The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

= PACK ~ rOLI SH4s
v.,n,.s % Isjurs che President. nspun-
ltcnn noaads Eieresly Attack The Ad-
nlnlssrAsloa snd slink Int r"e'r
Holes
The frionds % honest government,
Who have watched with interest tho
course % the Democratic Administers
ton. can not but b particularly i'm
presssd by the vcnomous character Of
The opposition. The work Of reform
has been fought ct every point.
end the batteries Of SANDER and
Misrepresentation have not been idle
Tor : moment The enemies Of
the Adm Illustration resemble . pack Of
hounds in full cry. always on =
false scent but mono the less persistent
N their work. They brayed at the Presi-
dent until even their threats became
hoarse. and desistcd for . time only
when they found that they were adj
ding UNNECESSARILY TO his popularity.
Every thing that malice could suggest
and hatred furnish was set forth IN the
columns Of the coyote journals. some
Of which put on the disguise OF De-
mocracy to render their attacks the
more deadly. to injure The President
IN the estimation Of the public But
Mr.. Cleveland was proof against all
assaults, and the disgust Of The public
towards his assailants was 80 plainly
manifested that many Of them gave up
the tight in despair. Then thy en-
deavored to injure the Administration
(, by attacking each member Of the Cab
| met in turn. The Secretary OF the
| NAVY was for q time the object Of their
combined assaults because he chose.
| in the interest OF honest government,
/, 90 cleanse the department from the
corruption and knavery which pre-
vailed in It from the days Of Robson
and to drive away the band Of thieves
who had 50 long been robbing the
Government under the pretense OF TO
pairing old ships and fulfilling con
tracts obtained by fraud.
The misleading statements Of the 70
duction Of the public debt, by which
Republican Administrations we're en-
abled to make favorable showing be-
fore the people. were SO completely OK
posed by the new form adopted by thu
Democratic Administration Of TIL
Treasury Department. truthful, com
prehensive. Ineligible and business
like statement that the coyote pacl
turned savagely on the department
ceasing from their attacks only wheI
they found how utterly fruitless the
were. The firm stand taken BY tn
General against the dicts
ton Of the Pacific Mail lobby drew d
him for q time the fury Of the howlin
pack. the lobby acting as whippers-in
Then their venom and malignity wer
displayed against Attorney-Geners
Garland, whose high reputation an
sterling integrity formed M inseparabl
! barrier to their efforts against the Lay
Department of the Administration
Here again they were foiled BY Ia
manly, straightforward, explicit .,
PLANTATION Of the telephone bushes
by Mr.. Garland. an explanation whic
fully acquitted him in the estimatio
Of all fair-minded citizens from II
lying charges brought by the enemi'
Of the Administration. On Secreta'
Lamar's department the most dete
mined attack was made. The Pensic
Bureau was such valuable adjunct
Z the Republican National Committ'
during the campaign Of 1884, whe
!. that jealous, INSCRIPTIONS partisan
! Dudley. was in command Of Is, that a
: enemies Of honest government cou
! not permit the sweeping reforms inst
J, tuted BY the gallant Union vctcra
d General Black. Kidding the bureau
o the corruption and fraud with which
, Wa permeatDd, pass without an exi
= bition of their venom. They hs
z traded upon the most sacred feeling
3 q the American people. their gratitd
3 towards the saviors of the Union.
= long and found il 30 convenient TO p'
on political debts by filling the pensi'
, list with the names Of people who p
= no right or title to pensions, that IN
= fiercely resented the interference
;. General Black with their schemes.