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Show Thn Granted Kff irl of the (ireat Inflated. New York Sun. Mr. John W.Emory, republican politician poli-tician of Pittsburg, made a remark to a reporter of the Washington Post tho other day which cannot fail to wring the bosom of the Great Inflated. Casting Cast-ing a vaticinating glance around the political horizon, this solid republican from tho Smoky Citv declared that "if tho democracy of this couutry would jump in aud nominate Pattison they might carry Pennsylvania. They would have something like a ghost of a chance, hut with any other man, t ever." It was iu the case of this Pattison, Robert Eligible Pattison, that the claimant performed the greatest, the most heroic her-oic and the most memorable service to the democracy tha.t he has ever rendered ren-dered in apolitical campaign. When Mr. Pattison, as the democratic) candidate candi-date for governor of Pennsylvania, was making bis (treat light against Quay, Delamaier, and tho power of the ail-minijiralion, ail-minijiralion, the turgid configuration of the stuffed prophet cast no shadow in tho Keystono state. It was a warm campaign, and heat is uucomfortable to the heavy. It was a campaign in which public attention in Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania was directed to state issues, and nobody cared a bono collar button about Me and My Issue. The demo- cratic party of Pennsylvania, assisted by a revolt in the republican party, was putting forth all its energy to carry the state, and every man with democratic blood enough in his veins to smear tho head of a pin was cheering on Pattison. But there was no report from the t)u0-pounder. t)u0-pounder. That was all still in Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. It was discharged freely and loudly at tanlf reform piouics and banquets, ban-quets, but it was not seen or beard iu tne great battle. When the light was over the 300-pounder 300-pounder was loaded, and presently it went oil" with a triumphant bang. The claimant wrote to Mr. Pattison to congratulate con-gratulate him upon his election, and to remind him of his own share in the victory and the glory. "I held my breath," wrote tho mugwump Megatherium Megath-erium with a proud consciousness of duty done. For person of his embonpoint em-bonpoint to hold his breath is a great feat, but he did it. He held bis breath, and Hobert K. Pattison was elected goveruor of Pennsylvania. And now not ouiy are there Pennsylvania democrats who want to make Governor Pattison the deniocratio candidate for President, but it seems that there are Pennsylvania republicans who think that he could carry Pennsylvania. "O, that is too solid, flesh would melt, Thaw, and dissolve itself into a dew !" lint tie grat exertion of the claim-art claim-art In ISl'O should not bo forgotten. He held his hreith, likewise his jaw, while the Pennsylvania campaign was in progress. pro-gress. That is ths most he has done for the democracy. |