New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-20
CHE rs ANOTHER APHORISO.

chances 10 say very startling ana orlSIhai
things. He has usually said them. SAID them
in such way that the devout Mugw'mp, listen
inc with large cars and wide eyes. has immedl-
atcly nudgcd his ncighbor and sara: Jus,
listen 10 that Whew, Great Caesars ghoSt
There's been nothing said like that since WASH
IL cton crossed the Delaware" ii l. now s'Veiai
wears since he said about something OF othcr
we do not quite remember what-that II nhu
fallen into innocnouS dcsuetudc." II thrilled
the country through and through. Inc Mug
wump press. whose function it is TO enllGh'ch
the feeble minded, seized it up ana huhS
abroad with copous notes as to the meaning
OF "innccuous' and the proper pronunciation
of "dcsuctrdc'' it became current appcared
in reports of baseball games: was used freely
by persons who Grasped tho proper pron"iio'a'
ton in ordinary conversation was reaI'H
greater hit than many of the things struck OIL
bv plavvrghts in dramas that run for several
hundred nights. Had it been few Syliapic'
longer il would no doubt have been set to
music and played on barrcl-orSans. By com
mon consent it took its place in literature as
very remarkable remark. The Democratic
party was deeply impressed with it, ana the
MugwumpS said to them: Nominate MN
again: the country cannot have too much OF
man who talks in that way" They did nom
inato him again. A great many Democrats SAID
then a. 1t is we who have fallen into lnnocuouN
dcsuctude.n and lost their interest in the cleo
ton. Then Mr.. Cleveland himself fell into
innocuous desuctudc All the same. it was
remarkable remark.
Another very remarkable remark OF Mr.
Clcvcands was that Public Office is public
trust.- II came 10 the Mugwump press with
the force of revelation. They lifted up then
hands and spread them with palms outward, and
with rolling eyes exclaimed: "JuSt hear how
beautifully he talks Why, this man has a
natural genius for craftsmanship. lie diScov-
crs things that Thomas jefferson and Andrew
Jackson never dreamed Of and throws them
out in phrases, proverbs and aphoriSmS such a,
Solomon never conceived Of, benjamin Franklin
never attempted. and Josh Billings could not
approach" And the American people were so
much impressed with the truth of the remark
that nj the very next opportunity they rose up
and ntrustcd public Office to another man. Al
another time, in a message which Is rockoned
bv the Mugwllmp press 10 be the greatest state
document since Pharaoh issued his proclama-
ton 10 the IsracltcS detailing tho advantages
that would accrue TO honest labor from making
bricks without straw, he said at Is con
dition which cOnfronfS us-not theory" ms
too, was very original and very starting
Several professors Of political economy IN vari-
Gus parts Of the country, who had been Wllting
ESSAYS with tongue ont and nose on the desk
70 prove that the condition of prosperity which
attended the policy Of Protection was OF no
consequence whatever because it conilicted
with tho theory Of FREQ Trade lifted up their
heads and said "lI. hi here's Daniel
come TO Judgment" and all tho Mugw1mp
papcrs Joined in This also impressed the
ncopie that at the next election they confronted
Mr. Cleveland with a condition instead of
theory.
Now these were great things 10 say MI
Cleveland has knack at saying them lie
losses them of with facility, and he is blessed
with a following which catches them open
monthcd on the fly and has great comfort III
them. Tonight he has great chance 10 40
20 some more And We venture To suggest
that if he can say something short, snappy ana
aphorsiic on the great issue which has lately
fallen into innocuous deSuetude OF snap versus
Ant-Snap. he will warm the cookies OF the
hearts of two hundred thousand sincere souls
who are wondering what has become OF the
great issue. and don't really know whether or
not they are in it. We have reason to believe
that something Of this kind is expected some
thing that will comfort the Anti-Snappcrs Tor
not having but twenty-five tickets to the show
and that the Mugwump newspapers can lire
into current literature as familiar quota
tion.n We assume Of course, that he will give
the great issue the prominence it deserves ana
set himself and the party right upon it. Not
otherwise can he satisfy the two hundred thou
sand sincere souls who have enrolled themselves
as nti-Snappers And the best way to do 1t
is to say something snappy-or anti-snappy-
in his own unapproachable stylc-onc of those
savings" Jewels five words long that on the
stretched forcfnger of all Time sparkle for
evcr.r And IL possible, have it in such shape
that it can be set TO music for campaign
song, or chorus, or something of that sort. Give
us an Ant-Snap aphorism, Mr.. Cleveland.