New-York tribune., 1892-01-06
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In the midst of all the political disturbance
shch attends the beginning of a new year. such
~ tho inougurations Of Governors and Mayors
and the added confusion which tins year mas
followed the upset Of " the logic OF the StUa-
ton" in the election OF an Anti-Mug"ump olsah
er Of the Federal House of Representatives,, anu
accomnanied the seizure of the state OF New
YorI; bv David b. Hill, one rather interesting
circumstance has escaped comment. VIZ, hoseT
q Mills Of Texas. lately somewhat IN front as
the leading exponent of great political ldea'
and candidate for Speaker OF Whdo WIS l's''
ycar suroosed tn be not faction OF tho Dcmo-
cratic party, but tho whole party haS w. l. L
This. We may take the privilege OF age to re-
mind our Younger readers, is the sign tha' prior
IN tho annexation of Texas used to be written
ND on the shutters of persons who having been
engaged in irftloscent speculations OF one sort
and another which had turned out badly, had
skinned out in the early dawn and left creditors
Lobind them. II meant Gone To Texas"
And that is what it means now. Roger q NILS
has " Gone To Texas" A great many coniidine
pcrsons who a few weeks ago made investments
in him as being and containing the logic ol
the si.uation'' arc reading with moist eyes inc
&c. r. IT, on his shutter lie was the EN-
bodment of all their political hopes. Had tilngs
glne right and according TO tho logic OF tAo
situation" he would have been sitting in tho
chair and they would have been charmcn OF
committees with private secretaries and other
things at their disposal. and all things would be
leading UP to Grover Cleveland and everlasting
quantities Of good things. But he has "G. /. T."
And why? He had assets He could have
STAYED. and had a voice in the diyidon-if not
of the whole patronage of the Speaker. at least
Of few incidental things that would have glad
dened the hearts of several deserving persons
who stood by him and bot on him and are now
travelling northward by easy stages ION their
uppcrs" Why did he not stand by and help
them out? Why did ho sulk and refuse to take
ANYTHING for himself, and go TO Texas, where
they say he proposes to stay " for several weeks
whom 50 many good ctizens-the best, we might
say-arc standing around in Washington wait-
ing for a chance to get at least as much as
transportation home? Why did he abScond?
WHY kick himself back into Texas when so many
GOOD pccple who had enlisted und"r his banner
wore depending upon him TO see them safely
through? The dcyil himself, if we may believe
Milton. did bctyer than this. For he sad aftcr
defeat "What though tho field be lost? All
is not LOST and stood mp for Free Trade, with
" courage meyer to submit or yield' TO be
sure. il may be saS thai Texas had not been
invented then, ard he had no place to go to;
but that will hardly answer rs a defence
And vet Mills is no coward. The trouble with
him we suspect is inherent IN his associations.
He has been afectd with thcir contagion. In
the canvass for the Spe1kcishp he stood for
Nuswlmpcry and represented the Mugwump
Contingent. And the leading chamctenStcs OF
the Nugwlmp Contingent ac first intolerance
and second. impatience. They have not learned
to wait If no. at the top they won't be any
where. and when they fail to carry tlor point
thcy immediately proceed 10 kic', Themselves
ont into the nowhere. They kicked themselves
ont of tho Republican party because they could
rot have their own way. Kicked themselves
into the Democratic party, and for time socmod
30 be satisfied because they dcluded themselves
with the foolish idea that they were atop and
running the party So many Of them as have
fully graspcd the idea that they have been de-
coivcd have kicked themselves ont into no.
whore and arc now trying "a invent new party.
And Mills has Ecllol himself back into Texas.
Wcll. he WIS not thoroughly bad man. We
-rau mis- him But he lacked patience. And
nat. when you come to think Of it, is the chief
.,oublc with the whole Nugwump Contingent.
They want the millennium right on And if
thcy cannot have it they kick