Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-04-27

II nc ~ NV NEAA- - AaNN A
much twadde tron RsFzhE0ns 30 The
eject that the sDSnocrzts are badly
SPLIT up aDsDocrzfs eannOs 81 to-
gsthu. ssDemoxAz sps killing each
othz oE aid the kks in al q
which there vas o1ly too much truth
II must be cozfesssd that incs the ca
lsmitous Extra session q 1888 ne have
not lived il sach psrfecf unity that we
can boast q il as q matter q pride
Bat Unless 81 signs fail when RsPub-
hcans guy rs for g~uxrreiing a2cng cur
selves il l. q repetition Of the cid SDd
ridicnl0us performances q ''ths pot cali
ing the kettle black" They wouh do
wen TO set thsi- OWE house In order be-
fore meddEing with oaEz l never think
of the rzncur0us hatred between ReFub
lean factions and their CHASTITY attempts
10 appear to be cheek BY 50El VITA each
other that / an not reminded of ahAs-
tu-ic incident recorded IN the ninth and
tsnth verses Of the twentieth chapter
Of II Samuel which Ens in this wise;
And Jazb said 70 AuzsA Art then
in hezlth ny m0thst And Joab feok
Anzsz By the hard with the right
hand 10 his him But AmasA took No
bed 70 the sword that was IN 9osb's
had, % Be sn5se hin Herewith in the
fifth nh and she'd cut his bowls On the
rOund and struck him not again, and
he died"
/ cite the exact verse chapter and
book 80 that ny Republican friends who
rad this AID who are neditating slAy-
ing each other nay become familiar
with the most ancient and approved for
mula in Fuch CASES made and provided
Republfena War In Ohio.
Hon Robert Z McKizson, Republic
an usyu II TIE city q Cleveland, soon
TO be ex-rnsyOr. l. evidently in a frame
OF mind to fully appreciate Lord By
ron's declaration, Sweet Is revenge
On the FIRST Tuesday in April bis aspi-
rztions fa- : tkird term a. mayor were
rathl@sly crushed By certain Of his Re
uhliezn fellow citizens II Is clear
from publications in The Metropolitan
Pres p1rparting 70 be interviews with
the Aforesaid mayor that be has no
diaicnlty whatever in his own mind
in heating the gentlemen who wrought
his downfall II is clear 70 even the
dullast reader that henceforth be
tween the McHannaites and the Anti
McHannaites Of Ohio 1t Is war to the
knife and the knife 70 the hilt. In
this sxigsncy in the country's his
tory all good citizens viii say. More
strength 10 their armsi' Immedi-
ately after bis defeat Mayor Nc
Kisson made this declaration, about
whose meaning there can be no misun-
derstanding; The Hanna boilers and
corporation influences. through lavish
use Of money. defeated the head Of the
Republican ticket yesterday. That il
all / care 10 say at present What Mr..
McKisson proposes 70 say la the future
/. can at this writing be only a matter o.
guesswork. bat the chances are that Il
will be decidedly hot and ~vitriolie,
: Whether in the end he viii be able e
say, with GibboB. Revenge Is profit
able can now be only the merest con
lecture.
1t may be that, after some more ex
perimentations with Marx, be viii be il
a frame Of mind to say with Milton.
Revenge, st first though sEest.
Bitter ere long back On itself recoils-
For Mark is something Of fighter him
self, and be may again run in on top 0
lMcKisson through the lavish use o
money as be did on the first Tuesday il
April But in this April struggle Mari
had the advantage of position. He wa
not a candidate and McKisson was Il
the next struggle conditions will be re
versed-that is TO say, Mark, or rathe
Marks chief, viii be a candidate an
MeKisson win not-and as MeKissol
has nothing further to hope for in III
Immediate future he may conclude 3
repeat Samson's historic caper and pul
down the temple on the heads of th
whole congregation, which would prob
i ably be the most patriotic service tina
he could render his country.
bill Like Kilkenny Cats.
I'd In these moments Of his agony an
ire he may proftably con the followin
lines from Paradise Lost" which
suggest to him in this emergency as
consolation:
VIA though q field Be iost.
All l. not lost-1ne0nquerable win.
And study for revenge immortal hate,
II And courage never 70 submit or yield.
-, And, what IL else, not to be overcome.
But If McKisson' s charge is true, tina
" Hanna and his gang bolted his nomina
I'd tion in the mayoralty election, il II
veals Mark to the world in an entirel
new light, for only two years ago nc
body in the land was louder in denuncI
X alton Of bolters than this anne Ham
AZ gang. Even 50 pure and illustrious
man as Senator Henry NJ. Teller Z
Colorado. who had been a Republica
all Of his life, and who bolted at 81
lie Louis only for conseienee's sake, wa
IL denounced by Marx and his gang as
sort Of eross between the impeniter
. thief, Judas IscariOt, and Benedict A.