Iron County register., 1883-05-03
Can the Goods Be Deliveredf

The intended transfer of Mr.. Ma,
homes Democratic following in Vir-
ginia to the National Republican party
is scheme that requires parvelously
delicate manipulation. AZ we have
said ON divers occasions and IN sundry
ways, it is contract which Mr.. Ma
hone and his hackers cannot carry ont.
But he and they appear to BE- lieve the
transfer can be successfully accom-
plished. They are, however, fully
aware of the delicacy of the task. and
when the coalition organs discuss II:
they pick and Gull their words and
pare and trim their phrases with as
much care as is required in framing an
amendment to the Federal Constitution,
or in punctuating Tariff bill.
The non-professional mind can not un-
derstand the difficulties of such situa-
ton. To say just enough, not a shade
in the right way, in the proper tone,
pedient to put into words-to do this,
month after month and make no blum
ders-is to- show the possession
of genius. A writer accustomed only
to plain Sailing, and having no contract
to lead a. party or faction where that
party or faction has determined not to
be led; a writer having no ulterior de-
signs, no motives for concealment, is
quite incapable of comprehending the
difficulties under which the coalition
organs labor in selecting from the stock
Of English words available just those
words which the occasion requires.
One who had never tried to match q
pice of black goods, such as silk or
broadcloth, would expect to find the
match in any store, and would be
astonished, after trying at every store
in town, to learn that there are
hundreds of shades of black. The
shading of wors and phrases is
ven more varied, and we are
willing to exercise the most indulgent
charity towards our morning con-
temporary when it complains that we
do not fully ''catch on'' to all its
delicate tints of meaning. But it is
foreign to the purposes of this paper to
misrepresent the political editor of the
Republica,s, or any other person.
He has, if we understand the matter,
undertaken to provide a bridge over
which Mr.. Malone is to march legion
of Virginia Democrats into the Repub-
lican camp next summer. He has
charged us with misrepresenting his
position, and to avoid any ground for q
repetition of that accusation, we will
give his own words. He says: 1--WE
have left no room for any inference that
we believed the Readjusters would sup
port the Republican Presidential ticket
unless the party and its candidates were
clearly and Enthusiastically in harmony
with them. If the National Repub-
lican Convention shall indorse the Re-
adjusters as political friends and
equals, the latter win undoubt-
edly indorse the Presidential can
didate of the Convention if he is not
of the element which is now engaged in
the contraband traffic with the Bour-
bons." AS we understand the pro-
gramme thus sketched, the National
Republican Convention is to let Editor
Gorham have a bridge in the shape of q
resolution declaring friendship and
sympathy for Malone &gCo. Editor
Gorham is to throw this light structure
across the chasm, and Malone is to
march his Democratic brethren over it
into the communion and fellowship of
the Republican household of faith. It's
a beautiful thing on paper, and there is
no doubt of it's entire feasibility in all
respects save one, and that is, the Demo-
cratic following of Mr.. Malone has not
consented to be thus delivered to the
enemy Washington Post. ,h$