Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-09
EUSTIS ON CLEVELAND.
What Senator Eust;s Says.

United States Senator Eustis, who
has recently returned from his lIbOrs
ut Washington, b. c., left for Rome,
Italy, last evening via New York, where
he has been called by sickness il his
family, now sojournimg in the Eternal
city. Previous to his departure, yCSter-
day, the Senator was met by states
reporter, who after inviting his atten-
ton TO an article from the National
Republican at Washington, ID. C., I'M
der the caption: "Racy Personal
Sketches of the Pelican State POlIti-
Clans" asked him for his views upon
the same.
Said the Senator: "The article re-
ferrcd to is not worthy of expression Of
opinion. 1t il merely the cmanatiOn of
some pOwcrlcss, hopeless radical, prob
ably of Louisiana, contributed to a
Radical paper of small patronage.
meagre circulation, and little stand
ing"
Atthis juncture the Senator reflected
for few moments. and then addressing
himself to the reporter, continued:
But you can say for me, and you can
not put il too strong, that IN my Judg-
ment Mr., Cleveland thus far, from u
| Democrat standpoint, has been a
conspicuous and Illuminating failure.
| 1t is right and proper TO observe 4 care
| ful, discriminating and Judiclous eXer-
! else of the executive franchise. On
| this, and with due regard and adher-
ence to the rules of civil service reform
{ | am free to admit, depends the sub
/ stantial success of the new Admins
tration. But the haif-hearted manner
in which the President has been pur.
suing the important work of placing in
the hands of trusted, capab lie and eff
cient representatives Ga the party
through whose influence and almost
superhuman cXertiUn he was placed a
the head of affairs, those variOu:
charges and duties, for the safe con
duct of which the Democratic party j,
alone to be held responsible to the PEG
pie, is little less than disgusting; untru,
to the confidence imposed in, and un
worthy of the great compliment
bestowed upon him by his constitucnts
, His administration has commenced
with series of blUnders, and hi
friends and supporters in Louisiana ant
, drought the Union have just com
plant. Indeed, | am sorry for this
and regret to be compelled to make tn
, statement, but it is a fact nevertheless
and the question now is whether tn
errors of which speak, and which hav
, become so patent to the whole country
are mistakes Of the head or the resul
Of evil promptings and treaCherous con
duet towards the party whose principle
he claims to represent. The fact tina
4 horde of subscriptions, ignorant, dyed
: in-the-wool and Extensively partisan
Radical leaders are permitted to remain
in office, all over the country, unde
n IL IL
and contradiction of the very principle
, of Democracy, and, the wishes of ma
. iority Of the people as expressed at tn
| ballotboy, is a shame and a disgrac,
? and Il reflection on the compctcnc,
=, capabilitY and character of those who's
: suflrages placed Nj. Cleveland III tn
: White House.
Ii should be understood that q Pres
: dent and few Cabinet officers do no
I of themselves, con stitute a party or 1,
Administration. The active worker
L in all the multifdriOus departments 4,
, the Government, those VINO make III
:, figures, manipulate the books, and kce
l the records, are the administrators
our affairs, and these, under PresideI
Cleveland, are Republicans. They al
the same as have been running IL
machine for nearly quarter of a Ger
fury, in whom the people had lost cor
fidence, and regarding whom chang
was so eagerly and anxiouslv desired b
the country. Now, let me ask, whs
sort of reform is this, and what is likel
, to come out oft? The fact is, dem,
: Gratis do not intend to he held respons
BILE for this kind of government. I'll
Democracy, il would be well to stat
is bigger than Mr.. Cleveland and h
Cabinet combined, of which both al
but the creatures, and the representa-
,, tives of that party at Washington wi
see that Mr.. Cleveland shall pursue th
.. proper line of action. The who
truth of the matter is, Mr.. Cleveland
totally lacking in information respec
ing the condition of affairs in the SOut
and West, and is reliant entirely o