The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-11
sorry his Lot.

The Mnewump is having o hard time OF
It. His old associates say unkind things
Of him and the unregeperate reyile him.
The beneficiaries Of his patriotic act OF
mugwumping speak scornfully Of him, as
one might speak ofapocr relation. The
Democratic Administration, OF whose
birth the Mugwumps assisted in no unim'
portant capacity, protesting its graft
tude, even doing some things to please
them, does mot hesitate to cut to the quick
these martyrs to the cause OF conscience.
One Of the tribe presents himself in The
Nation, the arrow Of a party's ingratitude
auiyering in his heart. Hear the wall OF
this stricken soul, every sentence alament-
alton puuctuated with sob. "The indie.
pendents [Aiugwumpsl do not expect and
a6ould not accept office under the present
Administration. But their feelings are en-
tilsd 10 consideration" ehaye taken the
liberty to seek in the italic font fitting en-
phasis for this consuming grief. The
mourning Mugwump goes on to relate
how painful it was to him, Republican
from boyhood, to bolt the party nomina-
ton last year, butas matter OF public
duty he turned loose his whole arsenal
against Blaine-yoice, pen and purse. But
the boiling was not entirely one-sided
Willie our Mugwump friend was easing
his conscience in one way, another nan
was seeking relief in another way. "Mr.
James N. Morgan bolted his party's nomi-
nation 10 work for the opposite candidate,
Mr.. Blaine, and Mr.. Morgan has received
from Mr.. Cleveland what he doubtless
hoped for from Mr.. Blaine"
Ii Mr.. Morgan were man who had
done his boiling the other way, the strick-
en- AIugwump would probably regard his
appointment to tho Australian Consul
Generalship as in the due line of civil SER
vice reform. He makes no objection to
the appointment OF Morgan on the ground
that his political disabilities have never
been removed. Hanging his objection
solely on the bolt the wrong way, he gives
vent 10 a fierce burst Of anguish: "That
this man should be rewarded by office,
under these circumstances, is blow in
the face to every Republican that left his
party for his country's good.n
Here at least we perceive the Mug
wump's fatal misconception OF the situa-
ton, see why it is that he complains OF the
conduct Of President in whom but a short
time since he saw only sweetness and
light" This man rewarded! Presi-
dent Cleveland does not reward men-he
gives effect to great principles. II he
puts one man in office it is for the same
reason that impels him to cut Of another
mans head in each case heis moved by
the highest consideration Of the public
welfare. From Higgins to Keiley-from
Pension Agent Ida Sweet to Chicago Post.
master Palmer-this has been the pro-
nounced patriotic policy.
II Mugwumps are depressed, their
feelings hunt, their hopes SO soon dis
PEELED, Il is because they do not appreci-
ate the nice points Ct their Presidents
policy. Yet who can ind it in his heart
to mock at their calamity? Out Of the
Republican party to fnda refuge,of per-
feet Joy, failing to find it in the bosom of
Grover Cleveland, where are they to turn2
There isn't enough Of them to make a
third party; they are doomed to misery
in either Of the old parties. Is the Mug
wump TO be the Wandering Jew Of our
poIitics?