Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-02-27
" 4 Little DisiIgured but Still in the
Ring"

Ring"
Representative johnson, Republi-
can of California. is not of the mum.
Der who believes that the Democratic
party is dead. For every burial of
the old party he has seen a glorious
resurrection, and warns his friends
In Congress against the do-nOthing
policy Of his party, which seems to
bc the program Of the leaders. Mr..
Johnson said in recent speech in
the House:
The Democratic party is like Joe
ltagstOck, tough, very tough, and
hard to kill" Great laughter
attended the funeral Of the Demo-
cratic party in 1872. l saw its estate
administered upon. l saw the auc-
ton of the effects of the decedent,
with Belmont, of New York, rs auc.
tioneer, to a syndicate composed of
So-called liberal Republicans. Hor-
ace Greeley, Charles Francis Adams
and Carl SchurZ conducted the nego-
tiations and made the purchase, and
the result Of the election Of 1872 was
disastrous alike TO buyer and seller.
The Democracy was worse beaten
that year than ever before, and the
fumes of the bargain killed poor old
Greeley, made Charles Francis All.
ans an imbecile, and reduced Carl
Schurz to the faded condition of a
civil-serYiCe former. Great
laughter.
And yet in 1874 the Democratic
party, for the first time i'm the his.
tory of probate courts, came fresh
and undiminished in estate out OF
the probate court and, through some
! strange RECONSIDERATION of souls that
would puzzle Buddha himself to eX.
! plain, aroused the American people
and elected majority of the House
Of Representatives. Applause on
the Democratic side. And they
have made Democratic desert of
this House ever since, except for two
Republican GASES, the Forty-seventh
and the Fifty-first Congresses
Laughter. Applause on the Repub
| lican side.
Now, it is wise to look at these
things. Ii is wise to remember also
that in 1876 this same party, that is
now supposed to be dead and buried.
scared US almost to death when il
came to the election of President.
and since that time every good Demo
crat has said, and no doubt if YOU
VIII strip the clothing from our
Democratic friends here you will
find inscribed on their bosom the lie.
gend, "Tilden was de .jure President
and Hayes was only the de .fdctO
President Of the United States. y
Laughter. We can not afford, then,
to underrate their strength. We can
| not afford, then, TO omit or refuse to
do anything that is necessary for the
purpose of bringing our ranks to-
gethor in order to win the election,
for in the campaign of 1896 we shall
find the Democratic party, i'm the
nguage of the prize fighters.
"sliShtly disfigured hut still i'm the
ring" and an antagonist worthy of
our best endeavors. This House is
very strongly Republican, but is our
majority permanent? We can not
tell until after the election of No
vemher, 1896. Therefore we must
not be unduly enthused over our 1870
majority in the Fifty.fourth Con-
| greSS.
We can not win this year bv do.
nothing policy. 4 do-nothing policy
Is unworthy of our party. unworthy
OF It's history, unworthy of its m"u'.
oership, unworthy of its aims, and
VIII as surely result in defeat as the
election in November, in 1896, comes
around. ensuring Ambassador
l5ayard is not enough laughter :
seconding Cleveland i'm Monroe doc
trine ecstacies is not enough Ire
newed laughter cheese pairing or
appropriations is not enough lap
plause; denouncing the Democratic
party and the President of the
United States and drawing parallels
between what they did in reference
to the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill and
our own action on that subject is moi
enough. Applause.
III we wish to win we must give
the people something besides do
nothing policy. Our self.appointed
ana our duly elected leaders of the
party say to us, "Oh. do nothing
gentlemen; just pass the appropria
ton bills and GO home. Wait until
we elect Senate and President
mat are in accord with our party,
and then just see what we will do
for the people" But, Mr.. Chair.
man, that policy will not win this
year in my opinion. We must give
The people some substantial frui,
from tho tree of Republicanism, now
so strong in this House. Mere words
mere promises for next time will no,
do. We must act for ourselves and
Tor this body. For four years We
nave belabored the Democracy be
cause they did nothing, although ir
power, and we at the same tim,
promised to act, TO do something. /,
the voters of the country would turr
me Democrats out and put us in
Hence a do-nothing policy is wors,
for us than usual, and will not satisf,
the hunger Of the masses of our con
stituents, who are clamoring for re
medal legislation.
MARSHAL GARDEN DEAD.-An