Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-19
The TrAnhle ReRins.


face to indicate it, there is in reality
great deal of dissatisfaction with Mr..
Harrisou's administration, and this has
been brought about by the lack of tact,
not to say the downright arrogance of
the Harrison family. In this develop
ment, Prince Russell has had large
share. This young gentleman seems to
have great deal of genius as a mar
plot. Of all the American Presidents
only three have had sons old enough to
be pleasure or an annoyance to them.
These were John Adams, Martin Van
Buren,, General Grant and General Har-
iison. The son Of the first was perhaps
even more distinguished man than his
father. John Van Buren,, or "Prince"
John, as he was affectionately called,
popular man than the cage of Kinder.
hook himself. Fred Grant was too
young to amount to much, one way or
the other; but Russell Harrison
is just at the age when he can
do a great deal to damage the admins
tration. His record as a newspaper man
out in Montana has not been happy
one. His latest adventure has been to
associate himself with W. J. Arkell in
the publication of Judge, Republican
pictorial paper. That journal has, of
late, been showing very disgusting OBJ
sequiousness to the President. Not only
that, but it is indulging in abuse and
depreciation of the other Republican
leaders.
One of its recent cartoons is styled
'Ben, the Conqueror," and the Presi-
dent is represented as a dennis god,
clothed in wand and pink sash, and
with a good-sized nimbus surmounting
his head. Such Republican statesmen as
Blaine, Evarts, Sherman, Alger, Platt,
Wanamaker and others, are pictured as
crouching wild beasts, and poor Blaine
is turned over on his back outright. No
doubt this is all very funny, and the
compliment thus paid them will doubt
less be appreciated by these gentle
men, coming, as it does, from a
member Of the Harrison family.
1t is not likely that any one
of the men thus insulted will take any
direct notice of the matter, but tuer
friends are already in a resentful mood,
as the following, which we take from
the New York World of the 9Th inst,
shows;
"The picture is an insult to the intelli-
gence of the country" said prominent
Republican yesterday, Gas we'll as to the
men caricatured. 1t is simply nauseat-
ing in its sycophancy. 1t would be bad
enough if it came from all outsider, but
from member of the Presidents own
family it is disgusting. 1t is bad politics,
too. Mr.. Arkell must want the Russian
mission very much to permit such a i
thing.
"Aside from the bad taste displayed
in the publication of this picture, it has
no foundation in fact. Nothing is further
from the truth than that Ben has sub
dued and conquered the Republican
leaders. No President has ever been in
the White House who has failed 30 con-
spicuously to please the leaders of his
party. His Cabinet is collection of
nonentities, outside of Blaine, and is
Ouly Dclu IOSclucT ny d uuIthus
son hopes to crowd Blaine out, and then
he will be happy with his nobodies and
nondescripts. If he is dreaming that he |
has made a conquest of all the party |
leaders, he will have rather rough |
awakening before long. The artist did not
think it, perhaps, but the leopard Platt
in the cartoon stands in an excellent
position to demolieh Ben with blow. |
The President had better be on his |
guard"
That the President is suffering from
what is popularity known as the "big |
head" cannot be doubted, nor is there
much doubt but that the men caricatured
will, in their own good time, take the
proper measures to reduce the swelling. |
Other men have been there before, and
their ailment was attended to. Gen.
Sheridan, who made a great many |
speeches for Harrison during the past |
campaign, said to New York reporter,
commenting on ben the Conqueror
Harrison is Indifferent to public
opinion. believe he really made use
OF the expression that he was going to
please himself, for it is just like him. 1t
is characteristic of the man. He be-
lieves that when the Supreme Power un-
dertook the making of the universe, at