Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-03
oldHsh On Politics.

This is the morning after; to be ex-
act, it is the third morning after" re-
marked DR.. Oldfsh. 1.-The political field
has been cleared of its killed and wound
ed-this is the usual metaphor-the rum
BILE OF the ambulance has died away in
the distance. The mutations of the losers
and the tumult and shouting of the vic
tors are heard no more. In little While
this storm-swept field, now barren and
desolate, will again burst into verdure
and blossom with new hopes of aspiring
citizens.
Where, now, is the kindly greeting OF
the candidate of yesterday; the solici-
tous inquiry as to the state OF one 8
health, the we'll assumed anxiety as to
ones general welfare? Alas, how like
are these solemn thoughts to the refiec-
tions of Hans Breitman:
Hans Breitman gife a barty-
Where ish dot barty now?
Where is de lofely golden cloud
Where ish de himmelStrahlende Stern
Dee sthar of de shpirits light?
All goned afay NIT de lager bier
Afay in de Ewigkeit!
"A political campaign in Indianapolis
despite the highly colored adjectival
which, happily, is taken in a Pickwick-
ian sense, is not altogether an unpleas-
ant event Sometimes the amenities be-
tween the leading parties reach the ulti-
mate heights-the blue-capped peaks of
politeness and kindly consideration. AT
such times 1t might seem that at last,
here in our midst as the untutored re-
porter would say, there will be a lib
eral application of the long dormant
Golden Rule.
MANY years ago at the close OF per-
haps the most exciting presidential CAM
paign that Indiana has ever known. two
great professions, one of the unterrified
Democrats and the other of jubilant Re-
publicans. shifting the assured victory
Of the morrow. met in swinging around
the Circle, or what is now Monument
place. BY some mschance the Demo
cratic procession, largely composed of
wagons displaying poultry, became en-
tangled. A correspondent of a great
London daily. who was here at the time
and was a spectator of this event, was
much surprised to see large body OF
the marching men break from the Re-
publican ranks and go to the relief of
their entangled opponents. whom they
soon rescued, and then returned to their
ranks, both parties cheering each other
Justify. The correspondent remarked
that no such amenities could obtain in
England, that over there such a meeting
of political foes could only end in a bally
riot.
Whatever ebullitions of bad blood and
ill-temper this city has known those
connected with politics have been few
and inconsequential In other cities the
fire department may be called upon to
extinguish the fierce fires of PARTISAN
ship In this city there is in the de-
partment but one recollection of a call
for this aqueous remedy for trouble.
"This was along in the early 70s,
where there was not an incipient fire.
but an incipient riot at a Virginia ave-
nue. engine house, where a poll was held.
Frank Dougherty, then captain of an
East Washington street company, after
ward superintendent of the department,
was called to the relief of his brethren
who could not get into action The East
Washington street company turned on
the hose and in trice the rioting was
over No man can riot with any show
of comfort with his clothes sticking to