The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-13
TUE PRESIDENTS POSITION,

The President is not in accord with his
party, and every faction is dissatisfied
with him. He has the continued applause
Of the Mugwumps only, and the abuses OF
the civil service law have turned even
them against him, with the exception Of
the most extreme self-righteous. He con.
suits with none OF his party, He has no
Conddants or advisers. HG deals shortly
with all OF his party who go to him, and
sends them about their business. He has
no policy On any subject, and let's the
party scatter as they may, and while his
party's idea Of economy Is the cutting oil
here and there OF little odds and ends Of
Government Indebtedness In the true
blue.ieans" spirit, his idea OF economy is
to veto pension bills on all sorts OF ex.
Cuses, OF four dollars and eight dollars a
month. The psrty's whole idea Of run:
ming the Government is TO make as small
appropriations as possible, for campaign
effect, without regard to the needs Of the
various departments.
II will show the people no ships and no
iortihCations,a and no reduction OF taxation,
but 1t will point with prideto the small ap-
preparation, saying nothing Of the newt.
able deficiency bills Of the coming year,
and elaborate on ths stump the petty and
peurile economies practiCed at the ex.
pense Of the creditors Of the Government,
and the hsmpeTiug and disabling OF the
governmental machinery. There is no
Democratic party to-day.
CONFLICTING ELEMENTS.
There Is the usual couglomeration Of
conflicting elements marshaled under that
name-elements without common cause,
Leadership or cohesion. There is the
President, who belongs to none Of them.
Where he stands on the tariff question no
one knows, except that he, parrot.like, re-
peats his Mugwump lesson on civil SER
vice reform, while In all departments un-
der him the spirit and substance Of the
law are openly iguoTGt or covertly betray-
ed. There arc Vance and Beck denounc-
ing civil service reform, and the President,
too, aud in the House that cause mas not
all honest adherent.
There is Randall for liberal appropria-
tions, and Holman for his usual penny
ante economy objeCting to appropriations
for every other district, and working like
beaver to getappropriations for his own.
There is Morrison for free trade, back
ing up Carlisle in the same direction, and
Randall and his faithful following for pro.
lection.
The floor Of the House Is daily the
scene Of bitter faCtional fights between
the inharmonious and conflicting wings
Of that "party." They can unite upon
nothing, and so this season, heralded
with the flourish Of reform bugles and
rich In Aattering promises, goes out In
ignominous failure. There will not be
statesmanlikO act to point to, or the keep.
ing OF a single promise 10 boast Of. Party
sQuabbles characterize the Democratic
Counsels, cowardics and ineltiClency their
legislation, and disgrace has crspt into
the sacred places In the Cabinet, and
abides there unrebuked.
Abroadin the land there are uncertain.
ty, unemployedand destitute labor, strikes
and riots, no improvement In the business
situation, and gloomy outlook for the
future. While this Is the situation in the
North, Jefferson Davis passes through the
South hailed Rs hero, walking upon
roses, under thousands Of Confederate
flags, proclaiming that "the cause for
which we fought Is not dead, butsleeping."
These are some OF the fruits up to date
Of the victory won by those few Republl.
cans who were too holy and pure to vote
the Republican ticket.