The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1891-12-12
Notwithstanding

satisfied, Notwithstanding the
smiles and unctious proclamations
given out to the unlnitrated that,
scverything is lovely and and the
goose hangs high," that every
thing is not so "lovely' as some
at least, weuId have everybody be-
lieye. The fiery gentleman from
the "Lone Star State," for instance
who went from Dan to Bersheba
preaching the doctrine of "Free
Trade" throughout the land as he
travelled making converts by thous-
and Che thought, we cannot, for
the lite of us, believe that every
thing is lovely to his vision when
he espies the gentleman from Geor-
gIa perched up in the tree where,
no doubt. he was entitled lin
his mind) to roost himself. Every
thing must seem to be wrong to
the mind of the great Texan ever
since the ambition of his life, the
reality of which has vanished into
the air like an empty dream +! Such
is life, Mr.. Mills is human J
The other aspirants to WELD the
gavel and failed in their effort are
naturally a lutte sore but not to
that extent az the gentleman just
named, with possibly the excep-
ton of the gentleman from Illinois.
All the beautiful roses grown in
the wide prairies of the great
West, banked upon this veterans
bosom, could not hide the pangs of
disappointment in his heart. Mr..
Springer did really believe that he
would be chosen Speaker of the
Uaited States House of Represen-
tatives But, alas, alas, his high
bope is blasted and ambition, like
the sLast rose of summer, has
faded and gone" Even the great
Senator just sworn in from his
State cannot console the statesman
from the prairIps
The other defeated candidates
Can bear their discontinue with
more show of grace than either Ol
the two gentlemen named. Messrs.
Hatch and McMlllen, never had
any thought that either would bt
chosen but entered the race tC
show to the country that
they were strong men at theil
homes and deserving recognition
in the making up of the C mmittee
so that they could take care ol
their henchmen. Mr.. Stevens who
received one vote all through is
proud of the fact he had unani.
nous and unfnched support from
start to finish. No scars here.
Now the "Busy little insect
bazzes off % inspect the "Spartan
Band.' First, be finds LeOnidas
(Mr. Reed) in good shape, muscles
strong, eye bright, and ears open
to all he sees or hears from the
direction of the Persian camp, and
he and compatriots are firm IN the
belief, that when the hour of CON-
bat arrives, the people will arise
and drive back the barbarians
from their territory although the
pass of ThermopIyea be filed up by
the dead bodies of their brethren !!
There are no weeping with fear
and apprehension for the result OF
the battle to come off on the 9Th of
November 1892. AS the French OF
old use TO say "Deu ct mon droit''
God and my righl) it is expected.
prayed for and hoped that the
American people will arise i'll their
might and sweep the enemies OF
"Freedom and Justic" into the
sea Aud no more will be heard
the mOans of the lowly aud op-
pressed in the land, but every
man, surrounded by the comforts
of life. join the glad acclaim: "All
are free and happy from sea to sea,
and from Arctic to Antarctic re-
giOn of our land !%
$50 mote it be"
So says the BEE.