Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Wiutersmith's Woes Uneasy Lies the
,ltad That Wears the Grown.
Hereditary Hangers. on--Thc Ioris Of
l.ocms aud Mills aud Hines.
The True Issue OF the Next Campaign-.
The Party Of the People,
sreeIal yarle.ponaanee ot,ne ea.elle.

Srpclab Cart dependence ofthc Gazette
Washington, u. O., December u. -
Uneasy " the head TINT wears the
crown. jim Wiutcsmith is ia hot
water, or, much the same, IL PRO
nouaced an incident of the whisky
/ ring lie Is assaulted by Texans because
he preferred konuckians aud the as
SociationS and friends OF lia Youth.
{ A the rouShs have it, he
went back unN Texas, The two
Tor three good fellows who
drew "iat takes don't think so, hut
"Nnt On does, aud divers others who
! 80 home with heavy hearts and light
pockets, mixed with the thmng Of
oxasperatca rlacc-seekers aud listened
to Wild stories of maadcninc disap-
i polntmcnt. at IL another hityhugh
4 affair." said one, at isnppik hnscn,p
cried another. "tie Il n tool III the
whisky riagp they all exclaimed.
I And slowly and sadly, when tho name
! Of the last nnpointce was announced,
were the pale faces aud glenmug eyes
! of the miserable mob turned towards
the settling sun, oaths ami improcn-
lions and curses loud aud deep rent the
air.
of course the Democratic party was
mdonc. 10 became, IN the eyes ut
these henrtbNken plarc-sookers,
mere incident of the whisky ring.
The great volume oi offices fell to those
haillng nom Kentucky and adjacent
states, and New York, like Texas, WINS
, enragvd. Reagan drew prize and
gave II to Hancock, and some other
Texan NJ. 9. disposed oi u less glitter.
Lao lattl,Is. tsNstg A. ~
nothing, The color fled his rublcund
face. With all my heart did pity the
sorrows of these luolSlcss wlghts. aud
the more, The fortunes OF hapless VIM
tursmith.
Five hundred mondlcauts for weeks
lave doggcd his steps, congressman
have pursued him day mud night; wo.
men have lntcrvened la behalf OF hus-
bands ana lovers and friends, Tie hus
been ictrd and careNsed aud threatens
ED Tom OchiltrcV hNs Winkpi md
nodded, and Wntclhmilh hus smiled
aud nodded 40 often and constantly lint
nis neck Is ssitencd aud wrinkles
inuhc by Fnilta, tMVu leGanN iixed
cruvices plOwCd deep hy anxious care.
He looks old aud worn aud lmgeprd.
Is rnmr SO RENrpye
Il not the system, Involving such
results aud ellcl struggles aud such
Conflicts. false aud rcplehtGsblec
Suuua npt rs Vices be- rrmtdiede
should Not The eight score places
now disprpsed by HE door.keeper of
thc house ho assigned Ga the deloga-
ttous from such stide, aud apportloned
among them by liked rule ol distri-
hulionf Some peculiar civil service
code should surely bu dtvlsrd Ia pnlIi-
ate viCeH of methods now ia vogue.
All these i've hundred disappointed
aspirantN mud thcif frIendh become im-
placahlc enemies ~ the dnur keeper.
They asslll him nn Aii hands They
hunted down Fhghugh They obitc.
rated Polls they Viii not spare VIA.
tcrsmilh
TuH ASSAULT UpoN TIM sESArr.
Each Republican adjunct 0f tho
house, wiiu has brru eipriod by the
Democratic lunimliy. rushed frantic.
ally io the other end Of tho rnpitol,
and senators were never 80 distmught
10y persistent nlendieantn. 1t IN
strau r, but true, tbht II life long
placu-mnn honestly believes, with all
hia heart, that lie Is entitled ~ ba fed
and clothed and made comfortable 10y
the government. some Of them, like
Nat q, believe that they are constitute
iionai amendments, operative, ns such,
both In Washington and IN the states.
ilahitInl plnce-inen of sinto capitals
constitute the greater number of place
men Ia Washington. plare-hnldipg Is
not only trade, luh plAGcgetiing "a
lino art, and hu office NUn IL really
held by ice-sllnpo indefeasibc title
decd. The Incumbent owns the prop.
erty. and when lac Ia elected lo Will
iisht. When hr can't fight,
~ lac did la 1851, when Lincoln cnue
fDoling around them IN TINS city, they
do wuep piiinbly. They think the
country ruined, That patriotism ~ ab
eatinct virTno, and Tint they are tho
victims OF grosscst Outrage, Al eject
I'D lifelong plaee.bO,tler may not be
o fish. bHt II nn crl out Of winter. How
the sllGk, oily creature wriRglca hiin-
snl back into lis hulr every schools
bay knows. Ho almost always gets
bnrk. asa Il is only The g0gRle.cycd
9lagtups thAt die on tbs desert shore.
illIpre IL, too, uli Invisible cliDrd of
sympathy between potent llace.men
aud the lifelong 0illig-holdet, and
seemingly native Impulses drive ! hem
into tie service IT the "c1n,iitu-
tloiial amendments aforesaid.
4 iiiiMBpd.
Rotation IN ciilcc IL good demo-
cratic theory hat 40 nnknown Demo-
cfnllr fact WDlhi IL not he well for
lie amended civil service rules. of
Which I WIS dreaming, 10 recognize
the necessity for proper fointioD nut ns
4 Well ms Ia nilirs? The scbsIle Ia
vogue eonten1plAlss not nDly tho nn-
broken retention 1i Diei who haze
. once secured piurfs. bat iielr trans
uisslon from father 10 son forever.
The navy and army iay- belonacd 10
ths Annie innilirs through many sue
cctsisc generations, aud we~. Pnjnt.
original founded ~ char
jty sehool, Is the breeding PLACE
Ola tlilal mobility. Itrpler tDe en-
Dirr. ard when ~ lrdDgt' grow old,
aIipf lUgiy Aetfs " s1+eaiiel public
serylee. ~ iGg iu epirnior tiiongli sii
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