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Show THE JEALOUS LITTLE FELLOWS. The organ of tho Smoot activity on the Democratic side of tho house, the Herald of this city, says: "The Democratic Demo-cratic ticket and platform indicate clearly that tho party has no sympathy sympa-thy with the Republican -machine or' tho 'American' machine." This is probably quite true. It would indeed be singular if tho two political activities which belong to tho church and through which it formulates its decrees and carries car-ries out its will, should bo found in friendship with each other. There is never any love lost between the inmates in-mates of a harem, and never any accord ac-cord between two servants of a common master who carry out that master's will, each seeking to be chief in his regard. The church Democratic activity and those in charge of it do not of course .view with tho least favor the church Republican activity and those who aro in charge of it. They are mutually envious, jealous, and each seeks with fervency, at the expense of tho other, the favor of their common master. When the Herald says, as it does in the abovo quotation, that tho "Democratic" "Demo-cratic" machine is not in accord with the "Republican" machine, it merely moans that the little fellows who think they aro running it aro in tho discord which it refers to. It is quite impos sible that it could mean tho largo control con-trol of both by tho church. For, to intimate that tho church is in diver-gonco diver-gonco with itsolf would bo to impute anarchy and discord at hoadquartors, whero harmony nnd unity aro most fiercoly insisted upon; whoro, in fact, harmony and unity aro absolutoly indispensable, in-dispensable, and without whioh nothing noth-ing at all could bo dono In tho way that it io dono. In thus calling attontion to tho hostility hos-tility between tho B'orvantn of tho common com-mon master, which Is Bomothing qulto in tho usual order of human likings and inislikinga, tho Hor.ild cmphanlzos tho situation. It calln attontion anow to tho struggle botwoou tho roprosonta-tivos roprosonta-tivos of theso ohuroh agoncica for tho favor of the church political bosses and for tho capturo of tho church political power. It shows that both dopendonts, with mutual hato in thoir hearts, fawn 1 unon thoir common mastor, jenlouB of tho pat of his hand. It ia a horrible situation to hava to acknowledge, but the Herald as usual comes to the front frankly and acknowledges the corn. The church whisper as to the will of the authorities in voting is the great prize to be struggled for, and in making mak-ing this struggle the Herald frankly recognizes the antagonism between the minor chaps who have to mako it. Great is the church, and small are the envious niidgets who hold up their hats for the political alms that the big bosses dispense. |
