The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-12-13


An INTERESTING c0LLEcTloN.
Atesisss ohampina.
The Democratic party can never get
away from BourbOniem and Solid
Southisln. Its reaCtionary tendencies
cling 70 it ike one Of those old fash.
Toned. bFass-buttoned sWalloW-tEiied
coats, which never seem 70 be Young,
and which never wear out.
In the OF years for the party when
g falls back with q ''sickening thud"
on the very hard ground Of defeat,
&c has q habit Of rubbing its eyes, and
looking around and talking about RE
form" and q "yOung Democracy"
but no sooner II Il on its feet again,
for q brief season, than Il Is the same
stupid old party, learning nothing,
knowing nothing, forgetting nothing
evil, remembering nothing good.
On Saturday last the representatives
Of the Democratic party assembled IN
Washington had e chance TO show
that their party was National organ
ization; that e appreciated talent sud
was willing 90 reward Il and what
was done? There were three candi-
dates for speaker. RANDALL, Cox and
CARLISLE, bawling BILL SPRINGER
having early dropped out Of the race.
RANDALL deserved al these Fepresen-
tatives OF Democracy could give him.
A man Of force, character and attain
ments, he had skillfully managed
Democratic interests as Speaker In
three successive Congresses, in very
critical period OF the party's history.
Then there was =. 3. Cox, man OF
real talent, In spite Of much surface
lightuess and levlty, and, while q
partisan OF sufficient stFiotness, yet
popular with the opposition, which Is
3 great deal In parliamentary leader.
Both Cox and RANDALL were war
DemOoratsn in Isles, and they
stood for the North, where the Demo
cratic party must make itself friends
~ it would succeed In the great battle
oflSs4. Cox stood for New York, and
RANDALL for Pennsylvania, States to
be gained but what did these bat
eyed Democrats? They chose JOHN
s. CARLISLE, of Kentueky,a plOdding,
laboFiOus, dull mar, with no claims
on his party, his country, OF anything
or anybody who disappeared utterly
from public gaze from 1881 10 1880. -
an alligator buries himselfin the win
ter mud, and who, IN 1864, was not
enough Of a Union man TO set as q
Democratic eleelOT and vote even for
MCCLELLAN. RANDALL's name
stood for ability aud q fight for Penn
sylvanla; Cox stood for brightness
and life In the fight for New York
but CARLISLE represented nothing
except the south bank Of the Ohio
river. A stump sticking out Of the
Kentucky shore, somewhere between
Maysville and COvingtOn; or the
captain Of 9 stern wheel boat plying
on the Kentucky river, would have
done Just as well. They would have
represented the South and that is all
that Mr.. CARLISLE represents. = To
throw away a chance 10 Pennsylvania
or New YORK, 90 please Kentucky,
which IL Democratic Ca any and every
event, is the latest specimen Of Demo
cratic sagacity.
Fer Clerk Of the House q still more
astounding chOice was made In the
ReleetlOu OF '(sineram JOHN b CLARK.
As it was deemed 3 great stroke Of
policy ~ conciliate Kentucky, which
Il Democratic by 10000 majority, so
q bold move was deemed necessary TO
secure Missouri, which IL Democratic
by 90, 900. This Was accomplished by
the election Of CLARK, who was sup
posed to be very strong In Missouri
because ne Is the son OF old Gen. JOHN
b. CLARK, who commanded the Mis-
souri, militia in the "MoSmon war;
and because he himself served Ia the
Confederate army. CLARK Is also
supposed 10 some way TO represent
the South.
For DOOrkeeper, the choice fell on
Confederate J. q. WfETEBsMITH.
This was to pacIfy Texas, which il al
ways reliably Democratic by about
81, 600 WINTERsMITH has no reputG-
ton except a. q member Ofa family
Of lobbyists, and 3 lobbyist himself.
But he "a q Southern man, and his
election, u is thought, would DO good
in Texas, which has been Ia mourn
ing since the fail Of her favOrite son.
FITZHUGH, who, Il will be remem-
bered, was ga bigger man than old
GRANT
The House selected as its Chaplain
q parson from Virgins. named LIND
sEY. This was 10 satisfy Democratic
sentiment In Virginia. which, thanks
70 the shotgun, Is already Democratic
by 10000.
The South having given the Speak
er, DOOrkeeper, CLERK and Chaplain,
the great State OfOhio was cOnciliated
by defeating JOHN e. thompson, the
smsrtest and most deserving Demo
crat, In q party sense, in the State,
and electing an unknown person,
named LEEDOM while q bone was
thrown TO Indiana, by the choice OF
q petty clerk, named DALTON, rs
Postmaster.
This Is a bright picture. IL II not,
for a sensible, Intelligent, UniOn-lOv-
ing Democrat 10 contemplate No
wonder that Gems. SLOCUM and ROSE
GRAMS made haste To beg that the
fourteen disabled aud crippled Union
soldiers now on the rolls be not imme-
dlately dismissed. No wonder that
Major JOHN N. EDWARDS, though a
q frantic Confederate Democrat, for
seeing the result, telegraphed IAN
other one OF the terrible blunders Of
the Democracy, Just on the eve OF an |
other Presidential election, is about to |
he committed"