Evening journal., 1892-12-13

We were fighting the fraud and robbery
OF Republican protection" dishonest
and extravagant pensions. McKinleyism.
subsidies, bounties, the Force bill, negro
domination and Higginism. That cata-
logue embraced almost every political
sin that could lift its head in this
country If there are any other sins not
included in that catalogue, and not
employed by the Republican party, it is
because in the hurry and confusion they
were forgotten or neglected.
But that is done now. and so are we
The Republican party is so nearly
choked out Of existence, that, if it ever
revives to make another fight, IL will
put up better men and employ more
honorable means.
Mahaffy, Stewart, Macallister, the
Levy Court, and many others. who have
been as offensive in their partisanship
and as reckless in the employment of
their official positions as their opportu.
mites allowed and their perverted tastes
dictated, will go out Of office. They will
enter into the gloom Of deep obscurity and
contempt which is even now yawning
for them.
Except Bach.
This interesting specimen of imported
kepublicanism will remain as a relic of
Higginsism. He will be a peisonihed
crinoid to proclaim the existence of his
race before the flood
He will not be thoroughly petrifed.
though his acidulous propensities may
precipitate his tendency to complete, in
stead of partial, ossifcation. The gloom
of his doom, of no future but by the
grace of Senator Higgins, seems likely to
spirit away the generous folds of envel
oping flesh and leave him as bag of
bones picked or petrifed.
Not teacher, not lawyer, not an
editor, not politican-though he has
tried all things by turn and failed-he is
likely to be left as a book agent by pro-
fession and mugwump in politics.
We deprecate either. The people of
Wilmington do not deserve the inhiction
of Bach as book agent The people
may have nned grievously; there are
only few righteous persons here; but
Wilmington does not deserve worse
punishment than Sodom and Gomorrah
suffered. Fire and birthstone might be
sent to wipe this city off the face of the
earth but surely merciful providence
will prevent the calamity of allowing
Bach TO settle here as book agent and a
mugwump
Senator Higgins owes that much con-
sideration to this commonwealth The
people of this city never did him any
harm. They do not harbor any i'll will |
toward him now. 1t is true, the Demo
Gratis have laid him out as political
leader But they are willing to pay
their full share Of the funeral expenses.
They are willing to escort the corpse to
the boneyard and scatter tuberoses on
the mound Senator Higgins has no rea-
son, surely, to continue a fight as a
corpse, that he could not maintain when
kicking and-swearing.
Hence our early and earnest recon-
mendation Is that, all the others being in
obscurity, and he being a corpse, Senator
Higgins should send Bach on a foreign
mission, very foreign. Send him further
away than Sperry went. Send him to
some place whence he could not return
easily, If at all.
1t would not do to send him to Dahomev
because he will not stay where there is
any fighting. The cannibals of the
Congo would not relish him because of
his threatening ossifcstion, but he might
go up to lvigtut, in Greenland, under
explicit instructions not to come back
till the icebergs melt and magnolia trees
bloom.