The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-15
Grover CleYeland.

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without any pretension to political di-
plomacy, it IS as bright and original
and honest as any of the many admin
istrations that have preceded it.
There is but one man in it whose rec
ord is brought in question, and he
Mr. Gariand-is as innocent Of inton-
tional wrong as any man might be
but the prejudice against him has not
affected the confidence placed in him
by the President, and he has been kept
in place because his removal would
have been manifest injustice.
Mr.. Lincoln did worse than has Gro
yer Cleveland with respect to the un-
fortunate members Of his Cabinet, for
he removed his Secretary Of War,
Simon Cameron, who was undoubted-
ly guilty OF Government contracts that
in time OF war meant treason, merely
to make him Minister to st, Peters
burg. President Grant "stood by his
friends" when nobody else stood by
them, and accepted the resignation Of
Secretary Belknap to save that gentle
man the trial which might have sent
him within the bars. No President
was ever surrounded by more rapa-
cious gang of rascals than was Presi-
dent Grant, and he had a confidence
in them that nearly cost him his own
integrity. Under President Garfield,
Stephen W. Dorsey was put on the
the road to the penitentiary, and was
saved from punishment by President
Arthur at the great expense and to
the great humiliation of the Govern
meht. I lie Star Route scoundelism was
inaugurated under the rule of poor old
Hayes, whose Administration was fee
BILE with the single exception that it
was strong in villainy. The wh;skey
| lluSo uhuGl bIduGJ ILS ptuI IOuGe
rings under Hayes, and the failure OF
: the Department of Justice under Ar
thur to punish the largest robbery the
Government had ever known were the
sorriest record that any three previous
administrations had been acquainted
with, and ought to have buried the
party responsible for. them several
miles below the political surface.
There is no such scandal connected
with the administration of Grover
Cleveland There is no man who has
not respect for that President, and il
not convinced of his honesty of pur
n pose, his good sense, his.patriotism anC
his political sagacity. In his tariff
reform message he placed the Demo
cratic party where it belongs, anC
where it is going to stay. He sacrificed
himself to that imperative duty, fol
4 six months is not time enough for {
people who have heard only one sid'
OF the tariff question to acquaint them
selves with the other side OF it. Fou
y years hence President Cleveland will
be looked upon as the prophet of hi
party, and twenty years hence he will
: be as much a Democratic authority
for courage and wisdom, as is Andrew
Jackson at this time. In the tarif
contest between the President and tn
House of Representatives on the on
side and the Republican Senate OIL
H. the other side, the President and hi
supporters outwitted and out-argueo
, the opposition. The retaliation mes
sage was one of the ablest and one 0
the most honest documents that eve
came from the White House TIL
treatment OF Sackville-West was wis
from polical point Of view, at tn
:, same time that it was so just that n
- patriot can find the first objection t
10 it, and it was advised by the best Re
= publicans as well as the best DemocraI
ic authorities. In brief. let any goo
citizen look over the Administrator
of Grover Cleveland and see if he ca
- find anything more earnest, homes
polite, firm, original OF clean in the az
ministrations of the Presidents frol
Washington down.
But he is defeated. That is the fo
m tune OF all political and all other mel
ed 1t is a freak Of politics. How muc
oi of it is due to treachery has yet to /
discovered. What part of it, if any,
No due to an apparent meddling with til
so politics OF this State has yet to /
% found out. 1t is certainly known thS
20 he did not deserve to be defeate,
. Without the courage with respect
Of the tariff that has made every Dem
ina tn crat fighting man, instead of tt
ng coward that nearly every Democri
= was, he might have had the secon
term his honesty fairly won him. L
, is defeated T; but he will go out of Off
with the respect OF every citizen, no,
ever some citizens may dislike hi
oJ for the reason that he happened
dislike them
Ilu All honor to President Grover Clev
land The country will never ha
!. more honest or an ADLER Preside
thar he has been; and, The GrnpL