The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-22
An Educated Donkey.

g PSIpn history for more than one reason.
lie has shown how democrat can
make himself conspicuous by defending
republican legislation against the at
taCks OF lis party, and this. OF itself,
woull attract the attention of the aver
age historian. He has also shown how
it is possible TO he a high protectionist
and free trader N one and the same
moment and this will also attract al
teutiun: but the chief distinction Of his
administration must rest on the fact
that it found. retained aud harbored J.
Slcring Morton.
We have a tolerahly faithful account
OF how Columbus discovered America,
but nobody knows how Mr. Cleveland
discovered j. Sterling Morton. We en-
ploy the term discovered tentatively. 1t
may Ice that Mr. Cleveland invented
him. and this theory is the more plausi-
hlc since no living human being, So far
as we know. ever heard Of J. Sterling
Morton until Mr. cleveland nominated
him 10 Illustrate and represent agricul
urc in his ~sijc cabinet of full
length str - ag' breath
t8E '- 't-s.
barley.
Just how .,.And happened 10
invent or n. over J. Sterling Morton
viii never be- known We can theurize
about H.. bur like the canals in Mars or
the red spot in Jupiter. it must ever r.
main mystery. We know the fact, and
we see tire result hui We can never
hope 10 fathom the causes that lr! to
the elevation Of this remarkable Jack
IN the box to a place in the cabinet. IL
It should turn out that Mr.. Cleveland in
tended to add 10 The gIyciy Of nations
by This appointment he is fully vindl-
Gated. for. as 4 source 81 mirlh. j. Ster-
ling Morton stands in the same plane
with Eli Perkins and other public per
formers.
The various aSylums and private re
treats of the country can furnish paral
lclS 10 j. Sterling Morton. In the public
retreat near Millcdgcville. in our own
state. there is an old man who is fully
convinced that he is Queen Victoria. II"
holds court every Tuesday. and on such
aSions he denounceS an imaginary
'.,',t.uf Wales for not coming home at
cr~. hour The man is harmless.
',r his delusion. would be re
IS perfectly sane. II is pity
uld be held in durcss while
lu Morton is permitted to per
At the public the antics of a
,er
man near Mlledreville
aat he is Queen Victoria. j.
usNlortun in Washington.
lAlt he knows something about
e question The man near
L. holds court every Tuesday;
ierling Morton writes letter
T. day or two. The male Queen Vie
tsria is less offensive
Morton'S latest performance is in the
shape of a letter written to a man in
Topeka one sentence from This precious
document will he sufficient for our read
rrS Says Morton. 1T remained for
Bland. Bryan. Stewart. Teller. Sibley
and their Jealous disciples, by mere wag-
ging of their silver tongues. 10 evoke
from the yiewlcsS viscera Of vacuity
vast volumes of value"
In This idiotic remark we have full
length view of Mr.. Cleyeland'S most
active cabinet minister. II is at once
a portrait ANA a biography. and after
reading II any ohSeryant citizen would
know Morton by sight il they met him
IN the big road There is no other com
biuatiou in this country of Ii parts don
key to I Of monkey.
Therefore. it may he said that j. Ster.
7 ing Morton is entitled 10 the blue RIB
anon rs the chief auI most conspicuous
Statesman In the cleveland cabinet.
rot
- Nns.achusetts and Georgia.
~ The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
ysn order Ia make its readers compre-
bend the possibilities Of southern dcvcl-
pmcnt makes comparison between
Massachusetts. the typical state of New
z England. aud Georgia, the typical south
stern state.
~ II makes the point that Georgia is
forch i'm natural resources in forests,
H,lds and mines. with seven times the
ieh'G Massachusetts. and yet the latter
''reractically without our natural re
.r. has by energy and industry
,,tO the front The Record says
1iy. with almost infinite natural
f IS on one side and few or none
Il er, It is reasonable to say that
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