Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-22
"a YELLOW DoG.
An Active nnd Dangerous Factor I'm
puIIIc Life.

Public Life.
Addressing the Marquette club on Man
and His Relations 20 the Lower Animals.
from the Epoch OF the Mammoth Down to
the Present Era Of the yellow Dog Mr..
Eugene Seeger gave the tail OF his subject
a pretty lively twisting, and presented ora.
torical photographs Of the animal running al
large In every community. Said Mr.. Seerer:
DID you ever pause to think how n very
insignificant and misunderstanding animal
mas recently grown to be an important and
dangerous factor in our public life? mean
the yellow dog. The other day In empbasiz.
ing the duty OF the republican party to on.
trust public offices only TO the best Of our
public men ! was told by a prominent poli.
tlcian: oh. well, in this coming election
we can put a yellow dog on our ticket and
ne VIII be elected And all the yellow dogs
around us showed their high appreciation OF
the situation by boisterous laughter and APP
plause.
The yellow dog, the animal which is the
unpleasantly conspicuous feature Of the pres
ent period " development in our public life.
from now on will have TO be fought vlgor-
ously by all those loyal citizens who arc
deslrous of upholding our political ideals and
preserving our public institutions. Such OF
you, gentlemen, as have never taken an active
part In politics., may want an exact dencrip-
tion Of the yellow dog In order to know IL
When you see enc. The yellow dog is a
- 80 ahuS iliu IL IS tO Dt IOunu In DOtn
political parties. While II is alarminsly null
titudinous in any dominant party. Il appears
sporadically in a minority party-and only in
such cases where il can't get in or is kicked
out OF the former. When in the course OF
human events a minority party is successful
and becomes dominant, the yellow dogs lose
no time in changing quarters. Like the
trufle-hog, the yellow dog has a peculiarly
acute scent He could smell a political sine
cure through a six-inch board. His most
conspicuous characteristic is his appetite,
which is enormous.
THE yellow dogs, strongly attached to one
another and automatically obedient to their
leaders, are actuated by an intense feeling
of malice aud enmity against all the higher
elements OF animal creation, whom they fire.
quently attack in big numbers and with noisy
demonstrations. The days Of the primaries
and election are usually chosen for this pur-
pose. While generally concealed In all sorts
of holes and novels during the day, they fire.
%quently, like the ill-famed dogs of Constanti-
uople. gather at night for their greedy pur-
poses, when they g~leefully recognize each
other instantly by the pestiferous smell with
which they poison the political atmosphere.
I'm the realm of m and the me-
chanical industries, In the application of the
discoveries OF the exact sciences, our great
country ranks with the foremost OF civilized
nations; our past history constitutes the most
Interesting, the most glorious chapter in the
history OF mankind; our material achieve
ments and progress are truly wonderful. But
there is one feature in our public life which
has of late filed the heart of the patriotic
citizen with grave apprehension. | mean the
unmistakable symptoms of deterioration In
politics, especially in our large cities. the
of tho yellow dog in our political
parties. How they get there everybody
Knows. But why they get there needs a
longer explanation. This evil has many
open and hidden. And the blame
grace of it deeply. and who suffer mostly
by it."