The Washington bee., 1896-02-08
AFTER THE BALL is OVER.
ECHOES FROM THE RECENT ELEC-
TION


sion, a gentle and pacific reminder
of the good old days of yore, when
the candidate and his omnipresent
lieutenants and henchmen, were
the controlling forces in the politi-
cal drama, when battered heads,
that in many cases had been
previously swelled by continued
visits to convenient hostlerv,
broken noses, discolored optics were
seen i'll rich and variegated profu-
& On the next day.
They furnished the denouement,
they were the aftermath, the nat
ural sequence to the turbulent sanes
enacted the day before
Happily, there was i'll the recent
election an extremely gratifying
pancity of beligerent citizens, but
| am not so optimistic as to believe
that 70 years has wrought such a
marked change in the politician fer
the better, but am forced to the
conclusion that the "sinews of war"
WIS not in evidence only in certain
quarters, and they were astute
enough to ''hold OUT and the ca
nallle, the madding crowd, were
only enabled to refresh themselves
at infrequent intervals, certainly
not often enough to get them to the
proper pitch of belligerency.
Whatever the cause of the ab-
sence of Donnybrook Fair tatics
that was such an unfortunate fea-
ture of the elections of years ago,
we have just reason to congratulate
ourselves that everything passed off
without semblance of trouble
THE RESULT.
While the election was conducted
without any of the safeguards that
usually surround the ballot box and
| repeating was lndulgee in to great
extent the consensus of opinion
! seems to be that the delegates
named were the choice of the peo-
pie, that is, the people who particl-
| pated in the election. The men
who were selected, are relics of the
fighting period of our history men
toned above, men who are the in
carnatlon, the embodiment of that
epoch in our city history when to
| whoop er-up for your candidate was
| deamed good and sufficient casus
| belli by your opponent.
Twenty five years have wrought
many changes in our city, and in
our citizens. 1t has seen us advanc-
ing all al ng the line, but we have
with remarkable age and commend
able persistency stuck to our old
political love.
This shows that while we are
forced to accept the new dispense.
ton, forced to bend to the new era
and obliged to accept the fin de
sicle regime We are reluctant te
leave our old moorings, and DROP
them with pang of regret and d
shade of remorse.
| Carson, like Marc Antony, 8
"plain and blunt man. possesses in
an unusual degree the inherent
qualities of leadership which
stamped, ineffaceably his personal
lty upon the history of rs years ago
J and enables him to hold and main
tain his position until the present
time. ~ ~
| He is by nature man of the peo
pie of unquestloned courage, loya
to his people whose. grievances and
wrongs are his own, friend upon
| whom you can safely lean, fearles;
champion of his peoples right;
and gallant defender of their in
terests.
| Small wonder then, when tkt
votes were called upon to manifesI
their preference they should chose
Carson as between Bailey who wa:
credited with having money, bu
who has considerably less now
| Holland of whom the rank and file
the votes if you please, know moth
ing only what he has condesendet
to tell them during the recent cam
paign, ard Key that prince of goo(
fellows whom the boys all know onl,
to love, but who in an unguardet
moment allowed himself to be lee
like lamb to the slaughter.
And again the Coils. opponent
sought to make capital out of re
puted illiteracy, but General Clark
sons letter assuring him weleom
from a thousand delegates in tn
convention in whatever capacity h
appeared, and the Posts editoria
under the caption Of ''Stand by TO
Perry Carson" effectually dissi
pated the uncalled for allegation
Gleeson whose friends are legiol
in this city stood by him with un
wavering loyalty and the veteran
who are familiar figures whereve
republicans assemble will again re
, present the District.
THE BOYS.