The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
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lIob We utu COolulC uuoO, OhOA ohO
floods, then the drouth; after this
comes yellow fever, the cholera, and
now the black death, the plague, has
broken out in India. All these are
serious in and of themselves. Alto
gether, they are desperately serious,
but all combined fused and raging
are not a patching" to Butler.
Butler, let loose in the presidential
arena, is plague. His is a dreadful
something, nameless, but full of ter
rors-and he'll play ructions for a
brief season, but outside of Mas
sachusetts his influence will be
felt only as "a gentle ph5 r
from the muck yard of Ameri-
can politics. Butler represents only
Butler. AS a greenbacker he is a
jibe; as a laboring man he is the
broadcast sort of joke, ridiculous and
mirth-provoking in the grotesqeness
of his lmpudence and self-confdence.
Butler is only John Kelly under an
other label, and his whole weight and
significance is Tammany. Even
Tammany will be compelled to hold
its filthy nose while it is swallo wing
Butler, the inimitable beast. If the
laboring men of the United States
were anxious to win the active hos
tility of every other interest in the
land, they could not secure that disid-
eratum any more surely or completely
than by placing themselves under
the leadership of the cross
eyed soldier of Fort Fisher.
Butler is very prince of humbugs.
He is sublime in his exalted political
roguery. AS he is rich and politically
dishonest, he has managed to make
decided ripple on the surface of Mas
sachusetts. Outside of the Old Bay
state he goes for very little indeed.
Let no true democrat cringe because
of the deadly effect his candidacy
would be likely to exert. If there are
enough democrats in the party willing
to follow off after Butler, to seriously
effect Cleveland's chances, then we
say the democracy does not deserve
to succeed. Kelly has had a malign
influence upon the democracy
for many years. But heretofore
he has played like a man, like an
intelligent brainy fellow. But
in thus forging a bolt out
of Butler to launch at Cleveland he is
like the boomerang thrower, he hurls
weapon which returns to destroy
himself.
The hero of Tewksbury and of Fort
Fisher in the role of obstructionist,
finds the sorriest part he ever played
since he went on the stage. His fail
ure will be so dreadful, Cleveland will
be elected by such proud majority
that at last people may say with unc-
ton, good bye Butler, and take final
cave of the princely political char
latan of the ages.
THURSDAY, at New Braunfels,
there will be nice little shindy, in
deed. 1t will be quiet, but very full
of interest. Something will be devel-
oped there which will put some folks
to thinking, a condition of affairs
which is by no means common with |
them. mall probability it will be de-
termined who is the stronger man in
the district-Jo. Sayers, or Mr.. Epson
and which end of the district weighs
the most. The weather, at San An
tonic will not grow cooler for several
hours after the result is announced.
IT was curious tumble at New
York at the acknowledgements
children bawling, some of
the men praying, others cursing and
swearing. The awe and sublimity of
she scene were offset by an occasional
ouch of the ludicrous. For instance,
he bi eaBing up of the negro camp
Meeting and the rushing of the sable
participants to the woods. No doubt
hey believed Gabriel's last trump
lad sounded, sure enough.
THE San Antonio Times treats at
ength the subject of reportorial YER
city, in connection with the affair
Judge Hancock and Mr.
)'Brien Moore of the News, and the
Times finally leaves the matter just
where it found it. 1t viii probably
lever be known which of 'em told it. ,
IT just can't be possible that San
Anton:o is in dead earnest on the ! Z
ubject of that road to Arkansas Pass. '
hat would be like healthy man
wallowing whole drug store in or :
er to grow robust. Thirty feet of {