The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-01
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

RSs~ The Democrats will say it wasn't
much of shower in Maine, but under
the circumstances we feel justified in
saying that there was a great deal OF
dampness for the Democracy.
16- The Democrats are so hard up
for soldiers support that they point
with pride to the military record of
Carl Schurz. The man who had most
reason to point with pride 10 the mill
tary record of Carl Schurz was Stone
wall jackson.
H@- Opinions differ as to the full
scope and purpose of Ben Buffers can
didacy for President; but it seems to
be generally agreed that if there is any
one thing that he wishes to do more
than another it is to put worms into the
lettuce Of Mr.. Grover Cleveland.
n1-It is announced that Mr.. Tilden
in reply to the address of the Demo
cratic National Committee, will pres
emily issue an address, in which he will
appeal to the country to support the
Democratic ticket. This is we'll but
too late. The Democratic ticket is past
praying for.
Hendricks on Cleveland: "If Mr..
Cleveland is what he seemed to be, or
rather If he is what thought he seemed
to be on the occasion of our meeting,
he might strike some people as rating
fair to middling on a market glutted
with mediocrity. Privately l think he
is a Stougton bottle, but please don't
give it away"
H6S~In printing the speeches of ac-
ceptance of Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden and
Mr.. Grover Cleveland in parallel col
umns, and in describing the older of
these eminent Democrats as "the man
of brains" and the younger as ''the
man of beef" the New York San dis
plays spirit that will strike the faith
ful rural Democratic editors, who are
struggling under adverse circumstances
to do their duty, as little less than
fiendish.
B6-Ex-Governor Hendricks recent
ly became acquainted with Mr.. Cleve-
land" He has known every promi-
nent Democrat in the country for
twenty-five years, but as Cleveland was
only 4 young thing at the time he had
his little trouble with Maria Hairpin. a
few years ago, the distinguished Vice.
Presidential candidate may be excused
for not having formed the acquaintance
of the Buffalo hangman at an earlier
date. The ex-Governors acquaintance
among hangmen is not large.
H@The leading Democratic news
papers Of West Virginia, the Wheeling
Register, says there is no truth what
ever in the report that the Republicans
are colonizing negroes in that State,
and advises Congressman Gibson and
the other Democrats who have become
excited on the subject to cool of and
calm down. Yet when West Virginia
votes for Blaine and Logan next No
vember, all the Northern Democratic
newspapers will set up a howl over
"Steve" Elkins's colonizeG negro vot-
ers. See if they don't.
G@Our remocratic friends, the
enemy, are entitled to great sympathy
for the uphill work they are having in
this great reform campaign. For some
time the campaign committee at Wash
ington have been laboring to fire the
Irish heart by circulating an old speech
of Senator Dan Voorhees, in behalf Of
the Irish suspect McSweeney. And
now they have discovered that they
have all the time been circulating Re-
publican document on the subject Of
protection. On the whole the commit
tee has done better work than it in
tended.
l6-Since that political harlot, the
Democratic party, took to wearing
high-necked dresses with long sleeves
there is no length she will not go for
reform and the offices. Although sat-
urated with depIavity none can shrek
louder for purity than this notorious
scarlet woman. With career OF wick
edness, dishonesty, treason, and the
vilest corruption stretching backward
for half century to commend her to
the confidence of the people, she ap-
pears as champion of reform and
loudly denounces her respectable neigh
bors as toe wicked to live with. She Is
playing desperate confidence game,
but everybody is "onto her racket" as
the street gamint say.