Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-23
EDITOR DANA ON CLEVELAND.
Pitching Into the President for Many
Alleged Mistakes.

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HE SAYS THERE WAS NO KNIyISa IN NEW YORK
AND THAT FRKE TRADE u SETTLED FOREVER
HARaIsoss PRoBABLE POLICY.
Paris Special to the New York Herald Nov o.
Editor Charles A Dana, of the New York
Sun, has been spending q few days here.
saw him yesterday, and regarding Cleveland's
defeat he said:
Cleveland was beaten in the recent contest
for the very simple reason that a majority of
the the people chose to vote against him. Many
things contributed to the result. In the first
place the chances are all against the re-
election Of any President. Since 1882 only two
men have been twice placed in the Office of
the chief magistrate. These were Lincoln and
Grant, and they both were kept in the White
House under exceptional circumstances. The
military record of General Grant made him a
public hero, and Abraham Lincoln would never
had been reelected but for the continuance of
the war. Therefore, on general principles in
order to insure a President a second term of
Office there must be something of special and
unusual importance to commend him to public
favor. Cleveland had no such element to aid
him. On the contrary, he was handicapped in
many ways. He had no strong personal
friends, he was cordially disliked by the
leaders Of the democratic party and the polit-
before election.
ANXIOUS FOR PRAISE.
81 do not believe there is a more unpopular
person in the United States than he, and after
next March, when the game is all over, the
universal wonder win be how such man as
Cleveland ever came to fill such high position.
During his administration he did nothing to
win the confidence and support of his party
In fact, he did not care a copper for the real
interest of the democrats What he worked
and schemed for from beginning to end was the
welfare and advancement OF Dir. Grover Cleve-
land In his manner toward his supporters he
was always cold and overbearing, and he never
by any chance put himself out to be courteous
or accommodating. He thought himself
man OF destiny and so far above his followers
that he could kick them about as he pleased.
He has finally discovered his mistake.
He was always trying to produce a sensa-
ton which would make people talk about him.
He did not choose any given line of action 80
much because he believed in it as because he
believed In advantages for himself. He did
not dare to veto either the oleomargarine bill
or river and hsrbor bill, although he was con-
WINGED that both were unwise. He did veto lot
Of pension bills because he saw an opportunity
to set people talking about his cutting down
expenses without alternating any influential
classes.
cLKvELAND's MISTAKES.
I'm many things he made mistakes as to
what would rebound to his advantage His
negotiation Of the fisheries treaty and the ex-
tradition treaty did him much harm among the
Irish and the fishermen. If he had not been
politically dead already of course his position
on the tariff would have finished him. This
last election has forever settled the free trade
question No party can succeed in the United |
States which wavers in its adherence to pro-
lection. California wants protection for its |
wines and woolens and fruits, Alabama wants |
1t for its iron. and will Colorado in time |
he hole
and industries which are springing up there as
II by magic. The east has always wanted it |
and the south will follow suit. The democrats |
were beaten in fair fight because they de- |
served to be. There was never an election |
more quiet and orderly, there was never one |
with less corruption at the polls.
THE DEMOCRATIC SETBACK.
Talk about Cleveland having been knitted in |
New Yo.k by Hill and Hewitt is nonsense. !
Those two men aided rather than injured the |
presidential candidate. The bitterness which |
arose IN New York state by these factional jeal-
ousies resulted in drawing ont an immense |
vote, which always helps the democrats. Fur
thermore. Hill gained thousands of votes
among republicans opposed to restricting the
sale of liquor. and many such men were thus
led 10 cast the straight democratic ticket III
the democrats had chosen as their candidate a
man without Cleveland's host of enemies and
If they had excluded from their platform any,
thing which might be construed as leaning to-
ward free trade, / think there is no doubt they
would have been successful. As it is they are
set back where they were twenty years ago and
they have republican majority against them
in both houses.
The sACKvILLE INCIDENT.
''The Sackville incident had little effect in NV
opinion on the result. 1t came too late Cleye-
lands mistake here was in not packing Lord
Saekville off to England ten DAYS sooner than
he did When the British minister at Wash
lngton asserts. as he practically did that the
President Of the United States is a fool and
demagogue. 1t Is high time the queen sent US
another representative. As to the coming adj
ministration am sure Blaine will be Score
tary OF State unless he should refuse. Warner
Miller will probably be offered either the
Treasury or the Interior department. Harri-
son. in decided measure, owes his election to
the resolute stand taken by Miller on the nquor
question. which drew thousands of votes from
the prohibition party, all so much clear gain
for the republicans. / suppose Harrison will
make clean sweep among the democratic
ofhee-holders. His party believes in civil
service reform-for themselves"
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