Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-11-05

drunken, vulgar lout assume to rep
resent, in any thing, the 'Switzer>
land of America7" Switzerland of
Europe is famed for the scholarly
attainments and personal worth, and
dignity of members of it's legislative
council, and here it is proposed that
we send up from the Knoxville dis
trict, to represent us at Washington,
this vulgar, loose, degraded fellow
Houk, for whom the people have of.
ten voted because he is ssonr dog,
and therefore nobody has the right
to criticise or condemn.
But the people are tired of it.
They have refused often enough to
apologize for their own folly, in vot-
ing for such man, and the end has
come and Houk is no more.
The election of James A Garfield to
the high office OF. President was re-
garded as distinct triumph over
Roscoe Conkling's detested and vuls
gar bossism. And when President
Garfield through his inaugural adj
dress sounded the key note to the
then incoming administration it fill
ed the entire land with upspeakable
Joy; business revived, confidence was
restored and the country looked fors
ward to an era of unprecedented pros
perity. But our hopes were short
lived, and the fruits of our victory
were soon turned to ashes by the
sudden and untilnely death of the
great statesman from whom we had
expected SO much. He fell at time
and in a way that we least expected,
and ere the grave had closed over
him we looked and behold, we saw
lowering around the Capitol of the
nation the same evil spirits that had
tried at Chicago to crush Garfield
and continued to make war upon
him up to the very hour of his death.
After the shedding of few crocoe
die tears over the death of the Pres
ident, Chester 4. Arthur entered he
White House. and commenced his
career of folly. Instead of retaining
his predecessors old cabinet, and
carrying out, as far as possible, Gar
fields wise and judicious policy, he
Welded to the behests of his faith
full ally and confidential adviser, Mr.,
Conkling, called around him a cabi-
net composed of men whom the Pre-
sident knew to be in sympathy with
bossism, and since then Mr.. Arthur
has been looked upon with suspicion
and distrust. And what has beer
the result? The administration laid
it's clamy hand upon Ohio, anG
that ever reliable Repubi
can stronghold revolted and
for the first time in years gave 6
Democratic majority. And we doubt
not but that the same influences
which are now at work in New York
and Pennsylvania will give those
States to the Democracy on mex
Tuesday, and thus leave the Repub
ican party in the condition tina
President Garfield found it in 1880
broken, dismembered and almost
ruined. Arthurs fortunes are al
staked upon those two States
Beaver election in Pennsylvania an6
Folgers success in New York vii
simply mean a new lease of power tt
Stalwartism. While defeat there
will certainly and surely prove The
overthrow of Mr.. Arthur and hi
followers. And much as we would
deplore the ascendency of Democ
racy in the States of New York ant
Pennsylvania, yet, it is far better TO,
bossism to perish now than live tx
weigh us down and perhaps wrecl
the Republican party in the Presi-
dental contest of 1884.
WILL Houk get certificate from
Corkscrew, u. S. District Attorney
that he was not driven
like tramp, from the Ebbitt House
on the night of the LIST of last Sep
TENDER? True, Corkscrew know
nothing about it, but that small mat
for u0uld not ho an inna5imont f.