Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-30

A Democratie Hero.
Especial wsshizEton Lsstsr.l
Latter day Repnhlieanisn may Be
rot inAPpvopsistely or incorrectly de-
fined as abnormal appetite for public
pap" The appetite grows with what 1t
feeds on.
The most extravagani congress that
ever assembled in America has Just
passed into odoriferous history, making
what . member not inAptly termed
"a riot OF expenditures" Uncle Joe
Cannon is doing his everlasting best to
figure II out that II was an economical
eongress, but while Uncle Joseph is like
another Jos-Major Joe Bagstock-
''sly. cir, devilish sly" be can't work
miracles and all the lightning calcula-
tors who have lived since the multipli-
cation table was invented cannot shut
the eyes Of the toiling taxpayers to the
fact that their hard earned money Is
thrown away with a reckless hand. So
Uncle Joe might as well lay aside his
pencil and his pad and begin to realize
the fact that an awful trouncing awaits
the Republican party at the hands Of a
long suffering and outraged people.
The papers say that there were &c.
900 applications for the few hundred
new second i~eutsnAncies provided for
in the army reorganization hnI The
appetite Of ohee among the Republic
is surely appalling. IL Is safe to say
that every one Of those second Iieuten-
sacies was promised before the bill was
pAssed-promissd to Republican states
men with a pull" most frequently
for some Of TIE kith and kn-for Re
publican nepotisn il growing as rapidly
as Republican appetite
There ought to be a law passed that
nobody shall be appointed to 8 federal
Office, great or small. who Is related by
blood on marriage TO the president vice
president cabinet member, Judge Of any
United States court, foreign minister
or ambassador. United States senator,
representative in congress or any other
person holding q great ofRce under the
general government while he holds such
Office. am in favor Of giving the boys
Of the land q fair chance, which they
win eve have, dead sure pop, az long
S. the fat places 60 TO ''the sons Of
their fathers" This Is a matter for the
voters 10 ponder, and / cordially invite
their attention 10 1t.
strange BedfeIIsws In Politics.
Ex-Goysrnm Merriam Of Minnesota
has been appointed director Of the cen
sua He has or win have about 8, 900
places to bestow, and there viii be
about 800, 600 applications for them.
Republican appetite againi
The pressure Of the atmosphere il not
equal to Republican pressure for place.
1t Is said that politics makes strange
bedfellowa This Il illustrated forcibly
in the case CT General Walker Of vir-
ginia. who recently shot a man and
was shot himself He once commanded
the famous ''stone wall brigade" He
has served two terns in congress as a
Republican, was one Of the most bitter
paxtisans in the house, was defeated last
fall, and In his contest wounds a man
unto death and is sorely wounded him
self. Strange companionship truly is
his-where truth is stranger than &c
toni
turn away from his sad case to take
up the further consideration Of q Demo
cratic hero-Frsnk Blair. Continuing
my speech on him, / said:
1t is generally assumed by the wise
acres who write the histories that in
the border states the old. wealthy, prom
inent slaveholding families all adhered
to the ConfsdsEaey, and that only the
poor. the obscure natives and the i'm
migrants from the north stood by the
old flag. This is a serious mistake. The
great historic dominant family eonnec-
tions divided thereby making confusion
worse COMPOUNDED Prominent people
wore the Confederate gray. Others Just
as prominent wore the Union blue.
s~ostherners who Wore the BIue.
Dr.. Robert j. Brechnridge, the great
theologian with q decided and incurable
bias for politics. who presided over the
Republican national convention of 1884,
which nominated Abraham Lincoln and
Andrew johnson. was q stanch Union
man. Two Of bis sons achieved high
rank in the Confederate aruies and
two Others in the Union armies.
His Industrious cousin, John c. Breck-
inridge, resigned his seat in the United
States senate 10 become a lieutenant
general in the southern army, while
James S. jackson, representative from
the Green River district resigned his
seat In the house to become a brigadier
in the Union army and died a hero's
death, leading his division ON the hard
fought field of Perryville.
ROdger Hanson. the eloquent, became
a Confederate general and fen on the
field Of his glory at Stone River, while
his brother won distinction on the 9th
er side as general Of brigade,
John j. Crittenden, the best beloved
Of Kentucky statesmen, unfinchingly
stood by the Union, while one of his
sons wore tine double stars Of ; Union