Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-09-26
BEATS CAL CAUGHMAN
OR BILL MERCHANT AND
WILL CUT A FIGURE
In Washington-Personality of a
New-Hampshire Candidate
for Congress.

New York Times.
CONCORD, N. H., Sept. 15.-The
popular notion that New-Hamp-
shire when she made a statesman
Of Blair did her very worst was
quite upset last week wher the Re-
publicans of the Second District
of this State nominated "Salvation
Cy" Sulloway to be Blair's success
sor. Blair could have had the
nomination but he beguiled him
self into believing that he could
be elected United States Senator,
and entered the field against Mr..
Chandler. They say tina Chandler
| will be reelected, and that at the
end of the campaign Blair will be
a political corpse. This undoubt-
edly will be good news to long
suffering country, but it will not
be worth while to rejoice much
over it, for after Blair will come
sulloway, and Sulloway will be as
much worse than Blair as the de-
luge, if it shall ever come, will be
worse than the sprinkle from the
spout of gardner's watering pot.
"Cy" Sulloway is 7 feet in his
socks, or thereabout, and he is
bizarre every inch Of him, inside
and out. He is wonderful to look
at, wonderful in his mental and
moral equipment as he unfolds
himself in his political, business,
and private lives. He is full of
power, but no steering apparatus is
attached to him, and he goes about
as whale would go about which
should be deprived of his power of
self direction while still retaining
the power of propulsion unimpair-
ed. sulloway will be elected Re-
publican Congressman. What he
may be before his term shall ex-
pire no one can predict. He may
turn Populist, he may even turn
Democratic is certain that if any,
thing new shall be started in the
shape of a political party he will
Ebe7insiteas. seon4as- he.shalls shear,of
it. He is most incorrigible flop
per. He does not flop for pay,
though it is possible that through
some of his fioppings he has profit
ed one way and another. He fops
because he is a believer in the
Emersonlan doctrine that a man
should say each day what he thinks
and do what his judgment tells
him to do, undlsturbed by the
recollection of what he thought
and held to the day before. Some
body once charged Sulloway with
inconsistency.
"What of it?" he replied. "Any-
body can be consistent. 1t takes
courage to be inconsistent. You
needn't think any body will be able
to chain me to my old self. 'Cy'
sulloway of last year, last month,
of even yesterday, is no relation
of mine-has no claims on me.
I'm myself-a new man every day
I live"
1t will be surmised that Sullo-
way is an emotional fellow, and so
he is. Enlist his sympathies for
any cause and he at once is under
arms and ready to take up any
service, no matter how dangerous
or how difficult. It was he who, in
the caucus which nominated Mr..
Chandler for Senator in 1888
brought the accusation of bribery
against the successful candidate.
1t was not a pleasant thing to do
to stand before an unfriendly au-
dience and make that nasty accu-
sation-but Sulloway believed that
it was true that Chandler had con-
Quoted a corrupt campaign, and he
said SO, and, though they tried to
howl him down, he made them lis
ten to him. He could make him.
self heard on a battle ship above
the roar of the hundred-ton guns.
sulloway always makes a speech
in the caucus of the State conven-
tion delegates, held regularly the
night before the convention. AS
soon as the business of the caucus
is over somebody starts call for
sulloway, and pretty soon all over
the house men are shouting "Sullo-
wayl" Speech from sullowayl"
Suddenly massive head shoots
up into the air Ikea skyrocket,
and the next instant torrent of
words is pouring down upon the