, 1884-02-29
AocuMuLArlvE AsrInATIoNs

ACCUMULArIVE ASPIRATIONS
For a series of years, Hon. Stew
Dorsey, as he Is fsmiliary termed, Wa
the Chairman OF the republican nation.
al committee. His connection with
the Star Route mail contract, Its al
legged Irregularities aud the subsequent
effort to send him to the penitentiary
therefor, by some of his former politi-
ical cohorts, are peculiar facts still
quite fresh In the memories OF the
American people. Steve has sour,d
fearfully upon some of his partisan Co
adjutors, and it is likely that he'll be a
prominent factor in the factional hghi
OF the rowing radicals this summer, II
he keep his word once given as 10
threatened revelations Of extensive
crookedness upon the part Of those VIII"
used to help hun run the republican
machine, turn the creaky crank OF thu
outrage-mill and assist la%undrying the
bloody shirt of the so-called God-and
humanity party which has long out
ragged common decency by nagrant acts
unblushingly committed In violation OF
both law and morality.
The successor Of the Hon. Mr.. Dor
sey is Senator Sabine of Minnesota.
He is best known by reason Of his ex-
tensive wealth, rapidly accumulated rs
q gigantic contracto: of cheap-prison-
labor at Saltwater, Minnesota. He
evidently bellows in protection, as many
othe. heightened republicans do, who
have contracts paying them hundred
and thousands of dollars per day. whilst
those laboring long and %nrduously uu-
der them get nothing for their labor
but bread-and bread without butter.
Mr.. Sabine succeeded Senator Window
In our national legislature. He has
plenty of the ro~ot-of-all-evil secured to
him through the sweat Of the brow OF
hundreds of convicts. They are on the
inside of the p~enitentiary and he on
the outside. That is a difference with
q distinction. How high the thermom
eter OF his political aspirations run, we
know not; but it is limited that though
he is a novice in politics, he Is closely
nursing the presidential milk-bottle
with all the avidity Of a hungry infant
tugging away at a rabber-teat deity
attached to a fount of seductive sweet
milk. He evidently tLinks that the
presidential milk is on the inside OF the
republican %cocoanut, and he 10 Sticky
trying to get It out, using his money
bags as sort of a s~uction-tube or force
pump to reach the much coveted liquid.
In the issue of the Washington Cap
itol, last Sunday, Senator Sabine says:
tue in~disposition Of the mass of the
people, and particularly those engaged
in large enterprises and large employ
ers OF labor, TO make a change, might
be made an argument In favor Of the
nomination Of President Arthur"
Senator Sabine also says that neither
Arthur ''nor any one nominated by the
usual tricks and trades OF the conven-
tions can be elected"
Commenting upon the above, the
Omaha Herald foroibly remarks:
''The successful candidate must be a
dark horse, and the political gossips
have 1t that Mr.. Sabine is that sort OF
an animal bimself. Doubtless his nom
ination would give uualloyed satisfac-
tion to the various labor unions in tue
country. Mr.. Sabin's election to the
Craftsmanship Of the national commit
tee by a party pretending TO protect The
interests OF honest labor, was an insult
to every workman; nevertheless, it
seems that Mr.. S.bin has started n gen
uine boon and fate only knows where
IL will end. Logan, Arthur aud oher-
man will do well to keep their weather
eye on Mr.. Sabine of Minnesota. He
has ambition, he has luck, aud above
all, plenty of crisp two dollar bills"
The turn In the tide of tricks Of the
radical schemers Is really as amusing
rs they are ridiculous. Almost every
one Of them who has had a taste of
office ut the national capital, feels that
he Is Just the man for the presidency.
This Is a most commendable, self-sacri-
noing feeling to entertain. As all Of
these ambitious aspirants can't be cleo
ted to the same office at the same time,
they'll have TO be content with the ele-
Walton Of n democrat and an honest
man to the chief magistracy Of our be-
loved. but long suffering republic.
The securing of such an official, NEAR
r-etrenchment, reform and good govern.
ment.
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