St. Paul daily globe., 1885-04-14
WASHINGTON WISDOM.
The President Said to be Inspired by
the Little Tea Party of New
York Mugwumps.
An Alleged Democrat Who Thinks
Cleveland as Much Opposed to
Democracy as Radicalism.
Scandals Developing in the Rotten Navy-In-
ternal Revenue Collectors to be AL
lowed to Close up Their Accounts.
More Foreign Appointments Hostilities at
the Isthmus Subsided-The Soldiers
Home-General Capital Notes.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-'The present ad-
ministration,' said prominent Democrat
to-day, 'has not, as yet, been correctly esti-
mated. The Democrats who expected to run
things are foundering around in a sea of
astonishment and profess to be unable to &C
count for the numerous set-backs which the
party has received since the 4th of March.
The truth is, there are only two Democrats
in the cabinet, Lamar and Bayard,
particularly Lamar. He believes that the
November election was straight-out Demo
cratic victory. The others have an ill-defn ed
idea, gathered from Mr.. Cleveland, that it
was triumph of abstract nonentities, called
''the people," Now comes the question,
Who are the people who carried the election
last November! They must have been party
men or they would hardly be worthy the
rights of citizenship, and they mnst have
been Democratic party men, or they wouldn It
have voted the Democratic ticket. Coming
directly to Mr.. Cleveland it should be remem-
bered that
HIS WHOLE POLITICAL HISTORY
is as much opposed to the Democratic party
as to the Republican party. He was first
nominated for sheriff because nobody knew
what he was. He was elected mayor of Buff
falo as Mugwump. He was nominated for
governor of New York on the plan known as
the possum policy, and was nominated for
president at Chicago because it was urged
there, in open convention, that straight-out
Democrat like Bayard stood poor chance
of election. In short, Mr.. Cleveland appre-
ciates the fact that through all these years he
has simply been catspaw to gather chest
nuts for the party out of power. He has be-
come thoroughly impregna ated with the idea
that the little tea party of Independents and
Mugwumps in New York state, who hap
pened to hold the balance of power anG who
represented nothing but miserable minor
ity, are "the people," Mr.. Cleveland imag-
ines that this
TEA PARTY OF MUGwUMPs
is the solid underlying party of the whole
country and that's where all of his mistakes
eminate from. The national campaign only
impressed that idea upon him for New York,
and the Mugwumps of that state gave him
the deciding vote. But look over the list of
states outside of New York. There are the
same beastly majorities for one side or other,
with not the faintest conception that q man
of ''the people, is a candidate. There wasn't
a Mugwump vote west of the Allegheny
mountains, and yet Mr.. Cleveland imagines
that he was elected by a popular uprising,
that meant rebuke to all existing parties,
and that therefore he
STANDS PLEDGED
to administer the government without re-
gard to party, exeeptin so far as he owes the
Democracy some recognition for his nomi-
nation. What more could you eX-
pect of man who never saw
the Mississippi river, but it is
rather calling to help straight-out Democrats
in to office on account solely of their Democ-
racy aud then have them kick you out of the
back door on the theory that this is not a
party administration. 1t is funny to see old
mossbacks get into office as strict partisans
and then pose as reformers, popular upris-
ings, etc. Next time we'll nominate hard
shell Democrat like Lamar or Bayard, and
then may be we'll know where to find him."