New-York tribune., 1883-03-14

vention discovered the fact that while they
were taking hold of the horns OF the aitar-
or the bar-Mr. Watterson and MIR. Weus hau
seized the horns of the protection bull.
And when they did discover it they at once
set I'M tbe cry that it was no adventure OF
theirs; that they were not looking Tor any
bull, and were not taking that KIND OF hornS
that this was Mr.. Watterson's indlvidual Gu
terprise. with which they had no concern
whateyer; and that he must fight 1t OUT as
best he could. Most of them turned tall anu
went away without so much as trying To worry
the bull. General Hancock, their candidate
for the Presidency-his attention being called
to the scrimmage by New-Jerscy eulIoi
during ride up Broadway-remarked In tne
most casual and Indifferent way that IL was
purely "local question:" upon which ne did
NOT feel called upon to take sides All thls
time Watterson had the bull "by the horns "
and much of the time was IN the ar
Whenever he struck ground uouou-
loaded editorial article in Ihe LOa'Sc'''o
Courier-JomnGl gave evidence that nc was
Ioborine under great excitement, but that
through all of it he kept hold Of the bull A
orcat many Democrats said on reading the
platform that it was "a great bull" but
whether they meant the one in the platform
or the one which Watterson had by the horns
was not entirely clear. Possibly both. over
in Indiana many Democrats sympathized with
the bull. To these spectators, in the intervals
in which he could catch his breath, Mr.. wat
terson made ejaculatOry observations not com
nlimentary TO their intelligence, and rejecting
with some bitterness upon their political
orthodoxy. At the conclusion of the spectacle
Henry got up out of the dust, ana WIN per
feet self-possession ordered everybody WHO
had laughed at him to 90 to the rear Inc
returns of those who went are not yet ln'
And now he proclaims that the Democratic
narty-by which he certainly means hlmsen
and nobody knows how many more-lhtenus
a1ain TO "take the protection bull by the
holns.D He proposes to show that protecuon
in the abstract is lie, and that protection IN
tha concrete ia a robber y that protection,
cas- q theory, is the curse of all our industries
land that protection as an actor IN a'iair9 pun
"ders the workingmen as ruthlcssly as the rest
"of us;n and in taking the bull by the horhs ho
nroposes can alliance between the dismantleu
"South and the pillaged West against
"tbe oligarchs of the East who
"are sucking the life blood out o..
"the people and sapping the solid interests o..
"the country in order that many thousands OF
"millons may be massed in few hands,
This is the way he proposes to " take the ou,,
by the horns" and he believes that We shail
gain nothing by an attempt to revise our posi-
ton and to stultify our record" 80 here Is
the prospect of another fine bull-balting. Inc
campaign is laid out 1t is to be shown thdt
"protection in the abstract is n lie and pro;ec-
tion in the concrete Il robber." with thls
proclamation the Kentucky journalist anu
statesman "takes the bull by the horns" IL
he sticks TO his text there will be considera-
BILE raising of dust and tossing of heels IN the
mir for the next nine months, and then, when
the Democrats in Congress come to the election
of Speaker, we shall learn whether Henry Is 10
be tossed out or whether the whole party is 10
ioip him in trying to throw the bull. Inc
bull meantime is comfortably grazing In FER
tile fields, calmly unconscious that Watterson
coptemplates taking him by "the horns"
And we suspect that when the Democrats
meet in the next Congress, after taking good
look mt tho bull, they will say, Give us not
these, but some other horns'