Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

platform and then to see the grim gen
eral counter ferociously on johnson fa
re~pudiating the Cuban plank Of thai
same platform. For a week the air wa
full of fur, hair and bits of cutiols
which Republicans clawed off each 9th
er and of fragments and ~splinters Of thai
platform which they hurled at each
others head with reckless fury. Then,
mirabile dictu, after all this bull bait.
ing they forgot to nov to strike out the
appropriation for the civil service com.
mission, which goes very far to prove
what a great many people have long
suspected-that the Republicans are q
lot Of whited sepulchers.
Split on Cuba.
Nothing but Chairman Hits speech,
promising Intervention provided Spain
did not speedily pacify the insurgents,
held them together on the Cuban ques.
tion. 1t was accepted by all who heard
him that he spoke for the administra.
tion, but the speech having been deliv-
cred, the recalcitrants being reconciled,
Mr.. Hits speech was promptly repudi.
ated by the administration, and the Gu
bans were calmly left to their fate.
How humiliating it was to Republic
ans to DO compelled to cast that cruel
vote may be realized when we remem-
Der that only a year ago they were play
ing the jingo role for all it was worth,
yelling Justify for Scuba librei"t
A change has come DER the spirit Of
their dream-a heartless, disgraceful,
un-American change. Wherefore7 What
Is the mysterious influence causing Nc
Kinley to pursue a Cuban policy which
will make his administration stink in
the nostrils of lovers of liberty every
where? Many people believe that the
American holders of Spanish Cuban
bonds, headed by J. Pierpont Morgan,
are applying the pressure, forcing the
president to pursue this devious policy.
Split on Teller Resolution.
No such exhibition of arbitrary pow
or was ever made in congress as Speaker
Reeds in allowing only AZ hours for
debating the Teller resolution, the most
important measure by far presented to
the American congress since the repeal
Of the purchasing clause of the Sherman
act.
So many Republicans threatened to
kick out Of the traces unless they were
given a chance to explain their votes''
that no one had an opportunity to really
discuss this momentous question, the
whole performance degenerating into a
roaring farce, which will prove a trag-
edy to many Republicans who betrayed
their constituents in order to stand well
at the pie counter, for, notwithstanding
that Mckinley voted for the Bland bill
and the Stanley Matthews resolution in
1878 and for free silver in 1890, de-
nouncing Grover Cleveland for destroy
ing silver and posing in 1896 as the only.
genuine, simon pure, all wool and a
yard wide bimetallic candidate for the
presidency and who sent the Wolcott
gallivanting over Europe
Notwithstanding all this he has gone
over, soul, body, brseches, boots and
spurs, to the out and out goldbugs, and
members with bimetallic
records and disappearing bimetallio
constituencies voted against the Teller
resolution because they were afraid that
the presidential pap dispenser, having
"ratted" himself, would punish them
If they did not '"rat' also. Consequent
ly they all RATED" except Judge Lin
ney of North Carolina. Mr.. White, the
colored member from that state, an.
Present"
Reed Breaks His Record.
The speaker broke even his own REQ
ord that day as a "rusher'' for two rea-
SONS: First, he has always been for the
gold standard, voting against the
Stanley Matthews resolution in 1878;
second, he wanted to show the senate
how much quicker he can do anything
Than it can. Instead Of regarding the
grave and reverend seigniors as sacred
personages Mr.. Reed deems them a lot
Of superannuated and supernumerary
rauuass a<a 1oses NO oPPoxtonity CO.
make his opinion manifest.
Even on the tariff the Republicans are
,plit up the back. Mr. Lowering of
Massachusetts, said that Massachusetts,
a tariff that would last-that
she didn't want to be drowned with
,ree trade or smothered with protec-
He represents "the m~oderates, -
while Governor Dingley represents the
whole hog'' crowd.
Mr.. Dingley illustrates Perpetual Motion.
The busiest person I ever saw-and Il
have seen people ON treadmills and tur-
zeys on hot griddles-was Hon. Nelson
Jr., during the last few days.
The cause of his excessive activity was
hat he was trying to prove that pros
perity is here. If the contortions of his
during these numerous
explanations, " which did not explain,
,ould have been transferred to his abdo-
men. the dancers in the Midway plat
;ance would not have been in it with
lim. AS a mother loves her deformed
,hild, MIR. Dingley's love for his bill Is
n proportion to its monstrosities. But
acts are stubborn things, and the insur-
stumbling block for the gov
amor is the great New England strike.
It can't be explained away. Like the
tar spangled banner, it is still there,
md SO long as 1t is there Dingley pros
like the Dingley bill, is at a dis
cunt.
Governor Dingley is the most solemn
4 mortals, destitute Of humor as a
a matter Of fact man of the
most utilitarian sort, without imagina-
ion.
A primrose by the rivers bsim
A yellow primrose is to him, |
And 1t is nothing more.
With him life is real, life is earnest
dead earnest. So 1t was ''nuts" for
he house sharpshooters to worry him.
lis mental equipments while substantial
) void of ornament. He is not a re-
.ourceful debater. His tongue is not set
n hair trigger. He is "Iorg'' On facts.
ut short" on repartee. Apparently
here is no such word in his lexicon He
} fiat failure in the use of sarcasm.
10 is not an orator. He utters no glow
ng periods to make the faithful howl
nth delight. He has no imposing pres
nee to attract attention and win ad-
liration. He is frail physically, with
nharho~1o;ry rcrmh pc~odv