Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-08
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Tbs Brooklyn CHs0N late NzgzsUp
Of the Mosvanp&. nos displays tie 60
tire Espcbgiezn State ticket At the
bad Of To editorial ooi1nus- Indeed.
ss sppesrs that tie entire New York
Contingent Of the hag~anp eolann
hss marched over into the Republican
rsnks vita standards basEags and AZ
tillsry. The rskins FIRE vtieh IL poared
into their rear By tue Toviz AID SzH.
the bag guns Of The Democratic press
IL sqo.Iled oniy By tie si6e Gre Which
vas poured into their ranks ~ thsy
marched In the opposs;e direction oniJ
9 year ago.
IndicstiOus o. the eject shise this
s1sssn bus rot Surprising change 81
front will have upcr The policy Of Pres
dent Cleveland will be svaiAd vitk
uneh Interest. From the dsy Of Biz
inauguration the President has looked
upon the Msgvunps with favor. Time
and again be has yielded 20 their de-
hands, even ct tie risk OF Alternating
his Democratic sspoorters- he resp
pointed Piersou 70 the New York post
nnsssership. when every tYee IN the DEN
osrafie party hsld up his hands IN
asszeueni ., the deed and fr0wned his
Id concealed disapprovsi. The eourse
porsoed By Mr.. Cleveland .; other times
has Justified the beilsf Of tie Mag
wunps that when they really AID trziy
insisted upon . thing and With one voice
demandsd that 10 be done. the Presn-
dent you'd aeq1iesce in thsir demand,
Iss she Democrats sroxl aud blnster -
thsy might. Mr.. Cleveland hss always |
had the greatest faith IN the tndepend |
spt Repabiican vote His political for
tonss have been linked IN 9 peculiar /
way 70 the growing movement toward /
independsns thoash, in politics he |
vas elected Mayer Of Bcfalo By com
binssion Of Democrats and independ
snt Repaslieana By the aid Of Re
psblican revolt against machine meth
DDS be vas elected Governor o. Sew
York By q majority unprecedented IN
American politics. The Mngvsmp re
bsllien made him President Of tbs Uni-
ted States. !, would be surprising II
such . succession Of events hsd not had
Q marked sfec, upon the President's
mind. Mr.. Clsvslsnd 10 reputed to Be
G fataliss-to have an abiding faith In
bis star. His mind certainly has q ten
dsncy In the direction Of fstalism. He
does no, smile when be 10 referred 10 as
. IMAM Of destiny" be has never dis
ooufaeed the uss of that expression,
and IL b not Improbable that be likes II.
Upon such mind the series Of evests
wAieh lifted its posssssor In 20 extrsor-
binary manner into the Presidential
chair mast have hsd an iphnenoe which |
IL would he impossible to efaoe. II vas
not Surprising that the President should |
cling 10 the Undergraduate. Every polit |
zeal success Of bis life vas gained WITH |
their assistance. and 10 them be turned |
for advice and aid. What they Insisted |
upos be yielded; What they have dissp- |
proved be has not done.
Bot heretofore every favor shown the |
Mugvumps could be justified upon the |
plea that they we're Asiisg with the |
Democratic party. and in fact were
Denocrsts 10 ali inten,s and purposes.
even II their conversion Vas a little re-
cent. Mes. however, they are Rspubii
esns once more. Beecher and Curtis |
and all the rest are talking In favor of |
the Republican State ticket, and Har-
p~r's Rekiv and the Nev York Titass
are twisting the throat Of the New York |
Democracy with all their old time en- |
thasissm. What will the President do |
novf To be sure, the Muevumps still |
claim 10 be zealous supporters Of the |
national Administration and assert that |
they are opposing the Democratic State
stNs1s 18sy btbNA W Fth1lDatf tbf 4
President; but the Democrats also claim |
that they are valiant defenders of the |
Presidsnt's policy. With which class
Of bis supporters are Mr.. Cleveland's
sympsthiesf They cannot be With both.
Does he. Ike the Muavumps. desire
that be be vindioated by the defea, of
the Democratic State ticksti Or does
be. like The Democrats. desire that he be
vindssssed By the election of that sicketi
On the FIRST clash between Mugvump
and Democratic interests, the h,st Office
Ter which the Mugvumps urge one
candidate and the Democrats asother.
the President must declare himself.
wiz be remember bis star and cas-,
bis lot With his Magvunp vindicators9
of viil he remember his old party
afsiiassens, and let bis star 20 spinaine
through the hesvsns - u may.
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