New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-02
is CLETFLAND GOING TO GIFE HIS
BRETHREN PET

Tho oucstion that stands at the head of this art-
Gle is one that takes precedence of all Others In the
Democratic party. j. the President going TO keep
omen house this winter and Will there be pic for
all regular Democrats who CALI In the light OF
that vital query, which sozcs hold OF the party =
finely developed appetite with hooks OF steel,
! .ucb incidental issues rs the tariff and the cur
rency pale their Intellectual ircs-on the first bal
lot few months ago the Democratic heart
wildly surged with joy at the news that Mr.
Cleveland had ordered an opulcnt new dinner
set for the White House. and that
rho set was inclusive of scores
Of mates confessedy designed to hold pie. Hungry
Bourbons from Maine to Mexico. with several
STATE, vet (, be heard from. wopt on each others
uccks in damp rapture at tho prospect ofratlons
which seemed IN store for them exclaiming The
| cravings that have gone unappeascd since 1850
viii be forgotten as Cleveland passes the pie OH
those new White House plates. All hail to
Democratic restoration All hail to the renaissance
of PIE =
We'll Mr.. Cleveland quietly allowed these
| iublant Democratic expectations to Increase ana
| multiply until one day last week. Then lie sud-
| denly turned to his private secretary ana re-
marked: Dan a report has got abroad that l'm
gong to dedicate portion of that new swel diU-
| uer-set to pie for the benefit of the Democratic
masses; il 10 said that I'm gong to invite the
rank and file of party TO the White
! House and show them pie sci ont on
! the new plates and tell them to help themselves.
| Now. Pm gong 10 do nothing of the sort. lhat
| dnuer-set is for what Tom Grady would call my
! own personal comfort" and no pie for the party
Of largo ~ going to be served on i-nOt if the court
knows itself, Daniel. So I'd like you to see that
| additional locks and bolts are placed upon the
front and back doors. and you'd better buy bull
dog with a bad eye and good teeth to promenade
| orr grounds Pic indeed for the rank and file of
! our marty! Fetch me my writing desk. Dan, and
m issne a general order thatll knock tho bottom
out Of the hopes of these hungry brethren of ours
WIN e1pect me to get up the pie for them on those
/ Iovelv now pe-plates every time they come TO
! Washington
The Private Secretary having complied with the
Presidents request for writing materials. 1t was not
I,,g beforo MIR Cleveland had written an order
ending with this deadly ant-pie paragraph:
After The frat day November the President will de
cline Ia grant interviews 10 those seeking puDo posi-
Inns or their advocate On Mondays Wednesday aud
Fridays during hat month Iro w 10 oDs a ~ ' on
sIrctly public business, and on tho Same dal at naI
ntt IN the afternoon, ho will meet those who merely
sirc IN nav their respects On all Ohsr 'ays ana times
during that month he will receive only CaOhot Officers
and heads OF departments
From rho time that this unmstakable ant-pe
order waslssued until last Saturday morning Democ-
rocv WAS hopeless The gayoty of the bar-rooms
! of the land was eclipscd and Bourbons sighed be-
| tween drinks that there going to be AN awful
hard winter But the spirits OF the party sehslDiy
revived nj the information contained that morning
IN The Neu- York World. Phe information III ques-
tiun may be characterized as pro-pie assurance.
# is contained in these words
II really begins look II tho TACT tnat the DenOc-
rocv ha- some rights which IA Democratic Adinnlstra-
on bound to respect was ABOUT W teCe4'c sVc ieO
| ignition ut Washington
m. higb Al IS
Who - the better Judge Of Mr. Clevclands attitude
toward pie Mr.. Cleveland himself or The World
newspaperi Mr.. Cleveland has issued an order
sternlv warning Democrats away from tho White
House aud from the White House pie served
On the magnificent new White House pie
plates; but in the face OF the order The
UorId which processes to be tho leading organ
of the President. tells Democrats that 1t really
looks as If they were about to receive some recog-
milton at Washington" Of course I" recognition"
is typographical error for pie.
! 0Further developments will be awaited by tie
general public with interest. If The Worlds state
nent is TO be regarded a notice to whom II may
concern that Mr.. Clevelands anti-pie order has
been revoked, that fact ought to be promulgated
from the White House. IL it is not to be so re-
Rarded the Democratic Committee ought to dlsci-
pine The World for stimulating hopes In Democratic
stomachs which are never to DO realized. We may
add that the betting at the Hoffman House is two
10 one against pie.