The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-15
The wreck Of the Pioneers.
TTimes-Democrat.1


raukle III midrifi vi the average pio-
neer Republican. As he has stood
during TIE past three or four EVEN
lDgs, in tue midst Of the vast crowds
assembled before the lie wrpaper Dul-
letin boards, drinking IN the dlsc"rd-
ant music of Democratic huzzas, aud
digesting the uDwelcoine figures oil
Cieveiand's plurality IN New York
as he has stood there, alone In lb,s.
vast throngs, in the vortex uf that
deafening lumult, It has occurred to
him to ask himself whether his ilop
WAS timed as nicely aud judiciousl,
as it might have heeD. He iesis
creeping all over bun Like an advanc.
ing cbili, tue Conviction that he Jump
ed eight years too late VI eight J, urs
TOO soon. tie is not quite sure Which,
bat he has ITO donbt that i, was ohs
or the other. There is no POSSIBLE.
mistake as to one point-the Pio-
ueers are left. He recalls the earl.
days Of the campaign, when the Pic
ueers first "rganized; when they
opened that Office On Common street
aud flung to the amorous breeze lii,
mammoth drag net which bore the
speaking features of James G. Blame,
stuck like u revenue stamp exacti, i'll
lis centre. He remembers the soul.
ful speeches To which he listened and
at certain periods of which be sighi
fed a loud approval. He also re-
members how the Boss Pioneer once
made pilgrimage to the rock ribbeo
shore OF Maine aud came la. x bring
ing iidings of great JOY to the iaith-
ful. Those were piping times. III.
latch hung on the outside and the
wasssil flowed as from corporation
plug. All! yes; bnt tberes cursed
charge to-day. He treads alone Tia.
banquet hall deserted. No Longer
does the Pioneer voice resouDd from
the rostrum and tie strideht leap
from wall 10 wall. No more does the
Boss describe the horoscope of that
blooming era to be maj ked by the
accession of the Msguetic Que. 9th
ers pass the flowing bowl with glow
ing hands. The Democratic nose
ahghts upon the tumbier's rim and
the horn" OF the ungodiy iaccoid-
to st. john is put down III countless
numbers. But the Pioneer fingers
no more free beer, and his lovely
companions are faded and gone
Too true, alas !! The tiop was not
AS opportune IA some that we have
seen. For, as the stricken Pioneer
projects his guze into the iuiuie-into
tbat jpcnnd spring Of 1885, towaru
wtich his nimble fancy had once
turned with thoughts of office, he
perceives long procession winding
It's brisk way up the Southern slope
Of the Potomac hills aud heading
straight tor Long Bridge. IL Is no,
the procession ia which be had tx
pected to igure, for 1t Is composed OF
good old stitf backed Democrats who,
III all these twenty four ears OF exile.
have never once dreamed of Hopping
lucy are marching gu an ai.xinn-
capital, and they bangle their gril-
sacks III their stalwurt hands. Bu'
there is not Pioneer among them
no company for our sad watcher with
the starting eyes. He must lo.l
elsewhere for fellowship. He mus,
bend his weary footsteps toward thai
mysterious land where Salt river roll>
its bitter food ard where, grouped
about the sickly wigwam FIRE, he and
his brethren Of the unti,nely fol.
may conjure mp before their famish
ed gaze the wrath of that flesh pol
which, ouly two weeks ago, they had
fondly thought their own.
1t seems to us, in this come, ton,
that once upon a time we heaid q,
song-a pretty little madrigalth thrown
of IN happy moment by some gift
ed minstrel. "a. We heard II
bnt it crawls kN into 9ar mem
Ory now: ~
II see the smoke around the bend;
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