Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-05
THE BARS ARE PUT UP.
A DEMOCRATIC WALL.
The onice Seeker Frozen out-The La
m%entntion OF the Democratic Gin
einnati Enquirer.

WARRINGTON, d. c., Nov. 2.-The or
der excluding Democratic office .seekers
from the White House from to-day be-
comes an unwrittcn law. 1t is meant to
be a perpetual bar; the President wants
to be let alone. The earnestness OF his
purpose to get removed from the people
is conspicuous in a poster on the White
House door. This tells the Democrats
who want Office that the President will
not see them. The posting Of such a no.
tice is a Dissertation to memories which
cluster about the mansion. 1t Is sugges-
tive Of the ways Of the Sheriff rather than
Of the statesman. Three months ago,
when the President was daily snubbing
the Democratic party leaders, he was ex-
cused, because the hope was he would
yet be converted and realize that he owed
allegiance to the Democratic party. This
hope is still uppermost, but II Is fast
Pickering out.
The President seems to have no sympa-
thy with the party behind him, and treats
it as If unclean. Four ffths of all the
important Offices are in the hands OF Re-
publicans. BY retaining this class Of
public servants he gives the Republican
leaders the opportunity to boldly declare
on the public stump, as has been done in
Ohio, New York and Virginia, that there
are no rascals TO turn out. The sequence
Is that President Cleveland himself
brands as d fallacy the shibboleth of his
own Presidential canvass, which was,
Turn the rascals out" Further, his
course in this respect is a declaration
that he was elected upon false issues and
acquired his high estate by hoodwinking
the honest people.
All of these and many other matters OF
fact are known to the leaders of the Dem
ocratic party. They are embarrassed be-
You'd measure. Some say it will not do
TO antagonize the President, for by doing
it the Democratic party will be dealt a
dangerous blow. Others swear at their
treatment like the army in Flanders. but
do IL under cover. There seems to be no
Democratic leaders Of courage enough or
manliness enough to go to the President
and tell him that the alleged support of
his Administration by Democrats is not
that it is believed in, but rather acquiesc-
ed in, 50 that Democrats can get the Of
fees, which they ought to have had long
ago. h-a
Meanwhile, rs the leaders are hesitat-
ing, Mr.. Cleveland becomes more defiant
and exclusive. He seems to be leading
the public mind up to a point that any
dictum issued under his royal seal and
sign will be accepted as Democratic no
matter how aristocratic it may be. The
defense of his royal order to keep Demo-
Gratis out Of his Office is not ingenious. This
in brief is that office-scekers must 20 to
the departments. This would palliate the
insult somewhat If the heads Of depart.
ments were given authority to act. 1t is
an open secret here that zone of them
dare act. The Cabinet OF Mr.. Cleveland
is only in name. 1t is a machine having
pcrfunctory duties to perform. II does
not think either as u whole or part. The
President is himself running every de-
psu4ment 0fsthe Government, and his
Cabinet advisers have no more liberty Of
conscience and independent action than
haye the Republican employees who man
ace every important bureau of the respec-
: rTS departments. I.