Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-06-15
6 Beware Of Widows.''.

Mr.. Moore, Republican member, Of
Congress from Tennessee, gives to the
Republican party the words OF warning
once made immortal by the elder
Weller-.sBevare of vidders.' They
are sapping the foundations of the
glorious old party and threaten it with
speedy ruin. Unless the party arouses
itself it is lost. Like Samson. ifoit sits
in the laps of widows, or rather It it
lets the widows sit in its lap, its strength
and virtue will vanish and it viii fall
into the hands Of the Philistines. It
must awake, arise, let the widows fall
out of its lap, or be forever fallen ITSELF
Mrs. Wilcox, who is taken as the text
of this eloquent but ungallant appeal to
his party, is widow. She enjoys the
rare distinction Of having been born in
| the White House, her grandfather, An
drew Jackson Donelson, having been
at the time the private secretary and
adopted son of the President whose
name he bore. She was appointed by
General Grant to clerkship in the Treas
ury Department. Her conduct in the
office has been scandalous and outra-
geotls. She has done her work faithfully
and creditably but this does not compen-s
safe for nor excuse the offenses OF which
SUc 10 Sulltys NAOFsIo nv a AtORopAASesiA
and sympathizes with the Democratic
party. She has even dared to talk Of the
time when the Democrats may come into
power. This her comrades cannot abide,
as it unsettles' in their minds the founda-
ton of things, and makes them distrust
the goodness of Providence and the sta
bility of the universe fatsThis was
MORE" says Moore, than "Judge Hoax
and T. could stand, and Judge Houk
knew the widow of a Union soldier
'who was in every respect equally
worthy" and d'tJudge Houk and II
agreed that she Asshould have % place
in preference to a. Democratic sympa-
thizer.''' II do not believe remarked
Moore with much solelnnity, .in this
sentimental appointment to Office OF
Democratic widows Republican wild.
ows are appointed for practical reasons.
:. If the Democrats come into power
Moore adds, they ought to turn out
every Republican offfce-holder and put
Democrats in their places. If they do
not do this they are fools" iss}aa goH
One swallow, however, does not make
summer and one widow does not make
a fall-of the pillars of the Constitution.
But Moore knows of another widow in
the Memphis post-ofice who has hold
of another pier OR buttress of the Con-
stitution, and who, by a pull altoge ther
with Andrew Jacksbn's great grand
daughter, can turn the party and the
country topsy-turvy. In place of this
bereaved political torpedo at Memphis,
Con gresham Moore knows an entirely
safe and trustworthy person who ought
to have her office. His appointment
would restore the ediice to plumb and
the people to confidence. The fact that
this trustworthy person happens to be
Moore's brother-in-law has nothing
whatever to do with it. The question
is solely whether or not he sympathizes
with the Republican party. If he does
that ends the controversy. To give an
Office to Union soldiers widow. who
sympathizes with the Democratic party,
and afford her thereby means for pro-
viding for her children, when Moore has
a brother-in-law that, fits the place like
an umbrella in an umbrella case. is
'sentimentar' bit of politics which pro-
foundly disgusts Moore. He is a ssprac-
teal politician who believes, like Flani-
gan, that parties exist for the offices and
that Republicans as we'll as Democrats
are sfools'' if they do not act ON that
principle. So long as widows are in office
and congressman brothers-in-law are
out, our political institut. ons are in
danger. Moore's superiority over other
Congressman is his frankness. Most of
them believe as he does about it, but are
more hypocritical, and instead of pro-
claiming it from the" house tops hide it
under specious phrases. Free Press.
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