Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-23
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Decidedly the most amusing featura
IN any Of the political campaigns fhie
year Is the plea which the New York
Mugwumps persist In making TO re
Democrats, that the way to indorse Ire.
Democratic Administration Is to elect.
2 Republican Governor Of New York.
They do not seem to appreciate the
ludicrous figure they are cutting N
this matter, Notwithstanding the faca
that the whole country is laughing AZ
them, nor do they appear 10 the least
discouraged from pursuing this course
of sublimated stupidity and impudenca
by the indignation which It provoked
in the orthodox Republicans, to whose
fold and assistance they have returned.
It certainly must be irritating, to
say the least of it, to the New York
Blainiacs to have leading journals
which support their ticket and which
pretend to speak with authority assur-
ing the country that the election 81
that ticket would mean the popular
Endorsement of Grover Cleveland. the
one man to whom Republicans wish
least to afford cause for comfort, the
one man through whom they have lost
most and whom to-day they fear most.
No n will question the right Of
the New York Tribune to speak for
the rank and file Of its party. When
all the rest Of the metropolitan Repub-
lican journals either forsook the party
or wavered and became lukewarm IN
its support, the Tribune stood stead
fast and wa more than equal to every
emergency Of partisan journalism. IL
is not strange that this excitable or
gan is astonished and Infatuated by
the GOODNESS Of the Mugwumps Ia aa-
suming that the laboFs OF the Repub-
lican party in New York, after ali its
wal on President Cleveland, are now
directed toward sustaining and ind0rs-
ing that gentleman. 'sMr. Daven-
port" exclaims the Tribune, observes
the support Of all true Republicans,
for he is a true Republican himself.
He earnestly supported the Republican
candidate for the Presidency last year,
and he stands squarely on the Repub-
lican State platform, which arraigna
In strong terms President Cleveland
and his Administration for shame
full violation of pledges and want0n
disregard Of public interests. This
is the position Of those who are Re-
publicans from principle, and Mr..
Davenport deserves and would receive
the support Of such voters, even
though his opponent were immeasura-
bly, more deserving than he is Of DEM
ocratic support"
Truly'the New York oracle of Re-
publicanism offers small encourage
ment to its new and earnest Mupwum-
plan allies. How are they to bring
over self-respecting Democrats ID
Davenport if Davenport's principal
mouthpiece insists on welcoming them
in this mannerP
"If Democrats also see ft to sun
port the Republican candidate they are
heartily welcome. But there will be
in this campaign no attempt to conceal
the fact that Mr.. DayenpOrt's election
will be a rebuke Of the President for
his bad faith, his prostitution of the
public service to party uses, his mex
cusable war upon faithful officials be-
cause they were conscientious Repub-
licans, his raid upon a self-made Irish
shipbuilder because he had been a Re-
publican, his decentralization Of the for
eign mail service, his reward of former
rebels because they were rebels by an
pointments to offices Of high honor
and trust, and his retention Of such q
Cabinet officer al Mr.. Garland"
That is rich enough in itself as a
Of modern partisan journalism.
when the occasion of its u~tterance
Is considered it becomes tenfold more
1iverting. In fact, all in all this plea
the returned Mugwumps, the at
which it places the Republic
cans and the effect which it has on
them, together with the decidedly
peculiar, subtle. contradictory and
complex relations and inter relations
between the two wings of the Daven-
port forces, make the whole affair one
Of the most unique and comical In