Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20
soody Shirt to be Waved Again by
r,au Blaine in 49, leveIaud's
Chances Of REELECTION,
...,ocrats as Thorough RefOrmers and
sincere ProgressiSts as Their
Opponents.
respect in which the Late Wander.
~, Was Timid man-Naturai Gas
Idcaiism I'm Fuel.
,co,,csnondenco Of the Gazette.

H e.naners, To thank Tor ~. Inc busi-
~ governing the country Is great
~ the stakes are high---high enough
a.ri,st the services and the ambitions OF
Y sreatest minds we have The Coun.
w Ma hardly seen the present admins
4 9,on well warmed In its char OF
n',sorltv, before the leaders, partcu.
Wv an The Republican side, are laying
- and plans for the election of 1888
\ rlasdelphia, which has often gone IL
,Iird ON Rcpublicanlsm TO the tune Of
4 n N00 minority, Is the head center of thc
4 1,ement, The recent removal OF Post.
4 ~ss,cr lluidekoper because, as one of
NJ chief executive agents of the admins
,Ston, he was not IN sympathy with
i, any house divided against itself Is
4 ,,a TO tumble TO destruction
housed the spirit of opposition, ! have
niked within the past few days with
dozen men who are inside
I hi circle of knowing ones. OF course
4,sey don't say much. They only
4,sak-and act The fact is, that the
somlnant faction of the Republican party
nd already outlined its course for the
smpaign Of 1888. That course is indl-
,s,ed by the election of Sherman TO the
,rsldcnCy of the senate. That is where
bey have shown their hand.
Haven't you observed that always here
olore the defeated presidential candidate
h,s been little heard of And haven't
con observed, also, that Just the opposite
i,s been the case with Mr.. Blalney All
4 ihe,c stories about the appearance of the
hand of Mr.. Esau Blaine do not come
n imm nothing. His hand Is still there,
,nd the bloody shirt still waves. This, In
act ls to be the Issue. There is to be Il
n new rebellion, the first gun of which is
u be-nay, already has beon---nred by the
North 1t was fred by Blaine at Augusta
n November year ago, and has been fol-
owed by political pop-guns In Ohio,
i PENNSYLVANIA and Illinois. This sort of
campaign is begun because Republican
Headers believe 1t to be the only one upon
which they stand any chance of success,
Short.sightcd men, did you sayY Well,
Mg are not 50 short-sightCd ms they
II might be- Let us see how 1t tallies out.
n -
Il In the first place, the Democratic party,
which we have been told times without
Faambcr would bring destruction to our
&asness interests the moment II brought
n candidate for president into power,
5bas shown itself to be not alone abreast,
Mimi even In advance of these progressive
bHmes. No reform, for which the RepuO-
Il leans have 50 long howled while they did
rot an earthly thing to bring about, but
has been grasprd Mt by the Democrats,
klhe latter are Just as thorough rclormers,
as sincere progrcssistS, as their OPP
a huNrn InHU GNtI
now they have proved II. Hear
ag Is believing, but seeing Is the naked
Euth They have, under President
fClWeland, proved the sincerity OF their
Professions. The Republicans see this,
Hand, being experienced men, they see the
eject of It, They realize that possession
Il nine points in politics. Therefore they
aust have a strong battery to be able to
lrak down the Qualifications OF that pos
tsession. IL the bloody shirt such bat
TNp? Well, they think II is; and they
I llso think that James G. Blaine IL the
1lWngest man who can be selected to
&myeit Are they far ont OF the way in
n Alsl No. Mr.. Blaine, despite his oppo-
|1elts In his own camp, Is the strongest
&mAn they have to-day in their own ranks,
+ Rail az Mugwumps as you WILL they are
Mot dead, neither are they sleeping. The
#aagnincent demonstration which they
&msde in Music hall, Boston, last Friday
|lght proves that they are neither the one
#nor the other, but very potent factor In
#he domain Of political affairs Nevertheless
Blaine Is the man for the Republicans.
II New York is the pivotal state, and 1t is
helr misfortune that they have no man
uho cen poll more votes In New YORK
h han Blaine can. Their weakness Is
Il democratic strength.
N e"a
n During the week have talkcd win u
Nore OF Republican leaders, many OF
whom have a national reputation, and ]
Il Violate no confidence In saying that they
tallze TO man that they have very
Il desperate game to play in 1855, They
nave 70 beat Grover Cleveland aud his
Il record They have got TO leave their
Political beds very sarly in the morning
Il edo II, They know tins. Many OF them
lahkly admit that they have Il very poor
II elahce Of success, even II they SIT up all
night, aud have Blaine MS chief ilaunler
me ensanguncd garment into inc
#s''4' 80 not say this as Demo
Il politics and 10 inatinrt but
W news, but having a large political &C.
h dualhlanceamong political leaders OF both
+ fanlen-men who set the pot which lesser
n ptlclans and newspapers are expected
h NAeep boiling, and do keep stoWlng, at
n alt Tor about three hundred and sixty
w 0ays out of every calendar year
n collector Sallonstall OF the port OF Bos
wv mas Just appointed TO Office Demo
way who has waited long for politlca
fbsoshltlon lie is man With n history
II ,D'VnB Ms bnyhood aud early manhood
~ was private secretary TO bis uncle
aol' David llcushaw, who founded The
'p9 f"tt, was collector of the port
lgl 1lg man IN New England generally
KIM a'he Is Andrew j Ward. lie was
Nns me the other dgy what
III. hsNt his uncle had with
NJ ohlelal associates, aud all over
p Affairs. Il appears that after
II s.suent liarnsun's death John Tyler
-a'gu New Highlander for his cabinet,
nm sIAN lad the gout ~ both big toes,
ses5 'ao had very decided opinions w hlr
Fl nv, the extension OF slavery. some
M, massachusetts men who didn'l
Erl' the govt have Ike
I'm had decided Opinions on
iaiefy question Most OF them,
Il $500 were aholltlon!sts. Hut Hen
NssGa Was an exception. I don't kn0W
II n n. relieved la slavery. rather guess
eehal couldn't sec what business Mas
lb,is had dabbllng Ia South Caro-
hiss ,Mselssippl's OF LouIslnna'R AZ
Mann, ine oisiraetiug question OF Tyler's
isBplli,, Iatlon was the admission Of the
ID Aaeria % Texas a6 state OF the
Eaa8taS Union England aud France