-
publicans, but profess admiration for
them. The reason for this is obvious.
Our enemies will only give good name
to those who do them no harm. A SPINE
less creature who will for few words of
Bourbon fattery become what James
Russell Lowell once called "a contented
lickspittle' makesa model Republican of
"the better class" The better class of
Republicans are those insufierable cyclists
who can be used by the enemies of the
Republican party to disrupt and defeat it.
AS concupscence decoys its weak victim
by praise of her beauty, so the oily Bour-
bon and the malicious renegade enlist
weak fools and pomppus cyclists into
their service by protesting to lock upon
them as q "better class of Republi-
cans" "self-respecting Republicans"
"anti-machine Republicans" &c, &c.
This is on the same plan of
Inspector Buckets control over the young
man of the name of Guppy. Said Bucket:
You are man of business, you are, Mr.
Guppy. You are a man of the world. 1t
aren't necessary to say to q man of yo,tr
penetration" &c. And so the cunning
Bourbons and sham reformers are always
at work upon the vanity of men in the
Republican party. They say: You are
nice men, you are. You are not TO blame
for the sin of organization (alias the
machine y; you don't want any machine,
you don't. You are of the better class, yott
are" &c. And then the weaklings
strut around and hire hall
and resolve how pure they are and how
wicked all other Republicans are, and
from that time on they are moved
by invisible strings in the hands
of the enemies of the Republican
party. The Republicans who are OPP
posed to the Democratic organization
and who make their opposition SO
felt that they are not the subjects of
Democratic tiattery, are terror to those
Republicans who generally pretend to
think their own party is wrong, because
they can thereby appear Independent and
| be praised by inc enemy.
1t is considered very bitterly partisan
in tho Republican party to do as its oppo
nents do. Some of the Republican ma
iority in the House of Representative!
seem to be uneasy lest its conduct il
choosing the officers may be regarded al
reprehensible, and several efforts have
been made to wipe off the stigma. Only
few days ago it was understood that the
failure of the Clerk to appoint q satisfac
tory reading clerk would be cured by
Brown, Democrat, was thought TO have
certainty of election. This was because
Mr.. Brown had been the reading Clerl
under the Democratic House. II did no
seem TO occur to the Republican advocates
of Mr.. Brown that in their own part,
was an equally good reader and al
equally accomplished gentleman, Wit
had been turned out when the Demo
Gratis took the House in 1875. The Clerl
remembered him, and saved the Repub
lican majority from electing n Democra
by appointing that Republican. And
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Senate side as acting chief clerk so lonl
MS Colonel Shober is acting Secretary
Why should he be elected? The senat
is tie. The Republicans generously con
coded to the Democrats the temporar
Secretaryship. Now if there must be
temporary Chief Clerk, why should no
turn-about be fair play? Why not 70
once try the experiment of asking tn
Bourbons to treat the Republicans a
equals? Why should one party have al
the favors in an equally.divided body
The Republican caucus nominee is MI
johnson, Of Minnesota. Mr. Brown can
not read louder, clearer, or in any wa,
better than can Mr. Johnson. 1t is no
extremely partisan to make this eugges
ton, if Republican is really rs goot
as Democrat, all else being equa
Mr.. Brown is u gentleman. Iii
chief friend, Senator Harris of Tennes
see, is a gentleman of high character
But then Mr.. Johnson is gentleman
too, and Sanofor Mcmillan his nrinpipa