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instrumental in clecting Tilden and
Hendricks, for no intelligent man
doubts that they were elected and ev
cry honest man regards the theft Of
the presidency as the greatest crime
ever committed against liberty. Yes,
turn the rascals out!' Turn them out
of the post Office department.! Turn
them out of the land department! Turn
them out Of the seed department! Turn
them out all along the line! The only
way to do it is to elect Democratic
dministration-nota bogus, pinchbeck
Democratic administration, but the
genuine article.
There is living in Philadelphia man
who was twice elected Democratic gov
~ because he is an honest man. His
name Is Robert r. Pattison. Recently
In an interview he said:
How are rascals to be turned out Of the
post Office department II not by the DEM
ocrats7 That department is disgraced by
and rascality.
The administration has not made a par
ticle OF impression on the machine domi-
nation in the Republican party and never
will. 1t is up to the Democrats to turn
the rascals out Of office.
That's the right sort Of talk, and it
will win. Turn the rascals out! Over
haul the books! The Democrats will
come into their own again.
The high tariff shouters are always
vociferatng that while tariff revision
may be desirable it ought to be revised
by Its friends" No doubt the Repub-
lican rascals in the departments Of
government think that all the investi-
eating ought to be done by Republican
friends" The people may think other
wise.
"Uncle Joe's" New Phrase.
Happy the man whose inventive
genius enables him to coin new and
fitting phrase in an emergency. Hon.
Joseph G. Cannon, Uncle Joe, as he
is universally and affectionately called,
the predestined speaker of the next
house, or, more properly speaking, Of
the present house, has just coined one
that fills long felt want and one that
is likely to become fixture in our
language. The term elastic currency"
has been worn to FRAGILE. In a mo-
ment of inspiration Uncle Joe dubbed
1t rubber currency" This new name
may not please eminent flnanciers, but
the plain people will take to it as a
duck takes to water. Uncle Joe did
something else. He practically served
notice on all concerned that the house
,o% ho %ol, Int IN,
framing a financial bill-a proposition
on which the entire membership of the
house will back him up. Mr.. Cannon
"grimly remarked" so the dispatches
say, that ut requires more than a con-
ference Of three or four senators to
determine the character of the fnan-
cial legislation that shall be considered
by the coming congress" If he sticks
to that line of conduct in the speakers
chair, and he most probably will, he
will aid largely in restoring the house
to its ancient power and dignity, which
will be great and patriotic perform
ance.
More Republican Harmony.
From time to time we have in these
letters called the attention of readers
to the peculiar brand of harmony ex-
listing in the Republican party. All
Republicans assert that harmony does
prevail, and, strange to relate, a
great many Democrats nurse the same
delusion. The truth is that there is
much of bitter dissension in the G.. O.
F. which is liable to make itself mani
fest when congress meets, If not before.
Certainly the New York Press is a Re
publican paper. The brassiest checked
liar N America will not deny that.
Neither will he deny that Senator
Marcus A. Hanna is somewhat of Re
publican. Yet here is an excerpt from
the Press touching Marcus Alonzo:
Senator Hanna's fiat refusal Of the vice
presidential nomination was heroic act
but the emergency called for heroic treat
ment. He felt the rush of the party to his
standard could have been checked in no
other way. 1t began when he tried to jam
the ship subsidy steal through congress.
h Now, submit in all candor and good
faith that II that pungent, not to say
abusive, paragraph Is an evidence Of
harmony then Republican harmony
like the peace of God, passeth all under
standing. The Press not only accuses
Senator Hanna Of stealing, but it also
accuses several Of the most conspicu-
GUS Republican senators-all, in fact,
who favor the ship subsidy bill.
A Hawkeye BarkIs.
For some time-in fact, ever since
Uncle Mark surrendered to Colonel
Roosevelt-the Republicans have been
beating the brush to find statesman
of emfnence willing to accept the vice
presidential nomination. Uncle Mark
was suggested, and he spurned the idea.
Nearly every one Of note was spoken
of. Each one mentioned refused, or
some objection was found to him. 1t is
said Uncle Mark desires the nomina-
ton of Myron T. Herrick, now the Re-
publican nominee for governor of Ohio;
but Herrick hasn't been elected gov
ernor yet, and it's no ten to one shot
that he will be. Tom johnson, If nom-
mated, will give him run for his
money. The latest dispatches, how
ever, indicate that the Republican slate
makers have found vice presidential
Bariis at last in the person of Gov
ernor A. B. Cummins, who, so the story
runs, has written a letter, now being
exhibited in Washington, in which be
declares that he is willing to accept
cynical persons will begin to inquire
there ID any connection between the
Cummlns vice presidential boom and
the fact that he permitted the willy