The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-31
a PRESIDENT WITHoUTA CLIQUE.
Cleveland Remarkable ividuality-The
Leader and the Party Stronger
than at the beginning Of the
Last Campaign.
Washington Letter to Boston Globe.

Washington Letter to Boston GLOBE. J
Cleveland has changed and upset
Washington as generally as q tirst-claSs
cyclone could changeand upset it in the
same length Of time.
No other President since he was
born has had his own way so entirely.
He has pulled the partisan fargs out Of
the opposition Senate and taken the
reluctant and doubtful House under his
arm. The generally turbulent and
unruly larger brancfsof Congress never
behaved better than it is behaving this
session when the Presidents influence
is supreme and his connection close.
His enemies in the party that be has
transformed cannot find rival to rally
around. The suggestion of any other
name for tie head Of the Democratic
ticket of 1888 is instantly recognized as
no less ridiculous than the mention of
his own name for the place would have
been in the Cincinnati Convention of
1880.
What wonder is it,~then, that Wash
ington is bewildered? Men are con-
tinually coming from the outside coun-
try in search of high information. They
see Washington beating about help
lessly, under the shadow of the strong
est and the grimmest personality OF
recent times They see the old stagers
here afoot and good deal dazed. To
these latter it seems as if the strange
man on top had even swallowed the
points of the political compass.
So all wait on him while he waits OF
himself, without a confident and
counsellor as surely as he is without Il
master. His Indifference to the town IS
uneoncealed. AS soon as he got to the
White House he discharged the Presi-
dents valet. He has no more use for
stenographer than a piano. He often
fills half dozen pages with bis own
fine writing in addressing a subordi-
nate about some business matter.
Although thorough believer in him
self, he has never been guilty of dis
playing or betraying the least bit of
cheap vanity. He is President with
out a clique. For the first time in a
long while the White House is without
set. What other motive can such
man have except patriotism?
cannot see any reason for his taking
a second term other than he cannot
finish the peoples job in time to go out
next March. What personal reason
could he possibly have for staying? He
has already got the name Of the thing.
He will never get any fun out Of it.
But here he sits, pegging away, and
the good fortune that some Of the
greatest men in history have chased
until they died, comes rolling up hill to
his feet. The chesnut phrase in the
news Of the day looks something like
this: ''AIl the delegates are for Cleve-
land" The uniqueness of this situation
may possibly be appreciated when it IS
recalled that only thirteen Of Mr..
Cleveland's twenty-one predecessors
We're ever thought Of when the time
came to choose their SUCCESSORS. Only
eleven Presidents ever made their sec
ond appearance IN the Electoral Col
lege.
For twenty years the Democrats have
been running like whiteheads from the
high tariff whoopers. y few months
ago Cleveland stopped running; the
almost breathless party also halted.
Instantly the pursuers paused. Then
the pursuers and the pursued faced each
other. Next, with the battle cry OF the
Presidents message on their lips, the
low-tarif crowd sprang at their adver-
saries, who quickly turned tail and ran
like so many scared steers. They are
still running.
The Democratic party can not be put
on the defensive in this canvass. There
is not a single thing to defend, and moth
ing to attack. What has the admins
tration done for which it would be wise
to assail it before the people? Althougha
he mas dealt out death to thessepS!
cans, the President has y :. ',,,.ed
more pain amoae ne,oocrars than
amono tlssssff sss'''ne Oeiii0et''
,ss..sSss lemies After living TOR
ssssssgTe g,iTe years off the husks OF oppo-
>;+;op we NAV soon come to see that
when let into the crib of plenty the
partv's own best and permanent inter-
t.sts needed just such restraints as were
;r,nosed on it and just such lessons III
Occidental as were taught it by the man
who opened the door.
TO Mr.. Cleveland 4 party Is SIMPLY
tho neans, and is not the end. he nao
ALWAYS been Democrat, but he mao
not let the Republicans bother MN
,>uch. Whether the situation to-day
IS the result of ia deliberate and consist
ent policy of the Presidents or no1' II
!. sti,l certain that the Democracy 5
condition is much better at the outset
~ +b;s than it was at the outset OF the
last campaign. The Presidents course
in the matter has been to treat all the
factions to an occasional dose OF cold
shoulder. This is an entirely new treat
ment for the trouble, but it .nay have
done some good.
This will be the eighth reelection OF
q President. Mr.. Clevelandwill be the
first, however, TO gain that rare glory
bv the plain and single works Of peace.
Every other President who has had 4
second term came out of war. They
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