Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-02
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For q Congress that has given large
amount Of time To the manufacture oi
campaign material the session Just clos
Ing has been remarkably free from
partisan bitterness. The ocraslousl
personalities indalged In have been pro-
vokcd by incidents of no political sig'
nihcance. That there IL plenty ef latent
explosive material In each body therv
can he no doubt. Even the brainy
senator from Alabams, Mr.. Morgan,
.hows-i his teeth In q menscing way
when the venerable senator from Ohio
rather testify objected to the manner In
which senator Morgan always interrupts
him during hls speeches on the silver
question. hut IL WAS only for moment
that their feelings werc ruiilei. The
more serious episode In which Harris oi
Tennessee aud Sanders of Montana
tgured, WAS In regard tot bill relating
to district affairs.
u the spirit manifested 10 Congress J.
carried Into the campaign IL will miti.
gate the snimo.ities aud personalities of
the contest. Among the better class ut
politicians on both side. there is = dispo-
sition To make the pending canvas. IN
appeal Ia reason. In this connection the
suggestion made by Washington paper
that the Two leading candidates Tor the
presidency should fraternise anil "go .
hshing" together, IL one that is worthy
of consideration by those distinguished
gentlemen. Hut the battle Will lie .
h,ri-fought one on lines of logic. There
will be more effective speakers on each
side than ever heforr In presidential
campaign.
The results of the session are large
ly In favor of the Republican
party. The Democrat. have not gained
snv advantage through their blg ma
lority Ia the House. In fact their
strength has been q poslti,. di.sdvsn.
tagr. With = smaller majority they
would have escaped th. odium which
they have brought upon the party by
their opposition to the worlds fair ap-
preparation. Though finally forc~i to
back down the unpatriotlc record made
by the Democratic party on this pues-
tion will stand, and Will be- r.fsrr~i Ia
ss similar to the record made BY that
party In ls6i, M Chicago, when u de-
,lsr,d the war "a failure" A gentle
man stated the case In INV hearing very
t.r.cly. lie said; III th. second CON-
Ing of Christ. bringing peace ani happ'-
ne.s Ia all msnkiUd, MAS assuresi, ex-
cept that the approval of the Drmo-
cratic party wouh first have to he OBJ
t.lnci, you can deJsni upon u they
would vote .olldly sgainst u, and offer
an amendment substituting the name of
Andrew JscksoB--ihe only millennisl
nam. they know anything about"
Ia truth "Old Hickory" honored the
part, and the nation. The mention ~
his name T-csll. sn Incident In hi. career
that may Interest your readers more
than q discussion of current political
topics. In the National Museum ther.
!. grand old ssrcoph,gus that was
probably at Que time "ihr last resting
place of Roman EMPEROR" u ~as
brought from syria, aud sou. insoD-
.id.rsi. friend. Of the Genersl tsDdersd
u a. him Ia h- u.ef q. the hnsl rcepts.
Gle of hi. toiy. In reply he sabd ~
cannot consent that my mortal body
shall be laid In a repository prepared for
an Emperor or y Ming" lie ai.o told
them that "eycry monument errct~i to
perpstuats our heroes aud statesmen
ought 10 lear evidence of the economy
aud simplicity % our iiepublican insti-
tutions aud the plainne.s of our Repub-
lican citizens, Who are the soSereians of
our glorioa. Union and whose virtue is
Ia pcrpctuste It." There 10 possibly
some hope for modern Democracy, so
long a. Il honors the name of Jackson.
u alive nov hi. patriotism would place
him on the right side VI the worlds fair
question.
II tran.plre. that the Democrats have
not made the capital thew expected out
~ the labor trouble at Homestead. NJ
thl. writing Il looks as though they had
grshbed the wrong end of very hot
poker when they "salled In" to work up
thl. question. The report of the com-
mItt.e of Investigation does not pan out
Just n they desired. When the repor,
is summed up IL Will be demon .tratod
not only that the Mckinley tarin had
nothing Ca de- With causing the trouble
but Incidentally that American lsborcr.
of the class to which the Homestead
.triker. belong get better pay than
lsbor.rs of the same class receis. any
where else on th. globe. This inScsti-
CATION has helped To demonstrate that
our present labor troubles are due Ia the
agitation going on all over th. world,
aud the situation la this country would
be infinitely worse With q free trade
policy. The Republican doctrine is that
ih. common demand that labor shall re-
cei,e a larger share of the profits on
ever, thing that l. manufactured, not
only la this country but throughout the
world, L. right and will hnally be recog-
ni,ed. but, Republicans insist that the
adoption of revolutionary methods by
the strikers % enforce their demand. II
wrong In itself and un-American.