Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1888-11-23
CLOSING REFLECTIONS.

Ii is the portion of the right to be
triumphant in apparent defeat The stole
of To day, being right, may rail at his tor
mentors like any great heart of classic times.
Put to this the present torture of misfortune,
the spirit OF tariff reform and more honest
government may mock its captors. What
are all they in their present gloryY Docs
the foreigner pay the tax because Harrison
is electedl Are trusts private and sacred
enterprises because Blaine wins? Is civil
service reform wrong because on the 4th of
next March every Democrat will be purged
from the departments Are dear blankets
blessing because the whiskey tax is to be
abolished?
There always have been times when the
counsel OF the fool with cap and bells was
of greater advantage than the advice and
admonition of the sagest minister on the
other side Of the bed of justice-the seat of
power No propaganda ever began with
more evil prospects than the contention that
WAS telegraphed from Paris last December.
AS the convention OF railroad attorneys at
Chicago brought forth their candidate and
platform, it seemed to many good men that
the Republican cause was blasted at it's
birth The utter elimination of Gresham
and Allison, the only clean elements in the
convention, the brazen dogma Of the in
falibillity ofhigh taxation, the labelling of to.
bacco as necessary and sugar as luxury
these noisome beginnings seemed to offend
common Intelligence. The vacillation of
the Seaaie gava tacit rcbuke to the Nc
Einey platform, The landing OF Blaine
and all his speeches only tore away the
veil of sophIstries that conceals the Khalif
of Protection from the gaze of his deludcd
subjects. Attacks on the President revealed
the honesty of his character. Assaults on
his patriotism confounded his enemies with
the proofs of their own villainy.
In every way the moral, political and
sentimental position of President Cleveland
was mpregnable. The siege laid was weak
and faint-hearted. Yet the citadel is taken,
and the head OF wise and noble COM
handkerchief is on pike over the port.
4 cullis
There were some few signs that might
h the watches on the high towers.
Butler, bird of most evil omen, pre-
ing disaster, appeared on the horizon.
Bourbon spirit of privilege, ensconced
within az well as beleaguering without, gave
evidence oil mutiny. The President himself,
, gazing alar off, did not deign to notice GER
tain petty assaults. A little more expe.
diency here, a favor Of trickcry there, ruse
\ and stratagem, and the New York gate
would not have opened to the enemy.
The repeal of the internal revenue laws,
excepting butter tax, follows as the essence
Of the victory.
The increase Of the war tariff Is already
! foreshadowed in the Senate substitute for
the Mills bill The people have declared
favor OF higher taxation according to
be Senate's plan. 1t may be that in more
fastening the gives of monopoly
bof the people care will be
the outer Appearances of equali.
eduction.
flly attitude toward other ma.
eult as a necessity of situation
9Th is laid in bigotry and rancor.
Mere will re-appear visibly In
government James G. Blaine, the
hgerous man who has confronted
srican people since Aaron Burr.
Ills necromancy upon the ignorant
Increasing success, he will advance to
" conques!s of rascality