Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-10


tic intellects in charge Of the ma
chine.
Whenever a new man was pushed
to the front by his neighbors and
friends, be was met with the stereo-
typed cry eve need our most ex-
perienced men in all the responsible
places in these troublous times, at
will never do to swap horses while
crossing a stream" aud that stream
grew wider and more turbulent and
its shifting sands grew more dau-
gerous each succeeding campaign.
The old political hacks fed at the
crib snd tibbled the pasture, with
one eye slightly closed when look
ing at each other, but with a warn
ing frown when gazing upon those
outside the fence and asking recog-
milton at the hands Of great party
whose faithful servants they had
been when there was work TO do IN
the campaigns and at elections.
This worked very well for fifteen
or twenty years; but there came a
time when forbearance ceased to be
virtue and there was heard NUT
terings Of a coming storm. The
old-time bosses took the helm in
1884 and said to the young, vigor-
Gus, ambitious young men, "stand
back and see how we will knock out
this old Bourbon party. We are
accustomed to this thing, we have
been at it for quarter of century"
The men who graced that "post of
honor the "private station" obeyed
the commands of the self-constituted
office holding bosses and awaited
the result.
Something dropped.
1t was the chronic office-holding
bosses.
There were many dry eyes at that
funeral.
The impartial patriotic private
citizen saw in the humiliating de-
feat a priceless benefit to the Repub-
licau party and the country.
1t taught the leaders Of the party
that there must be a change occa-
sionally in some of the Offices.
1t taught them that the fact that
man had held an Office for twenty
years was no reason why he should |
hold il for twenty years more.
1t taught them that the party must
"fre" its "chronics" or the country
will do it gratuitously.
While we are thus confidential |
let us remark that it is not the first
duty of the new President to put
back in office the old "back mum
bers" of former times.
1t is unequal taxation" to compel |
these moss-coyered patriots and |
corn afflicted settlers" to again
assume ali responsibility
They should have an extended |
rest -Four years is not sufficient
for those oyerworked servants to
get fully rested
MIR, Harrison will de- well to look |
around among the men of the pres
ent generation and find those who
have not been worn out in the pub
lie service.
Their name is legion and the
great majority of the rank and file /
of the party expect a new deal.
We will embalm the familiar
faces of the cold timers" in our
memory and keep their services and |
sacrifices constantly before our eyes
while the new men perform the ar
duous lsbors that have turned our
older brothers gray and made sug-
gestlye wrinkles in their manly |
brows.
In the mail service it will be nee
essary to put back some of the old |
men at once to take the places Of the |
ineompetents who never had the /
opportunity in their youthful days /
to learn to read. This will be an
easy task, and with this exception
we must earnestly request our new
President and those who have pos
session of his ear at any time to see
to it that in the general "round up" /
we get what will be recognized by /
all as an honest "new deal"
And for this the Herald will ever
pray with feryent zeal, with con
seriousness that so just prayer will |
be fully and completely answered.