The Republican journal., 1882-09-21
The Glove i'll Politics.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC CINCINNATI EN-
QUIRER HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT.

tli lkER HAS 10 SAY ABDl IL.
There are indication that the Glove,
small though it be, will cut a large figure
in the politics of the immediate future.
Already do we note its aromatic flavor
upon the passing breeze. 1t goes With
out saying that the temperance wave
rolling eastward from Iowa has made the
Glove a necessity to a certain class Of
statesmen The cardamom seed would
perhaps answer the purpose, but the
Glove, on account Of its cheapncs> will
lead ii ID popularity, Although he be an
inebriate, il sailor upon the troubled sea
Of politics may ride safely into harbor
astride the crest Of the temperance wave
but to accomplish this he must assiduous-
ly chew the pungent Glove. 1t dsnircts
the breath and makes it an easy matter
for him to procure Il certificate Of sObrlety
OV the aid Of which he can catch the tenn
perance vote. "Smell my (hic) breath
and give me a cer-(hic) certificate" and
the certificate is given to the effect that
the bearer is a temperate man, a patrOit
and statesman. \ combination Of gin
and chewed cloves is said to give the
breath a peculiar sweetness which, when
the wind is favorable, will WOO a honey
bee from bank Of white clover. Under
these happy conditions the breath of a
politician is like the breath of heaven, for
does it not "smell Wo0ngly here Z"
TO Congressman Holman, of Indiana
should credit be given for the introduce
ton Of the Glove in politics. He might
perhaps, have protected his discovery
with patent, but he does not seem to
| In iaty tn
the testimony Of a number Of his fellow
members Of Congress before the people
he overlooked the equally important
matter Of 4 patent. This oversight on
his part will be money in the pockets of
other politicians, inasnuch as they can
now avail themselves Of the idea without
paving a royalty.
Important as breath has heretofore
been to the politician, it will be readily
seen that the Introduction of the Glove
will make it of still mere Importance.
Upon its condition depends his fate. We
now understand what Pope meant by the
| line:
"A breath rcviYes him. or Il breath DER throws" ="
The almighty volume of breath hereto
fore expended by the politician from the
stump will, if properly softened and sub
dued by the Glove, be almost equally eff l.
caciuus if distributed quietly among his
constituents in the ordinary process Of
respiration. If it should come to pass, as
now seems probable, that the people
would no longer demand that a candidate
should define himself on the "issues,
but simply allow them Whit Of his
breath, what a blssful quiet would drop
down over our campaigns. No longer
required to carry dripping lamp in the
torchlight procession, nor listen to the
fierce Joint debate, the voters SeVereSt
duty would be to stretch himself on
! tloWery beds Of ease and note the "tone'
of the candidates breath as he passed by.
This would, indeed, be a happy revolu-
ton in American politics.
The shrewd speculator who keeps his
| finger ON the pulse of the market will
now turn his attention to the long neg
| lected Glove. No ghost need come from
the grave to tell him there will be a boom
in the price of this little aromatic bios
| som. And if any of our friends have sold
the Glove short we beg them to cover before
| the hurricane comes, for our best polti-
cans are devouring them as if they were
| huckleberries. Now, as never before, do
| politicians realize that
"a breath can make them as Il breath has
made"
Now that the State has got through with
another political campaign, some of its surplus
| energy may well be directed to building up the
| State A quarter million of cotton spindles
| should be built in Maine during the next twelve
| months. We believe Lewiston will do her share
| toward this desirable increase, and we are look
! ing to see the next year one of the very best in
| our history. We are not sufficiently valuing
the prosperity and wealth which accrue to the
| State from our great summer travel on the one
| hand, and from our great winter crop of ice, on
the other hand. Take the influence of summer
| travel. 1t has increased the demand for and
| the profit on farm produce in Maine at least
| ten per cent. the present season. There is one
| item which is getting to be matter of much
| Importance in Manc-the raising of "early
birds for the summer hotels. The fancy
| prices paid for fine butter this summer. at
these hotels, have fairly made the prudent
farmers cXchequer laugh with fatness. Pro-
! badly several millions of dollars, in one OF
another way, have been invested in summer
pleasure in Maine during the last four months
| There is not a department of our industry but
feels the benefit. Let us hold our Pine Tree
State more nearly at her value, and stop this
oyerdone advice to the young men to $50 Vest
! Lewiston journal.