Arizona silver belt., 1888-06-30
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belng made and knots of street corner politicians are assembled and plune ing athwart the political current ire quently bump against mysterious reef that inexperienced pilots have not dis covered m the chart of the river o- political thought. in endeavoung te escape an argument that is leadet they essay to run cut.of, in order to find the way out of the forgotten river, and at last secure a resting place frcm the scene of the latest en. counter st cornav grocery and as q solace wood up, in order that then phantom Presidential steamer may ain quiyer, stomming tho current sl
 }y political discussion in which
 Se a hand, and which is contin.
 ntil the country is saved by the announcement that one or tho other of the parties has been overwhelmed and IS permanently dead
 When we were younger, We felt the result of an election rested upon our shoulders, and so believing, became permanou Iy stoop.shoudorcd. The breaking down of others, so painfully Isible, is attributable to an excess of tties, al d when We see man in
 tG we regard the stoop as the
 'erry mark that reveals long
 her. which causes us to either de and weep, CT claim the privilege of holding him by the hand while we inquire if be has tumbled to the racket, or shll sees through a glass darkly.' And thus while in weet converse, we learn of him his 'pinlon of the rout of home rule for -he Territories by the Democratic con .ntion, in St, Louis and whether or .ot he thinks delegate Henry Waiter son, chairman on platform, was en- tirely justified in profansly damning silver, when asked what position it 4uld occupy in the political consti- ,ion he was then framing as a tether
 restraining the candidate to be
 ] for, and whether or not he, as a estern Democrat, under the njses 2.- oces monld na' lave though, it
 fely proper to have suspended the 5lIow flag over the doors of the con. vention.
 While the yellow flag would indi- cato infection from Wall street, the
 should not despair; It is of viz orous growth, and although it may not succeed this time, the young ath. letic West will in time assert it's man. hood, transfer tho seal of political empire from Wall street to some one of fthe boundlsss prairiss of the West, where gold bugs will not fructify, or Hnd reclnlts to assist them in ds1n- ing the silver dollars Of our daddies. That being the case we will not cut of tas Atlantic ssaboard with a shil- ling; VIC will fortify their coast and provide cruisers for tho protection of their cities and shipping, and will en- deaTor to forget the time when we asked for bread and they gave us a stone. The West, in due time, win Iisue a declaration of independence in whleb her citizens will ombody the rght of home rule and make it a penal offence to curse silver, and while the declaration may contain no mention she iatted calf, or of burying the 1.chet that tho East has raised rnnst the West, we will endsavor to
 in perpetual remembrance.
 Esrtheless, We will extend the
 Jspitality to tenderfaet who
 to see and sympathize with
 n brethren and, if desira-
 est will sat raw liver for
 "rtaIument, in order to iorti-
 preconceived opinion that we --g murderous people.
 'Tis true that Western men are beetle-browed, have hair on their teeth, and carry bowie knives in tho legs of their boots, They are, how ever, of the same race of people that enacted the blue laws of Connecticut, and like them sleep m church, and oc- casionally put a penny in tho urn of charity; but they freely confess they Are not as godly as their Eastern brethren, and attribute that as req son why they are denied home rule and free coinage of their silver pro. ! duction.