The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-25

President Harrison is greatly har-
raised and worried over the Tanner
complications. No wonder for the
causes Of his harrassment are manifold.
lie cannot help from feeling the con-
trast which has been presented to the
people between his own administration
and that of his predecessor. The series
Of Republican administrations, which
have been in power since the
war. have all been characterized mainly
by one prominent feature, and that is
corruption. Under Andrew Johnson
the populations and stealings Of public
officials we're absorbed by the interest
created by the fight made upon
the President by his own party be-
cause he sought TO desectionalize
the country. aud effect COM
plete restoration of the Union with
out making the Southern States merely
provinces Of the North. When Grant
came into power. however. there was
no longer any such side issue to divert
attention from the carnival Of
fraud which was going on through
out the land; and indeed. no attempt
was made to conceal it. Rings ard
cliques. formed for the sole purpose Of
rak:ng the treasury fore and aft. were
formed openly in Congress. and foster
ed at the White House. until corruption
permeated every department Of the
government to such an extent that
even Republicans had to confess that the
man in the moon was forced to hold ms
nose az he passed over Washington.
This spirit of corruption still contin-
ued TO pervade the land until Grover
Cleveland was elected President. when
the country was RECALLED with the I'M
wonted and refreshing spectacle Of an
al. lutely pure and clean adminisIa-
ton for -four yeats, during which time
the unity OF all sections was sought TO
be restored on the firm basis of Right
and Justice: the money Of the people
was carefully guarded; extravaganza
in every shape was discountenancod.
and honesty and integrity were the
main characteristics of the government.
No wonder that Mr.. Harrison should
feel disturbed beyond measure at the
great contrast which must necessarily
be drawn between the honest Demo
cratic administration of his predecessor
and hi. own. Although yet in its in
fancy. he. in order to curry favor with
pension grabbers of the q. A. L. and pen
sion agents of the North, appointed Tan
ner as Commissioner Of Pensions. and he
had hardly gotten warm in his seat be-
fore he revived Radical corruption IN
all its hldeousness. and began putting
into effect every scheme be could pos
siby devise. whereby he could drain The
Treasury. and scatter the unnecessarll,
extorted taxes of the people among his
individual friends and associates.
Harrison now finds himself between
the Scylla of healthy Popular Opinion
as created by President Cleveland, anC
the Cbarybdis Of Radicalism as de
veloped in the G.. 4. r. anC
other Treasury grabbers Of his party
The first forced him to remove
Tanner. and the second now greatly
3isturbs him in its urgent demand tina
Northern Republicans shall again b.
permitted to run their arms iuto th'
treasury surplus up to their armIits
Aud the worst of all Is he cannot iin'
any one, even among professional X tdi
cal politicians. base enough to be Will
ing to step into Tanner S recent position
with the odium thereto appertaininG.