The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-13
A Wattersonian Deliverance.

The Hon. Henry Watterson tho Ken
lucky oraco;. the tooter Of the ram
horn on the outer ramparts of advanced
ana vigorous Democracy, as he would
be pleased to style himself. Is not en-
tirey pleased with all OF the things that
were said 'and done at the recent Nc
Clcllan dinner In New York.
Although we saw n list Of the able
and distinguished statesmen who were
honored with the privilege OF plate at
that now famous layout. we do not re-
member that the name Of MIR, Waiter
son appeared upon II. We think, however,
that us matter Of courtesy he was
honorcd with n kind OF perfuhtory IN
vite" which the invltors very well know
he would not accept, and he didn't.
But be all that as It may, the blower
OF the rams horn was a very caretni
reader Of the published proceedings OF
the hilarious New York gathering. and
he has not hesitated to put his views
of 1t all In cold and convincing type.
or course, the loaded columns Of the
Louisville Courier Journal from the me-
dium through which the footing OF the
rams horn perces tho ear OF the listen
sing American public, and from these col
umns we propose to quote somewhat
literally, at least literally enough to
show that Colonel 'Vatterson Is Of the
opinion that tho Hon. Richard Olney
made great mistake, when IN his
speed, at the Mcclellan dinner, he sound
ed what seemed to be q Cleveland chord,
and did not whoop UP young Mcclellan
for tho presidency. But let us quote a
note or two from the footing Of the ram 5
horn Colonel Wattorson says:
"rhe dinner seems to have been q,
performance Of Hamlet with the part
Of the prince by proxy, or, as the bills
might have read, Done by gentleman
of the court circle with Mr.. Hill for
first grave digger and Mr.. MckelwaS
for Polonius. Mr.. Mcclellan, the real
prince, had scarce his belongings, and
yet the company was not complete With
out MIR. Cleveland. However. Richard
Olney made good double
Colonel Watterson then proceeds to
show, at least. to his own satisfaction,
that Mr.. Olney was bound to know the
utter absurdity Of a fourth nomination
for Mr. Cleveland, and, therefore, had
an opportunity to make very much
better speech tina nhe did make. WHICH
better speech the Kentucky man under
takes to put into the mouth Of the
Massachusetts man after the manner fol-
lowing, says Mr.. Watterson:
1T might SO easily have been other
wise. The territory between the sublime
and the obsequious Is so slight that had
Mr. Olney been courtier instead of
hero, 81 self-seeker worshippins the rising
sun and not mystic dreaming in the
moonlight-in word. were he man
capable OF getting down to bedrock and
playing practical politics, he had turned
to the young Napolean OF Tammany. and
addressing him thus:
Son Of an illustrious sire, your time
has come at last; forty years Of his
tory looks down upon You: Antletnm
lives again in George b. Grid up thy
/! lons, and go after Teddy. l. myself, am
too stiff OF joint, and German Is too
nimble, Hill anu Parker are too sick
abed and Delaware Is not quite big
enough to name a. President But thou,
child Of battle, the fairy godmother
bonding above thy cradle gave thee every
| grace, including good fortune; the stars
in their courses fight for thee. Go in.
thou bully boy with brass boothcels, and
! let tho people say which OF the two
Knickerbocker cubs shall rule, thee or
| Theo.
''And then they all took drink, and
the picture Of 81. Jackson on the wall
exclaimed: BY the eternal and the next
day, when 1t tried to snow. the sth 81
January, looked for ali the world Ike
the Fourth OF July.
Now, there YOU are. IT that isn't a
Wattersonian deliverancc, what Is III
| And time may demonstrate the fact that
there can DO wisdom in 4 Wattersonlar
deliyerance.