Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-02
THE wAR on cLEYELANp.
Senator Eustis Displeased at Fis Tar
dlness in Turning The Rascals ont.


NEw ORLEANS, April 2o.-It has been
evident for some time that the action OF
President Cleveland with respcc; 10 ;he
Louisiana offices was creating great PIE
JUDGE against the administration ON the
part of leading Louisiana Democrats.
Attempts have been made to hush up this
rebelliOus feeling, and they have been
! successful up to this time, but it has been
/ impossible to prevent the feeling breaking
/ out. Senator j. 3. Eustis, in an inter-
/ view to-day, pronOunces squarely against
/ the President, and announces his inten-
4 ton Of making war on the admlnistra-
ton.
you can say for me, and you cannot
say it too strong Senator Eustis said,
that in my judgment Mr.. Cleveland thus
far, from a Democratic standpoint, has
| been a conspicuous and humilating fall
ure. The half-hearted manner IN which
! the President has been pursuing the inn
! portant work Of placing in the hands Of
| trusted, capable and efficient representa-
! tiVes Of the party through whose influence
! and almost superhuman eXertiOn he was
placed at the head OF affairs, those various
charges and duties for the safe conduct
Of which the Democratic party is alone
to be held responsible TO the people, is
little less than disgusting. Untrue TO the
Of the great compliment bestowed on
him by his constituents, his administra-
ton has commenced with a series Of
! blunders, and his friends and supporters
in Louisiana and throughout the Union
have Just cause for complaint. Indeed, ]
am sorry for this, and regret to be COM
PEELED to make the statement, but it is
fact nevertheless, and the question now
is whether the errors of which / speak,
~ hNu-lt ish
whole country, are mistakes Of the head
or the result of evil prOmptings and
treacherOus conduct toward the party
whose principles he claims to represent.
The fact that a horde of INSCRIPTIONS.
ignorant, dyed-ln-the-wOOl, and offensive
ly partisan radical leaders are permitted
to remain in Office all over the country
under Democratic rude, and in direct
violation and contradiction of the very
principles of Democracy and the wishes
OF majority of The people, as eX-
pressed at the ballot-box, is a shame and
disgrace, and a reflection on the com
potency, capability and character of those
whose suffrages placed Mr.. Cleveland In
the White House. 1t should be under
stood that a President and a few Cabinet
officers do not Of themselves constitute a
party or an administration. The active
workers in all the mutifariOus depart
menus Oh Tue governmental VINO
make the figures manipulate the books
and keep the records--are the admins
traitors of our affairs, and these under
President Cleveland are Republicans.
They are the Same who have been run
ming the machine for nearly quarter of
a century, in whom the people had lost
confidence, and regarding whom a change
was so eagerly and anxiously desired by
the country. Now let me ask: What
sort OF reform is thisf And what is likely
to come out of it? The fact is Democrats
do not intend to be held responsible for
this kind of government. The Democ-
racy, 1t would be well to state, is bigger
than Mr.. Cleveland and his Cabinet COM
bined, of which both are but the creatures,
and the representatives OF that party at
Washington Will see that Mr.. Cleveland
shall pursue the proper line Of action. The
whole truth of the matter is, Mr.. Cleve-
land is totally lacking in information re-
specting the condition of affairs in the
South and West, and is reliant entirely on
the teverlsh advice of a couple of mug
wump papers in New York city, who are
just as ignorant as he regarding those i'm
portant sections. 1t is now no longer a
matter Of distribution of offices and gov
eminent patronage, but a question of
party principle, and the Democratic ele-
ment will see to it that this administra-
ton is Democratic in the full significance
OF the term, or that Mr.. Cleveland and his
Cabinet shall fall and be buried in the
ruins they have made"