The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-29
DON pIA1T.
Humorous saiiies ana Bulps Eye Hits
Ohio and the Delnge

Humorous Saliies and Bulps Eve Hits
Ohio and the Deiuga.
Political literature, as Il general thing, Is
not cheerful reading. | have found, how
ever considerable Amusement in the
philosophical reflections Of the defeated
that invariably follow Il conflict. This is
never lessened by the fact that they are
always of the same sort To-day the
showed under, organized dishonesty, known
as the republican party, is at it as solemnly
as if the thing had never been said before.
have no question but that tho drowned.
out people of the deluge sat on tree tons
and accounted for the high water on any
other ground than their wickedness. and
We have II recorded that one old boss, stand.
ing on the pinnacle of the highest peak
under an umbrella, with the water TO his
chm, told Noah to "go to the devil with his
high-watsr raft :" that "the rain was about
over, aud il wasn't much OF a shower, any.
how"
feel inclined this sunny SUI day morn.
ing, with all things including the county
commissioners, at peace, to harp on these
comforting speculauons over the lost lac.
teal And feel moved accompaniment Won
rapidity of your apprehension. All OF Won
aud especially Deacon Smith, remind me
in this respect of Thompson, who, YOU re-
member tied the loose end of the colts
halter to his off leg, and when put together
next day by sympathi2ing neighbors, said.
"the darned beast hadn't made two Jumps
before he saw where he missed It,"
That the liquor dealers and liquor drink.
ers went "a hoopin'" into the camp of the
organizing ignorance, where they prop.
erly belong mo fellow can deny.N But.
my Christian journalist, there was another
class of those who did not 40 "a boopin',n
but like the Arabs, folded their tents and
silently stole away, of which it would be
well for you to take account.
The republican party is made up mainly
of rather intelligent people They read,
and some of theIu reflect. The more they
reflect the less partisan they become. These
rejecting chaps, when they find the body
polite afflicted with disorder so bad that
II appears on the surface, 80 to scratching
Sometimes, when it is very bad, they orga.
nlze themselves into an Independent party.
and make themselves noisy and disa.
greeahe.
No one knows this better than Won. Mr..
Editor. remember meeting You at a con.
veption OF disturbed .cratchers, when our
platform was anything TO beat Grant"
Grant being then the terrible political
dream that caused the cutaneous disorder
We testified to our patriotic devotion by
suicide in the nomination *
Horace Greeley.
Now Ohio-ioremost state In the Union In
brain-has u large class of those independ-
ent gentlemen who cannot be drilled and
disciplined into blind obedience to any boss
They hold the balance of power between
the two parties, and are in perpetual ses-
sion. When two people think alike there
is q platform, when they feel alike there Is
an organization. To call this party into
the field il is only necessary to make up
an issue grave enough TO demand patriotic
action.
Deacon Smith and our Charley Foster
good fellow-thought they had such and
you know they had. Between no Sunday
and unlimited lager and Christian ciyiliEa.
ii N the people OF Ohio would not long hes.
itate ana the independent voters would
put up their pencils and cease to scratch,
Unfortunately, however, there were grave
questions that showed under this Christian
temperance.
For the first time in the history OF our
government the party in power openly de-
clared their intent TO tax the oilice.holders.
to the tune Of 1000 600, to keep themselves
~ oa'VS ., v So 0or,uP,Ion i1 i me pur-
N Nc VI luz Wais vs sne ,oooy, tntonsn
~, Sp nw N' Td,,, was inHnsuous iaSt
Tho .yw ysi wononoI,ss Upv,n5 a Az a
i;nan ,aw anJ sann,Io sd" w., Wy Iepuo
licah Jaw anu sanctioned by custom, that
pu. he .e,esrapn Vi lne country IN the
hanus OF Que ulan, anu hundred thousand
mules o. 3peratlng railroad under the con.
voters. The mensirous abuse Of the tariff