The sun., 1890-01-14
.Innes "A n Judge Of Men.

We quote this shamefaced and disingenu'
GUS explanation from the Ne,o York 4Frnes
ut IA true that while Mr.. cLrvrLANp was Governor
m. T,,, found reason to condemn Of his ofcia
aotn A. Il did later whom he President OF some Of
his and decisions 80 Governor We spoke very
plainly We now think much too severely. But the
Timers criticisms were based public groundA not on
private malice"
Why Is it that tho Nea0 York 1Vines daref
not to allow its readers to Judge for them
selves whether Its "critical humor toward
the man who was then Governor OF New
York" and it's "disapproval OF temporary
policies OF Gov. CLEVELAND" were based on
public grounds or proceeded from private
malice2
These are Very mild phrases" disap-
nrovar" and "critical humor" and "speak-
ing very plainly, We now think much TOO
severely"
What the Times did, In fact, was to de-
nounce Gov. CLEVELAND as q swindleri
to attribute to him for his public acts pri'
yate motives Of tho most dishonorable char
acter: to accuse him OF planning on the one
hand gigantic scheme OF public robbery,
and on the other hand attempting to build
I'D q bogus reputation as reformer by de-
frauding citizens who had just claims against
the State.
Here arc two examples OF what the Ne'c
York Times now dismisses 30 timidly as
condemnation Of some OF Gov. ChEvE'
LANDS official acts:"
"Goy CLEVELAND nles q memorandum approving the
infamous aqueduot measured The reasons given Tor
aRninR the Aqueduct bill are simply audacioua me
-. thnta
desperate hnrdhood. o combination OF the two.
lie will be disappointed in his expectation II he really
had IL that the people will in the face OF common
DANGER unite in support this schsme they Will follow
It with constant suspicion and they 'ctu do otoe w
their attn IN the honest Intentions Of Coz. oLrvrLAHp"
That Is one side OF the Tinaes's picture OF
GROVER OLEvEhAND-the public side; the
other side was delineated on the same day
by the same Jonesian hand:
"Gov. CLEVELAND has made up for authoriHing the
robbery OF the public great scale through the Adue
duct bill BY committing depredations on individuals
with claims against the State which were inserted In
the Supply bill In other words GOV. CLEvE.
LAND u willing to swindle tho architects Of the Capitol
ont Of money which the state them for work done
for the State In order TO gain reputation as re.
former Tnn 1 about the ehedpeH and set'1vieH trick
spen OF this lOseprteed ttdtesman"
Why doesn't the Times reproduce these
passages from It's own columns and allow
its little band Of Jonesian readers to Judge
for themselves whether this was merely o
too severe disapproval of temporary poll
cies," or a full disclosure Of the TFmcs's
opinion that Gov. CLEVELAND was rascal
and humbug2
The Times was either right about GROVER
CLEVELAND, or 1t was immensely mistaken.
II it was right, its present admiration OF
this low-prtced statesman is all pretence,
and Its attitude toward its readers Is dis
honest. II it was wrong then and right
now what weight belongs to judgment
subject to such sudden andradlcal revisions2
The Times is denounoing Governor HILL,
for example, in very much tho Same Lam
guage as it devoted to tho moral charac-
teristics of his predecessor, Gov. CLEvE-
LAND.