Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
Cleveland. Pattison and Butler.

three of these States there were, at the
time OF the election, Republican Gov
ernors; and in two of them Republican
Governors had been the rule and Demo-
cratic the very rare exception. For this
reason more than any other. we sup
pose, the reSu stirred the bile IN the
Republican stomach to most amusing
extent, and the political biliousness be-
gan to show itself in various ways as
soon as the party had recovered from
the shock of unexpected and disastrous
defeat. 1t seemed rs if Republicans
could not realize, much less under
stand, the verdict at the polls; and that
it Affected them very much as would q
vote in Parliament abolishing the
British monarchy the average English
man. New York they could get over
tolerably well, but that Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts, should choose Demo-
cratic instead of Republican Chief
Magistrates was to them astounding
and almost incredible. If Harrisburg
had been destroyed by an earthquake
and Boston by a water-spout, they
would have been no more surprised
than they were by the presence of Gov
ernOr attison in the one city and Gov
ernor Butler in the other. AS soon as
Republicans were convinced by IN
dubitable facts that it was not all a
dream. but grim and solid reality, they
orened their mud batteries upon the
people who had done this AWFUL thing
and upon the newly-elected Governors,
including his excellency of New York.
The voters of the three States were de-
nounced for their treachery to "the
great party of God and morality" and
as for these three Governors, if they had
been three impenitent thieves, they
would not have been pelted more
Cleveland. Pattison and Butler had
opened their mouths in an official capac-
ity Republican organs fastened to in
form the country and the world that
Butler was a rough whom it were base
tlattery to call a villain; that Pattison
was young man of small principle and
less experience; that Cleveland, though
somewhat older, was no wiser or better;
and that if Massachusetts, Pennsylva-
MIA and New York did not go straight
to 1.-The demnition bow-wow under
their administration the escape would
be entirely owing to the kindness of an
overruling Providence.
And such has been the prevailing Re-
publican tune and tone ever since.
Fault has been found with the three
Governors for everything they have said
or done, and for everything they have
failed to say or do. so that between
their alleged sins of commission and of
omission they are left, in Republican
estimation, not an inch OF ground to
stand upon. Cleveland and Pattison
were inaugurated in the plainest possi-
BILE way, and they were abused for ode
grading their Oh Office by false and
foolish economy and simplicity" But
Ter was inaugurated as his predeces-
scrs had been, and he was abused
for not initiating Cleveland and
their inaugural addresses ventured to
emphas re the necessity o reform in the
vario departments of State Govern
ment, and they were hooted at as
''demaoogues trying to manufacture
political capital for themselves" Pat
tison in his inaugural frankly admitted
his lack of experience and asked popular
ind Ilgence there or, and the leading
Republican organ of Pennsylvania re-
minded him that on certain occasion
the Devil had
t'Owned with grin
That his favorte sin
Was the pride that aped humility.
Nevertheless the three Governors
mud batteri s, and seem to be attend
ing to their bus ness with Democratic
ne tness and dispatch. We suppose
that each has made the usual number
of mistakes, and that neither has fully
satisfied tn e{pec atoms of all those
who voted for him; but on the whole
Cleveland, Pattson and Butler have
been and are de cidedly better Govern
ors than were their Republican prede-
cessors, and it is this fact, we fancy,
which gals and goads their Republican
critics. If the three Democratic Gov
errors had been as bad as they have
been good, the Republican heart would
have rejoiced exceedingly, and Repub-
lcan tlattery creased the wheels which
rolled them o pol teal perdition. Hav-
ing done very we | so far, and promis-
ing to do still better in the future, the
mud batteries continue to play upon
them, and are not likely to cease while
they remain in Office. Meanwhile Cleve-
land. Pattison and Butler IRE a very
pretty Democratic trinity for Democrat
ic contemplation, and whether Repub-
licans praise or damn them nobody eX-
cept Republicans ''cares SO much as q
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