St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-09-05
"LEAN AND HUNGRY REPUBLICAN
SHOATSD

At the joint meeting of the state
republican associations in Washing
ton last week Wednesday, Samuel r.
Stratton, president of the Pennsyl-
vania republican association deliver
ed an address which met with the
endorsement of every office-seeker in
and around Washington. The parts
the hungry office-seekers particularly
praised were these:
1.-The civil bugbear confronts us on
the one hand. and manifest indiffer-
ence on the other. To use homely
expression, it puts us between the
devil and the deep sea- l have be-
come discouraged, and we came to
the conclusion that the best thing to
do is to bring together the members
of the various state associations here
and see what course we can adopt to
bring about a remedy. We know
what we want and what we are en-
titled to, and we want nothing that
does not justly belong to us. If we
amount to nothing, and are not rec
ognized in a fair share of the official
spoils and plumber, then the sooner
we know it the better for us. Our
heart will not be filled until every
available official place at the dispos-
al of the appointing power of the
government is filled with true and
tried republican. The only fault l
have to find with our party manage
ment is that after it has achieved a
glory it belittles it by becoming too
susceptible to the seductive influences
of the democratic 'Delilah.' 1t is en-
tirely too ready to accept as evidenc
es of true affection the olive branches,
the Iscariot kiss and other peace and
other peace and thank offerings ten
dered it by the willy old democratic
serpent. 1t might be we'll in this con-
nection to submit few political
proverbs, which, if strictly followed,
would guard against any traps or
webs that might be laid for unwary
and guileless republican feet"
Mr.. STATIONS aXiOms were as fol-
lows: First, never trust a political
snake, dead or alive, for, like a gun,
it is dangerous without lock, stock
or barrel; second, never put clubs in
the hands of your enemies with which
to beat out your brains, if you have
any; third, favors and conciliatory
offerings to late political adversaries
are evidences of cOwardice and
weak spinal vertebra; fourth, make
peace only with such elements as will
help your party, no odds by what
name they are called, or what badge
they wear; fifth, forgiveness of party
enemies and alienation of party
friends is not good way to secure
the retention of party supremacy;
sixth, beware of false prophets and
he who comes in sleeps clothing; an
inside traitor is worse than a hum
dred open enemies; seventh, delays
politics choose between the parties ;
let one be your political enemy, the
other your friend if you try o please
both you will offend both.
THE reason why | referred to our
party machinery at ALL" continued
Mr.. Stratton, lis because l am con-
stantlv reminded on the street and
elsewhere of the fact that we have
met the enemy and we are theirs;
that the spoils of victory are in the
hands of the enemy to an alarming
extent; that the still SOW drinks the
official swil1, and these still sows are
part and parcel of the democrat
ic herd, bequeathed the republican
party by his late eminent highness,
Grover the first and the last; that
this pork is fat enough to kill, and
that it ought to be disposed of while
the official knife is sharp and the
can shoats who have been roofing
and digging for the past four years
in hopes to get a whack at Uncle
Sans crib before the corn is all gone. ;"