The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-05
WISDOM FROM W ATTERS0N
or The QUESTION: OF OFFICES.
Satisfied With the President and Sur
prised at Eustis-- The ordeal OF
Making Changes, Enc
mics and Traitors.
wattersonian wisdo,n.

WASHINGTON, May 4 Henry Waiter
son, who has been hare for week, sent
10 his paper to-day his impression of
The administration, which, among q
large slnount OF gush on the
The attack Of Nh Eustis upon |
the administration, iC seems TO me, Is |
equally unjust and uuwise. As long rs
senatCrs and Representatives insist upon |
sharing the parOnae4 the govern !
mont, they shuuic DO willing tol
ehare ina reBpopsibili.iaa TODAY the
pr ldput Us Just two po1ths in office.
Thor has Been no 8tte0psa TO ahapa %
po' The tlaukioss JstV Of hearing
The pppegls and ca sijeTing the
elsins OF a5pireu hes cOB.
suneH All Lha time opointmeuts
mean dis pp0iutmUr s., because
for y8ly place there dozen or
more appdcmits, and for e2cb of which
he o The president musy take the
risk Dskpg / traitor u enemies.
No oH understand ltis bettor
than an Eustis, who ia
ID deliberate and thoughtful man
and hGuco itisa natter oi surprise 10
thosa ,hu know Kim that be should
bTeak with the administration On
the tUJly question OF patronage.
There IL little reason ~ doubt
wheG conEr assemblies chs he wilt
tird hu CIT DO close Hgu emeut aud
sympg ny with 70 On all ta9 leading is-
sues OF he yimeF 80 thai he win
Huatior n h7ying his aprrva and
support orce1 from him it ap.,0af his
personal d, iiity.3 Cueums' algs which
VIII whip the advantages Of the
The controversy over % the E1.a az mo
president. THO Louisiana sa,5ator, iI-
deed, may geta temporary pt q out OF
this a h1ue. albeit ~ is by ro mchns
certain thaJ he VIII, hnt 'n
the long run it can nol
psv % un Of his character and
.abiGgy, IS can, OF course, Um0aTras-
kthe nlumi NGtion ia the senate, but
someJnpg better is worthy 1t0r 50
emiuou 8ut so ambitious. After n
yeRrs OF 1nsBnc0 from power tbt
Democratic party has, by littlC
less than q miracle, come into the cus'
tody oi tuo national government
Whoth0t 10 retains that cuatod, viii
depeud upon tbs success or ilur'
OF The ren 10 he's delegated 4
repfeseL g.. Tho party Is on trial. In
evitably it i. bound to stand or ran b
its administration. 1t CANNOT AZ
ford 20 quarrel with the ad
ministrl.ion upon matters Of detail
or lightly 90 crticise IL. There wiz b
time enough 10 disown 1t when itV .oate
It's pledges IN the meantime, Demo
Gratis should remember that 1t
composed OF Democrats; tina
the Democrats who compose 1t hay
their rights with the rest, and that n
one Of them has given Oh
smallest reason for anybOd
TO distrust them. I have encountere
but one spirit here and my oppoytun
tics Tor forming my judgment has bee
most ample. This is a spirit of loyalt
10 the party and the country
will stake my life Q
the sincerity OF This, and l assure IL
disappointed and doubling anon
Democrats that il the presidel
| should go faster than he
| going, he would surely III
| his bark ashore. The administratiC
that start out TO please everybot
will end by pleasing nobody. This a
ministraton is trying to GO
duty. Beset on all SIDES
considerations pnd badgered day in al
day out by opportunities, It has Ike
it, temper passing well, aud has ma,
no ~ orc mistakes than arc common
uew comersl In office, aud not ~ maj
az might be expected.