The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-09
DENOUNCING CLEVELAND.
Democrats yiciou.ly Criticise Him and Talk
inf His ToCratitude.

Democrats yiciou.ly Criticise Him and Talk
of His Iogratitude.
Washington Special to Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette
One noticeable feature outside Of the depart
ments, where there is always degree Of caution
exercised, was the vicious denuneiation by the
Democrats, among themselves. ia the presence
of those whom they trusted, OF Grover Clsve-
land
Men who hold prominent positions on the
national committee called their chosen chief
all the vile names that a Democrat with lifelong
experience in disappointment could call to
mind. They damned his bull he adedness on the
free-trade question, aud his idiocy ia keeping
Republicans in Office in the New York city post
Office and elsewhere. Said one of these angry
Democrats: Cleveland was demonstrated with
by German aud the best men in the party Tor
making even a pretense Of pleasing the mug
wump voters, but his head was so big be would
not listen to anybody. He knew IL all himself.
and now be is like the boy kicked by the mule.
He is not so pretty ~ he Was, but he knows
more He viii never get Q chance again, though,
to put his dearly-earned Knowledge to use"
As an illustration OF the way Cleveland has
treated the men who made him, one Democrat
to-day related an incident certain Democratic
Senator during the mpaign of 1854 was very
energetic in collecting campaign subscriptions
from wealthy men. He went to . prominent
citizen of New York. stated the great need Of
the Democratic party for funds and was success
full in getting = check for Sis. 900 q condition.
This was that the nephew OF the contributor
should, ia case Of Clevelands election, be APP
pointed to q consulate The place and the salary
were not OF such moment as the gift Of the Of
fee. and the Senator gave his personal pledge
that the eppointmen should be made.
For two years this Senator tried in every way
to get place in the consular service TO Day bis
political debt and obligation, but Cleveland
would not give him what he wanted. For this
reason, and others Of a like character. when the
campaign of 1855 came along that Senator re-
fused to accept a prominent position in the cam
psen management Numerous instances OF
Clevelands ingratitude were then cited, every
tale against the defeated candidate being round
ed up by . chorus OF hearty curses on such
politics.
Mistakes and BuugIing Management
o. o. SIS New York Special in Courier-Journal.
In the last six weeks in New York, in all my
mineling with Democrats, it has been q rare
case TO find a man who had q kind and affec-
tiouate word to say for the occupant Of the
White House am not going to abuse Grover
Cleveland, for in many respects he Is an able
ana courageous man. He has done some things
while President that have stamped him to be
not only patriot but statesman OF the broad
est type He made his mistake in the start by
turning bis back upon old Democratic veterans
in tho party who had fought CALAMITY and zeal
ously for a quarter of q century to restore the
Democracy to power He has not only done this,
but he heaped upon what be chose to term
party workers" bitter rebuking words,
which they could not forget. He also shut
himself I'D. as il were and refused TO counsel
and have intercourse with old, time-honored,
true and genuine leaders Of the Democracy Of
the Nation. Believing that the country was
with him, and that he would be sustained in his
position, he bowed himself to o sentimentality
known as civi-servics reform, which lost him
thousands Of earnest and thoughtful men in his
own party. He kept Ia Office until the day Of
the election, strong, bitter and unrelentinR Re-
publican partisaus, who never lost en- oppor-
tunity to stab the very administration that was
giving them bread aud meat This WAS done in
the face of the fact that there were thousands Of
good and competent men OF Mr.
ssT so.tor. really bIn.
book and give the names Of Republicans hold.
ing prominent positions in Washington that
would simply astonish the Democrats Of the
country. There is no use in saying that this
made no difference, because 1t did. II ranked
in the heart of every good Democrat He could
not understand how 1t was that men he had
fought against for twenty-five years and finally
succeeded in winning the fight, should hold po-
sitions, and he and his friends De kept out OF
them. There can be but understanding in
American politics, and that 10 thet the party tnat
wins Will stand by the men that placed IL in
power. Any party that goes against this rule
will suffer defeat as certainly as the night fol-
lows the day. The great secret OF Republican
success, now and heretofore, has been that the
party las been trae to its friends.
As q matter of fact, the organization and the
political ability and sagacity OF the manage meni
of the Democratic committee never amounted to
q hill Of beans Chairman Brics 10 q business
nan and clever man, but he knows no more
about practical politics ana how TO carry an
election than pig does about mathematics.
never was able to find out anything from ma
tional headquarters that a man should know
who 10 Watching q political campaign. There
was not N IN in the national headquarters last
night who could tell me how many election dis.
tricts there were in the State of New York.
There was not a man in the headquarters who
seemed have any idea at all about practical
politics. ] could go in any county in Indians
and pick out four or five boys from the country
who really know more about how to run Q cam
paign, big or little, than the members I have
met here of the national committee will ex
cept Senator German, because he is undoubtsd
ly q keen. bright and able man, but he has had
very little to do with the cam pagn, relying al
most entirely upon reports he received at head
quarters, and acting accordingly. Senator Cor
man. 1T 10 true. was certain OF this State las
night but the Kings county fraud upset hi
calculations. as it did of all other gentlemen in