Daily Republican., 1886-10-23

Hon. james G.. Blaine Ia apt In illus
tratiou and In drawing similltudes,
aud there are none that more forcib,y
strikes the common sense than his COM
parison OF the contest between the two
great parties Of the nation for major
fly Of the electoral vote and game Of
billiards.
The followin paragraph from bis
speech ct Pittsburg ON Wednesday con.
veys the full idea:
"It reminded him Of story he heard
in New York. A Southtrner said to q
Northern man let us play q game OF
billiards for the next Presidential cleo
ton, two years henoe-401 points. just
the number Of electors, that Is. 30 they
went down to the Fifth Avenue Hotel
TO settle the election two years In ad
vance. The Southerner took mp cue
Il 20 on the presumption that you all
know the game-and said swell, I will
count of 1853 points In the game; those
are mine without playing for them"
lGreat merriment.
He added: "You will see then that I
have to get only As. while you have to
get Dol. Renewed laughter and sp
plause. 1 confess, gentlemen, that
am utterly ut q loss to denounce the
fraud and the wrong which Is 60 we'll
illustrated by that story. The Southern
elections are worse In point Of political
morals than Is the gambler who invites
q youth into his den and plays against
him with loaded dice. [Cheers. 1t is
not republication, 1t 10 not democracy.
1t Ia not Heavens justice, IL is not mans
fair play. What we demand In this
country Is that we shall not play
stake for the presidency against men
who are shaking loaded dice at you.
l"You are right
There Ii no State In the Union where
this illustration is more applicable than
to Delaware. The loaded dice Of the
Democratic party was never played in
our State more successfully than they
are played now. The largest vote ever
cast In the State was for Governor four
years ago, when 1t reached 81, 178, and
the Democratic majority was then /, 1888.
Without the loaded dice plan the vote
would have been fully &c, 900 and three
fourths Of the exocess Of the votes cast
would have been Republican votes, and
the Republican majority would have
been about what the Democrats got by
the aid Of loaded dice In the cleo lion
laws. Mr.. BlAine's illustration of the
billiard game may be aptly applied
to the two candidates for Governor In
Delaware, Mr.. Blggs and Mr.. Hof-
feoker, who arc the principals in the
game, though We do not know that
either Of them ever had billiard cue
In their hands. Mr.. Biggs proposes q
game with Mr.. Hoffecker and the latter
accepts the proposition. There are &c.
900 points to be played for, that being
about the number OF voters that would
be likely TO vote. They prepare for
action, but before either strikes q ball
Mr.. Biggs says to Mr.. Hoffecker: See
here, you must give me In advance
10000 OF those points (voters) because
their names are not on the assessment
and we will play for the 26, 600 left, and
as 10. 900 Of these naturally would be.
long to Mr.. Blggs, there would be but
5000 left for Mr.. Hoffocker. This Is
about the way the game works In Dali
aware, and yet gentlemen like Mr..
Gray and Mr.. Blggs have the cheek 10
come before public audiences and tell
the people that the game Is a fair one;
that Mr.. Hoffecker, or whoever the
opposing candidate might be, has the
came chance to win that Mr.. Biggs has.
The infamous assessment laws OF the
State are loaded dice with which Dem
ocrats always play, and they are al
ways sure to win unless the Democratic
players OF the loaded dice quarrel and
turn them upon the enemies In their
own party.