Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-16

one. / accept inc responsibility lrf
my uttcranccs, and regret they cannot
he controycItcd. The administration
may and probably will change its
course. but know what its present in
tended policy is. and against that |
have a right to, and az a Democrat |
do protest. - 3. t.vSTI>.'
The Post. which ESSAYS to Ice the Or
gan Of the administration contains IN
tcrvicwS with several men of prcuii-
nCncc to-day, criticiZ.ng the attitude
uf Senator EuStiS. ANON" others Hon
W. l.. Morrison, of Illinois, is quoted
rs saving that the Senator > uttcranCcs
were premature
THAT il entirely untrue" said Mr..
Morrison To the Times Democrat cor
respondent Tonight. "Whcn asked to
express myself on the subject by Il re-
porter Of that paper l respectfully de-
Clincd 10 do So"
Times-Demoorat Special.
WASHINGTON, May THE fru-
cal and iar-secing Star Is changing
It's tune. 1t has evidently con
Guided that Senator Eustis has a
, following and a host of svmpatii-
zcrS, and that he IS not SO insigEif-
icant Il person as was at first al
! legged. The Star Of to-day says
The throng Of mere ollice-scck-
ers have been frightened of and
an entirely different class OF poll
ticians have been coming III with
( in the last few days. They want
TO tell the President Just what the
eXigcnccs, of the case are and 10
say that the politicians who speak
practically or i'll praise of the new
| policy of exaggerated civil service
reform are not sincere III their cX-
prcssions and are merely tawning
after favor.
They claim to represent the
real feeling Of the rank and file of
the party and pronounce i as pos
tive that the voters will not sub
NIT to the retention OF men in
power under the Democratic adj
ADMINISTRATION who under the Re
publican were denounced as dis
, honest. These advisers claim a
/ position above personal interest,
/ and say their only wish is that the
President shall not ignore his
party interests altogether. They
are politicians, holding themselves
above the Understanding class, and
claim that their purpose is solely
) TO work out the salvation Of the
. party. TO them the dcnunciatiOn
If the administration by Senator
Eustis was a necessary blow, anC
, Though from a personal point OF
! view impolite, a blow that vii,
= have its effect in opening the eye:
: Of the powers that he TO the rca
condition of affairs"
No little attention has been at
{ tracted to the Houston interview
: which was reproduced in the New
York Times a day or two ago
Friends Of Senator Gibson arr
/ anxiously waiting TO see a denia
; of Mr.. Hou5ton's charges. Will,
! they are waiting it may be well t.
chronicle the sensation of the day
: There has been a very impOr
y tant meeting OF Democratic mag
), mates, meeting fraught with mo
! ment and significance. Sccrctaric
Y Manning and Whitney, Sanue
] Randall and VIM. IL. Barnum ar
said to have been in the confer
ence. For weeks past the Cincin
o natl Enquirer has been bittcrl.
i hostile to the administration In
h Courier-Journal has been sullcl
q and uncomlnunicative. Senator
p Vest, Beck and Morgan have crit
a cised the administration YES
s and Beck much more severed
:, than Senator Eustis did. Senate
! Harrison, of Tennessee, has cX
Y pressed similar sentiments Con
y gressmen Reagan and Mills, c
u Texas, went home disguised an
vociferous. The silver men ar
S all raw, and general dissatisfactio
i prevailed.
e What Senator Eustis said i
s public was just what all of theI
IS were saying among themselves; /
$ some instances much more Yigol
: ously. Secretary Manning wei
v home to New York and found tn
d feeling strong. Barnum came 0
II from Connecticut and confirme
! it ; then the conference was helC
Is Right on top of that came I'll
r Eustis declaration, which n
1t doubled the necessity Of the stu:
~ ton. i score of Achilles wei
ID sulking in their tents. The pres
sure of sentiment from Demc
p cratic States was intensifyil
:, every hour; action became impe
IS ativc, so the conference can
re about. It was agreed to insi
h that the President should dismi
y, the Mugwumps and Independent
to and foregather with his own part,
t. An effort would be made to bril-
Or about this consummation and
ut allay the widespread discontcn
s. hence the summons to Beck,
us Henry Watterson, the Vest, Mo
& gan Cockerill and other int
" views. Hence the intervention
at John r. Mclean, and the suddt
n stoppage, Yesterday, of the attac
~ in the Cincinnati Enquirer.