The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-04-30
DEMOCRATIC CHEEK.

The Democratic press all over the |
country ara at present working the ire
form racket" for all 1t is worth. They
are continually talking about turning
the ''rascals out" and what change for
good Is dawning upon the republic.
From the papers published by these de-
luded or mistaken partisans one would
imagine the present admins.
tration infallible; that the happy
days OF the millennium had
dawned upon the United States with
the exception of Kansas, and the only
thing to prevent that blessing here is the
prohibition law. How those sheets do
cater to the actions of the admin1stra-
ton? Had the Oklahoma question
reached its present status under Re
publican president the average Demo-
cratic journal would have growled and
whined about with pessimistic airs, but
as it IS the Oklahoma ques-
tionon has been dealt with
In an allwise manner. Our
Democratic contemporaries have
also braced themselves to claim all the
credit for q revival Of business interests.
Under q Democratic administration of q
little over q month trade from foreign
nations has been unusually large and
money so long boarded up has been
forced into circulation. Poor, deluded
Democracy; has it, like Solomon, asked
only wisdom and now are
all these things to be added
unto It. Is the increase in foreign trade
due to the Democratic administration?
Have all the large orders for canned
beef, Esmeralda war vessels, ammuni-
ton, etc., been received because we have
Democratic president and cabinet, or
because war has threatened the greatest
military powers of the world. Has
Democratic success increased the price
OF wheat, or was it the damage to grow
ing crops and the prospects OF
war. With war in the east great
prosperity in this country Is sure and
the Democratic press claims the honor
for the administration.
1t Is evident that the present admins
tration Is very shrewd in one thing-that
of reaping honor where il has not sown.
They not only claim credit for the pres
Mt indication of prosperity, which Is
absurd, but also claim that the affairs of
state have recently been washed, and
every department is dressed in spotless
purity. Observe how harmoniously
tho Thousand oouarnmant r,1Io,,oa
work together. And yet these men
occupied in almost every branch of pub
lie service are the very "Rascals' that
the Democratic press is talking about
turning them out" Scarce one officer in
thousand has yet been appointed and
those that have are simply figureheads
and do no real work. The old ship of
state is still manned by the same faithful
sailors and the captain knows better than
to discharge them for green hands. The
change, you know, must be made grad
ually; masters and journamen must be
retained until apprentices are able to
take their places.
The greatest number of changes has
been made in Mr.. Bayard's department,
but the men assigned to foreign states
have scarcely reached their destination,
and hence 1t is impossible TO judge of
their ability. The work in nearly every
department is still carried on by Repub-
licans, while the great Democratic re-
formers tell us that everything is pro-
crossing lust too lovely" and in the
next breath exclaim, "turn the rascals
out" "By and by" we presume.
when the Democratic manipulators con-
clude that when their followers have
received of drill proper sufficiency the
"rascals" will be turned out and the
"what is it" let in. Then and not till
then can definite estimate be placed on
Democratic ability. at present we
must be satisfied with their croakings,
keep an eye single upon their Higgin
appointments and laugh at their Stiffness
as they strut about like the old man who
emerged from his room al ser all danger
was over and said to his neighbor, 1--WE
killed the bearn