Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28
DRIFT OF OPINION.

BBn Postmaster-G General Dickinson is
"nervously Frustrated So is the
mall service. ~ Cleveland Leader.
IThe biggest political machine in
this broad country is The whisky ring
1t appears to have a large slice of the
Democratic party by the tail. atlanta
Constitution Dem.
BYaTo talk of a Democrat being
"better than his party" is absurd. If
there is such a man, he is no longer a
Democrat, but has become Repub-
lican. - Chicago Journal.
BsH@For years and years the Demo-
cratic party of Kentucky has suffered
from a sort of dry rot. Windbags have
been elevated to the rank of states
men. - Memphis 4vala,ache (Dem.)
The developments in the lard in.
vestigation at Washington bear a close
resemblance in point of general filth
cess to the revelations which accom-
PAW 4 trial of Democratic tally-sheet
rorgers ST Louis Globe Democrat.
BsgNew quarters have been leased
for the post-office at Washington.
Congress would make an appropria-
ton for q new office, but the money is
needed for buildings at cross roads in
the South, and Washington citizens
have no votes. - Indianapolis Journal.
Bag The assurance of Ben Harrison
that Indiana will cast her electoral
vote for the nominee Of the National
Republican convention, no matter who
he may be, has the melody of real
music about it. That is the sort OF
talk the country wants to hear from
Indiana this year. Philadelphia Press.
De1FThe Republican party under
stands perfectly that it has a difficult
task before it to win in the approach.
ing political campaign; but Democrats
who are counting on weakness and
timldity on the part of Republicans
will find themselves grandly mistaken.
The record shows that the Republican
party fights best when it is apparently
in a minority. It is then most agrees
sive, united and triumphant. -Al6ans
Journal.
BB~It is source of great regret to
Mr.. George William Curtis that Mr..
Cleveland is a Democrat. He is con.
stantly endeavoring to prove that
Cleveland is notvery much Of a Demo.
crat-a sort of Democratic mugwump.
MI. Curtis should bear in mind that
mugwumps can not nominate any body
OF elect him. 1t is to the Democratic
party that MI. Cleveland must look for
the nomination, however much he
might like to be in perfect accord with
MI. George William Curtis. kansas
City Journal.
Neg@A leading aspirant for Demo-
cratic Presidential nominations, now
dead, called Lincoln 80 smutty old
tyrant." A prominent journal now
training with the Democracy cartooned
him as leaning drunk against saloon
bar. A Democratic sheet once called
Grant the blear- thief of the
White House. A leading Democratic
journal of this city to this day refers to
Hayes us a fraud and thief Com
pared with these coarse malignities
MI ingalls, definition of MI Cleye-
land is us polished and elegant as it is
vigorously Y. Press.
DsTA Chicago paper complains that
some circulars mailed from its business
office seven weeks ago are just now
being delivered, and thinks the Demo-
cratic postmaster ought to do better
than that. AS the Chicago paper sup
ported the Democratic President who
appointed the Democratic postmaster,
it should not complain about little
thing like seven weeks delay in the
delivery of its mail. The resurrected
postmaster doesn't know any better,
probably, and is running things in the
good old Democratic style that pre-
vailed ''befo' the wah. st. PAU
Pioneer-Press