Oxford Democrat., 1892-02-09
A DARK MORSE.
orR .rNclE oRRisox" WILLING N sac
RiricE mixsELr ron riIx SAKE ~
pEMocRACr.


pEnocRAcr.
M. Editor:
Ihaye b~cu reading the noosepapers
muchly of late. There SCENE to be
lot Of men Who want 10 BE- the Demervrat-
ic candysate for president next sum-
mer, at least the noosepspers cay 90,
and Of course they wouldn't I've.
There Il Grover Cicavelsnd, wh, has
been president once, aud tried io be
agin. but couldn't; he ls In . great puck
er for it, " we may believe what We
read. Hut Grover has one fault which
puts him To q disadvantage, and Aecord-
Ing To some disquallhes him from acting
az the standard bearer Of the democracy,
that L., he has oplnyuns of his own, aud
has been frank enuff to give them 10 the
public.
David II. IIili, on the other hand, IL IL
said, VAS rather non-commlttal while
out of orfi., but has committed all sorts
% cussedness sense he got Into h.
What David wouldn't do to help him.
self and the Dcmewrailc party 10 . mat
ter Of very remote coajecture; what he
,-ouii do Tor the furtbersncc of that OBJ
Icct Ia more easily determined by noting
What he has ALREADY done. David 10 un-
doubtedly the exponent of the liquor
interests In the state of New York, and
the representative of Tammsny. To
the.e two circumstances, they say, he
was indebted for his elevAshun Ia the
po.i.hun of governor aud 4. \. senator.
lie has lately added to to his fame by
emulating on q smaller scale the works
of the famous cownters-out of Maine,
whereby Republicans elected Ia orhs by
the people were counted out, and Dem
crcrau elected to stay at home were
counted In. All these things, they .ay,
are In pavid's favor, but he is also Inn
her Tinted and something of . harley
quin. II is thought that he can sir,ddle
Tree silver and tariff reform as bsndily
a. the next man. Hut the winning card
which David IL said to hold IL the elec-
,oral vote IL the state of New York. lie
has hocu.s-pocus.ed until the Nay IL clear
for him Ia secure that vote. The Dem
ercrsiic party la convention, so az, the
knowing ones, is to IL confronted thus
ly; David aud the vote of New York
thrown la, OF some body else and The
chance of New York. Will they .wal-
low thl. pin for the sake II the sauce
that goes With IL, That remain. Ia he
seen they have b-cn known 10 tax. bit
terr doses.
Gorman oi Maryland, otherwise CALI
e,i "Granny," l. said to te more than
willing a. have hls name plsccd AZ the
head ~ the Dem.rcrstlc tickst. Gornan
1. a pol,tl.hun of the iilll .kool. thoagh
the, do say he is willing Ia hitch hor.es
With CleaVeland for . consiisrs.hun. In
al. own state be IL the very lnnefmosi
~ tho.e wheel. Within wheels by which
the whole political macbeenery u made
to rv,olye.
Cafli.l. 20 ksuiucky u an asIirant
s.il spoken of In c.rtsln quarters. bat
hi. location I. against him.
The name. ~ several more well.kaown
pemr~rats ar. mentioned more of lc.s
pfomlBsntly la CouneNlon With the
/ D,msrCraiic bomernashuu, bai to WIND
the wbals matter up In proper SHAPE,
soule of th~se a.iuie profit. gu 90 20 ssN
that u l. not only Io.srblc, bat quite
/ probable, that AFTER all q dark hor." may
/ be the winner.
What has t-.n may ~ sgsin, IL the
/ logic of common sense. III. Dcmsicrst.
have several time. In the past .eleci.i
heir candydaie. from the rank. of the
Obscure, aud. ~hat l. NOR. Ia the par-
I.o.e. have elort~i thcm too. WHY
.houli not history rvpest itself In vif
Thl. bring. me round to tb. t.ar With
which I commenced thi. lucubra .hun.
why aint u po.erplc for the Dcmercfai.
10 hlt on M. n a csndydates l an the
darkest Lind % q dark horse, and have
nor. chance. In favor of breaking NV
record than even the great icornefclast
hlm.slf. I Am very snr. nobody ever
heard Of me outsLis 20 two countys, aud
Iha,e never held an orfis ~ greater m'g-
nitnoi than supervisor ~ sko"l.. u ts
.l.o In INV favor that sm q. pcrfrctll
unbiased In nv oplnyuns ss an uuchsl-
Isugei Juror In q murder ease. ! sm
willing 20 believe anything and EVERY
thing they want mc too. hs,. ne con-
.hsf.ha. .cruples I" inisfcr- With my
actions, or impair my u.efoolnl... ! can
blow hot or blow cold, take the hack
'tnek, cut cornsr. ar turn q sumn'.r'e'
with all the Versatility of an accomplish,
81 Ioliiercsl acrobat. ! sm IN favor 81
th. fr,e colnag- of silver. sm oppo.-
"a to any ma.ur- that wlli unsettlc the
currency, which Z. aud should r-msin .,
par ,ala. With gold. am ad,oyst. oi
ir-. trade. believe Ia reforming the
tariff. 4 am la favor ~ tatf Tor rive
noo only. I believe In protection for
tho.e lo,all,ic. that want u, where tho
,lemetrrai. arr In majority, and would
cut down the du,ie. Ia th. lowest poser
po.efhle figg,r where the l.spuhllcsn'
arr In the ascendant.
fully sympathly. With those methods
by which the Democrats ar- Keeping th'
south solid, bulidoying niggrrs, aud
counting cut Republican,. honestly elect
81.
lam Ia favor 20 fire.. ballo, aud an
honest count % all IN. votes.
wouldn't give another cent 81 uh'
people'. money Ia incr-ss- IN. pen.huns
hold that II I. the duty ~ our govern
ment to pursue q liberal policy In 'arins
for the defender. of the ns,ion,l n,g.
SIN opposed to tb- granting of sub.
sydee. aud bountie., aud would counsel
the stricie.t -conomy In the di'buf.e-
ment ~ public funds.
believe In literal spproprh.hun. fo'
the public service, and for the pr"secu'
.hun % internal Improvement. ln the
right plac... I believe In . rish en-.
forc.ment ~ th. civil service rule.. !
should, u elected, feel bound Ia turn
.yry Republican out of ofilcc just a-
fast a. q Demercrst could BE- found ubo
wanted Ia get la.
I am reidy to support any ani e'ry
mssure that can help the i'cnercr't. To
win.
Finally, I want II To H. distinctly un-
derstood that I will cherrfully eat INV
own word. whenever the exigcncys oi
party policy shall make II needful.
Now, Mr.. Editor, just beiwiNt you
and me and the hack side of father. big
barn door, what do YOU think OF my
prospect.s Am liabl. to get the nom
erna.huu, or ain't ~ DO YOU think they
could do better than to give II to me
Whatever you do think. don't say u out
loud for the world. them pesky papers
should get holt of II, u would ruin my
prospects, for am sot on going IN s a
dark horse or not at all. Nou NAV
lust drop a hint at head quarters that