Show SECRETARY ROBERT 1 LINCOLN is as narrowminded and small as his illus trious father was broad and great It is the name that placed the young man in the Cabinet and which keeps him there for he is regarded as a thorough nincompoop nin-compoop Las week a committee asked Mr Lincoln if one of the army bands stationed at the capital might f play for a Democratic jollification The Secretarys prompt refusal was so emphatic i em-phatic as to be insulting The matter i j I would not have been so bad were it not for the fact that only the week before I the army bands hadbeen playing for the publicans This action is imilar to an affair that occurred in this city a few years ago and which is distinctly dis-tinctly remembered by many citizens The Federal court room had been frequently and freely used by Republicans Repub-licans and Liberals their applications for it never being refused finally the Democrats desired to hold a meeting and asked the privilege of gathering in I the court room but were promptly refused re-fused by the Republican Marshal We hope no chickens will go home to roost but one cannot help noting occurrences now and then I |