Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-10-08
Dissatisfaction with Cleveland.


While the special friends and pap re-
ceivers of President Cleveland are boom
ing him for another term of the Presiden.
cy, there is large section OF the demo-
cratic party deeply disguised and dissats-
fed with his administration. There ap-
pears to be no doubt that the President
has more respect tor his mugwump sup
porters than they are entitled to They
can get hearing when old-line demo.
Gratis cannot. They are admitted to the
Presidential majesty when dyed in the
wool democrats have the door to his pres
.enee slammed in their faces. Their petit
lions are disregarded. The mugwumps
occupy places at the first tables, while
veteran democrats have to be contened
with the remnants or are turned away
without smell of office or patronage.
The President evidently enjoys snubbing
the old fashioned democracy. lie likes
TO insult them and rub it in. He reckons
that he is sure of their support in any
contingency, and can slight and abuse
them to his hearts content without risk OF
alternating them from the demo-
cratic party or from himself. The
mugwumps he is not disposed to
treat in this wav. He has an exalted opin-
ion of these renegades from the republi-
can party. They are new recruits and
require careful treatment to prevent them
deserving the standard of Cleveland.
They wear good clothes, put on airs OF
Importance and superiority to other men,
and have succeeded in impressng the Pre-
sident with the idea that they are of a
great deal more consequence than the best
of the pure democracy.
The snubbed democracy have until re-
Gently kept their Indignation smothered
and under control. but there is an occa-
sional revelation which shows that they
do not accept their treatment kindly and
will not throw up their hats for the re
nomination of Cleveland as a candidate
for President As an example we copy
the following article which we find in the
Dover On. HI Democrat in response to
an article in the Manchester Union (dem)
eounseling patience and forbearance
The following is the conclusion of the
article referred to:
1t is Of no use to try to lull r. true live and
vigorous democrat to sleep by any such alb
surd clap trap as that about the lofty height
in which Mr.. Cleveland stands or that other
silly paiaver about his growing in the conf
dence of the people" 1t is all bosh. He
sets himself up to know more than those who
elected him. Instead of executing the will
of the party voters and consulting them in
regard to their interests and trying to learn
who they prefer for the various positions OF
trust and responsibility, he has farmed out the
government patronage and favors to little
syndicate in every State, a self-constituted
ring, whose counsels are secret and whose
recomme ndations he carries out, reckless
alike of the party interests and common de-
cency We know this and every intelligent
democrat knows it. The Union knows it and
still il serenely advises that democrats
should be patient and considerable rather than
captious and unreasonable. o, yes, stand
still aud open not your mouth. Be good,
quiet little innocents all round. Don't make
any noise in the house or the highways. In
patience possess We your souls. Follow after
faith. love, patience, meekness. Tribulstion
worketh patience, and patience experience,
and experience hope. What a charmed,
fraternal set of noodles we all should become
What a docile, agreeable sort of an organ the
Union is to be sure. While we strike tor a
traitors head as worse thar the common
enemy, the Union vociferstes 'Hold on, Br
Foster. and see the salvation OF the Lord. -
1t is the cry of peace when there is no peace
nor never can be under this state of things.
Democratic newspapers and democratic con-
ventions are endorsing heresies the most
abominsble and treason the most detestable,
committing themselves to what they know to
be spurious and false, to repent later on or
see the party evsporate and pass of in the
air. The people will repudiste all this rub
bish at the polls and sweep it out of the way.
The uncouth endorssls are the substantial
repetitious OF the wild goose chase OF 1872
when the democracy resolved themselves in
20 a Greelev party and whooped er-up tor
Horace in that campaign. But when the
rugged voters went to the polls that sort of
reform went up in a balloon, 1t is Grover
and "reform" now and history will repeat
itself in the coming ACCOMPLISHMENTS Wig
ilance is the price of Liberty.
Henry Georges Candidacy.
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