The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-01-17
LET EN- SQUEAL."
The New York World Of
Jan. IL, Squeals Thusly:
IT was not a fair trial


trollei the administrator VI Pfesid u
ClavfIsnI. Therefore II cannot be L,i,
responsible for the fesnlts II that admin.
isusiiou neither for the ifIarf bis vac
Iaiing course bias done 70 the cause ~ c'vil
service reform. DO for dong the n, II
thing at the wrong time" 10 prcoipitsiiut
the tariff issne 90 the peiiluus edge OF
Presidential campaign, Nor for the ott''
multiplied mistakes Of the President, h
for bis obnoxious personal act- or charac
teristlcs.
This is a constitutional government aus
therefore a Rovernmeu, by party. Tn
President is chosen 10 represent the priu'
ciples aud purposes OF a majority OF tn,
people. When he ignores their wish $
seeks no counsel OF their leaders and erect,
a personal administration 81 his own, be
alone is responsible. The Democratic
party, ss is nov well established, really
carried the states which will cast msjorl
Ivy Of the electoral votes for Gen. Harrison,
Us so lIiR CANDIDATE, AND not THE PARTY
WAS DEFEATED IN THE RECENT ELECTION.
Does any Que doubt ttai AIR. Cleveland
would have been defeated in 1854 If the
party had then su ,pectei wha! would be-
his course rs Presileut2 Suppose, for 10
stance, it tad been known that ont OF the
seven members OF his cabinet be would
actually select five who hai Lever before
held . national position and who were
absolutely without national reputation
That there would not be in his cabinet u
single recoguized representative Of the
northern Democracy? That, 10 or out OF
Washington, lie would neither seek nor
accept the advice or warnings Of the tried
and experienced chiefs OF his party. at
tempting TO bulwark his own Obvious
ignorance and ineyperieuce? Suppose it
had been known that, sach us VS. bis
cabinet, be would neither ask nor accept
the counsel Of its members, but would
regard them from the beginning to the
end OF his term merely as clerks to record
bis will2
Suppose ii had been known that 10 the
metropolis Of New York. the city which
gave him the votes making him President,
he would not select for one Of the great
Federal Offices u Democrat recoguiz ID for
party loyalty or services Ia the continued
contest to make aud keep the city Demo-
cratic? That he would nominate us COLI
lector Of the Port an up country lawyer
from near the Canadian frontier, with no
more moral claim to an appointment here
than to Canadian custom house? That
he would retain as Postmaster an official
inherited from three OF four previous Re-
publican administrations? That FOR the
third other great executive ollicer Ia the
metropolis he would select s,iIl another
Inheritance from Republican party rule.
who has NOW been removed for iu, filcieucy
or worse2 That bis only party appoint-
ment made 10 New York Custom House
would be al avpve.i heDc mab and repre-
sentative there OF Hubert . Thompson.
man whom be did not iar.. to appoint to
any offer. aud Who represented the most
corrupt phase OF cur mnnIcllal admins
ration hi c- Istrd2
ii,kuusibs Thea all this 50 II IL i,si known
eyen tie day b,iUre the -Iee'in of 1884
.Lsi bin cabiaei would he. that neither
Tilden uor Hendricks nor Mcclellan nor
Thurman nor any leader Of his party
would be taken into bis couosel either be
fore or alter bis insng uration that he
would choose as Minister TO Euglaud. the
appointment neEt ia importance to a seat
10 the cabinet, M unknown and doubtful
Democrat from hopelessly Republican Yer.
mont aud at the instance OF the Republican |
Sanstor from the state that his scaeme Of |
parties without psrtisanship aud poli,ics
without politicians would be ostensbly |
ia one state 10 be conspicnously |
violated 10 another. TO the shame aud do
LIBERALIZATION oil The party that be would /
abandon the pretense OF a civil service sd-
as the tine for the renomina-
ton OF his successor approached, aao /
wonlj Geek To cover up his retreat by in
Iectins bio the Presidential contest ano,h |
y aud. st Just thai Tins, 40 unfortunate
Il. us that be would make the cause Of
,ivil service reform hywotd aud mock
ug by bis FLaoRAsT Grfr or iO,Oo0'To A
,AMrAIGs ruxD Tor his own reelection; Iii
!, had known al this before election day
II 1854 theu Grover Cleveland would Ger
sinly have been regulated by LIE party
,nd would not h.ys been elected Presi.
lent. and the Democracy Of the ubited
late. cannot be beii responsible for What
10 hss done aud lei, uhdone 10 al Office
bn. gsiu.d and thus administered