, 1888-10-30

Meldrum never made any pretensions as a
public speaker. Still, he was a Republi-
can nominee for congress in 1882. Alex
ander IL. Swan does not pretend to be a
public speaker, and Yet the Republicans
of this territory considered him capable of
representing Wyoming in 1880, and | have
no doubt he would have made a capable
representative. Is Perry Organ beneath
either of these men in ability? Can he
not express himself as well as either of
them?
But this fling is unjust and unwarrant-
ed. Perry Organ is a man of no mean
ability. His life shows that. No man
can alone and unaided rise from such a
humble beginning to the position he now
occupies without possessing ability of a
rare degree. Had he adopted a profess
sion instead Of choosing a business lite,
and brought to it the same sound judg-
ment, the same ~tireless energy, the same
honesty of purpose, he could not but have
succeeded and been a leader IN the pro-
tession. 1t is not necessary that a man
should be a professional man in order to
be an able man. There is more ability in
the business world to-day than in all the
professions combined. There are more
jackasses ~masquerading as doctors, law
yers and editors than there are numbskulls
in the business world.
Perry Organ is a business man, and a
successful one. The duty of a delegate in
congress is business, not speech making.
The possession of the fuency of speech
by a delegate may be a positive damage to
him and his constituents. as | shall pres
emily prove.
THE DELEGATES INFLUENCE.
a delegate from a territory is useful,
and only useful, to his constituents, by
being either of the majority party in
congress, or by being non-partisan. If
he belongs to the minority and is a parti-
san, he can do ro'hiH~: If he belongs to
the minority and is / bipartisan, he can
do something; If he belongs to the major
lty. he is able to accomplish a great deal.
1t a be assumed, no matter how the
head of the ticket goes, that the next
congress, that is the lower house, will be
Democratic. No one who knows any
thing about the present congressional APP
portionment doubts this proposition. The
Democrats have had the lower house
twelve years out of fourteen. and it is
next to impossible to reverse the majority.
Perry Organ will be of and In sympathy
with the majority party in congress.
Politics is politics and congressman are
politicians, 1t matters not to what party
they belong. The majority party in con-
gress will always lend a more willing ear
to a delegate of their W political faith,
will be more eager to aid him than one
who is opposed to them politically. And
why? Territories will not always be ter
~riJories. By strengthening a delegate at
home, by giving him what he requests for
his constituents, strengthens his party in
the territory, and a Democratic g
will not lie awake at night to devise
means by which to build up the Republi-
can party in Wyoming territory.
NON PARTIsANsHIP 1 A DELEGATE.
What little Judge Carey has accom-
plIshed for this territory during the last
four years he has done by reason of his
OF his having had no opposition two years
ago. In this campaign he has exhibited
the cloven hoof of the partisan. His in
situations and reflections against Presi-
dent Cleveland at the ratification meeting
as a delegate from this territory. Should
asks for anything hereafter that he will
pO AhiOi hiCu ny luS uldlOIlJy Ill CODRTGSS
that they do not propose to strengthen a
partisan at home and build up a Republi-
can party to send him to the senate. And
Wyoming will be informed that if she
expects anything hereafter she must send
as her delegate a man who is in sympathy
with the majority or else one who is not a
partlsan-one who does not abuse Presi
dent Cleveland.
Now to prove what | say | will quote
from Hon. w. w. Corlett, who has writ
ten a letter of endorsement of Judge
Carey. A lawyer always strengthens him
self in court if he can turn his adverse
rvs argument against him, or by corrob-
Grating his case by the testimony of his
opponents witnesses. Now | admire
Mr.. Corlett as a lawyer; | have great re-
spect for him as a man; but | cannot I'M
derstand him as a politician. In this
respect he reminds me of the old story of
the cross-eyed butcher and his colored
assistant. The colored man was to hold
the steer while the butcher knocked it in
the head.
CoRLETT AS A MINORITY DELEGATE
As the butcher raised the hammer to
strike, the colored man shouted out to
him, Hold on; see here, boss, does you
strike where o look, or do you look
where you strike. case if you strike where
you look I'll try and get away Now,
in politics, Corlett never strikes the way
he looks. He was always looking toward
Republicanism and striking at Democ.
racy. He is always condemning high
tariff as the sum of all villainies, and yet
he never votes against its advocates. |
believe in protection as a principle, but |
do not believe in the war tariff. Nh.
Corlett does not believe in protection as a
PRINCIPLE. and yet he votes for the princi-
pie of high tariff when he votes for the
advocates of high tariff, If all the low
tariff men of the country were like Mr..
Corlett, it would be useless to attempt a
revision. As old Simon Cameron said
about his son in.law. Wayne McVeigh,
he is a irst-claSs lawyer, but as a politi.
clan he Is a id mystery"