Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-03
THE MILK IN THE CoCOANUT.
Why Certain Newspapers Attack
President Cleveland.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-Ihe secret OF
the hostility which certain alleged Demo-
cratic newspapers betray toward the adj
miDistratIon, which is daily becoming
more bitter in tone, has never yet been
made public. Your correspondent hap
pens to have pretty thorOugn and anthem
tic information on the subject AID Will
give IL as contribution TO history.
The hostility or 1lr. Dana Is Of early
date. " hen MIR. Cleveland was elected
Governor OF New York AIr. Dana made
an urgent request that be appoint Mr..
Franklin Bar lett on his staff as Judge
Advocate General. Shortly after this re-
quest was made ana ben Mr.. Dana was
thinking bis friend would certainly get
the appointment, Dir. Charles NC
Cune, late proprie or of the Buff
ialo Courier. happened to be at
the Manhattan Club reception to the Gov
ernor-elect. Under the exuberance OF
the wine and the occasion McCune chsffed
young Bartlett about his expectations.
You will not get tnat appointment" said
he. There is man WHO'S more infuen-
tial with the administration than Dana.
Il is Henry " ard BeecSer and he is back
ing HOratio G. King" King was ap-
pointed and Dana at once commented
war.
Soon after this, however. Mr.. Cleveland
conceived the idea of having a select din
ner party at Albany, and concluded he
would invite MIR. Dana. He accordingly
commissioned MIR. Manning to approach
Dana on the subject, hlcn was done. add
the editor OF the sun said he would 60.
Mr.. Manning then told him that the Gov
ernOr would fix dale 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 lhese tears.
PulitZer's grievances are OF a purely
personal nature. He went 10 Washin ton
after the Inauguration with his family,
notified members OF the Cabinet that he
was there and expected botn the Cabinet
officers and the ladies of their household
10 call on him and his, which they did not
do. Pulitzer was also somewhat disap-
pointed at his reception at the White
House. He had to wait his turn like
other mortas who had made much better
records in the army and out Of IT. The
fact that be had been deserier did not
help him.
Then the Indianapolis Sentinel man,
who Is now 80 hot IN the collar, was an
applicant Tor office, which he did not get,
and the same is true Of the Alexandria ed
ltor, from whose obscure newspaper the
World and Sun quote with so much salts
faction, though 1t is doubtful If either
Dana or Pulitzer knew mis- name or the
name of his paper before 1t commenced TO
attack the President.
The COurier-JOurna's hostility can
also be traced to personal grievances,
Watterson had done mucn loose talk dur
Ing the campaign, never missed an OPP
portunity to depreciate MIR. Cleveland,
and. there is much evidence TO show,
privately preferred the election OF Blaine,
though Haldeman would not allow him
to destroy the paper by Detraying this
preference in It's editorial columns. After
Cleveland was elected and inaugurated
Watterson was exceedingly anxious to
make peace with The new and unexpected
pDwers in Washington. He accordingly
wrote to his friends in different
portions Of the country who were also
friends OF the President, and thrOus h
them secured something of a favorable
reception. He got sop in the way of
getting friend or two appointed to Office,
and he wrote letters to the COurier-Jo jour
nal eXalting the new President. indOrsing
his civil service views and, INDIE d, all
other views which the President was sup
posed to hold, and was almost Extensively
ELUSIVE ana gushing in his admiration OF
Mr.. Cleveland, Miss Cleveland, the Cabi-
net, and everything connected with the
administrator.
But when 1t came to securing the i'm
portant appointments In kentucky the
gallant harry got lett. Ihey were made
without reference to Henry's wishes.
still there was no open breach, as the
Postmaster AT Louisville had not been
appointed, ana on that position haide-
man, the proprietor Of the Courier-J our
nal, had fixed his fancy. He wanted the
position filed by some henchmaa of his
own, the subordinate places crowded with
/ his INDECENT KIN, ana The institution Itself