Wichita eagle., 1888-08-12
9ai1n eagle
ClEvELAND'S RECORD,


Who Detest Hypocrisy and Sham ans
Who Would Vote for Truth and Right.
If the face Of Satan ever did brighten III
under broad grin it was on the Fourth O
July, 1883, when Grover Cleveland poses
before the Tammany sachems as the frienl
of labor and Jefersoniaa Democrat
This Is the Grover Cleveland whose mes
sage 10 the Legislature Of New York con
tanned these words: 1t is the duty of The
Legislature. IN the interest Of the State t
reduce the wages Of pilots in New York 81
that they will not be higher than at foreign
ports" Yes, he is the same Cleveland
whose influence carried that proposition
through the Legislature.
The Grover Cleveland now posing as the
friend OF labor is Just the very man who
vetoed the bill reducing the working hours
OF the car-drvers Of New York from seven
teen TO twelve hours, saying: Il fan to
see any good to be accomplished blythe bill
besides, # the Legislature reduces the
working hours, il ought TO provide for the
reduction OF wages, which II has failed TO
dor
l an sure. SAYS Patrick C. Carroll. writin 2
70 the editor Of the American Celt, that this
Is the same Grover Cleveland who vetoed the
bill to reduce the fare on the New York
intended to lessen the expense of the work
ing-men. Cleveland vetoed it in the inter-
est Of the corporations, saying: It is a
violation Of vested rights Cleveland a
friend Of labor! What a disgusting farce
The Grover Cleveland who now poses be-
fore Tammany as ''areal JeFersonian Dem
ocrat - is the sane Cleveland to whom Hen
~ II atterson alluded in the CoErier-JoUTTsal
Of February IA, 1857, thus:
When Mr.. Cleveland, deaf 10 the coun-
sci OF Democrats, and holding himself aloof
from his party with kind Of a distrust and
fear as If II were guilty thing, seems to
rely most upon George William Curtis to re-
elect hun, II Is tine that some one, having no
selfish interest before his eyes, should ask:
Is the President d Democrat. and Is this
Democratic Administration: We shall SUD
port Cleveland, but we want TO know in ad-
vance whether we are supporting Dem
crat or a uUgwuInp If George William
Curtis be the conscience-keep Of the
President as he seems TO be, then we have
no hope for the future. Let the President
look To it, etc.
The Cleveland Of the Tammany letter is
the same Cleveland spoken Of in the Con-
rieT-JourTlGl Of February 5, 1851, thus:
The President is a man Of imperfect
trustful of counsels and slow to learn. He
IS one who VIII ask for advice and go the
other way. He thinks that when
be saves few hundreds OF dollars by
veto Of some poor devils pension he has
discharged q great public function; in
short he whites instead Of saving wood.
Mr.. Cleveland seems 10 entertain
an honest dstrust Of the Democratic mass
e. Of the people, and a sincere dread Of
offending those who have maintained SO
long that the Democratic party is not fit to
govern the country. + He IS trying
to make the Democratic party over again.
AS d Democrat we resent this, and the party
resenJs 1t. and If we can not reach some
common ground Of understanding and feel
'ng, no nan can proplesy victory in
ISIS"
The Couyisr-Jo,u7laI Of February 10. 1857,
speaks Of CleVeland's JeEersonIauisIn as
follows:
1T fthe ADMINISTRATOR has drlfted away
from the old Democratic moorings III its tis-
cal policy, whichis dictated by the banks Of
the East; in its foreign policy, dictated by
the timidJty Of the money power Of the East;
and in its civI-service policy, dictated by
the political pastry-cooks Of the East who
imported it from Europe. Wehave
nor given him one lex when he has not de-
served two'
The C0tTiar-JolRndl of January %, 1857,
speaks Of our Jef1ersouian President in
these exact words:
Those who 20 70 the White House for,
favors do not prejudice their case by IN
palatable truths. They feed this grand
Llama with toOthsoIne les. Unfortunately,
he seems 10 prefer the latter Diet, and, GER
t4inIy, he fattens on IL"
Let me repeat the exact words used by
Watterson IN speaking of the President in
the COL5ie9-JourI3dl Of January 3 and 90
1851:
II look upon the Democratic situation
which prevails in the National capital with
arnazement. On every hand l encounter
among the Senators and Representatives
and among the people but one sentiment,
and that of discomfort and foreb0diuz The
Republicans are jubiant; the Democrats
are discouraged. The President IS
as incapable Of receiving impression as Of
returning warmth, and sensible of criti-
cIsm only 70 the point of resentiug it. He
sits in the White House Ike q wooden in
age, made 10 be worshiped, not loved To
the weaker member Of his Cabinet he has
impaired his own cold stolidity and dull
self-suflCiency. The most seryile as well
as the most sincere fattsry IS all imitation.
The beggar on horseback takes more Joy
IN one Republican who turns mugwump
than in ninety-and-nine Democrats who
never went ascray. Is il not most
and almost astounding that enc
who is by no means destitute Of common
sense and native craft should be 50 densel
"A near and old friend Of his SAID to me,
not long ago: OF all the arid natures l
ever met his is the most arid; he syupa-
thizes with nobody, makes common cause
with nobody, ana IL the most serious
affairs trusts wholly 10 chance or caprice
The author Of this description nourishes no
Is far above Presiden-
thai fears or Presidential favors; he simply
s. peaks II tie spirit OF TIE true historian
and philosopher. This view OF the Presi-
dent being true, he is IL De pitied rather
than Censured.'
Here are the words Of Wattersou. in the
Of January 19. 1881: Last
nigbt one of the truest. purest and oldest
Democrats l know. Democrat who has
passed hfty years Of his life n Washington,
gave ne a series OF incidents Illustrative
II the fashions now at court. which, if be-
ieved, would make the Democratic heart OF
the country sick"
With these facts well known, does II not
beat 81 . hear Cleveland talk OF "a love
and devotion to pure Jeffersoaiaa form Of
government Cleveland saws:
Our Government belongs 10 the people,
&c"
WatterSon says, il the CossIcrJoss,rGI
II January -. Isl:
Every citizen should have free access to