New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-17
MORE Lang UIGE LOOSE.

There was lull in language. For many
months II had been surging tcmpcstuonsly over
Tho land iuundatiuy the flats and covering the
lowlandS with the debris If n wndswcpt ana
storm tossed vocabulary. But now where lately
P,unoycr poured plcntcouS platitudes over II
ncoccful population In silence rolled the oregon
and heard no sound save his own dashings
The wall Of the woful Waite had for the mo-
mcnt hailed Lrwclling had ceased his loud
lamcntation at the loss of the lovely Lease. The
alteration # the anarchical Altgcd with the
ugly usurper Uncle Samuel over the domination
Of the dcstructiv. and devious Dcbs had been
hushcd The silvcry speech OF Stone Of MIS-
souri, had smmcrcd away into silence. The
bowling hilarious Hogg had hidden his head In
the hollows of Texas, and Tillman had turned
from thp tumult OF truculcnt tectoiallcrs 10
trouble the tarrying tlpplcr. over all the wind
swcpt land peace for moment hroOdcl. The
Democratic party. which had for two years
been in constant evidence and ccasccss eruption
over the horrors of Republican rule and The
grand and heroic and sclf-sacrliclng way In
which they proposed To drag the country mp out
Of the depths and place It on the high plane or
nrosperty. had talked itself ont and struck n re-
frcShing pause. 1t had passed Tariff bill. ana
itself with great variety II emotions. Ihat
Of iov was not distinctly prominent among them
Then arose. at indianapolis, Claude Matthews
Democratic Governor Of The State ~ Indiana
70 pen new campaign The deucc If the last
two years was known 10 hc the result of the
campaign of education" in which a great many
thousand persons Of the Democratic persuasion
had learned To talk without thinking. and show
b,t entirely unnecessary
II is 10 know anything about a subject in order
To be able 10 pour ont torrents and Hoods 81 thc
mos, eloquent AMI engaging. and sometimes vio-
lent and threatening. discourse about II. Inc
Democratic party. as the result ~ the cam
paign Of education" had become one vast ana
voluminous and volubc voice uitcrng the most
Inconscqucnt things In the most startling and
impressive way. and punching the air with such
wild gcstlcuaiions and warwhoops ~ To- eNcli"
attention on the planet Mars. whose inhabitants,
II Is believed by astronomers have been en-
Gagged for the last six months In \ desperate On
dcayor by a variety Of signals To make out what
the matter 10 on this planet. II j. only the truth
to say that people generally had got ilrcd Of III"
disturbance They wanted more business and
less chin And rs for Mars. they wrr" quite
content 10 leave Gresham 10 establish communi-
satisfied that he could not make
worse botch Of 1t with Mars than he has with
all our sublunary relations
And now Claude Matthews takes the bunS
ont Of a fresh barrel Of language. lie says that
the Democratic party Is rrlccming lis pledges
one by one and names them: talks about re-
healing inpuiou> and unjust laws; says THE
struggle must be fierce and earnest: that There
must be no backward stcp-lhc cry Is for
'ward": that the Democratic party has nj
'tlmcs suffered defeat. hut 1t never surrcndcrs":
that surrender will only come when the cause
''of the people 10 which Il has ever been true |
when the representative government which II |
'has ever defended and when the great prn- |
'ciplcs stall be- ctcrnaly lost" and great deal
more Of that sort Of thing the swishswash OF
which will bring renewed anxiety to several |
people now sitting on the roofs OF |
their houses waiting for the dclugc which has |
driven them out OF employment 10 subsidc. He |
also SAYS that "whcrc President Cleveland. |
trusted leader. will be there TO lead we shall
abe brave enough to follow" Doubtless the |
trusted leader" who was NJ that moment or |
his way to Buzzards BAY. looked anxiously over |
his shoulder when he read that statement and |
gave orders TO put on more steam. |
Governor Matthews. no doubt. means well. but |
he mistakes the present temper Of the people I'm
citing loose more language ut this juncturc.
What the people ask Of the Democratic party |
$ Just what the Irish Judge requested Of the
prisoner when hc said: 1--WE want nothing from
you but silence, and dcvlllsh little OF that"