The sun., 1893-06-07
Josiah Ia the Man.

would mako the continuance Of their ex.
lstence undesirable.
Josiah Is the Man.
Our esteemed Washington contemporary.
the Capital. approaches a severe and dserious
subject In spirit Of unbecoming frivolity:
Tho rumor reaches this town occasionally that tho
Hon JosAH QUINCY. Assistant secretary Of state is
avowed candidate for the Democratic nomination for
| Governor OF Massachusetts 1t has always been un-
derstoot that Mr.. QUiscr diana really care for the
Assistant secretaryship. except while the Consular
service might be put through estharto of REFORM and
| that bis welLknown achievements at home caused
him to be called His Excellercy. as believe
II proper to call the Governor OF Massachusetts Ono
| troubls. however would be that the State 10 really
Republican by from ton to twenty thousand, except
| when RUSSELL runs and there will DO way for
Mr. QurScr to proht by M RusssLL's popularity. It
would seem to follow that he would be beaten by at
least ten thousand Another circumstance of moment
10 that tho pugnacous Mayor of Boston. NATE MAri.
rws, is thought to DO training for the Govonorship
and q no 10 Just Is good machine man QUINCY.
and IL not half virtuous from tho standpoint Of
small bottles and boxes OF cigars he would bs trou
| besome II not successful competitor"
| 1t is true that the Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY
| neither smokes nor drinks. He comes
sober to the beguilement Of the Mugwumps.
This Is u very great advantage. especially
| in State where the Prohibition vote Is
large. and thirst is forbidden by law after
ii p. NJ. Mr.. QUINCY is of the end Of the
century type OF professionals. He is not q
Puritan, but he has no time for convivial
| distractions. They would interfere with
his game. Doubtless some Of the Kentucky
| applicants for Consulshlps fancy he would
| be more genial II he would take julep
after breakfast. but they are mistaken.
| probably. You don't expect a man to show
you his heart when he is talking about
Quaternions. Tho Hon. Mr.. QUINCY Is
professor OF the science OF applied politics.
and his demonstrations are cold. calm,
and conclusive. 1t Is not true that he con-
templates mankind from the dizzy heights
OF his genealogical tree. He is not arboreal
in his habits: he is subterranean. He Is
captain OF the sappers and miners, and his
system Of mines and countermines is elab-
crate and strictly scientific. The Massachu-
setts Mugwumps pass most OF their time
tumbling into his traps. and yet they don't
suspect him. They think he Is guileless
young civil service reformer. who worships
the approved lay-fgure Mugwump Ideal,
whereas, the fact Is, he was moro than a
thousand years old on his twenty-flrst
birthday. and he Is one Of the most accom-
pllshed and dexterous spoilsmen beneath
the globe Of the moon. He pulled wires In
his cradle. and he never let's 60.
1t Is right that JOSIAH QUINCY should be
the Democratic candidate for Governor Of
Massachusetts. and we dare say that he
will consent to start a popular movement
In his own behalf. II he decides to nomi-
nate himself nominated he will be. In the
line OF creating artificial spontaneity he Is
dandelion and rose In May, very beau
teous crimson-tipped flower. In saying
crimson-tipped We refer not to his nose,
which Is candid and Grecian, but to the fact
that he Is revered by the Harvard Mug
wumps. the same fellows who think that
HENRY LODGE ought to be burned at the
stake as spokesman and canny politician.
JOSIAH can give HENRY 25 and double dis
count at the game Of politics; but the dear
old Mugwump grannies don't know it.
They think JOSIAH Is one OF themselves.
That is partly because Of his skill In blind
folding them. and partly because he is a
QUINCY. The name Is deceptive. He Is
just as clever at politics as il his name were
sLArrERYor FLAHERTY. but the Mugwumps
cannot believe that QUINCY should be q
common politician. They think n QUINCY
must have his head In tho clouds, and his
feet upon ralnbows and lunar greon cheese
Mr. QUINCY has been perhaps the most
conspicuous spokesman and recommended
OF offlce seekers TO be found at Washington;
and 1t soems to be the duty of the Massa-
chusetts democrats to give the Massa-
chusetts Mugwumps chance to show their
approval OF him and Of the spolls policy.
There will bc nothing in particular for him
to do after the Consulships arc taken. un-
less he could induce Judge GRESHAM to re-
sign. which Is not to be expected, and
1t would be congenial employment for
him to be a candidate for Governor. He
will not be as popular as RUSSELL at
baby shows and cattle fairs and baseball
games. but he will poll about all the Demo-
cratic votes there are in the State, and he
may BIO helped greatly by tho continuation
OF the Republican rule that nobody with
much salt in his pumpkin shall be the Re-
publican candidate for Governor. QUINCY
would make a buslness-llke canvass, and
probably he could toll on the night before
election what his vote would bs. NATE
MATHEWS Is a lively political manager. and
as Mayor Of Boston he has arranged several
spectacular political sensations. but he
doesn't represent the Vindlcation OF the
Spoils System us QUINCY would. The
Cdpital seems to think that NATHAN bulges
with good fellowship, but we have under
stood that ho is thrifty and careful and
soul, not moro genial than a
slate gravestone.
II, however. small bottles and cigars are |
not banished from the Mayors presence In |
his hours otease. we may assume that he !