The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

Bailey voted to defeat this res0-
luton and spoke against it. Bailey
was laying up trouble for his gray
hairs thereby Bailey must either
beat down the opposition to him in
the house democracy or.agree with
it. Today he only aggravated. it.
Instead Of mending the rent in his
leadership, he tore at it. The rent
is larger than ever.
After the battle l talked with
divers of the democrats concerning
Bailey. They were in no sense
rivals of Bailey for place they made
no claims beyond being privates in
the army. But they unshrinking-
ly declared against the captaincy Of
Bailey. They said he was in Reed
leadingstrings. They pointed to
the fact that Bailey had "agreed"
with Reed all day. And they COM
planned Of a lack of force and posi-
ton in Bailey. They said there
was too much rocking chair, too
many mirrors. too much compla-
cent ease, too much vanity in Bail
ey's marshalship of the house de-
mocracy.
These schisms in the democracy
should end. Bailey should either
conquer his position or quit. 1t is
such conditions of dissensions that
brings the party out loser, congress
after congress.
The best it has ever done in my
young time reminds one of the
West Virginian who moved to
North Carolina.
"How are you doing?" asked a
friend a year later.
"Never better in my life," re-
'Isponded the ex-West Virginian.
"Then YOU'RE making money at
last?" said the other.
"No," replied the ex-West vir-
ginian, with an uncertain catch or
two at his head. 81 amt maxim
no money yet; but l amt losin's so
much as | was" And that de-
: scribes the best you can say Of
the house democracy. The house
republicans are respectable to this
extent, at least, that under the iron
s rule Of Reed there's black consist
ency them. They've courage of
: their villainy. Resolving to rob
4 stage, they rob it. But the demo.
) cracy will sprawl beside the trail all
lIday, and when the stage appears
,Ithey run away, to subsequently fall
,Iabickering and abuffeting among
themselves as to which ran first.
THE house democracy, full Of split,
and little spites, and pin-feather
iealousies, can be brought to face
nothing, fight nothing but itself.
! One word to Simpson. Two
weeks ago when he capered forth to
his war with Reed, he declared that
he would "object" to every plea for
Unanimous consent. Today he dis.
Itinctly did nothing of the sort. He
did not object to Cannon's fifty
thousand-dollar grab for the postal
festivities, nor did he get in the way
of Bailey's plea for 25, 900 copies Of
the bankruptcy bill.
If Simpson is wise he will play
his game clear through. He need
not look to be held as a monument
of sincerity if he talks one way and
wanders off another. Nor will he
gain dividends by any yielding good
nature. Reed hates him. Bailey
is against him. Simpson can hope
for nothing save by hardihood and
unflinching war. There is naught
for him in the role of one of those
old gray-muzzled house dogs, that
approaches the strangers, barking
and wagging its .tail-war at one
end and peace at the other, and all
at one end and the same time.
Simpson must fight. Simpson must
take blood all along the line or he
might better go back to his cows and
his corn husking.-N. Y. Journal.