Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-08

our wesrinesu; there was Quigg Win
whom 10 caper and 10 frisk. and there
we're simpson and MAhany iof ooi
soIace and refreahmenk.
ssThsre may bono doubt there -
an army Of consolation on iA mhIoh,
Parchanco within q year the vanguard
n encouragement may dawn upon %
srom these mists Of early grief. LIE. "
none n in this hour Of Incredibly ~
snsuish. Busnothing viii ever entirely
console M for the vanishing OF Cuigs
snd Booze and simpson and Mahany.
thouah we admit the beam Of suiAst
and make the most Of Mudd"
Il LOOKS al II The Post might have
been chasItable enough 70 restrain i'A
oanssic humor.
wAsre Are the Lsaaerss
Tha tribe Of Jeremiah IL not DEAD
vat as ths following editorial from The
Globe Democrat clearly attests;
.'Demomats when in a reminiscent
mood my that their party In respect 70
Ieadership reached its lowest estate our
ing the civil war and reoonstfuotion
times. This Judgment 10 Of course based
ON the assumption that most Of tne
Democraoy's leaders come from .ne
south. and at that time that section
was not represented In congress. rms
assumption is correct From the days
az Jefferson and jackson on TO those Oh
Buchanan the brains and character OK
the Democratic party were provided BY
tbe southern statea After the recon-
struction period the south did not coap
pare a. we'll in intellect in its repisseD'
tation In congress as IL did before the
war. .
ssBut tested by intelligence, conrase
and character, the Democracy OF ne
country has ct this moment touched o.
lower level than IL reached In the dark
est days Of its previous history. Though
the south was absent in the sixties, the
Democracy was not altogether destitute
Of intrepid and capable men. IL was
represented In congress By Pendiefon,
Richardson (of nlinoisb VailAndignam'
Phelps, Randall, Bayard. Thurman,
Cor, Hendricks. Voorhees, and other
men OF that caiiper.
In neither nrancn Oh consle1s e' sn
present time mas me Deooaoy ~
man VINO. IN poins Ol onal'sl IN
eral capaDiiity' can compare iasOla
with any Oh those wno naFe Deen neI
TONED. None Oh inc Demoofaslo onie
tains il able 20 carry ms party IN nl'
branch Win MN on any quession u 10
tional policy.
"The Good OLD Days"
Then The CD, with an assumption
of owlish wisdom that would make King
Solomon turn green with envy, proceeds
h belittle Bailey and TO exalt Lindsay
Of Kentucky and Gray Of Delaware,
two aoldbuea. simply because they IRE
ooldburs.
Il Il natural for people 10 look back
IN a golden and 70 be dissatisfied
with the pesent. II always will be so.
IThere were giants in the land in
thosa daysn-"the good old days"-is
4 deolarstion freouent In the mouths Of
mar N every generation. II will be
Inns until the wide armament Is rolled
mn AZ a scroll. The Globe-D Democrat is
not alone an macmillan IN this respect.
hut fortunately. and In spite Of the lu-
cuhrious utterauoaa of modern Jere-
1,iab. tha world is constantly improy-
inc IN statesmen and politicians AZ in
evervtbinu else.
All history teaobes that the men Of
one Generation who nre deoried by their
contemnorarIea ara regarded az saQes
srd nhilc.onha,a Nv ira next-
Not oply Il Iris rms az the Demo.
cvass hut ~ tha RsrnhlIcans as well.
Thonss p Rasd M sneakar Il fuIly
the rsor ~ Jsmas "a plsine and easily
ths srnavios N srv o.her m his Raunb.
i;csn rrsdscs..ors Dolliyar and Cons.
ins :, Iowa h,d SaIr A. he considered NV
sssar ssas az sha grastast n RsnubIIcnn
orstors GauaraI G-rosvsnor 4 ana n
tha hast yough ana tpmhIa dehatars that
ever annaarsd 40 And there
srs othsrs an .haA sIds who ranh Mon
A. for Bailey. the srss, Democrat