Gilpin observer., 1901-02-07

ty VIII Precipitnte Revolution.
tus-Ship Subsidy Steal Lamoaxtcd.
Harna's Scheme For an Extra Ses-
s1on-A Question That Might Arise
aa to Presidential Succession -
Bright Young Man From North
Carolina-Ths Election of Quay.
Especial Washington Letterl
A bull in china shop would be re-
garded by the average machine Repub-
lican as an amiable companion when
compared with Hon. Hazen S. pipgree,
late Republican governor OF Michigan.
Whatever else may be said OF plngree,
he cannot be charged truthfully with a
lack of courage or franknessa In his
farewell message he took a parting
shot at his enemies, as follows: My
experience during my political life, ex-
tending over Il period of IL years, has
convinced me that in order to secure
the full commendation OF those who
consider themselves the better classes
the governor and other high oilicials
must do nothing to antagoniZe the
great corporations and the wealthy peo-
ple.' If that be true, we have indeed
been brought to woeful plight by Re
publican maladministration.
Then Governor Pingree says: 81
make the prediction that unless those
in charge, and in whose hands legisla-
tion is reposed, do not change the pres
ent system of inequality in less than 4
quarter of century there will be Il
bloody revolution in this great country
of ours" OF course for making that
startling prediction the Michigander
has received n terrible lashing at the
hands of the Republican press. He has
been denounced as crank, demaGogue
blatherskite, etc, but nevertheless the
fact remains that he is Republican
of high degree and that his prophecy
stands. Any Republican who has 4
good word for what Abraham Lincoln
affectionately denominated "the plain
people" is cocksurc to be severely casti-
gated by Republican papers. 1t goes
without saying that no man of sense
of any party desires the revolution pre-
dicted by Pingrce, but many men
good men ut that, and not alarmists-
agree with the Michigan ex-governor
that such a catastrophe is impending
unless things change.
William L. Chandler.
IL Hon. William Eaton Chandler
senior senator, and soon to have the
right to prefix the hateful 'eX" to his
title, will place to the ground his au-
ricular appenda sc-which Joe Black
historic occasion-he will hear Loarse
and triumphant hoot out among the
mountains of Montana. Whatever
people may conclude as to Senator VIII
liam A. Clark's election, nobody Mt
all acquainted with Chandler's politi-
cal antecedents can for one moment
believe that his conduct touching
Clark's case was the result of any
high and patriotic motive, for it can
never be forgotten that Chandler was
the prime mover. the original insti-
gator in the most colossal crime ever
committed against human liberty
the theft of the presidency in 1876.
1t is written that the leopard cannot
HIIotT va
skin, nor is it ut al probable that the
New Hampshire senator was animated
in the Clark contest by any loftlcr pur-
pose than to secure his own reelection.
At the same time ii must be confessed
that he served n useful purpose in the
senate and contributed largely to the
snyety of nations by waking up the
conscript fathers when they became
too sleepy. He Is mischicvous ns
monkey, sly as Major Joe Bagstock.
nimble as cricket. smart as whip
and delighted to worry such solemn
and digniiied personages ms Senator
Honr and to set them by the ears. First
and last. William Eaton has managed
to extract vast deal OF pleasure from
his II years service In the senate.
Nevertheless II In a strange coInci-
dencc. illustrative of the vicissitudcs of
political life. that the stroke of Il high
noon. March 4. which marks his exit.
perhaps nnd most likely his final exit.
from the senate will also mark the re-
appearance In that body of Senator
William A. Clark OF Montana and Sen
ator Joe Blackburn OF Kentucky. If
Samuel ]. Tildcn knows what * hap
pcnlng here. he will be happy ut that
hour.
Warning to the q. q. l..
The Petroleum Gazette. IAN indie.
pendent oil and gas Journal" MS II de-
scribcs itself. and really with II dccid-
cd bias for Republican principles ana
schemes. can't stomach the Hanna
Payne ship subsidy job and prints
fhagp hnn1tinnG tsht.h
cause the Junior senator from Ohio to
wincc: "'rhc Dcluslvc ship Subsidy
Blll; Ovcrfrd Snake Is Collcd Within
Its Complicated Folds: How the
Scheme Would Work. Oh Men Arc
Particularly Interested In tho Defeat
of This In!qul,ous Measure" Then