Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-01
DEMOCRATS CRY HALT.
A ForclbIe Indictment of Traitor to the
Democratic Party.
cooperetown Frecman's journal.

AOOpeTbNOWn EIttnlunb JONtnNi.
The unfricndly attitude which the
World holds toward President Cleveland
may please few Democrats; but we are
convinced that it is a matter OF regret
with the great body Of the Democratic
PARTY. We know that 1t is Gisapproyed
by many of the most influential men OF
the party throughout the state. Itrecalls
to mind the fact that the World at one
| tine wholly lost the confidence of the
party, and that it struggled yainly for
years to regain 1t. 1t is in danger of los
ing II again by its present course.
The president has had very difficult
task before him, and he is not only per-
| forming IL In an honest, straight forward
manner but he is discharging his onerous
/ duties to the satisfaction OF the Demo-
cratic party at large, and to that of the
great business interests OF tine people.
President Cleveland has won the conf
dence Of the people, and to-day there is
no more popular man in public life in this
country. II he had to run for the office
he now holds this month against the same
opponent, we believe he would receive as
many thousands majority in the state Of
New York as he received hundreds in
1884.
The most frequent complaint of the
World is that the president retains so
many Republicans in Office. 1t would be
more fair to state the number of remov-
ais he has made and the vacancies he has
been called upon TO fill during the short
time he has been in office. lie has not
neglected this part of his duties, nor been
unnindtu OF the Just demands of the
party to which he owes his election. No
man Is at heart more thorough Demo
craG than Grover Cleveland--and the hon
est devotion which he feels toward the
party leads him to practice due caution
and prudence in his selection of men TO
| fill important positions under him. To
act hastily would be TO act unwisely, and
TO place IN Office many Incompetent and
unworthy men; and that would insure to
the damage and perhaps to the defeat oil
the party. II is best to build slowly
and well. The Democratic party
has come to stay, IL would be
an interesting item, refuting much
that the World has said on this sub
ject ii 1t would publish simply the mum
Der Of appointments made by the presi
dent and the several members of the cabi.
net during the past nine months. The
Information is easily obtained-and might
: better occupy the time of its Washington
correspondent, who is much inclined tC
: criticise the administration.
In its issue of November 10, the
J World goes out of its way to criticise Mr.
Cleveland's act as governor, in vetoinn
certain bills, and says that his loss of Q
large body Of Democratic voters in 1854
was due to their belief that, "they sup.
posed that the party, through its candi-
date, had been untrue to Democratic
principles" He lost between twenty and
! thirty thousand Irish Democratic votes
because they were determined TO support
Mr.. Blaine, without reference to who was
his opponent. No fact is better known in
well-informed political circles.
In its issue of November "a, the
World takes evident pleasure in reiterat
ing its statement that the Democrats this
year carried New York "by plurality
nearly twelve times as large as that by
which Mr. Cleveland narrowly saved the
state.n
On the day the e-president died the
World copied articles from other papers
censuring the president, and in its own
leading editorial again complained of his
course in regard to public offices, and
calling upon him to answer "Does
: President Cleveland recognize that Jeffer.
sons action was in the direct line of real,
just reformP And the next day, In the
Same Issue which announced the death OF
Mr.. Hendricks, 1t copied an article "from
the Buffalo Times Democratic which
commenced by saying: "The only point
OF difference between the president and
the governor being that one is an old
time Democrat, While the other has seen
III IN mnlnrf,iya hi LII.
an extent as to make his political identity
at times somewhat predetermined. And
closed by intmatiug that Mr. cleveland
could not be renotninated in 1888. That
is a long time ahead--and in his letter OF
acceptance Mr.. Cleveland said he would
favor ''an amendment OF the constitution
disqualifymg the president for re-elec.
tom
On the day OF the burial of the late vice.
president, the World gave prominence to
a bitter article from the Chicago Times,
photographed the World, censuring the
president for yielding TO a general de.
mand, which Mrs. Hendricks approved,
that he should nor leave his post of duty
AT this time. No other paper followed his
example.
In this article the Chicago paper said:
~ the president is 10 be asSassinated, he
VIII not escape by avoiding this Journey -
Iaat was not the controlling idea which
moved so many prominent men of both
parties to urge the president to remain al
his post of duty. But, as the Times saws
There Is abroad the helliSh greed for
place that leveled the pistol at Garneldr-
ana. every newspaper, and especially a
prominent and widely circulated Demo.
Graf newspaper like the New York World.