The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
POST MORTEM.

Ga Tuesday, the election on We'd
nesday, the explanation. The period
OF open confession has been eagerly
greeted by Pennsylvania Democrats.
It is an interesting period, if not i'm
portant. 1t helps to beguile the weary
hours. 1t adds dash Of piquancv TO
the conventional post mortsm Pre-
sumably, too, it consoles the explain
srs. Else why should they so at it So
earnestly
In the first place wo ara asked to lis
ten to the hypothesis of Colonel Nc
Clure. The colonel is not politically
happy these days. A shadow has fallen
athwart his path The shades of dis
tending rival beclouds his once happy
horizon. And it grieves and mortities
him. 1t rankles and it stings. The
rival has lately returned from a pill
grimage to the Bourbon Mecca, The
colonel has not. The rival, since his
return, maketh bold, il not actually
naughty. He dippsth dis pen in vitriol
and his sizzling proclamations leap forth
triumphant in double leads. This, as
we all know, constitutes direct in
vasion of the coionsps pet preserv es.
1t is an act OF trespsss on his prs.emi
nent pre1ogative. Il sends frowns to
his ferocious foreh cad and wrath to his
troubled soul Sung, PANEL and
smarting, the colonel explains the case
in these hrusque wo-di: The trouble
with the Democrats Is that the country
is suffering from hard times, and as
their representatives in power at Wash.
ingtou have done nothing for its reli OF,
tie people are not voting to sustain
Democratic rule. That is the whole
story"
Thus sayeth the colonel. But what
of the commodore? What of the met
eoric rival who has fl ssasd into the mid
heavens with his double and triple
leads aud his flaming "pstce' sword!
Is he in less umbrAge? Verify, he is
not. His explanation Is longer, but it
is not in perceptibly batter temper.
The people are duly, albeit politely
blamed for acting like pack of fools
The Republicans get sterootyped CEN
sure for stubbornly refusing to be pros.
porous under the operations of the Dem :
ocratic free trade lancet. But thess
are mere minor things in Commodore
Singsrly's opinion, compIre1 with har
monized PenRsy,vagiL Damocracyj
incapable, inrfi!, !,:at ana hsadstrolg
leadership" WAiis Republicans ware
fighting for life" their Democratic
opponents, although in clover in state
and nation, have simply laid dowu
and let everything g." They "hays
squabbled among themselves and
bless US, didn't the genial commodore
himself nave a fist in the shindy?-aal
have attempted to meet the solid shot
of the enemy with fireworks and
with double leads But adds the
chagrined commodore, "thers is still
more striking evidoare OF Democratic
incapacity. The organiz lt.on is rotten,
1t is a corpse that should be buried out
of sight as quickly as possible, AMI the
chairman of the Democratic state com
Inittee and the chairman Of the Dam
ocratic city committee should act as
pail bearers
In these family obsequiss. Of course
Republicans have ~ great concern,
except. perhaps, to supply the annual
corpse We refer 10 them simply to
put two expert explanations in their
mutual and separate light; and. Incl =
dentally to exile the inevitable m)not-
ony Of the day after