New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-05

emuIoye of the Government should dare to put
his name 20 . publication of this kind His in
digna "a received opportunity to cool of
when K him was shown a similar publication
with the name of the Democratic clerk of tho
Democratic Ways and Means Committee of the
House attached TO it, Then he was also reminded
of the famous case of District-Attorncy Benton.
who had been removed by Mr. Cleveland, not be-
cause OF offensive partisanship but because he
was supposed to be disloyal to the Administration
and TO have referred to it as belonging to the
:" dirty sock Democracy"
Everybody except Mr. Vest remembered. of course
how at the time Republican, District-At-
torney in Pennsylvania was bounced, and how
though in each of these two cases there existed
good reasons for reinstating the men, Mr. Glove
land saw fit only restore the Democrat to Office
All this recalled to Mr.. Vest when he shouted
that II a Democratic clerk of Democratic ways
and Means Committee had done this thing he
would be in favor of disciplning both. The spec
tacie of MIR Vest a spoils7 Democrat Of the
worst type, assuming superior airs over MS clei,
whose praises he sung at the same TINE, was SUI
fciently ludicrous warrant grave Senator'S ire
syective of party. in laughing heartily at the
little giants" expense. Upon Mr.; Reagan how
For the life of him he couldn't see any humor in
the situation. and presently he broke out INTO
one of The widest flights Of imagination Dug,
nincd Senator of the United States ever INDUCED
in II is difficult TO see how he lugged II in but
suddenly he startled his audience by declaring
that the human mind could not realize the extent
Of billion dollars. A billion dollars, ne dc,
clared. contained more units than there had passed
seconds since the birth of Christ
Mr. Blair, who had been quietly figuring on
little slip of paper, remarked b,ndly
simple calculation will show the Senator from
Texas that so 900 600, 900 seconds have passed. dr
ing the Christian hence his statement contains
only one-siXtieth part of the truth-about the
average of truth contained in most oil ms n'ter-
ances. sympathize with the senator rom eN am
<or ho,p a1yroc NH of a
myself. even to the extent of being frohioi'ion-
ist'
This seemed TO upset Mr.. Reagan completely.
Heretofore he had regarded himself as states
man; his friends and admirers occasionally re,
ferred to him a sly old dog; many people Iooke9
upon him as a low demagOGue, but IL remaiheuu
for Mr. Blair to class him among the cranks,
Mr. Blair calmly continued, ticking from MS
desk copy of The Tribune OF to-day
Tho New-York Tribune. in party sense is the only
Trustworthy newspaper in New.York Is is emnenuy
truthful Ii is only Of It's occasional severity
toward tho Democratic party that the Senator from Mis-
souri, and others assa IT, The more profound ana con
scientous and just judge is the more sure he Is TO
pronounce sentence death occasionally Let no guilty
man escapc- Tho Tribune has occasionally good cause
to pronounce sentence Of death the Democratic party
but the fault In Tribune. but in the Democratic
rartv I doubt that higher power than The New
York Tribune again pronounced sentence OF death on
tho Democratic party and trust that the execution Will
take place next November
Mr. Blar then sent TO the clerks desk The
editorial entitled The Secret Out lie regretted
that the article was somewhat personal to MT
Cleveland, but if for Mr.. Clevelands name there
was substituted the Democratic party and the
article were applied to it, then there would be
no objection. The reading of the article was
followed with close attention. IL was evidently
appreciated 1t struck most people as an eN-
cectlingly good one. At any rate, neither Mr.
Reagan nor Mr. Vest cared to answer 1t. The
former entered upon discussion OF the meilts OF
the present Administration and finally he blub-
bercd out something about having bccn called
"a crank which he declared to be the hardest
thing ever said Of him. Corncled regarding MS
own record on the temperance question, ne de-
clarcd that he had relied upon his own Judgment
and conscience in voting for prohibition IN his
own State
Why. to rely upon ones own Judgment"
exclaimed Mr. Blair innoccnlv. Is the most ab-
solute characteristic Of o crank.
The remark was greeted with shouts OF iaueh-
ter REAGAN alone renamed uIImovcd. :us onY
answer was taunt that NJ Blair wanted 10
educate ali the American people.
The Senator is mistaken, promptly replied
Mr. Blair Il never thought Of educating Amerl-
cans as old as the Senator from Texas. The task
would be hopeless one
The debate came to an end simply because there
was nothing left Of Mr.. Reagan. 1t was the
second time within month that Mr llalf, -
ycaccful on ordinary occasions. had " LAID ont
bis man, and in each ease, an offensive Southern
nre-C0ter.