Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-26
PARALYzED THE PRESIDENT.
An Excited Republican Abuses Mr..
Harrison to His Face.

A New York World special from
Washington says
The dissatisfaction among the Repub-
licans with the administration reached
an amusing climax today. President
Harrison was subjected to violent and
vigorous denunciation bv member of
his party, and an office-holder at that.
who entered the white house and ad-
dressed the president face to face.
The man who thus vented his indigna-
tion upon the party chief is Arthur p.
Cunningham, fan employee Of the SEN
ate document room. Cunningham has
been very much dissatisfied with the in
capacity which he fancies the president
has shown since he first entered the
white house, and has not failed in public
and private to express his views.
The recent defeat of the Republican
party has made him even more bitter in
his denunciation of Mr.. Harrison. He
has not hesitated to say that the over
whelming setback which the party re-
ceived in the recent election is due to
the president. and to the fact that the
policy he mapped out has been followed,
against the better judgment of Secre-
tary Blaine and other leaders. He has
stigmatized the chief executive not only
as disgrace to his party, but to the
country which he has misgoverned.
At about O'Clock this afternoon he
engaged in his favorite pastime of abus-
ing Mr.. Harrison to crowd of his
friends gathered in hotel lobby, when
one of them said, jokingly:
why don't you tell Ben your opinion
OF him ?'
Cunningham seemed to be very much
impressed with the suggestion, and said !:
THAT is good idea, and l believe
that / will do it." So saying he started
toward the White House. The friends
thought he was jesting and paid no
further attention to him, but Cunning
ham was in sober earnest and went
direct to the White House.
He was known by the doorkeeper
admittance to the room of Private Sec
retary Halford. This adjoins the pri.
vate Office of the president. Cunning
ham asked if the president was in, and
receiving an affirmative reply, rushed
executive sat busily engaged in writing.
the intrusion, and demanded to know
what Cunningham wanted.
Il want to tell you what | think Of
you," was the reply, and with that he
proceeded to favor the chief magistrate
est billingsgate. The president was
onslaught, and sat helplessly clinging to
to pour forth the vials Of his wrath.
| yNhn,, ri, hoI bo, OF faI
his vocabulary of invective and had ap-
piled to Mr.. Harrison every opprobious
epithet he could think of, the President
an officer be summoned to remove the
intruder.
This did not have the effect Of quiet
ing Cunningham, and he launched forth
with a fresh volley of oaths, which he
Special Officer Cross, who placed him
under arrest. A patrol wagon was sum-
moned and Cunningham was removed to
locked up on charge of disorderly con-
duct His brother was sent for and fur
nished bail for his appearance in the po-
lice court in the morning.
cunningham has always been an act
lfO IeCPupHCdliy III cPiIC VI liiCTaCt Una
he is recently turned against the admin
istration. He was for several years
sergeant-at-arms of the Republican ma
tional committee, and when the celebra.
tion in honor of President Harrison s
election was held, he himself fired of
the cannon in honor of his party's tri-
umph. Since then, however, he has
changed his opinion of the administra-
ton, and has gradually grown more
bitter until today, when he reached the
climax.
Cunningham alleges that he was on
Friday last informed that his uncle
John Cunningham, had died in Aus
tralia six years ago, leaving an estate
valued at 81 800, 900, to which he is the
sole heir. The story was discredited at
first by his friends, but he has since
Friday had large amount OF money,
which he says he obtained from his at
torney.