The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-12-02
(Lcttcr to the New York Star.

and the Presidents FIrmness and Thoir
| Results. .#sa... .,ts
(.cttcr to the New York Siar.) ''''''E
WAsHINGToN, November 24.-,The So
crct of the hostility which certain alleged
Democratic newspapers betray toward
the administration, which is daily be-
coming more bitter in tone, has never yet
been made public. Your correspondent
happens to have pretty thorough and All
thentic information on the subject, and
will give it as contribution to history
Tho hostility of Mr.. Dana is of early
date. When Mr.. Cleveland was elected
Governor Of Now York, Mr.. Dana made
an urgent request that he appoint Mr..
| Franklin Bartlett on his staff as Judge
Advocate General. Shortly after this
request was made, and when Mr.. Dana
was thinking his friend would certainly
get the appointment Mr.. Chas. McCune,
late proprietor of the Buffalo Courier,
happened to be ut the Manhattan Club
reception to the Governor elect. Under
the cxubcrance of the wine and the occa-
sion, McCune chatlod young Bartlett
about his expectations. "You will not
get that appointment, said he "There
| Is man who is more influential with tho
administration than Dana. 1t is Henry
Ward Beechcr, and he is backing HorG-
ito Z. King" King was appointed and
Dana ut once commenced war.
Soon after this, however, Mr.. Cleye-
land conceived the idea of having Sc
lect dinner party ut Albany, and con-
cludod he would invite Mr. Dana. He
accordingly commissioned Mr.. Manning
to approach Dana on the subject, which
was done, and the editor OF the Sun said
he would go. Mr.. Manning then told
him that the Governor would fix date
and send him an invitation. Time passed
on, the date was not fixed the invitation
was not sent, and that particular dinner
was never given; hence these tears.
IuhtzerS grievances are also of
purely personal nature. He went to
Washington after the Inauguration with
his family, notified members of the Cabi-
net that he was there, and expected both
the Cabinet officers and the ladies of their
households to call on him and his, which
! they did not do. Pulitzer was also some
what disappointed at his reception at the
! White House. He had to wait his turn.
like other mortals who had made much
better records i'll the army and out Of it.
The fact that he had been descrter did
not help him.
Then the indianapolis Sentinel man,
who Is now SO hot i'll the collar was an
applicant for Office, which he did not got:
and the same Is true of the Alexandria
editor, from whose obscure newspaper
the World and Sun quote with SO much
satisfaction, though it is doubtful if
either Dana or Pulitzer knew his namc
mcnccd to attack the President.
The Courier-Journal's hostility can
also be traced tc personal grievances.
NHttcrSon had done much loose talk
during the campaign, never missed an
opportunity to dcprcciatc Mr. Cleveland
and, there is much evidence to show,
privately preferred the election of Blaine.
though Haldcrnan would not allow him
to destroy the paper by betraying this
preference i'll its editorial colnmns. After
cleveland WAS elected and inaug,ratcd,
+ WattcrSon was exceedingly anxious to
make peace with the now and unexpected
! powers III Washington. He accordingly
wrote to his friends in different portions
! OF the country who were also friends of
the President, and through them secured
something OF II favorable reception. Ho
got sop Ill the way of getting friend
or two appointed to Office and he wrote
letters to the Courier-J ournal cxalting
the new President, endorsing his civil
service views and, indeed, all other views
which the President was supposed to
hold, and was almost Extensively eflusivo
and gushing in his admiration of Mr..
Cleveland, Miss Cleveland, the Cabinet
and everything connected with the adj
ministration.
But when it came to securing the i'm
portnnt appointments in Kentucky, tho
gallant Harry got left. They wore mado
without reference to Hcnry'S wishes.
0tlll there was no open breach, as tho
postmaster at Louisville had not boon
appointed, and Oh that position Haldor-
man, the proprietor of the Courier
journal, had fixed his fancy. He wanted
the position filled by some hcnchman of
his own, the subordinate places crowded
with his INDECENT kin, and the institution
itself converted into II machine for the
furthcrancc Of purely personal and selfish
ends. This plan was defeated by the
appointment Of Mrs. Thompson.
The war is therefore inaugurated by
llaldcman, and Wattcrson must be tho
iigurc-hcad in the fight To reflect Hal
domains hate and to further his ven
8eance, he has been compelled to 20 back
on his record and the record of the paper
in favor of the civil service law, and to
recall all the gush he 50 lavishly bestowed
upon the victims of his newborn attach
mcntS.
III VIII be seen that the change in the
tone of these papers springs from no de-
mand of public sentiment, but from tho
personal plqucs and disappointmcnts of
those who control them. There is not
one OF the editors in question who could
not have been conciliatcd orwhosc active
support could not have been secured had
the President been disposed to subordi-
mute his sense Of duty to the qualification
OF their wishes. Their hostility, under
the circumstances, is an honor to him,
and will be so regarded by the masses of
his countrymen. He simply preferred
their hostility to the forfeit of his pledges
to his party and the people. He has lost
own sclf-rtspcct, the dignity of his Office
and the confidence Of the public.
Painting the Town Red.