Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15

enough of the trouble ahead when
the Republican Senate shall re-
assemble in December. 1t would
take a good many thousands OF
Higgins and Manning and Baraum,
to compensate the administration
for the hostility of a newspaper
like the Cincinnati Enquirer, man
aged by the vengeful McLeans, to
say nothing of the warfare pro-
claimed by Senator Eustis. lie
has Just commenced his term, and
adds to abilities Of a more than
respectable character, the endorse
mentand friendship of prosperous
and Influential newspaper, the
New Orleans Times-DemOcrat, at
his own home. 1t is TO be remem-
bered that Eustis' term as Senator
will expire March 4th 1891, while
Clevelands term as President Will
expire March 4th 1889. Whether
he shall prove q columbiad or a
fre-cracker, Eustis plainly has
time enough to make himself quite
an irritant to whatever of nervous
sensibility may lie under the
epidermis Of the administration.
Speaking of the recent assault
upon the administration made by
the Cincinnati Enquirer, the New
York Sun calls il vigorous and
merciless attack" and says it does
mot think the objection which
will be brought against 1t, namely,
that the editor Of the Enquirer was
not entirely friendly to Mr.. Cieve-
lauds's election, and has been in a
state of latent opposition since,
ought to weigh much by way OF
answer to the facts and arguments
which it sets forth"
The Washington dispatch to the
Enquirer declaring war upon the
administration said in its beginning
what a great many people believe :
~The condemnation of Presi-
dent Cleveland's policy, as publicly
set forth by Senator Eustls, OF
Louisiana, meets the approval Oh
the majority of the Democratic
hosts. lie voices the discomfort
and distrust which is now quietly
manifested. The difference Is, he
has the courage to tell the Presi-
dent Enthusiastically the Democratic
estimate Of his administration,
while others who feel as he does do
not have the manliness to tell him
the truth. This latter class con-
tinues to fawn at the feet of power.
They live in the hope that they
will vet get as reward the offices
which belong to them by right oil
political conquest"
OF course the chief cause OF com
plant is that the loaves and fishes
have not been dished up and served
to the hungry as soon as was ex'
pected. After expatiating on this
cruel neglect at some length the
correspondent goes on
sIt can be stated as a fact that
the administration would now be
| wrecked we're it not for the hope
that it will yet be converted. The
Democratic leaders are muzzled;
They hold their peace because oil
the prom Use that good store awaits
the future. And yet the days roll
| into weeks, and theprocrastinatlng
policy becomes more exasperating.
| If there is not a change soon, tue
| volcano of discomfort will Delch
forth in such a way as to leave the
| Louisiana senator's opening gun
only a faint echo. 1t will not take
MANY more weeks to force the
President to take a stand either for
or against his political party. The
middle ground he stands on VIII
disappear under his feet
The Enquirer and its managers
and the Western Democracy have
never had much love for Mr.. Bay
srd, and the EnQuirer's correspon'
dent unloads a good deal Of the
administrations misunderstanding
on the unlucky Secretary Of State.
The correspondent tells perhaps a
! little more than the truth, but yet
states a vast deal of public belief
when he declares the other mem
| hers of Oleveland's cabinet to be
! lin silent revolt against Mr.. Bay
ards dictatorship. He says that
they quietly denounce it, and won
| der what il means. Not wishing
10 break with the President, for the
present they submit. Mr.. Bayard
| is described as having gone into
the "body-snatching business to
rehabilitate with offices those
verging on the grave" The crit
cism of Mr.. Bayard continues with
the statement:
z@The administration of the State
Department, when seriously con-
sidered. is laughaDle. It's Secre-
tary has dragged out OF political
obscurity scores of decayed hulks,
| who are sent abroad, doubtless to
expose TO foreign gaze a crop OF
old men. More than half thus hon
orel are men who do not believe
I'm the common unity OF their own
Government. They are its citizens
because of the power Of the govern
ment. They are its citizens be-
cause of the power OF the govern
. ment TO prevent them from beng
it, aliens. They go abroad I'M
pregnated with ideas which adj
vanced progress has left them only
AZ nominations. In no sense VIII
they represent the power and al.
vancement of q nation not yet hall
developed