The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-11-15
A NATIONAL CALAMITY.
MR.. CLEVELAND'S DEFEAT AND
SOME OF ITS RESULTS
And Causes. The 51st Congress VIII
be Convened in Extra Session to Re-
peal the Internal Revenue System.
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be Convened in Extra Session to Re-
peal the Internal Revenue System.
Especial Cor. to The Sentinel
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE battle
has been fought, and lost. What
caused the Democratic Waterloo will
probably be discovered during the
next four years and avoided. The
change of Presidents will not greatly
affect this city. The War, State and
Navy Departments are tull of Repub-
licans who have been kept in Office by
those who deemed it good policy to
strain the Civil Service Law beyond
its most liberal construction. The In
terror and Postoffice Departments are
not quite so full of the "hold-overs," +"
but there are hundreds left to taunt
the handful of Democrats with their
defeat.
***
Tuesday night, was on Pennsylva-
mia Avenue, until late hour, with a
party of Democrats, every one of
whom had hoped and worked for VIC
tory, and no one of whom had receiv-
ed one iota of encouragement or help
from this administration. Near us
was crowd of Republican clerks,
numbering several thousand. When
the bulletins from Kings county be-
gan to come in, this crowd commenced
to shout, and the cries of exultation
have not yet ceased. As soon as the
less cautious of these Republicans
thought it safe to do SO, they got the
cannon in the rear of the White House
and fred off a salute to Harrison and
Morton. Their hurrahs penetrated
the White House where Mr.. Cleveland
surrounded by Cabinet officers, other
high officials and their wives awaited
the returns over special wire. The
sound must have been agreeable to
this assembly. IF the ungrateful
scoundrels had been dismissed three
years ago, and Democrats put in their
place, the shouts, would have had an
other meaning, and, in my humble
opinion the result would have been
different. This, however, is but re-
peating an old story. For three years
I have written and re- written this, and
it is too late now to turn them out.
The way in which this horde of Re
.pub1icans helped defeat the Democrat
=iic party is explained by the following
paragraph which appeared al out two
weeks ago in the New York Graphic: ::
"They have raided the Washington
departments and taken up subscrip-
etions from the Republicans whom Gro
wer Cleveland has, in the goodness OF
his heart, allowed to remain in office.
The worst of the affair is that they are
alleged to have collected considerable
money from these very Office holders
for the purpose of comprising the de
feat of the man whose power has held
them in place. Every mothers son OF
these fellows ought to be removed at
once"
This gives the New York version of
the situation. In my opinion the vast
majority of the Democrats in this
country coincide with the New York
ers in this particular.
~
The New York Herald is authority
for the following incident which needs
no comment:
"No later than Saturday afternoon,
when the Republican parade passed
the Postofice Building, unifoI med
employees could be seen standing on
the window lodges, frantically waving
flags and vociferously cheering fol-
Harrison and Morton. These men
were in full view of the crowd that
thronged Broadway between Barclay
street and Park Place, and their "of
fensiveness" was warmly commented
on by Democrats who saw it.
The boisterous office holders on the
window ledges actually joined in the
refrain of "Grover's in the cold, cold
ground"
"Why does not that Mugwump
Postmaster Pearson, stop that ?" In
quired stalwart Democrat who was
present.
3Why should Pearson interfere r
said another man. "He wants to set
the Republicans win."
This incident was recalled yester
day when certain Federal ofhce-hol
ders went around boasting that the
had helped to "duMp" Cleveland.
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1 believe Ir. Cleveland has beel
conscientious Il. all he did. He forces
the tariff issue into the campaign be
cause he thought it was his duty to d
50. He risked more than any one mai
by such a course. I do not believ
the tariff issue had as much to do wit
the result as the insane policy of Bay
ard, Endicott, and others in keepin
their departments packed with Reput
lican clerks, officered by Republics
Chiefs. Endicott, stupid, lazy, fe
urehead, has been run entirely by on
John Tweedale, the stalwart Republ
can chief clerk of the War Depart
ment, who will, if be gets his desert,
be promoted by Harrison for part
service. Tweedale has been in th
War Department for years. BE know
the ropes, he knows the tricks of th
politician, practices them slnscrupu
lously, and, being much clevere
man than Endicott has kept the reir
more completely in his own hand
than he will be able to do under
wide awak G, thorough going Repub.
can Secretary.
Mr.. Bayard has kept himself su
rounded by his Republican chums an
underlings, probably because