The examiner., 1882-03-25

An election must surely be close at hand. Our disinterested patriots are making their appearance on the street corners and in the alley ways. They seem to be engrossed in grave considerations of the situation.
 Occasionally we behold some of our noted statesmen, always ready to sacrifice themselves for the public veal, surrounded by members of the fraternity evidently anxious to ascertain in what manner they may render the greatest service in the coming momentous struggle.
 Yes, this is the time, from now until election day, when men actuated by the sentiments of pure democracy meet on a common level-men who have nests to feather, and men who have feathers to sell
 How thankful should not the lazy-going, but honest and good-natured, citizen feel to this very energetic and patriotic portion of our people for their untiring efforts in his behalf, in the selection of his public servants all being necessary on his part is merely to occasionally place little piece of printed paper in box, they doing all the rest. And even should he feel indis- posed to pedestrinate to the appointed place, a carriage and span is at his service.
 Yet strange as it seems there are some people unappreciatlve enough to find fault at this blessed condition of affairs.
 "The Old man of the Zgzaes'' is evident ly in trouble. The prospects of the con- ing city election are anything but assur- ing. No more ''c1ean sweeps.'' ssThe boys" that once "heeled" the democratic rooster and trained him for victory have alas gone back on the owner of the noble bird. He crows no more on the battle ments of the bloody Sixth that Tn days of yore covered itself all over with glory ;" and |" the bully Fifth that fairly outdone itself" time and time again-now surren- ders to the guirrella MORGAN. The "tax- payers" (meaning those who hold property and raise rents to crib the workingman's s last dollar) and the " business men" are now appealed to, to come forward and rescue the city government from the sellers and purchasers of votes. No appeal to the workingmen, Oh no they are of no account as factor in the body politic-they are merely voting cattle. And the Old Man in his frenzy, as though in the pay of the Republicans himself, actually seems desir- ous of splitting the good old democratic party by his intimation of |" side-show' independent movement, rather than allow his old friends to make a few honest dollars after their long winter of enforced idleness. Shame on such degeneracy, such ingrati- tude. Time was when the Old Man wouldn't go back on the boys thusly.
 Who does not remember a few short years ago, when one of the body guard, fearing democratic efeat,-even after all the dead men in the ward had risen to the sound of the trumpet and emphasized their condemnation of republican misrule,- undertook to do duty for 6 hundred or more laggards who wouldn't come to the polls, and when some unappreciative citi- zens in rebuke summoned said body guard to appear and answer for this act of over zeal, who defended him so stoutly as the Old Man? Did not a democratic press espouse his cause democratic lawyer plead his case; democratic judge sit on the bench and was not democratic jury, through collusion with a democratic sheriff, impaneled, to establish h1s inno- cence? And again, when a convention had been called to devise ways and means to prevent the occurrence of such patriotic manifestations in future, was not a vener- able democratic editor appointed to the chairmanship of 8 committee entrusted with the work and did not said democratic editor perform the arduous labors to the satisfaction of all concerned, by seeing to it that said committee was never called together. And was not said venerable democratic editor the venerable old gentle man who is now so piteously crying out against the very work and the very men which at that time he so lovingly cherished and heroically defended. Then what has come over the spirit of the Old Man's dream ? 'Tis this, and nothing more-at ttat time the democratic party was recip- tent of the favors-at this time, the boys have found more profitable market. Go on with the dance.
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