The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-13
v,Rc,n,A's NIGHTMARE.


- Gaming Struggle Itetween Malone
lam and Cam sAon ibecency.
The unanimous nomination OF Ma
hone Tor Governor OF Virginia makes
4 sharply defined issue between Ma
honeism and dccency. and the CAM
nnien will DO d hot one. The nominn-
lion removes all doubts Of Democratic
solidarity. Tho Democrats who. be-
!ng engaged in the tobacco business.
think The iirst reduction Of Federal
taxes should be on tobacco. will forget
their differences with those who adyo-
catc immediate reduction Of tariff
taxes. No man alive can bring more
straight Democratic votes 10 the polls
IN Virginia than Mr.. Malone. His
nomination OF himself under such cir
cumstances Is characteristic OF tho
man. lie Is rs pugnacious as he i
dictatorial. BY nominating himself
he humiiiates his enemies In his own
party and infuriatcs the Democrats.
Il i not probable that he expects clcc-
ton. but the fight will give him the
xecnest enjoyment
The platform on which he was
nominated Is such q studied and
elaborate tumble Of Incompatible IDEAS
that Il Is more suggestive OF night
mare than OF any thing else 1t glor-
lilies Virginia and calls for Federal
interference in its politics; II indorses
the Confedcracy and supports the
Union; il denounced the Democrats
for giving Office to ''ex-cavalry brig
adiers and the like rather than TO
farmers. while General Malone and
his brigadicrs were waiting TO be
nominated on it; il Is in favor OF every
thing every body wants. from the free
coinage Of silver to exemption from
working the roads; It is bitterly OPP
posed 70 every thing every body does
not like to do, from paying incon-
vcnicnt debts TO getting the worst Of a
bargain. II Is for high taxes and low
taxes II wants Federal tariff taxes
kept up and Virginia State taxes kept
down. and il there j. any thing else il
has failed 20 favor or oppose. whether
it i free school books and clustering
care for tho oyster beds on the one
hand. or bad roads and immortality on
the other. Il must have been omitted
only because the platform committee
was too drunk to think Of il.
Or. il We reject this charitable view.
we must account for the platform as a
piece Of pure Mahoncism; m attempt
TO appeal at the same time to ex-Con-
federatcs and negroes. This makes IL
ludicrous- n very shark D; plat
form. to unravel which is an attempt
attended BY the same difficulties de-
scribcd by the doggercl bard in writ
ing Of his encounter with that incon-
scquential creature OF indigestion:
Every night after dark
engage with the Snarx
In = dreamy. delirlou- nghs:
And serve him with greens
In those shalowy scenes
And use him for str king light.
This suggests but does not limit the
possibilities Of this creation Of Ma
honcism tho Virginia nightmare. 1t
will cut no figure in the fight. for the
issue Is Malone. and the Virginia
Democrats lose all sense Of humor
when the question is for or against
Malone. They will undoubtedly de-
feat him by majority that ought 70
dispose OF him finally.
la the meantime the demand Is
made for 1.-THE full recognition OF the
civil ana political equality Of this (Na-
honey party. its organization and its
constitutions BY the National party
and Administration which must
mean that President Harrison must
send Tanner and BloclSs-of-Fivc bud
ley down 10 assist in making good the
platform guarantees Of "full sympa-
Thy and succor for the disabled Con-
fcderate. or the widow or orphan Of
dead Confederate soldiers. st. Louis
Republic.