The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-02-18


If it took tha democratic hons.
eight weeks TO get q cole OF rules,
how long will 1t take to ruler?
The announcement of the early death
of the Louisiana lottery is another
tribute to the good work Of the Fifty
first Congress, which gave the gamb-
ling octopus its death blow by shut.
! ting its matter out Of the mails.
The democratic house shouted itself
hoarse over the ''gag'' rules of the
last house, and one of the few bills !,
has yet passed would, IL it became a
law, which it never will, gag the press
of the country. 1t Is not strange,
however, that the democrats fear the
press.
Gratis" appear TO have gnawed the
bottom out of the Flower presidential
boom before it had a chance to get
inflated.
To prevent ridicule by statute is a
contract too big for congress to I'M
deatake. The dies is worthy Of the
most despotic era in the worlds his
tory.
Louisiana democrats are proficient
in the use Of firearms, but heretofore
they have not used them on each
other.
Hill does not appear to be very
| popular with the democratic press,
but he goes right along corralling
| votes in the next Democratic National
convention, and it is not safe to pre-
dict that he will not control that body.
The democrats are very much
afraid that the redistricting of the
state of Ohio by the republican leg.
islature will not be honestly done.
That is because of their knowledge
of what the last democratic legisla-
ture did in the same state, to say
nothing of what the same party did in
Michigan and intend to do in New
York. 1t is human nature to judge
others by yourself.
New York is still talking about
building q monument to Gen. Grant,
but it isn't building it.
II believe in nothing but votes'-
the political creed of David B. Hill.
81 believe in lodging every issue
in order to win--thc political creed
of Arthur B. German.
II believe in the power Of Doodle"
the political creed of Calvin S.
Brice.
II believe in free trade and Grover
Cleveland"-the political creed of
Grover Cleveland.
~ believe in the protection Of
American industries and of the Amer
lean citizens at home and abroad, no
matter what the cost may be- the
political creed of Benjamin Harrison.
The York Sun thinks Gov. Flowers
head and heart arc all right. Per-
haps so, but the Sun cannot deny
that his mouth has an ugly habit Of
slipping o cog just at the wrong time.
Even empcrors learn something as
they grow Older. The German En-
peror has discovered, what has long
been known to the world, thai be
talked too much, and announced his
intention to reform.
Etills was defeated for speaker, but
he may get lis revenge in the near
future by defeating the tar,ii policy
of Crisp and Springer, on the door
of the house,
The newspapers DO not appear to
have an overabundance of respect for
the verdict of a jury. One OF them
is now polling its readers, the que..
ton being whether the jury in a re-
cent murder trial did right or wrong
in convicting the prisoner.
Whetilef tia republican party shall
renominatc Benjamin Harrisoa az pct
is a question for the Minneapolis con
vention to settle, but it has already
beer settled that the party and
try owe to hiE an!e 81 the best admin.
istrations the country ese. Jag.
TO have twice declined the prcsi-
dential nomination which his party
was anxious 10 hpnor HIM with is an
honor that has fallen to bqt one man
in II history--Jamcs G. Blaine.