The Irish standard., 1890-03-22
PRESIDENT HARRISON A FAILURE.

PRESIDENT HARRISON A FAILURE.
Minneapolis Republicans, who visited
Washington during the past six months
are of the opinion that President Har-
rison is not the bowling success that his
personal friends claim him to be. They
all say that he is too small a man-ex
ecutively speaking for the chair he
fills. He does not please the profes
sional politician, nor the office seeker,
and it is doubtful if he pleases himself.
The Republican party are much dlsap.
pointed in him, and believe that unless
Blaine and Window take the old man
by the arm, and tell him what must be
done to save the party, the next election
will witness the complete overthrow of
the Republican dynasty in the United
States. a. B. Nettleton, on his return
from Washington few days ago, had
the courage in the face OF the late dis
cDuraging reports on the presidents
standing in the East, to say that Presi-
dent Harrison is all right, and that the
only people who are kicking are the
chronic ofice-seekers and the Demo
Gratis. On this question Mr.. Nettleton
SAYS: II should say that the third rate
professional politicians the regular
chronic howlers around the public CRIB
as distinguished from the real Repub-
lican leaders who hold the party on its
course and carry elections. dislike the
president and secretly or openly 'cuss'
the administration. This fact rather
tends to strengthen the president with
the only element which any republican
executive can wisely undertake to
satisfy. ANY attempt to paclfy the
roupders and blatherskites of his party
would only ALLEVIATE and disgust that
great mass of high minded and disin-
terested citizens who achieve republican
victories whenever they are achieved.
Then the particularly malignant and
persistent assaults upon the president
by the Democratic Dress and leaders are
about the best decoration that a Re-
publican administration could wear.
They show at least that staiwart Repub-
licanism and not mugwumpe1y domln-
atee the White house in this year Of
grace !" This may case the minds of a
few Republicans who know no better,
out when such self sacrificing Republi-
cans as w. H. Eustis and A. III. Hall
tell us that Harrison is a failure as q
and that the people of the
East regard him as such, we are forced
TO believe Shat there is something wrong
at the White house. People are not
wont to kick without good reason, and
Mr.. Nettleton. himself must confess
that there has been no end to the
of Republicans against the
present administrations. Many of them
no doubt are sorry they did not stay
with the ia, iff-reform party and are
now getting ready for the fight of '92.
With Democratic president in Wash
ington, and tariff reform bill passed,
the country would settle down to busi-
ness. The people will be disappointed
If they look to the present congress for
any tariff measure. Republicans are
pledged to protection, and that means
high tariff every time, no matter what
Tie politician will tell us. The Repub-
|lcan party would lose it's identity the
moment it passed a tariff reduction bill,
and as it thinks more of itself than it does
Of the country. we can rest assured that
as long as that party is IN power we
will continue to pay twice az much for
the necessaries Of life as they are worth.