The political parties in this country still make use of abusive language in attacking their opponents. If a man enters a public career, he must be prepared against ugly and abusive slander from his competitive political opponent.

However, most of these abuses from the politicians do not come from the heart, but from their lips only.

When the National Democratic Convention assembled yesterday, the great Republican statesman, Blaine, stood at the coffin of his second son, only about a mile away from the Convention Hall. His first son and one of his daughters had died recently, and his second son had followed so soon.

Practically the same Democrats - many of whom in a previous election campaign had pitilessly attacked Blaine, and had not even spared his faultless home life - arranged as one of the first moves of their National Convention to convey their sincere condolences to their deeply sorrowing political opponent in a most impressive and touching way.

Such actions must be pleasant to every feeling human heart, as well as a comfort to the sorrow-laden heart of Blaine.

Similar emotional expressions, which burst out with elementary force at extraordinary occasions, is a gratifying evidence of the kindness of the American heart. The kind heart convicts the bad tongue of Iying. But why can not the American party-politician also control his tongue?