The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-12-07
Killing the Bosses.

SOunS, aggressive, Jdrneu weep III
nation in 1884," copy the above from recent edio
rial in the Baltimore american, demanding that Ar
thur shall reorganize his cabinet and put the mer
who in the recent elections, slaughtered the part
and made another Republican administration impos
sible for generation, at the head of affairs. TIL
american is edited by who for twenty years ha
done his best to "boss" the Republican party in hi
State, but whose leadership the party has stead
refused to accept. 1t is fair specimen of the logi
we have been treated to by such papers the Ney
York Tribune, Cincinnati Commercial, Chicago Tri
osnc, and thousand Others ever since the election
Yes! 1--WE hope the young, aggressive Garfield Re
publieanism" will be given chance. just let then
try the next campaign and how far they will get
If they organize in time and work hard enough, the!
| may carry Rhode Island and have fighting chanc
for Vermont; there will be doubt about the othe
thirtysiX being safely Democratic. If the aforesaid
young, aggressive. etc, will get themselves into h
Democratic lines possible, they will fee
more at home than they have lately. If they will ge
down their bellies and crawl abjectly enough t
them the leaders of the triumphant Democracy, ma,
be, will admit them to mem bership probation Al
| to their sweeping things they seem to have helped
the Democrats sweep New York but then Cleveland
could have been elected without their help. In Penn
sylvania they tried running candidate of their own
but at last reduced to the necessity of voting
recty for the Bourbon, they did in New York, as
the only defeating the Republican candidate
The old, tried and true Republicans of the nation
don't march any such music keep step with any
such crowd. Better hold to principle and keep the
party lines intact if lose every State the
The Republican party afford to be beaten, it
not afford to try to pacate gang of soreheads and
restless hypocritica place hunters who have stolen
| the livery of Reform to serve the Bourbons in.
This process of killing the "bosses'' reminds OF
an old coored once knew, under the caves OF
whose cabin the hornets had built very large nest
Naturally the hornets became troublesome not so
| much 'boss'' does who stands in the way of
the possession by Civil Service Reformer of some
fat Office but troublesome all the same. So even
ing when the hornets all at home, he got bun
die of straw tied it poe lighted it and put 1t to
| the nest. His success was complete. Half an hour
after not 'boss''-no mean not hornet was left
| to tell the story, but the cabin was gone too. We
think the Young, aggressive etc.,, have
ceeded quite well. They have beaten the party,
made it impossible most likely, for Republican to
sit in the Executive char for this century but the
grips of the bosses" the party is only frightened.
Cameron will direct the party of old in Pennsyl-
vania, Sherman and Foster Ohio, and Logan in IL
lnois while Arthur and his friends WILL it is
ly likely retire from the helm in New York. The old
coored man burned his house, but he killed the hor-
nets. 1.-THE young, aggressive ETC.. have burned
down their house. but the hornets still alive and
vigorous and very apt to be heard from in the next
National Convention. As to the young, aggressive,
etc., don't like to Garaeld's in connection
with such crowd. believe his nomination a
blunder his candidacy adead weight on the party,
and his short administration chapter of mistakes;
but this largely atoned for by his tragic DEATH
although Guteau's pistol shot the logical
quence of quarrel he begun at any rate of quar-
rel in which he allowed Blaine to him tool.
STILL weak as he was, believe he had too much sober
sense. have allowed the party have been torn to
pieces by the merciless proscriptive policy the
men who have been using his a cloak for
their destructive tactics.
When the telegraph announced Garfeld's nomina-
ton, placed the party the defensive all the
nation. 1t unpopular Republican against a
| popular Democrat. The Maine election threw the
party into panic. Garfield appealed patheticay to
My Dear Hubbel' to know how the departments
were doing: Jay Gould, Dorsey, and my Dear Cen
eral Brady" came to the rescue, and Indiana and
Ohio carried. Where the money from
that did it, Dorsey and Brady may take notion to
tell some day. In New York, Grant declared in his
cool, quiet way, that it would not do to be beaten
now," and largely through his and Conklings efforts
New York carried. How 900 plurality, that
made Garfield President, secured, Chester A. Ar
thur may take notion to tell sometime. He has not
| yet. He only fighting the Democracy with its
| own chosen weapons.
Garfield was inaugurated, and of his cabinet, with
| the exception of Wayne Mcveagh, whose appoint
ment insult every sincere Republican, there
| was reason to complain. Then the faction fight
begun. There have been many bitter feuds in Amer
lean political history, but relentless the
| war of Blaine Conkling, while every petty
paper in the country whose editor hoped for con-
suship postofice, Joined the cry, and the whole
force of the official patronage of the government
welded mercllessy In the same direction. Stt had
Conkiing held his seat and Garfield had lived Blaine
would have most likely failed, was act of folly
side-a feeling of national sympathy on the
other, gave Blaine the advantage.
Arthur became President, but this crowd had pre-
judged lim-nothing he could do would suit them
Instead of all Republicans uniting to make his admin
istration success, this faction fought him every
step. Wayne McYeagh refused to remain hour in
a Cabinet in which his presence disgrace
Blaine left after dragging the national coat tails
half the planet, daring some one to tread on them
left there is little doubt just in time to from
serious foreign complications Congress met, and
the torrent of abuse redoubled Keifer became
Speaker-a man. in sense great man, but evident
ly sincere, honest public man, and every Blaine
gan denounced him as a liar-thief and scoundrel
Robeson became chairman of the Naval Committee
the man to whom the fact that we have any
navy at ALL and every old Democratic lie caught
up and repeated historical fact by these pa
pers Arthur tried to split the solid South by
ognizing Malone, and was denounced with one
cord as thief and repudiator by the same sweet
scented gang.
| The present Congress has proved one of the most
industrious of recent years, but every act good or
bad was denouced, alike by the pack of yelping
curs OF course they were too weak to control the
party organization anywhere, weak probably to
carry township primary in half the States but they
strong enough to bolt and give the nation to the
Democrats. Now they kindly tell 1T is all Arthurs
fault, because he didn't "Refurm the Civil Service
that is dispace every sincere working Republican
and put this gang Of irreconciabes in their places
Human nature is much the in President aud
| plowman. Had Chester Arthur made the men who
have from the hour that he took the oath of Office
Vice President, down, waged relentless on him
and his advisers he would have been the first in
history who preferred his merciless enemies to
| his devoted friends.
Were one-tenth true that the Blaine organs have
charged on the Republican party for the past two
years. every leader in 1t deserves be hung and the
| party put out of power forever.
But they the party will be united for 1854 Pre-
| cious little chance of it, When hundred thou
Republicans New York vote for Cleveland for
Governor they will very likely vote for him for Pres
| ident. Who is to unite the party? Blaine? No,
there enough of Republicans left that he
nevernisgraces the Executive chair. The man may
appear in the next two years. He is not in sight
this is clear. final break up and the array of the
old elements in party lines may solve the prob
lem; may be The house is down, but the hornets
will very likely be on hand to worry the 'Reformers
| in 1884.
When in 1885 the last Republican President leaves
the White House. what fun it will be to the DEM
ocrats Reform the Civil Service"
I remember story somewhere of a lady who tried
to interest Sunday School class by showing them a
picture of Daniel among the lions. One of the boys
burst into and when questioned why, declared
that it because that little lion back in the corner
would never be able to get mouthful. very much
fear that when the 'Civil Service Reform under
President Cleveland takes place in 1885, 1.-THE young
aggressive Garfield Republicans will share the fate
of the little lion, get taste, hungry they
only 5eo0 offices; there 300o 900 of DEM
ocrats. When they all get place the Republican
Judases who have tredto kill the "bosses and killed
the party may get chance. In the meantime we adj
wise them follow the worthy example set by theil
| great prototype-'go out and hang themselves"
| ia. CALHOUN.
INFLAMMATION, coughs, catarrhs
and pneumonia, resulting from colds
NAV be cured hy Ayers Cherry Pee.