Evening journal., 1893-09-23

1t would not o ccur TO the reader That
there was a Russian minister behind the
sophomore feverishness of those
profusely distributed adjectives, but a
young man of intense feeling and too
much dinner.
That Of course, is al error. C.E.S
the quondam Russian, is behind those
ecund words and O. e. s. has started in
to wake up the country. He has chosen
the sophomore style for the anti sopo-
rife He has his own reasons. They
are unknown to us, and we dare not
speculate about them. We suppose,
however, that when a man undertakes
to awaken the country TO "a malign con.
spiracy" that it is necessary to be in
tense and full of brave adiectives. @.
s. thinks so, for they hang like sun
perch from a boys string, who went
fishing for big Yellow Neds.
The scheme is Democratic scheme
Q. e. S. went to Washington aud dis
covered It. II is ito force the repeal of
the National Election laws to the front
at this time" as "a subtle and malign
conspiracy to displace and defeat the
repeal Of the silver purchase" That
movement, Q. E. S. describes, as "absu-
lutely gratuitous and unnecessary.
or course it is very bad We all feel
that. But, as a Democratic scheme, in
which those lately converted Democrats,
Senators Teller, Stewart, Jones and
Dubois, are taking the leading parts it is
worse than very bad in being absolutely
gratuitous.' That's the plain English
Of ID, at say o'clock in the morning
from highly elated Republican editor.
1t is worse than that, indeed. in ''em.
barrassing and imperilllng the supreme
demand Of the present hour" by its
"precipitate and sinister attack"
1t is a pity Mr. Harrison allowed
man who can write in that manner to 90
out Of the country when he was fighting
Blaine for the nomination. The things
such writer could have said about
Blaine might have saved much trouble
lying and expense in collecting the
votes of Southern delegates at Min.
neapolis
This scheme does not come forward in
the usual way, namely, as bill intro.
duced by representative Tucker to re.
pal Macallister, Davenport, Mahaffy and |
the five dollar-a-day marshals with wheel |
spokes; but as "glaring usurpation |
which overrides all presidents and |
tramples upon all parliamentary law"
Mr. fuckers bill may be unwise; it |
may be tactical blunder; 1t may pre-.
vent some patriotic Republican from
voting for the repeal bill because he
loves the Davenports and the Macal. |
listers more than he loves sound money.
and justice, and right But we had not |
been notified, before, that it was a
"glaring usurpation." OF course that
intensiies the badness of it.
G. f. 5. goes on. He is wound up. He
plunges into ALTERATION and cumula-
tive expletives and metaphorlcal obiur.
cations. When he cannot use similar
letters he filings superlatlves in to graft.
~ az appetite that Is too strong for fish.
house punch. We select at random
honest money goes to the rear; free
fraud comes to the front !" "bitter mock
cry" flaming fight, shameless con.
spiracy, interruptions gag rule. and
coming crisis" all of which are applied
10 the Democrats for "the gratuitous
and malignant introduction OF this most
iery Of all partisan issues" (the repeal of
The election law with hot'struggle &
iniisming party feeling on both sides. "
lt is said to be deep and damnable
plot" cunning conspiracy" which
somehow spoils hopeful expectancy"
We do not suppose 1t would do G. E
). any good to ask him to take some
hing to prevent a return. But we do
.hink that II he would go into the fresh
'ir, turn his heavy eyes to the sharp
crescent of all that is left of the moon.
md look beyond, into the vast depth of
,he cool, calm sky. he would feel better
If the worst comes, however, G. E. S.
might remember that we will be living
lnder law signed by his benefactor
hr' Harrison, as a temporary expe-
iient" after being enacted by the same
legislators and statesmen at the same
line that they gave us the Mckinley
aw, the Force bill, and the Dependent
Pension bill under Reed rules.