The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-01-15
ITO the VictOrs Belong the
SpO1ls.''
BY Homer L. Wright.

- NAOAASA A]s ssAASats
While these words were frs
nsed by Senator Marcy in debat
in the Senate of the Unite,
States. yet they have become S,
associated with the times of Ol,
Hickory that they are now re
garded as one of the Jacksonia,
savings.
Whether the sentiment ex
pressed by the words is altogeth
er commendable may be a moot
ed question. vet it is at least par
donabls in the flush of unantici
pated victory. The idea ma,
net comport with the Christian
doctrine-if you are smitten OF
one cheek TO turn the other-bu
religion is one thing, politics an
othor.
Why do we, a little band O.
Democrats, rejoice tonight2 Be
cause We are The victors. We
did it. And that solves the
question as to who d d it in the
last campaign. The Independent
Repnblicans did not do it. ST.
John did not do it. The saloon
Keepers did not do it. We did
it. With our little hafchet and
pruning knife we. right here i'm
the Hooking Valley. took the
scalps of the great Republican
leaders. For did we not furnish
the story of Blaine owning stock
IN the syndicate, and We blew IT
the Republican party higher ths n
Gi1roys kite. and that. too, with
out the use of dynamite or nitro.
glycerine.
Say now that you are from the
Hooking Valley. and your exact
abiding place is known all over
the American continent.
10 the victors belong the spolls.
Senator Pendleton and the civil
service reformers would have a
competitive examination of ap
pllcants for office. Where is the
nse of such empty shows Who
Is TO judge of The qualification of
the examinerss Who sat as ex-
aminers of the qualifications of
Grover Cleveland? The great
BODY of honest American people.
Is it necessary that man
should solve the most difficul:
problem of trigonometry 10 make
him eligible as postmaster at En-
terpnse and deliver to John
Smith through 6xS hole in his
Office shutter the latest edition of
Green's brain-racking editorial
on land tenure in Ireland or the
Rairklners of the milky way.
The American youth is a born
statesman. He is trained in a
school Of modern ideas. He
l9cks up things as he goes along.
He is AT home behind the pillow
OR later in the Presidential chair.
II is not necessary that he should
be in railing all the best days
of his life to learn to fill an Of
fee only to die as the incumbent.
From his youth the boy has
breaihed the pure air of free De-
mocracy and readily imbibes the
spirit of our liberal institutions.
Behold the motto-"To the
victors belong the spoils - Oh.
the sweetness contaiAed i'm those
euphonious words! Observe the
beauty and symmetry of the let
ters. 1t needs no painter with
his brush TO fasten indelibly this
sentiment on the American heart.
Right or wrong it is accepted.
and the dire consequences of de-
feat are acquiesced III graciously
or otherwise.
How the words recall TO mind
The good things that await the
lean and hungry Democrat who
has not tasted government pap"
for 10, these many years. How
I:is heart leaps with JOY as h'
contemplates the good living an,
the fat places that are ia storr
for him. How ne vearns TO grasp
the reins of government that he
may enjoy the fruits which in the
last few years have seemed $50
near and yet so far" Like Cas-
sius, he has lean and hungry
look. and the victory at last is
his. Oh! there's millions in il !
and visions of happiness dance
DER his mind.
And now the other side of the
picture. how does our victory
strike The defeated Republicans ?
This is our feast and their funeral.
To them, yonder beautiful motto
is like the handwriting OH t. e
wall. In thunder tones it says
10 the bloated bond holder. the
salary grabber, the oificia: de-
rauiier, and The thousands of fat.
sleek government office holders
grown rich in official corruption.
;. o., must step down and out and
make way for your poor. bul
honest Democrat brother. "Clean
/. al, the Augean stables Lei
not a particle of Republican dis
honesty remain Turn the las
Gals out p
Whv is it that The independent
Republicans voted with us, and
how do you account for that V; st
arlny vi business men OF New
l.,.N VINO paraded The streets o.
that city in Democratic process
s;ons IN She iast ra,niiaiwn Lei |
the s.ringeney OF the times and
wauat starvation stalking thro
/ he land of plenty. answer. Al
ready IN mid wihier we behola
e :, ,io lie Iov a