The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-11

nomination four years ago because. II
spite OF asI professions and p-s.ensions.
the patronage OF his administration was at
The service Of politicians whenever i vas
needed fo- success Il was welded by E1-
gene Higgins IN Baltimore; II was organ
lied against the great Democratic protect
tionsst. Sam Randall. by Postmaster Har-
rlfy. o. Phi.ase.p hia- Prss.cea. Harrl-
son made small promises beyJnd his party
platform, but his record Is Jar better than
that OF Cleveland He has extended the re-
form 70 the Indian se-vice; he has removed
labor IN the navy yards from The influence
Of patronage: his army and navy appoint
fnents have been consp!cuoasly free from
personal influence. in Iae pos-oshc - the
total removals made have nos e91aled
those under the las. administration. tax.
ing the entire term, and his postmaster
general has urged permanent tenure fo-
postnasters. and proposed legislation 70
carry this into effect
The record Of CieveIand's sdministra-
ton. as -ecited by the MGgwunp journals.
and the New YORK World n Iss7 leaves
him without single calm 10 the title OF
leadership. As vel call = ball p1ncher"
prodding his string OF cattle with his
goad By the name OF great general or
statesman. Cleveland Is not much OF a
head. but he IS al The head MS party have
had in the White House since Buchanan.
50 the Democracy could not refuse to re-
nominate him without spoilIng their own
record. So this political billy goat has
aga.n carried OF on his horns the
corone. Of the party denomination.
What has be done since his exis
from the White House IN March, issa,
10 furnish any hope that his second sd
minissrasion Will be any better than his
first? During the last three years CIeve-
lands chief business has consisted N
playing the walking and talking delegate
81 al small public gatherings. where
empty but most resonant dldaetlcs are n
reQuest-a kind of dogmatic rhetoric that
IS highly esteemed by broSe2-Einded ped
agogueS, parishiess priests, retired ply
sieians, piddling literste1rs and aitenuated
poetasters; men who think they are pro
found when they are only ponderous per
sons OF avoirtupois rather than intellect.
priggish women. oracles OF 4 sissy" civil
izasion. who always think they are truly
good because they can shed tears on short
notice with neafness and dispatch As
these close communions Of cheap culture
and shallow respectabiIity in New YORK
Cleveland has periodically posed as either
the epilogue or the prologue 20 the stupid
play. Here be hiss found his level; here ne
has swsyei the wooden scep.re and held
down with MS thinking cap the petty
throne Of petty monarch.
Other men of no more absolute intellect,
ike Monroe, William Henry Harrison,
Tyler. Polk. Taylor, Fillmore and Pierce,
the mediocrities or accidents OF the White
House. have occupied the great Office OF
president OF the United States, but they
all hsi some quality Of personal geniaiity.
culture and good breeding TO render them
.olerable chief magistrates. but Cleveland :
official career was tina. OF an absolutely
non-sympsshetic, p.chydernasou. person,
whom nobody ever named because they
loved him, or praised unless paid for il.