The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-01
SAID BY POLITICIANS.
ODD WAYS OF EXPRESSING
THEIR IDEAS.
Political Phrases Of tho rrsseut Day
How some of tho stock Exprcssioss
Of tins spelibind-r. Game Into Be,ng
Chiefly subterfuges.

America for Americana" wee n
Of the cries Of the American party,
organized back In the fifties. The
party, which had some foothold in
New England. the middle and west
ern states, was known also as Tho
Sons OF rs" THE Order Of the Star
Spangled Banner" and The Know
Nothings." The ptIasA az used or
lginally. expressed the opposition 81
the party to aliens.
Another county heard from was
the comment OF the photographers all
over the country when, In 1875, tho
returns from the presidential election
were slow In coming in from the
doubtful states.
IL wao the Democratic national plat
form of 1856 which referred to this
country as tho asylum OF the OPP
pressed Of every nation" but II IL seen
more now In the literature distrlb-
uted at election time than 1t Is heard
from the platform.
Andrew Jackson's instructions to
ministers abroad to TASK nothing but
what is right; submit to nothing
wrong" is still a good catch phrase
for candidates for all Offices.
We still hear, and will continue to
hear, of the Bloody Shirt" which Is
usually employed In reference to tho
now dead issues which are reeurrect-
ed for partisan purposes.
The B~oys'-thoso who make OF
politics a business-contlnue to use
the term Carpet Baggers.' which Is
heard In districts In which candidates
have lived for only a short time. IL
Is a southern word, and was used In
reference to the northernere who went
south after the war and took an active
part in politics. Many held Offices,
and others came to qualify for offlco
by means OF a short residence. Tho
southorners referred contemptuously
to them as carrying their effects In a
carpet bag" "Clean sweep" seen so
often on banners In political parades,
means the removal by an official Of all
the subordinates not belonging to his
political party, and also that an cleo
ton will be so one-sided that, like u
new broom, II will sweep clean.
In the silver and gold campaign of
'96 1.-The dollar OF our daddies" was an
oft-heard phrase.
The accepted version OF the birth
OF the Democratic rooster IL that In
1910 there lived in Indiana a Demo
crat named Chapman. who exercised
his vocal organs when there was a
p,,,,rattn ytnfnru hu prnWinu nV
the situation a friend wrote to him
/, ending with these words: Grow
Chapman, crow!" As the Democratic
emblem, the rooster came into use In
, 1912.
"The machine"-the organization
: OF a party when In the hands OF pro
9 fessional politicians-resorts to knit
, ing" which Is n form Of trickery prac
q ticed against the candidates OF thei
own party who are distasteful to Thu
organization"
1.-THE boys and the Organization
n are responsible for the nickname
"kid-glove politicians" and silk
d, stocking politics." which are used b.
y them to nullify the work OF those 4
Z good circumstances who try to take
e hand in reform work In politics.
n I'VE love him for the enemies h
has made was Edward s. Bragg
d tribute to Grover Cleveland In tn
n Democratic convention OF 1884, bu
this phrase has been adopted on be
half of almost every candidate 10
elective Offices, including Gov. Altgelt
The sobriquet 1.-THE Man of Destiny
= always will be attached to Mr.. Cleve
a lands name because of his rapid rs
. from mayor OF the city OF Buffalo !
1881 to president Of the United State
In 1885.
"Our country, in her intercours
II with foreign nations. may she Away
4 be in the right; but our countr,
right or wrong" vas the toast Of Com
modore Stephen Decatur, delivered
Norfolk, Va, In 1916, and II has bee
p the toast at thousands OF political an
other %banquets for many years.
k me, Too" is the sarcastic refer
ence to Senator Thomas G. Plat. TIL
sobriquet was given to him becans
Is he resigned as junior senator froT
a New York Immediately after Rosco
Conkling took the same step becaus
some political appointments made b
the president were not In accordanc
with their wishes. That expressiv
o term salt River" is applied to poll
ticians who are forced to retire fror
= public life. Salt River is q Kentuck.
c river dificult OF navigation.