National Republican., 1888-01-10
The Happy Family in Politics.

OF all the attractions OF the travelling
caravan In the eyes OF the rural youth,
none could ever equal the "happy family"
which ia usually composed OF varied
natural animation popularity supposed to
be severely incompatible 10 temperament
No first claes show will allow Itself to DO
without this feature, including a leopard,
lamb, Demonstration, baboon, a wild.
cat, rabbit, hawk, and a partridge, peace
fully dwelling together, rivals only In their
efforts TO please each other. The average
boy, who is informed Of the habits OF all
these creatures, views the happy family as
fairy tale illustrated, or In the expects
tion that presently nature will assert itself,
and HE patient waiting will be rewarded
with such scene OF feather pluoklng and
hair pulling aud scratching as will revive
new interest in natural history, and make the
book descriptions appear tame and uniu.
vi;ing.
And yet collection OF this kind will no.
long satisfy the cravings of morbid curos.
ity. Already there is required to keep W
the strained desire for monstrous i0eol
gruiiios some new collection OF grct,,
diversites In disposition, whose recDnAiiI
tion will require power superhu IA.
There Is only one slender possibility OF fun
filling this want Could soms stupaa iDIt
political upheaval draw together the suarl
ing factions Of Dem )cracy, all pregiuJ.
mGrvcls ia the show blsiuess wolll lOsr
their attractiveness The catergaullns o.
the chiefs and the billnssGate Of the b'anfs
pttra ~ Of d
The New York Sun is engaged largely iu
rolling double leadci spitbIlis for soms o.
its Hu.i.frec trade bretoren TO throw g,n'ly
at The beloved Executive. The New York
Worid chceffully greets the late Mr.. rilieu'e
right bower, Dana, as a transparent oil
humbug," while western organ says he IS
verse than MephIstophiles. The common
name afIectiouate y applied to the editor oi
the World is "Judas Pulitzer" Brothsr
Watterson hurls all sorts OF missiles
ut Brother Randall, and Brother Ran
dali is detected quietly whettiug hi
iack-knife on his boot. lie Is not huatiug
with banner and rockets, but watch for
blood In his direction, and later you'll see
1t flow; 1t will not be Randal's blood
either. Brother German Is preparing beds
of thorns for the Maryland kickers, and
they are setting bear traps for him. The
affection OF the factions In Louisiana is
warm, like dynamite, and one Of the faith
full has lately been buried with great pomp.
The Mugwump and the spoils wings in
Massachusetts, are lying in wait for one
another with clubs OF various dimensions
New Jerseys Democrats are afTectlonately
naming each other traitors and cutthroats,
and preparing for Kilkenny cat show.
Indiana's faithful are wrought up, aud
threaten somebody near the fountain head
II their candidates for the penitentiary nre
not cared for. Altogether the beasts of the
field ard the birds of the air should staud
aghast at the exhibition OF this prospective
happy family Of Democracy.
There Is fortune greater than the world
ever knew for one who shall corral aud
tame and unite in happy family the Ran
dalls and the Wattersons, the Danas and
the Pulitzers, the Germans and the Cowers,
the Fellowses and the Curtises, the NJ
Enerys and the Nicholses, the Mugwumps
and the IIunkers, the lower ward b'noys
and the Erglish you-know dudes, the free
trade ciahks and the wire pullcrs M3.t
collecti n to ornament the ssrstest show
on earth ! What 9.isnItsg Of faugs, filing
u .'""s, as~ applying Of corrosive subli-
mae stioGers there would have to he
sS-She outset Of this reconcil! ,uop -.-
And yet the fond hope'ot Democracy is
said to be the fusion, c<|ali this unmiEahle
mass in the ro..,ection campaign. AS OF
old. Il ia prr.nised that they shall be in
scnoradyy united by the "promise OF public
nl,Ider aud the love Of rum " But when
1efeat comes, the renewal of the CARNAGE
will be awful to behold. A roaring farce
will give place to blood curdling tragedy
In all It's phases Democracy is entertaining