The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-10
POINTERS.
What a Democratic Administration
Has Done Within Less Than
Six Months.

We observe that good many demo-
cratic editors felicitate themselves on
the fact that no Independent can be
found who is sorry he voted for CleYe-
land.
Well, we should say not. Cleveland
has been in half a year. What has he
done to ALLEVIATE his friends? Made
few trivial mistakes in appointments,
some of which, unlike any modern pres
dent, he has had the courage to correct.
And what has he done to cement
their friendship? Why, few things
at least.
/. He has done more for the good
cause of civil service reform than all
the presidents put together.
9. Revoked the appointment OF a
southerner because he was connected
with a bulldozing affair. Chalmers,
bull dozer par excellence, is the pet OF
the party which makes the most fuss
about bulldozing. No Republican
president ever visited the mildest pun
ishment on Republican for bulldozlng.
8. Broke up the importers ring and
resisted the opportunities and threats
of a combination representing more
capital than some whole states are as
sessed. He thus saved millions year
of public revenue.
4. Through his secretary of the in
terror saved millions of acres Of public
domain which the railroads had almost,
and thought they had quite, within her
grasp.
5. Through his acknowledgement re-
sisted the Pacific Mail ring and saved
the people nearly half million Of sub
sidy at one stroke.
6. Through his secretary of the navy
crushed out a score of steals and rings
in that department and forced John
Roach to terms.
Z. Kept the boomers out of Okla
homa.
s. Drove the cattlemen Out-a COM
bination of capital and influence which
no other president had dared touch.
9. Stopped the fencing of public lands
by wealthy corporations.
10. Made the whisky rings pay up its
taxes and go about their business.
IL. Expenses have been saved right
and left by the discharge Of supenu-
numeraries, and at the same time i'll
creased industry has made the service
more efficient.
IL. The change has brought about a
state of national harmony and cordial
ty that has never existed in this cOun-
try.
We defy any reader of The Million to
name day and date when there was
less jealousy and more sympathy be
tween the sections than there is to-day.
These twelve labors of hercules, have
been accomplished in half as many
months.
Now every one Of these powerful com
binations are partly composed of demo-
Gratis. Did Cleveland stop for that?
Not he.
Why most of these wrongs which he
has righted in less than six months
were never discovered to be wrongs by
people who were sure the country would
go to smash if Cleveland came in, nor
by any former president. And here is
where Cleveland has done his best ser
vice. Everybody sees now that they
were wrongs, gross, infamous wrongs.
The administration has awakened a
public conscience. If a greater work
than that can be conceived of, we do
not know what it is.
The people at least feel that the gov
eminent is on their side. Cleveland
and his cabinet are teaching them that
they have rights. They hardly knew
it before. They thought the politicians
and monopolies had all the rights, and
by their grace the toiling millions might
be thankful for life itself.-IBe Million.