National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-09
ABOUT POLITICIANS.
Tho Democratic Convention inspires
Eugene Field to Make N Few OBJ
sorvstIons, Humorous md Other

sorvstions, Humorous and Other
wise.
Chicago Netos.
Mon to boom that was newly made
Leaned Charles A, Dana on his pick and spade;
lie smiled sardonlc and paused to wait
The funeral train through the open gate
A savage editor man was he,
And his eyes were aflame with dcmoninc glee
As these words came from his lips so thin.
~ gather them in--I gather them In J"
81 gather them in, and their final rest,
Is here-down here, In the earths dark breast;
Hancock buried four years ago
Meath a NOISY mound, where the daisies
blow;
Holman and Bnyard and Field / DOM
Only to leave them where vlolets bloom
For, needless Of what their grandeur has been,
gathered them in-I gathered them ini"
~ gather them In, aud never care
How the victims rage or the people swearj
Thurman, Mcdonald, and Flower too,
Have gently Hoped TO my hullaballoo,
And now am patiently waiting hero
For the Grover Cleveland boom to appear;
And, blind to the chances It has TO win,
I'll gather 1t in-I'll gather II inl"
WILLIAM r. MORRISON may have
powerful sight Of influence in Washington.
but he is might small potatoes when he
comes to brushing up against tho demo-
cratic boss of Chicago.
THE Kansas City Times processes to
have learned that decided movement in
favor of old Stephen j. Fields presi-
DENTAL candidacy has sprung up on the
Pacific slope. If the Times were to send
reporter 10 Chicago just now, and give
the Pacific coast news temporary rest, 1t
would find nothing to say of old Fields
alleged boom.
WE suppose that vain old demagogue,
John NJ. Palmer, will have the bad taste
to attempt to bore tho national conven-
ton this week with his stale platitudes.
If 80, we hope Carter Harrison will choke
off the old man. Carter knows how to do
this sort Of thing in good style. He had
a successful experience at 1t in Peoria last
Wednesday, and Palmer Is SO afraid Of
Carter as IL no were case of Asiatic
cholera.
WE have dim and twinkling suspicion
that William M. Springer will not shed
scalding tears Of regret whom he hears
how Bill Morrison got struck by derrick
day before yesterday. Mr.. Springer him
self has got IL In for Mr.. Morrison, and,
although he failed to moet Mr.. Morrison
ut Phillippi, as he agreed to do, he will
be happy to learn that somebody else met
Mr.. Morrison there and encompassed him
round about and prevailed against him.
OLD JONI NJ. PALMER has telographed
to Mr.. Tilden soliciting an interview with
him. Last Wednesday old Palmer volun-
teered the assertion before the state demo-
cratic convention that If he were elected
q delegate at-large to the national conven-
ton he would go to New York and learn
Tilden's exact condition. Now we find
him fooling away his time trying to get
an invitation out of Tilden to visit Gram.
Grey park. Palmer has had no intention
Of going to New York; he is simply Q
cheap old blatherskite, and hc conducts
his political business on very small
capital of intelligence, but with very
large amount Of bluster and demagog uery
"YoU made O serious mistake in tn,
Daily Neps last week." remarked Maj
Moses 2. Handy, managing editor of tn,
Philadelphia Press. "Col. Jones, tn,
chairman Of the national republican com
mittee, is not proprietor of the Philadel
phia Press. He is wealthy iron manu-
facturer at Pittsburg, and is the bosom
friend of Col. Calvin Wells. He is the
.. proprietor of the Press"
Jones I"
"No; Wells. The mistake was natura
enough, for they are boob companion
and It was their lifelong intimacy whic
gave rise to this rumor when he wa
elected chairman of the national commit
4 tee"
1 "wellsP"
3 "No; Jones. He has laughed goot
s deal about 1t and made fun of it to Wells
8 Said he to me, Nose, my boy, what sor
I Of paper is this Daily Ne,cs, of Chicago
5 anyhow"
Zones saidp
"No; Wells. 1t Is daisy said l. TIL
next day heard him telling Jones abou
the Chicago Daisy Nous. 4 thought |
: was the Daily Neps,' said Jones. No
. replied Wells, 1t is tho Daisy Ne,cs; Mos
2 Handy told me so yesterday Thereupo'
he had the papers name corrected on tn
y books of the national committee"
Z "Wells did,"
. mo; Jones'"
b Calvin Jones?"
"No; b. M. Jones'"
Hes the editorW
mo; he's the chairman of the commi
tee. Wells is the editor"
u "Oh' yes-B. M. Wells"
mo; Calvin Wells"
"Oh-I seo."