Show A W nearly two months haie passed since the various political bartles of the country performed perform od their quad rent ilal duty of meeting formulating formula tig their platforms rod IZ or ahk high bollich of president and vice preel dent the excitement attending atten aing tho t in ft louis and chicago quickly idedo and what promised eight boks woks ago to be the most desperately fought campaign in american politics has not yet been characterized by even a to ter eating preliminary skirmish tha platforms are before the voters and every one of any intelligence who roads has a more or less distinct idea of what thy mean A has kept up a running desultory fire of small arms and me politician a are iced vold in their for this or the or candidate thom have been some bonfires some brass bands some professions processions process ions and on the part of one gentleman a great deal of haae shaking bat the rup octive leaders of the two chief parties bave delayed their letters of acceptance until people are begil ining to talk about it thera Is no appart ill a to solicit campaign c trib excepting afir voorhees a week ago no speakers of prominence hava started out on the tour gen son says something some nearly every day to the ge legations ich ewt him at his homes but he Is evidently begin ning to feel that some one else to share ith hi m the honor of address ing the republican hodis judge thurman prams to make a speech or two somewhere in the no thweat and there are strong bopes that at some undefined moment in the future mr morton will draw out of his baril a satisfactory quantity of the sinews of war president clave land cannot be expected to take the cump ar do any electioneer ing no one expects the which the people have no reason to look foi ward to but there Is a growing d 0 inand for iho usual and highly pr oper which have come to be regarded as peculiarly belonging to presidential years Preil dent cleveland by this time otilit to be aa adept at writing sages ilia acceptance and views on the questions at issue ought to be sent in it Is eale to presume that general I 1 lauristan lar would soon follow his exam ale then would the artful beggar for political poli tibal aline begin his appeals to the dear voters and eloquence from a thousand throats end the trembling air then would the mama kobca more believe the politicians had a love for them mad there would be music ana banners and half holidays for workingmen to attend innes meetings enthusiasm and happiness supreme it have thoe we cannot begin to get them too soon it not the inquiry af the toiler Is quite in order what do we want year for 7 |