Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-05
wATERsoN SPEAKS.
The Administration Guilty Of omis-
sions Rather Than Commissions.

sions Rather Than Commissions,
WARRINGTON, May 4.-Henry Wat
terson who has been here for week
sent to his paper to-day his impression
OF the administration which, among
large amount of gush ON the president,
contained the following:
"The attack OF Mr.. Eustis upon the
administration seems to me equally
unjust and unwise. As long as sepa-
tors and representatives insist upop
sharing the patronage of the govern
ment they should be willing TO
STARE its responsibilities. To-day
the president is just two months in
office. There has been no attempt
to shape q policy. The thankless duty
OF hearing the appeals and considering
the claims OF aspirants has consumed
all the time Appointments mean
disappointments, because for every
place there are dozen or more appli-
cants, and for each which he
Oils the president must take the risk
of making one traitor and eleven enc
mics. No one understands this better
than Mr.. Eustis, who IL deliberate
aud thoughtfulssman, and hence IL is n
matter OF surprise to these who know
him that he should break with the
administration upon simple question
OF patronage. There is little r, ason to
doubt that when congress assemblies he
will find himself In close agreement
and In sympathy with II ON all the
leading issues Of the same, 30 that
he will be placed In the awkward sit.
uation OF having his approval and
support forced from him In spite
OF his personal hostility, clrcum-
stance which whips the advantages Of
the controversy over to the side of the
president.
"The Louisiana senator, indeed,
may get temporary profit out OF this
at home, albeit, II is by no means
certain that he Will; but
in the long rum 1t cannot
pay a man OF HIS character and ability.
| He can, of course, embarrass the adj
ministration in the senate, but some
thing better il worthy senator 30
eminent and so ambitious.
"After twenty-four years of absence
from power the Democratic party has,
| by little less than miracle, come
| into custody of the national
government. Whether il retains that
custody will depend upon the success
or the failure Of the men 10 has dele
gated to represent 1t. The party is on
trial. Inevitably IL Ia bound to stand
or fall by Its administration, 1t can
not afford toquarrel with this adminh-
tratiou upon matters CT detail or lightly
to criticize 1t. There will be time
enough to disown 1t when II violates
its pledges. In the meantime the
| Democrats should remember that
il Is composed Of Democrats,
that the Democrats who COM
| pose 1t have their rights
with the rest, and that no one of them
has given the smallest reason for any
body to distrust 1t.
al have encountered but one spirit
here, aud my opportunities for forming
Judgment have been most ample,
This Is a spirit of loyalty to the party
end the country. will stake my life
upon the sincerity OF this and assure
the disappointed and doubling among
the Democrats that II the president
should go faster than he is going h,
would surely run his bark ashore
The administration that starts out Il
please everybody will end by pleas
ing nobody. This admins
tration IL trying to do Ia
duty. Beset on all sides by complica
tions and badgered day in and day
cut by importunists, 1t has kept III
temper passing we'll and has made
no more mistakes than are common 70
new corners In office and not 30 many
as might be expected"