Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-01

of ofIce-holders and patronage dependents u
will not dare 10 take It. Think OF this, the
Washington representative of leading
Republican newspaper Of the country told me
that within the past twelve months he had
changed the addresses OF over 200 subscribers
| Ia his paper from tho departments In which
they were employed TO their homes they
were afraid To be seen aud known as patrons
Of Republican newspaper Turn tho ras-
| calls out.
An eminent gentleman IRON great state
every state IL great In It's way--perambula-
ting the low-ceiled corridor of ono OF the
department buildings the other day, was ap-
preached by veteran ofiice-holder with
whom he had long standing personal rela.
tions and implored 10 lend his influence to
keep the veteran-veteran office .holder-ip
"Why," said the eminent gentleman
nent gentleman being Democrat, Of course
-" Amt you Republican ?' al was
always," was the timid response. "And your
father was Wing, your grand father was a
Federalist; your one son " In the Treasury,
another In the Postofice department; your
brother In tho Pension bureau and your
nephew door-keeper here" TO ali of
| which the old gentleman assented. "Then
| what In the name OF decency can I, a politi-
clan. say In your behalfT" You might
say" was the quiet answer, "that approve
Of this administration"
| -.
The case of the reappointment OF Mrs.
Thompson, postmistress st Louisville, Is tho
great ishoo in Kentucky and II promises
to permeate and animate tho politics OF that
| Si''e 'or soiho "'io " oo''o' "'S' ihonP
| sons politics seem TO be little uncertal ;
| there isn't much doubt of her religious status
she Is the daughter of Alexander Campbell,
founder of the Church of the Discip,es. and as
| such had the backing before this OF Garfield
| Judge Black and other shining lights among
| those who were hrst called CHRISTIANS In
| west Nirginia.
| ~ was on these people, you WIN remember,
| one OF them, who had strayed into Ken
.uchy 'own on a snhosy morning, M Went
| 80 =. .,hs;s,ion ,hnrnh T., tha ,i.aa +. ani
| the long. Iank native ipterropatsd. answered
| that all the churches in town were Christian
except +" that id Camellite church up on
| the hiil.'
| i met nice looking young man from
Louisville on train the other day, who
| seemed TO know something about society,
business and politics there. lie assured me
the fuss over Mrs. Thompson's appointment
was nearly all in the Eastern papers; that 1t
was pleasing to many OF the Democrats OF
the city and the great body OF its people that
when she was appointed by Republican
presidents the partisans OF that faith kicked
forty other contestants not one was very
hard- WORKING penocrat that Mrs I. was
A. .i.i.
To her reannointment and il was one of his
wicked partners who was bowling through
the Courler-Journdt and that of this part
ner aforesaid somsDody had said, IN the
meeiingt To approve Mrs. lhompson's reap
pointment, that he-the Tartner-hadn't as
inuch democracy IN ali MS blood ana body
as there was Ill one drop OF lhe persplration
that rolled from the brow OF the great Jere-
man sullivan Biack' ana SO IL goes IN
Louisville ana from Sitka 10 lainpa bay.
IL is great ana glorious country Tree
speech ana Tree press ana stili TOO many
hepuplicahs Ill once.
~
time the constituents of Proctor Knott, in
mass meeting assembled, found themselves
without resolutions anu IN sore need OF them.
ihey seht coInlii'.ee uoWn into the pushes
niaa md ,ney coma hact s.iih thssa Ia,'i
Rhoaes heIno chsirman nj the nl,trnrn, com
mittee.
Ree-SoggeJ. That the Constitooshun of
united states and the decIaratun of india
nendeng IL a abel and wei. .riten dok vment.
-, ,,,. hara,,,, ,,r,,as, ,o;,, ,ba ro,o.I ., ,Ia
sain, ''''S f'''''' "' III ''' ''p0'' VI ''''
r. soy,,,y That Il, our ,ol,ar oo,,a, .,,i
Rhodes wa view a honest man. and we
hereby numinat him for the offs of by
sheriff.
-
Judge black once told that story IN his
own lhiihitaele way al fourth oi Juiy
celebration III iarls anu old men WePt WIN