Telegram-herald., 1889-04-17


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t1ree u.llor caleltairs ctrQe icslly saia
t.t fa /. seleral e. sasemert trey are seEs
- i4ll tLe HlAiu D0fy. Cle sxCxptlea T.
t1ss re- reachs1 tie dignity II tle pie
rl1lelal A rec4lcltIalt f-g enough fElzl
t1e Cry EA-. q - slmest clt or feacl.
b1t eth - ltLla tle lmHs - fta coulty.
nlafsralLe1 his forces last November ant
Ted tlem almost % the iast ulan. iaLo t1e
hostile camp. ILls casain., ~ ~ poll-i
cal aT1ss promises u ~ iut1 History - q
precedent 10 IS scarcely possible -
lrsAgiae conditions under y llcb lt cAR he
refxAtsd Because ~ q purely local olsA-
grceg1elt between no nssl q y hlie eQIa-
munity- honrishilg town of tira-srs-
eud-ehAnged naturai sides. The heTce
heat of persona! lsat consumed party
lines 4lt turned the town. hitherto over
whsllluslY Democratic. iuto a kepubA-
can stronghold The Jugseruaut was
lo,tcd sioleutly, deviation would have
sawed it = rude shock. THIS ease however
does not initiate against tie proposition
oua - tl.e moss prolific sources ot Nc
Iaush!in's power is the sternness with
which be stamps cut rivalry. Ruin fol-
lows -out. only those who uncoaditlon-
ally surrender can hope for quarter, which
even then Is not always granted
What Mclaughlin owes 70 his silence
cannot De computed. lie listens 10
Thousand words for every one be utters.
Reticence Is natural with him. bat under
spurs hioh evidently draw blood. lie has
occasionally forgotton tie advice ef
P0lonins: "Glye thy thoughts 10
tongue" More than on-o have his words
come back 10 haunt him One memorable
occasion Is especially worthy Of recall
Klnsella dipped his exasperating pen ia
wormwood and Mclaughlin took the
platform Think Of the conditions: at
last the public were 10 have chance 10
listen 70 man 10 whom listening wes
fine art. Hidden from sight. credited with
doing all he did and and much that be did
not do. occupying place appealing 10
nothing so much a. the Imagination,
certain divinity had hedged him hitherto.
The room for speculation concerning him
was infinite. Surely the man who nodded
other men into or out of oblivion must
WELD verbal battle axe fit 10 turn the
tide Of battle. II Was with such thoughts
as these that an audience, measured only
by the capacity Of large hall, gathered 10
give him greeting.
The torrents Of applause that swept
over the Democratic leader as lie bowed
acknowledgement did not dampen him in
the least For such n man such a position
was most exacting, He was facing n null
titude with no training for the ordeal and
TO make the matter worse, something
20, ,fa . aH Of A rf
perhaps two hours duration followed
The most generous thing that can be said
abontit is-nothing. Mclaughlin wrote
its epitaph when the campaign was over.
The precise terms OF the inscription on its
gravestone have not gone into history, but
they were TO the effect that OH resurrec-
tior day il would not, hs trusted, be dis
turbed 1t is scarcely fair 10 dismiss the
effort without adding that it might have
been worse, but not very easily. From
the disastrous effect Of this mistake Nc
Laughlin recovered without trouble.
Much more recent events have unsettled
the political weather in Kings County.
They have given the situation an aspect
such as VII test the fathom of the grim
commander. IL will not be surprising il
from the nettle of danger he plucks the
flower Of safety. At critical moments he
is full of carefully planned surprises. The
opposing forces fall into nmbuscades just
when they are beginning to believe hat aIi
traps have been escaped. Mclaughlin has
the faculty Of doing at perilOus moments
periiOus things, bat shocks that would un-
seat a Mexican leave him still comfortable
in the saddle. And yet n more conserva-
tive rider never put spurs into n party or
restrained il with an iron wrist. This
may have the flavor OF paradoxical,
but il leads naturally TO discussion OF
that quality to which far beyond all others
Mclaughlin IS indebted for lis long leave
Of unchallenged power. His appetite fo
power is Unsuitable, but he IS & miser in isa
exercise This is the keystone of the arch.
the foundation of the whole structure
Occasionally "the old man" does put his
hand on, bat never under any circum
stances when he can avoid it. His govern.
ment is rarely felt. Interference must bs
stern necessity when he INDUCES in II.
The chary use OF his prerogatives makes
him paramount just when deciding mind
is needed
Mclaughlin stands on the auction room
stoop day after day and listens with iEex-
haastibie patience. lie is the reservoir
into which the intelligence of the hour Is
poured and, reservlng hls Judgment al
ways, the direction OF the current soon
becomes manifest TO him. Sealed lips and
open ears make formidable combina-
tion. No man is quicker to detect n pre-
ponderence of sentiment. Just when the
tide has reached its he! ght the leader in
dicates his preference and what il called
his programme is carried out. lie was
Comptroller of the State at an age when
few men have begun to accomplish any
thing politically. and before that had won
distinction a. Speaker OF the Assembly.
To the capacity for handling large enter
prises lie adds a mastery ofminufest detail.
DAVID WECHsLER
Royal Biood in Every body's Veins.