Arizona silver belt., 1888-06-30
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 The nominations are made. Tongues have already begun to wag. bets are being made and knots of street corner politicians are assembled, and plung. ing athwart the political current, ire. quently bump against mysterious reefs that inexperienced pilots have not dis- cevered ID the chart of the river ot political thought. In endeavorlug to escape an argument that is leaded they essay to run a cutoff, in order to find the way out of the forgotten river, and at last secure a resting place from the scene of the latest en- counter at a corner grocery and as selace "wood up," in order that theIr phantom Presidential steamer may again quiyer, stemming the current of wordy political discussion in wbich all take hand, and which is contin- ued until the country is saved by the announcement that one or the other of the parties has been overwhelmed -sgyl F -1Jsrmaugutly dead.
 When we were younger. we felt the result of an election rested upon our shoulders, and so believing, became permanently Stoop-shonldered. The breaking down of others, so painfully visible, is attributable to an excess of politics, and when we see man in that fix we regard the stoop as the Strawberry mark that reveals a long lost brother, which causes us to either turn aside and weep, or claim the privilege of holding him by the hand while we inquire if he has tumbled to the racket, or still sees "through a glass darkly." And thus while in sweet converse, we learn of him his opinion of the rout of home rule for the Territories by the Democratic con vention, in St. Louis, and whether or not he thinks delegate Henry Waiter son. chairman on platform, was en- tirely justified in profanely damning silver, when asked what position it would occupy in the political consti- tuition he was then framing as tether for restraining the candidate to be voted for, and whether or not he, as a Western Democrat, under the circum- stances, would not have thought it entirely proper to have suspended the yellow flag over the doors of the con- vention.
 While the yellow flag would indi- cate infection from Wall street, the party should not despair; It is of viz orous growth, and although it may not succeed this time, the young ath, lstic West will in time assert its man. hood, transfer the seat of political empire from Wall street to some one ofthe boundless p5airies of the West, where gold bugs win not fructify, or find recruits to assist them in down. ing the silver dollars of eur daddies. That being the case we will not cut off the Atlantic seaboard with a shil- ling; we will fortify their coast and provide cruisers for the protection of their cities and shipping, and will en- deavor to forget the time "when we asked for bread and they gave us a stone" The West, in due time, will issue declaration of independence in which her citizens will embody the right of home rule and make it penal offence to curse silver, and while the declaration may contain no mention of the fatted calf, or of buryiDg the hatchet that the East has raised against the West, we will endsavor to hold 1t in perpetual remem brance. But, nevertheless, we will extend the rights of hospitality to tenderfeet who come West to see and sympathize with thslr Indian brethren and, if desira- ble, the West will eat raw flyer for their entertainment, in order to torti- fy their preconceived opinion that we are a murderous people.
 'Tis true that Western men are beetle-brOwed, have hair on their teeth, and carry bowie knives in the 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 Tn church, and oc- casionally put penny in the urn ot charity; but they freely confess they are not as godly as their Eastern brethren, and attribute that as req. son why they arc denied home rule and free coinage of their silver pro auction.
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