The Red Cloud chief., 1883-11-30

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sn7xL LETTER
q TIE csssE
lEox, d. C. Nov. q, 1854
now present in washinstcn
{ the senston and. perhaps
r The Representatives. There
)rsicuIsr reason for our being
ID one Of these latter, 10 the
hat Il b very pleasant place
snd We politicians arc without
psrial occupation. now that the
- are over. until Congress
Dun is . queer trade. or would
il = profession. he Iaughingly
Suedf Yes, much more pro6es.
I'm pssetics. though that is not
oar tsalt Xzsxmsah we'll.
cannot carry
LYleligan once who
because he favored .
Isernai improvcne nt,
! Qyernment appropri-
howe IT, Ept he never got
. prtecnt 81 \bill. He wa in
.Gsgrsss tso yean his longest
speech was aye; hie <lpay other
speech one letter shorter. mo"
II other words. he got . CID Ace 70
vote hus never caught the sps ksr's
eye to speak bis measure. The 6VS
e. hsd taken his measure in the IT,
place. and NJ he happened 10 oppose
the idea, f,e merely Jet the Michigan
martyr look ia vain for recognition.
The poor man went home to his angry
constituents politically ruined.
Your correspondent finds this men,
Der Of Congress, with ample leisure to
talk and in a happy aud content
frame Of mind, not only amusing.
but instructive, - well. ] did not in
ierview him. and ] will not quote him
hat his views ~ TO the results Of REC
political circumstances, and his fQe0
caste Of coming events is inters Fpg.
just as they dropped from his MIL
sum them rp for the sake Of bresity 10
his e~n concise i~entcnces.
Butler viii brain the democracy ia
az he said. zee If be don't. He il
thoroughly mad. He believes h0awould
have been nominated for President and
would have. got Il. But Sullivan and
17ideo eated HIM. Sullivan turned
lachs Of the Bostonese. They
n they could do 70 swallow
r. Boston was beconlidg famous
IhciIally on account of Sullivan and
8utler. This hurt the feelings of the
bean eaters. A champion physical
hruiser and u champion political bruis-
er we're to much to support. The Mass
schusetts pilgrims sunk beneath the
load. In this condition Butler became
an e~y prey to the wiles Of the art
Ml Tilden. This mild, benelcent old
gentleman who seems to delight in do
ing good, sent . force of his en,issaries
over from New York with = specimen
from his "bar'l." The result is Butler
heat, and a rising Presidential Candi.
date consigned to the silent tomb. SO
they suppose. But Butler will he q
political Ban9uo. He will appear in
the Nationsa Democratic Convention
with his sspuIcbral garments about
ESf.1 ststh IN his eye. and the ghosts
Il . workinSsAc1-r party at his hack.
He viii takes seat at the head of the
table and help himself % the turkey,
mind If lac don't. He will take the
white meat" thank you for his"
here our our jolly improvisator burst
into y hearty laugh at the picture he
himself drew.
wish I could give you more of his
talk whieh Would 6llAxelsAAs1Rias
sS96re, 60w6SeS, with a resume of what
he remarked concerning the Speaker
ship. Carlisle and Randall represent
the antipodes of democracys The
former is for a vigorous campaign. He
will try to put some vitality into the
Old democratic skeleton. He will
make an advance, and indulge in the
novelty of a new idea. if he is permitted
10. He has the mistaken notion that
the democratic party has some purpose
n its existence except getting Office.
Now. Randall knows b~etter.s by any
sttnr6ny. Abuse the republicans"
is = good enough platform for him
What lis tariff legislation? Answer.
Something that divided the democratic
vote ; therefore let it alone. What is
In appropriations Something that
takes money, therefore to be opposed
on'ti,e o OF economy. Randall's
estimates of his own party sets them
down IA barren Of sense or application
Of pnblfc questions. Carlisle thinks a
3ittie better of them. He proposes to
emerge from the Jscksonian period.
The votes for the Speakership will be a
test ~ to which of these theories will
I've adopted.
In ANY case. the democrats are at