Show DP disappointed TED MEN ir SOME reflections CY JUDGE SHAMIS ACTION A noni nonpartisan 1 ill o l il IV which S how I 1 kilo ait loudly tr ml awai I 1 ot f age tu suld S uld isaio there th re comes a ano no in in every national nati ond c v lie ile the unsound sound apeci i 1 andhor and worm ill paten eaten fruit begins to dry dr from the tile parte tree ai As tile ripening season plays play havoc with the worthless fruit of tui on ahard rh hard ard so the tile approach of election i fc ts tho the soundness bound nesa of hesitating and die appoint appointed d men in ili the groat political pir par p ir 11 3 they lold back their announce auls to tho the last moment hoping tc n r li he the greatest possible sensation their motive ts v a personal one else they would not make public announcement of their intention they intend to give publicity to their defection from the pa parties with which they have hitherto acted at such times and in buch such manner as V will ill make es fill a greater apace spa ce than usual in the public ov eye e that thus they may barter whatever of political influence attaches to them for a royal welcome in the tile party to which they de sert the pioneer press grants willing ly to every man the right of independent political action the right to change his party opinion and party relation with w ith every campaign if it so pleases him and if it bo be done on the basis of principle prin cip how however ever erratic dut but it cannot and doaa does not desire to repress its contempt for the brood of politicians ici ins who seek to create i personal sensation in ev every ery campaign api by b pla carding their change from one stand ard to another as if it marked so some III e groat great change of principle such changes cli anges are tire usually quite evenly divided and each party that receives receives a deserter pro besses t to believe 0 that it means momen tous thin things 9 for the campaign but both of them enow know that it is all a part of the show a mere mero bit of brass band and baw bap drum work and the lo 10 loyal al men of each 1 entertain in tile silent depths of their hearts a feeling not unmixed with con tempt for the tile persons who herald their march from one camp to the other as a triumph of principle over custom aud au d inclination this little theatrical perform performance anco hat liar now begun and wo may look to set sk quite a bit of it before the sun dawns oa ol novembers contest impartially viewed nh whether ether tho tile deserter has been lican or democrat the episode counts for just nothing at all one does not measure the fruit crop by the windfalls wind falls that follow the first autumn blast through the orchard shaking the overripe stuff to the ground judge gresham lets it bo be understood that he lie may in ly not vote for mr harnoon well peo pie should be very sorry for judge grosh gresh am all know that he lie and hamsom have been bitter political enemies all know that ho be lias has great political ashira eions and that they hav lave 0 been cruelly disappointed it was evident enough when the peoples party sought him as a candidad can candi didat data that something was wrong because although althou gli lie declined to cepro sent that curious aggregation lie did r EO ro o wit with such lisuch ostentation of reluctance tc eay gay anything on thing as intimated an uncertain 1 ll 11 and discontented mind if judge greab s h am desires to vote against mr hamson it is his privilege to do so without losing caste but when he be advertises the tile fact he lie must expect that the circum stances of the case base and the tile reasons why ho be is apparently anxious that his action shall be known will be examined judge cooley it is said expects to do the same thing tiling judge cooley was brought into int intimate imato relations with mr cleveland by his appointment as chairman of th tho interstate commission it was a compliment to which no man could have been insensible and it carried with w ith it a strong incentive incent iv 0 to personal lov loyalty alty we have no doubt thul that it the truth were known judge cooley voted for mr cleveland Cleve Und in ili IM and will do so again this year for jbv obvious ions reasons and without making any adv fus fues about it wayne wa no macveagh is making a great deal more noise than either of the other gentlemen mentioned why ins his declaration in fa fr vor of cleveland alov eland should be considered a defection we do not know mr macveagh is well known as a of the deepest dy dye e ho ile has for years v ears been one of those who believe that tho proof of independence in politics is to vote against the party with which ii vou you voted last and it ia is no more inore of a surprise to hear that he lie will support mr cleveland than it would be if the editor of the tile new york nation were vere to announce tile same thing to take but ono one 0 of many instances on oil tile appo cite site side of the question we w e fand find not noth 1 I ing miraculous or even confirming republican success in tho the desertion of general sickles to the republican cause general sickles is one of tile new york democrats who liate hato and despise mr cleveland and whom it lias 1 I required all the strength of party fealty to prevent from opposing liim him in ili the past uc ile stumped new york four years ears ago rather tather for tile finke of hill and the state ticket than for cleveland clev eland he ile bat sat in tho chicago conven convention lion and declared himself elt there in language lingua go which made it practically impossible for him to vote for mr f leveland cleveland he ile is a blut old gentleman and soldier and simply prefers to state publicly what w hat ho be is going to do enste instead aa ot of professing ging as the rest of the hill democrats Domoci ats do that lie is loyal to cleveland clevelano only t to 0 knife him the more inore vigorously and successfully at the tile polls these four cases are fair sam pies plea of tile fruit that is la falling failing to the ground in these davs days there is great clamor of words about almut them but they are much like liko the ks that appeal luet just before bafo re the tile polls open they coun count tor lor little or nothing with thoughtful men inen they do not caira cal ry with them the weight or the tile consequences which tile would hive have us believe party orators and tho they ey are far more a measure of per onal vanity than a i tes test t of public opinion or a florec forecast cast at of election resu results its fot fit paul pioneer press |