The times., 1899-07-13
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1899.
The Battle of Concord.

The political comedy now being enacted
al Concord, the pretty capital city of the
Granite State. bids fair to attract consid
cradle attention during the next few days.
Hanna and Foraker have quieted down in
Ohio and New Hampshire is positively the
only State in the country which now pre-
sents the spectacle of two Republican
United States Senators clawing at each
others throats and tearing each others
hair for the delectation of a select audience
composed Of members CT the National Civil
Service Commission.
The ring master is Mr.. Charles A. Busiel,
a gentleman of force and great personal
devotion. who. after lifetime spent in the
service of the State Democracy. joined the
Republican party in time to be elected
Governor in the great landslide of 1894.
Like all New Hampshire boys, Mr.. Busiel
was brought up on a farm. but il is of rec
ord in the family archives that he early
abandoned agriculture and devoted himself
exclusively 10 raising trouble. The De-
mocracy. being in the minority, obviously
offered little opportunity for the highest
display of his talents, SO his conscientious
conversion to Republicanism was step to
be foreseen if not actually predicted That
his new found friends should Immediately
present him with the gubernatorial toga
created good deal of surprise at the time,
but the fact that it in no way astonished
Mr.. Busiel became apparent later when he
demanded the reversion of the Senatorship
vice DR.. Jacob H GalIinger, who had
served the State in that office since 1891.
1t is known that Mr. Busiel formally an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
Senate during his term as Governor, but
DR.. Gallinger has been heard to state that
he personally was as completely unaware
OF the fact as the State Legislature itself,
which when it met reelected him with
practical unanimity, Mr.. Busiel not receiv-
ing the compliment of a single vote. This
was adding sarcasm TO injury, and it be-
came Mr.. Bushels plain duty to lay for
Senator Gallinger. He proceeded to do so.
and the entertainment now presented at
Concord is the first visible result.
In matters Of this sort it is best to speak
without any exaggeration, so it may only
BE- said that Ar. Busiel, as a single man
and brother without political ambition or
desire for revenge, would concern himself
quite as little over a violation Of the Civil
Service law as Senator Gallinger himself.
But this case is different. Not only has
the law been violated, but Dr.. Ganinger
has violated it. Ergo, Gallingef must be
punished, Gallinger must fall, and when
the Senate convenes on the first Monday in
iecember. 1903, Charles a. Busiel must
, pear in the seat of the junior Senator
rom New Hampshire.
The careful reader will observe, however,
that while Mr.. Busiel started the fght at
concord he is personally doing none of the
fighting. The explanation is simple. AS
an expert in raising trouble he long ago
learned that the man who evoked the hur-
ricane did not need TO ride it, There were
always others. In this case, having his
pick Of many, he selected no less person
than the Hon. William E. Chandler to
make the running, and that distinguished
warrior. with his teeth firmly embedded in
the neck Of his Senatorial colleague. is now
rising and falling in the centre of the ring.
Mr.. Busiel himself only remains within
the ropes in order to see that Gallinger
gets fair play.