Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-28
DEMOCRATIC FEELERs.

The morning Republican organ paid
special rates from New York for the fol-
lowing from the New York Sun, but just
why, 1t is difficult to see:
1t is noticeable that while the leading can
didate for the Republican nomination Tor
President, Blaine, begins to talk to the pub
didate, w. B. Allison, of Iowa, addresses
the public of the West. They stand like
two towers of our giant bridge, and there is
nobody between them. Logan is in Califor-
MIA, Sherman is somewhere else, Hawley ls
quiet and Brother Evarts is happily recover
ing from being thrown out of a carriage.
Wouldn't the two actors of the day make |
mighty Republican ticket, though-Blaine
and Allison5
1t is we'll known fact to all who have
kept track OF the Sun in the past ten
years, that Dana opens every campaign
with ieelers, and as he keeps two good
exchange" men to Gull all that is pub
lished in comment OH his feelers, he is
enabled to see just where difficulty in
the way of his final intent lies, and to-
word the removal of that local difficulty
he turns all his powers of soft-soap, or,
failing in that, abuse and ridicule, and he
generally succeeds. The above is one of
that class of feelers, and as the morning
Republican organ does not jump at it,
Dana will class that journal as shy OF
Blaine, and 50 will all others who read
it. There is sense Of grim humor in
likening Blaine and Allison to the two
towers of the great bridge, WiM nobody
bet,Ceen them, which will strike respon-
sive chord in the minds OF many quill
driver in this broad land, and make him
smile despite the daily grinding round to
which he is doomed. Only think OF it;
il the two strong towers of the bridge re-
mained to this day, without tho millions
OF wires and rivets necessary n ompete
the giant web which make u .nsit be-
tween them possible, what Il nuisance
they would be. 1t is the same with
Blaine and Allison. Where are the mil
lions OF connecting links between these
men and the Chief Magistracy OF the Ma
ton? They are browsing in new pastures.
and will come forth in good time with
some one who is better fitted 10 represent
the towers OF the political bridge than
the two savory men mentioned. The
DEMOCRAT thinks we'll of the rank anc
file of the Republican party, and believes
there are hundreds OF thousands of then
who are good citizens, only they are mis-
led by towers OF the Blaine and Allison
type, and they will yet see the error o
their ways in time to come into the folt
of the good Democratic shepherd and b.
saved from another prospective trip t.
Salt River. Logan, Sherman, Hawley
and Evarts too, are rung in by the ga.
old deceiver OF the Sun, but they play
second fiddle, and the Republican pres
is invited by that cute man with tn
office cat, to pay their money and tax
get such lambasting from the said ga.
- Md tfeceiver, as shall start his back teet
adrift and make him think there is n
balm in Gilead, or Dana either, for tina
matter Oh, the coming campaign wi
be high old time for the two gref
towers, and Dana will climb those tower
with his nimble pen and the earth shaI
quake at the resonant whacks OF his gal
pointed quill, as he dances a scalp-danc
on the apex OF those towers, while tn
office cat sings in glee at the spectacle
The quotations from Sun editorials ar
pretty good Democratic campaign mat
rial, and az usual, the DEMOCRAT tender
its thanks and those OF its readers to ii
man OF the Sun, and his office cat.