The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-13
REPUBLICAN, LIES.
An abnormal Crop of Faisehoods In the
Neighborhood of the Capital.

An ABNORMAL OF ESischOOus tu0
Neighborhood of the Capital
The crop of lies, especially in the
neighborhood of Washington, is un-
usually abundant this summer. That
wonderfully imaginative being, "our
special correspondents" lets himself or
herself ont with charming disregard
for truth and facts that carries him or
her into the widest kind of romance.
The stories about disagreements in the
Cabinet increase with the thermometer
and have already reached an extreme
limit According to the veracious corr
respondent the gentlemen who compose
MIR: Gle yeland's official family are on
extremely bad terms with each other
and with the President, and it is only a
question of a short time when they will
come to an actual collision From the
same authority We learn that the Demo-
cratic party is fast going to pieces, and,
indeed, from reasonable and careful
estimate made of the facts adduced
by the average correspondence of Repub-
lican newspapers, we come to the con-
clusion that there will be no Democratic
party by fall to oppose that wonderful
and self-suStaining organization which
became so extremely unpopular last fall
In fact, we are told that the Repub-
lican party is stronger than ever and
the people yearn for it Everything
that the Democratic Administration has
done has excited the most pronounced
opposition in public opinion, and even
the banks. by their patriotic action,
have set the New York Tribune in =
pitiable state of mind. That journal
indulges in deliriOus commentary on
the great question. "can Mr.. Cleveland
resist his party?" Just as if Mr.: Cleve-
land were holding the fort against an
overwhelming force of wicked Demo-
Gratis for the sefsacrificing purpose OK
protecting q few innocent Republicans.
1t says that many men voted for him, in
number, more than enough to turn the
scaIe-a rather tardy concession, and
contradictory of what the Tribune long
upheld after election-and those men
were certain that '.Mr. Cleveland could
be trusted to resist and defeat his par
ty" The utter idiocy of such q state
ment is, too apparent to need a word of
refu:ation.
The general tenor of the Washington
dispatches and editorials published in
some of the Republican journals would
lead q stranger to. suppose that Mr..
Cleveland was elected President on the
distinct understanding that he was to
consider the Republican party as, the
chosen organia alton of the people and
the Democratic party as something to-
be avoided and to be excluded from all
participation in the Government. Then
there is an abundant crop of lies about
the Administration proposed interfer-
ence in the State fall elections, nOtwith-
standing the many strong assurances.
given by the Administration that it
proposes to attend to its own business.
which is ample enough to occupy all its.
attention. Mr.. Cleveland and the
members of his Cabinet are. faithfully
and solely giving their minds to. the
enormous work before them of reform
ing the Government, and substituting
honesty for rascality in every depart
ment. They form an harmonious, well
satisfied family, and one that can never
be affected by the idle gossip of Wash
ington correspondents. The sole aim
is to remedy the evils of Republican,
misgovernment andt give the people
what they want, integrity, honesty and
capabilty inevery branch of the Cow
ernment-ALbany Argus.