The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-29

efforts toward securing harmony of views and
action among Them or between them and him
SELF In that important respect he reminds me,
and others well, very much of Andrew john
son.
like master. like man." is an old and true
saying, and the Cabinet live In equal isolation
from the party with Mr Cleveland. do not
believe the whole of them have influenced ten
votes in the House on any question. In fact, II
they had been able to, Mr.. Morrison would have
got his bill considered in the House, and would
probably have presented a bill that the whole
party would have supported. Like MIR. Cieve-
land his Cabinet have intimate, friendly, con-
fidentiai relations to leading men of their party
in Congress- in fact they have no relations at
all to them of mutual interchange of ideas and
advice about public measures. 1t any of them
feel an interest in the success and the future OF
the party they have managed to conceal it, It
results that the administration exists, it were
within high wall, or in another part of the
elobe-so for as it affects the party councils and
the party action. If it were Republican adj
ministraton 1t could not show less interest in the
welfare. of the party than it has and does.
The result is what your correspondent justly
criticises, but unjustly blames upon Congress.
Mr.. Cleveland's narrow and ill-informed mind
has never tried to grasp the opinions of the
whole country He regards New York as the
country. and that is very bad mistake Be-
sides that he thinks men who do not agree with
him are either insincere or lacking in sense; and
that is another bad mistake. His attitude
try His chosen isolation has of course led him
into mistakes. If he had the habit of hearing
what members Of his party say and drawing out
what they think he would not be keeping cross
roads lawyer from Arkansas in the Attorney
generals office, and he would know that some
other changes besides that one would strengthen
the party.
1t is perfectly true that the Democrats in
Congress disagree in many things. But they
wished nothing SO much as harmony when Con-
gress met last December. They could easily
have been brought to act together for important
and useful ends if the President had chosen.
He might not have united them to vote for Mr..
Morrison's tariff bill to illustrate what mean
by all instance-but it was entirely in his power.
by only proper and friendly management, to get
them to agree upon some measure OF tariff re-
form. He could not probably have got the party
TO unite On che immediate and unconditional
stoppage of tie silver coinage, but if he had
gathered our leaders about him, ne and they
could have devised a plan looking 10 that end
which the whole party would have supported.
The Democrats in Congress, like their oppo-
nents, are body of sincere and honest men, no
doubt often i'll informed and prejudiced; moved
.unduly perhaps by the supposed needs or de-
mauds of their localities; but faithful to duty
and easily led. Mr.. Cleveland's place was TO
lead them. They cannot be bullied; that is what
he has attempted; and so he has estranged him.
self from them.
That is his loss The toadies who surround
President tell him in the press Of his great popu
larity, and boast that the party must renominate
him perish. All his actions show that he has
this in his own mind, and it is natural that he
should despise party whose master he thinks
himself. But he is deceived. President who
desires denomination must SO act as to strengthen
his party-to give it confidence and pride In his
leadership. which come only from success.
We are all going home to our constituents in q
few days. and we go there not boasting of what
'the Democratic administration has accom-
plished, but excusing, as well as we may be
able to, its failures and mistakes.