The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30

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But these samples Of Journalistic vituporation
did not exhaust the list nor did they disturb the
serenity q the rivals, who rather rejoioed in the
o%yernowing mint Of their fertile imagination.
have AVE been l's BORN ih Po aoSS Scotia MSo d hSsDP lsna e
blue noses.l was elegently, described q, the
f msa M snM t ass iiTss b prfGsS s %1sIoS N h SfIlSlsl %hS
was termed 'an animate specimen of the Der.
mudian onion" one who halls from the wost Of
Door. miserable, ~penniiess Devonshire boy. who
chose emigration as an alternative to a blue
that he was once "a halfnaked. half-starved.
hireling In an hish howell while n canny son
II tba Nc p H. s Sen : o had r1 # charged 2 sg snn, :. him Inn
Clyde which bore him one ill-starred day for
our island home, to the shores Of Terra Nova"
,.teiicftoSs phrsssSoiioSsyy"' be StoESt tho SoWHfoSnd.
land public 1t was not q case of placing pearls
the papers are veritable sourmcts in tho matter
OF editorial abuse, and the nearer the terms hit
the characteristies Of the unfortunate indi.
yidual who Is at the time under the journalistic
hammer the moro delight there Is feltby the mul.
titude. For instance, to call a man IA miscra.
dial commentator. but to size up another as "a
pestiferous political parasite is perfection it.
''obtrudIng his bIoated and carbunclod pres.
ence" on q public meeting, and another was do
ISas sSacS e. ..sn u6p Pe Si led h nha nlpi, srsppTs
other a ''buI;headod brasgart." One ''grqsping
Bru%masssm a 5iatSerskitoS met a ike. iatS., (
a oss =" %f bioneed m %SgsSifis vas and ao OF q dance ST Eiren
by a city magnate It was said,"hi drunken spree
fsas. a nf os a as n RpIabna as b BolshazzH STasS drunken mai;sr
thief, viper trIckst;er. rascal, thug, ho'Odlqn,
scum, vermin, robber, bank wrecker. and des-
perGdo. are among tho terms most frequently
but these do not BY any means exhaIlist tbeir:
extensive vocabulary.
II there is anything in q mans private record
out Of politics in Newfoundland, for lot him
once announce his candidatpre and within
IS minutest details. Nor DO they stop at Q man
dras out ali lne sSo ' private se's ske s = a.@i ~ s fitS, slo aRa
an ordeal which makes the lives Of candidates
while the contest continues. But, truth to tell,
nobody seems to think any the worse OF a poll
him. One man was recently elected from a
metropolitan district, although a charge of at;
fss%psod o assault si, upon IN " tR married aoart woman Hnoi sbiir
through the efforts Of 2 relative with q
cal success that a man should have previously
gone drought he bankruptcy. court. A slight
sensation was made in tho last campaign by
the publication of a private letter from one can
didate to another asking him TO secure eyi.
dence that an opponent had maintained rela-
tions with a girl who was then in hospital suf-
fering with a loathsome disease and had stated
that the politician in question was the guilty
one. This letter fell into third hands and was
published as a most delectable morsel.
On tho platform the tactics were the same.
In Trinity Bay ex-Premier Whiteway, it is said.
lost hundreds Of votes because his opponents
circulated among the Professionals there that he
sent the Pope 10000 n year out of the colonial
Treasury, and that il he was reelected Queen
Victoria would be beheaded and Leo NH.
crowned King Of England. On the other hand the
Liberals circulated among the Catholics that il
Winter vas elected he would drive the Bishops.
priests. and nuns out of the country and turn
the Catholic churches and converts into stables
for cattle, Under such conditions was the cleo
tlon fought, and the Government of Sir Will
liam Whiteway was overthrown. Sir James
Winter, who went to the country with thirteen
men, came back with twenty-three. and the
Liberals. who had twenty-threc in the last
House., have now only thirteen, Whiteway
himself being among tine vanquished. Gradual.
ly tho newspapers, which during the fight kept
q niger on tho safety valve, are now letting
much OF the steam escape, and the Christmas
season served to help things simmer down. so
that all could resume their normal condition
after the New Year.