Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-13
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| Jamning the scribe OF the Examines" Into a
Very Narrow Hole
Ens, ISTELL1GENCER The rhapsodjcal
| and bombasiic scribe OF the Examiner, wbr
! every Saturday evening gives the readers OF
that paper short dissertations on yarious nett .
| topics under the head Of aObseryed and
| Noted" may, for aught We know, be n very
| polished and scholarly individual. But he
| Is not always a fair and reliable yender nj
truthful facts aud statements. When dealing
with any Legitimate subjec he general y vi YES
the public some very wise aud good apo.
thegms, which furnish much food for refiec.
ton. Occasionally his satiric and plauant
sayings arc on a par with some OF the torcible
sphorisms penned by the good Dean OF ST
Pstr!ck's," who Is declared To be the keenest
satirist that ever lived. When, however. as
In last Saturdays ErImiRPr ? he eDdea yors 10
set himself up "a a criterion as to the intel.
lectual differences between a Democrat and A
Republican, and then makes himself rid ion.
lous by proclsiming most puerile, insipid and
nonsensical declarations, to emphasize his
point, he shows his uster lack of tact iudg.
mont and sound sense. He Ia az lncompetent
to discriminate on such differences az a mod
ern warrior Is incapable Of welding the non.
derous and fabulous weapons of Ai.x or
Achilles. A man that makes such an absurd
statement as did this scribe of the Er1Uiper
in saying "the great distinction between a
gence,' and then subsequently, claims that
they (the Republicans, ), are the wise men of
the land, and the Democrats an Ignorant
rabble, proves himself a fool from the word
90. or course mono bat ignorant, bigCted
Republicans will believe such A statament
But the most absurd and untruthiul assertion
this splenetlc scribe made was that "a Demo.
crat, like woman, Jceis but does not thinEu
Now MIR. observed and Noted, :" let me ask
you lew simple questions. Which of the
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votes from the JcetiRg and which from the
thinking yoters2 Is 1t the Republican orator
or journalist that 6&pOunds the real, living
issues OF a national or gubernatorai contest
What Is the Keynote OF mis- campaign cry IL
II not the 'SoIid south Does ne not blind
the eyes Of his signorant partsaus to the burn
ing questions of the day nuging into their
teeth the bloody shirt" Is this not arraying
prejudice and malice against thought and
reason Did not your own "plumed knightr
come all tho way from Maine to Peunsylva.
MIA TO tell tho people Of this state that the |
issues Of our late gubernatorial contest were
identically the same as those which agitated |
the country in the national contest of lS60- |
issues that were wiped out with tho best |
blood OF the North and South? Was this |
appealing to the fsc'iaqoy the Thanking voter? |
What party in this late campaign agitated |
the burning question Of anti-disCFIminatiOn |
w as 1t the hiHilng voter whO allowed him
self 10 he carried away from that issue by the |
steoreotyped cry Of "Free Trade '' The |
tariff t"dS not the real issue OF this or any |
other political contest For no Democratic |
platform ever advocated the cause of free
trade. What tho Democratic party wants
it careful revision Of the tariff and for Re-
publican leaders, orators and organs 10 hood
wink the thinking voters by such base misre-
presentations OF the tariff question is uu just
and scurrilous.
A good, intelligent Democrat can give more
reasons for being what he is in tive minutes
than any Republican can produce Tor the
same purpose III week. Such insipid gush |
~ this scribe OF the Erumluer gave to his
readers last Saturday is only characteristic of
A higoted, conceited Republican, and is not |
worthy Of any further comments.
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