The Russellville Democrat., 1885-05-21
Watterson's Words.

Henry W.atterson, of Louisville, after a weeks visit to Washington, publishes the following as his i'm pression Of the administration
 "fhe attack of Mir. Eustis upon she administration seems 10 me equal ly unjust and uawise. As long as senators and representatives insist upon sharing the patronage of the government, they should be willing to share it's responsibilities. To day the president is just two months in office. There has been no attempt to shape policy. The thankIess duty Of hearing the appeals and con sidering the claims of aspirants and the friends ofaspirants has consumed all the time. Appointments mean disappeintments, because for every place there are dozen or more ap- plicants, and for each which he feels the president must take the risk ol making one traitor and eleven enc mics. No one understands this bet ter than Mr Eustis, who is dc.i1 crate and lhonghful man, and hence il is matter of surprise to those rho kn0w him that he should break with the administration on a simple question Of patronage. There is lit tse reason to doubt that when con gross assem bles he will fnd himself n close agreement and sympathy @ith It on all tue leading issues Of the tune. 50 that he will be placed in the awkward situation of having his approval and support forced rom him in spite of his personal hostility, circumstance which whips the ad- vantages Of the controversy over te the side Of the president. The Lon isiana senator indeed may get T tenn porary profit out ot this at nome, albeit il is by no means certain that he will, but in the long run IL cannot pay a man of his character and abil ity. He can, Of course, embarrass the administration in the senate. but something is better worthy of a senator 50 eminent and so ambitious. After twenty four years of absence from power the democratic party has, by little less than a miracle. come into the custody oi the national gov ernment. Whether it retains that custody will depend upon the sue cess or failure of the men 1t has SC lected to represent It. The party IS on trial. Inevitably it IS bound to stand or fail by it's administration. It cannot afford to quarrel with this administration upon matters of de tail or lightly to criticize it. There will be time enough to disown it when it violates it's pledges. Tn the meantime democrats should remem Der that tits composed of democrats, that the democrats who compose Il have their rights with the best, and that no one of them has given the smallest reason for anybody to dis trust them. have encountered but one spirit here, aud my opportuni ties for forming judgment have been the most ample, and this is spirit of loyalty to lhe party and L" the country. will stake my lh upon the sincerity Of ih's, an'l l a-- sure the disappointing and doobiioa among dema.rat> that if the plosi dent should % laStrr tran hc is % ing he would surel, run has liark ashore One story is good sill an other is tod. The administration that starts ont Co please cvcri isnsiy wilI end hy pleasing nohpdy- This administration K tiling in lo iis duty. Reset nn a,i sides ht c,Snpli cations, and hadgsud day in and day out by imporluniiies. il has krp' it's temper passing vel, and has made no more mistakes ihrn are com mon to new corners in office. and not so many'as might have been 'xpcc,