Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-04-02
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
GOOD ADVICE TO THE esINs,' AND
THE ssOUTS.,,

gestions Concerning the Rules--Robt
L. Downing In ssTaIly-Ho.''
Special Correspondents of The Sentinel.
WAsHINGToN, D. c., March .2S.-
The attitude of President Cleveland
has been the subject of favorable and
unfavorable comment until both sides
seem almost exhausted. From mere
hints and suggestions, comment has
eagerly fed on the widest, if not most
absurd rumors that ever filled the
political atmosphere. This is not sur
Prising. The man who expects an of
fice-seeker to have reason might as
well expect every applicant to be snc-
cessful. Much surprise has been felt
because certain applicants failed, but
greater surprise might have been felt
had they succeeded. Perhaps much
of the alleged disappointment has been
occasioned by yover-sanguine applicants
who paused not to think that other
men were afflicted with the same raw
enous appetite for government pap. If
such men, whose merit consists of a
desire to occupy Office, have failed, the
country at large may be thankful that
the offices have been reserved for bet
ter material. If such men have been
exhausted, there is hope of their re-
covery. They are so accustomed to
such hardships that there is no danger
of fatal result.
HOW THE "oUTs" FEEL
might be expressed i'll one word-cha-
grinned. What will be the outcome
of their chagrin, it is difficult to say.
Wild rumor has accused President
Cleveland of being Repubiican-Dem
ocrat. Wild rumor has gone further,
and said that those who have been
disappointed will desert the Demo-
cratic party. Of course, let it be re-
membered, wild rumor will say any
thing that is absurd. It is absurd to
charge President Cleveland with lack
of faith to the Democratic party, but
it may not be so absurd to accuse dis
appointed office-seekers of disaffection
The Democratic party has lived for
nobler purposes than office-seeking.
Such ofiice-seekers who permit their
disappointment to overstep the bounds
of common sense are valueless to a
party that has fought, not for plunder,
but for principle The Democratic
party would be safer without such
men hanging on its outskirts, and
ready to sell, not only the party, bnt
their very souls, at the first opportu-
nifty. If such men can not endure dis
appointment, they can not endure De
mocracy. There is only one consola-
tion in the disappointment of such
men, and that is, that true Democrats
are given an opportunity to detect
men whose Democracy is felt only for
ago, the loudest office-seekers are men
who could not stand the slightest test
of their Democratic principles. Indeed,
search of four years in the past
would find many of this class support
ing the Republican ticket, and repre-
senting Democrats and Democracy AZ
| the essence of rascaity and vice. l.
there a man who would see such
wretches succeed in binding President
Cleveland? TO carefully consider the
claims of innumerable applicants, time
must be allowed. These wretches are
only too anxious to see applications
hurriedly considered. They fully re-
alize that this is their only chance, ano
eagerly fan the natural but harmless
disappointment of the few genuine
Democrats who have failed or art
waiting. It is fortunate, therefore
that President Cleveland is man whc
has the mental power and moral cour
age to do his duty, and to adhere to
the true princip pies of the party thai
elected him. If silly, disappointed
office-seekers think that their interests
are greater than the country and the
party, and that the Democracy mus
divide because they have been neg
lected, let the day of division come al
soon as practical, and let the people
see whether Cleveland Democrats dC
not outnumber all of the cringing
venomous mass of pot-house politicians
who, disguise as they may, can no
conceal the vice of Republicanisn
stamped indelibly upon their brow.
HOW THE fms" FEEL
can not be difficult problem to solve
If the reader has ever been sin" h.
or she will readily imagine the feel
ings of those who have been permitted
to remain. There is not male or te
male remaining who is not CONSTANT.
dreading dismissal. They go to ~orl
in the morning expecting to be dis
lcaarged, and go to bed at night ex
pecting their sleep viii be the las
taken under the sweet lullaby of~gov
/ ernment pap. The male or fenlal
who was SO fortunate as to be discharg
ed before the 4th of March enjoys
happiness that no retention, let tn
salary be what it may, can give. Th
male or female who was discharge
and who left Washington at once, wa
a moral hero or heroine, and had NOR
sense than that which may be suppo'
ed to exist in the heads of those VIII
are waiting-waiting to be re-instatec
Those who remain are just as safe as
child would be on the precipice of tn
Montezuma. Nobody knows wha
will be done; nobody knows how lon
he or she will remain. Added to th
is the usual taunts and significaI
glances with which the irrepresslb
outs continually amuse themselve
Perhaps the only office-holders VIII
EN-, in a measure, feel safe are tho'
who have received their appointmeI