The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-15
Quay, Dudley and Garrison.

| lHe retirement Ol senator quay
from the republican committee is
looked upon by many good persons
as sign of improvement in the par
ty. 1t may be so; but if Clarkson is
his successor, the improvement is not
very material. 1t is merely a change
of men without change of methods.
1t is true that Clarkson has one adj
vantage over Quay, in that he has
not been charged with the crimes
which have been laid at the door of
the Pennsylvania man; but as poll
ttician he is a man after Quay's own
heart, though he has perhaps greater
faith than has Quay in the power of
the press, In the campaign of 1888
Quay was credited with the sage re-
mark that documents cannot vote;
and he ceased to circulate literature
considerable time before the cleo
ton. He had more effective use
for his money; it was applied to some
thing that could vote. Clarkson,
however, has at various times within
the last two years publicly lamented
the scarcity of republican newspa-
pers, and has urged his party to de-
vote more attention to educational
work.
1t must not be inferred from this
that Clarkson is different in any es-
sential respect from Quay as to the
means to be employed in politics.
He wants, it is true, to employ the
press, but he wants to employ it af-
ter the republican fashion, to confuse
and misrepresent the issues involved
The campaign of 1888 gave to the
country sufficient illustration of re-
publican educational methods in
forged extracts from the English
papers and in various other features
that will be readily recalled. Clark
son was party to about all that was
done in that campaign. He occupied
a prominent position on the commit
tee, was cognizant of the peculiar
ways and means resorted to by Quay,
and approved them. He is after the
spoils, and is not particular as to
how he obtains them. In office he
was headsman, nd since his re-
tirement he has shown himself proud
of his record, when, as has frequent
iy been the case, it has been approx
ingly referred to by his political as
sociates.
Nor does the resignation Of Dud-
ley mean that we are to have no more
blocks of five. Dudley looked after
Che details only. The main element
in the whole affair was the corrup-
tien of the ballot, and Dudley was
not alone responsible for this. He
simply carried out, perhaps in his
own way, the policy of his party.
Without this policy the party can
not carry Presidential election, and
its leaders are well aware of this
fact. Dudley will have a successor,
unworthy, perhaps, of his position.
but still a willing and ready sub
stitute for the retired corruptionist.
There is one symptom which must
not be overlooked. 1t may be that a
disordered liver has been mistaken
for troubled conscience. Both Quay
and Dudly are disgruntled with the
Administration, and both are sup
posed to favor the nomination OF
some one other than Harrison in
1892. Dudley has recently spoken
his piece upon this subject, and Quay
has long been known to be displeas-
ed with the treatment which he and
his friends have received in the mat
ter of spells, though for time he
had full recognition at the White
House. The probability is that these
worthless have left the committee on
~ to be free to support Blaine, whose
purposes in regard to the nomina
tion have occasioned so much I'M
easiness among the friends of the
President. The letter of Mr.. Joseph
Manley, in which it is stated that
Blaine will probably accept the nomi-
nation If the convention requests INN
to do SO, is clear indication that
Mr.. Harrison has no walk over. If
Mr. Blaine permits his friends to Of
fer his name, Pennsylvania will be
for him, and Quay will be at the
head of the republican party of that
State. If Dudley can accomplish
anything, and usually he can, Indi-
ana will not be enthusiastic for the
second term. 1t behooves Mr.. Har-
rison to look we'll into the meaning
of what has taken place, else-he may
realize hereafter the difference be-
tween the liver and the conscience of
his party. Whatever it means, it is
perfectly safe to say that it does not
mean publication, or change of
methods. Corruption has been too
seryiceable to be abandoned at this
time of tribulation.-Courier Jour
nal.
The Beauty Standard.
The standard of female loneliness
varies greatly in different countries