The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-02-05
NOT PARTNERS NOW.
The Late Democratic Firm of Cleveland
q Mills Is No More.


The firm of Cleveland & Mills seems
to have been dissolved by the with
drawal of the junior partner. This is
unexpected and painful. For a long
time their relations were as intimate
and pleasant as those of David and
Jonathan. They went forth together
to war upon the Randallites, and they
routed them. Mr.. Mills scoffed at the
idea of any presidential candidate ex-
cept the senior partner, and the latter
maintained that next to himself Mr..
Mills was the leading apostle Of dem
ocratic free trade.
Mr.. Mills was at home last week
looking after his senatorial chances
AS is the custom of statesmen he was
interviewed, and IN reply to the ques-
ton: what is the prospect for reduc.
ing the tariff?'' he said:
Everything depends on the present congress
and the course pursued by the democratic na-
tIonal convention next summer. II congress
presses earnestly on for tariff reduction and the
democratic house passes a thorough revenue
tariff bill, ignoring and opposing protection in
every feature, and IL the national convention
will make that the issue in the coming contest
| as the nominee for president we will win, carry
the reform, and remain in power for years. The
contest in the convention. from present indics-
| tons, will be between Hill and western COM
petitor Hill has declared in his recent speech
at Albany for the protective tariff OF 1888 I'm
| less we give up all thatwe have been oontending
for we cannot accept his platform or his can.
didacy and we must look 10 the west for our
standard-bearer."
1t will be noticed how contemptuous-
ly Mr.. Mills puts Mr.. Springer and his
picayune policy of little bills and a
skirmishing attack of protection on
one side. He recognizes only two poll.
cies-his own and that of Senator Hill.
And he recognizes but two presidential
candidates. One of them is Senator
Hill and the other some unnamed
western man. When that westerner is
asked for Senator Palmer will stand
up and say: Here he is" Gov. Boies
will speak out in the same modest way.
So will Gray, of Indiana Perhaps Col
Morrison may insinuate timidly that
he would fill the bill.
A few months ago Mr.. Mills would
have spoken of some western demo-
crat for the vice presidency and
would have said that Mr.. Cleveland
was the only candidate of those demo-
Gratis who repudiate Senator Hills
plan Of insisting on the reenactment of
the republican tariff of 1883, against
which the Mills bill was leveled Why
does the Texan make no mention of
him now? The only explanation is
that he believes it was owing to Mr..
Cleveland that he did not succeed in
getting the speakership.
Mr.. Cleveland refrained from taking
any par. in that interesting contest.
Feeling that it might not be wise for
him to do so he said that it would be
improper. He sat solemn and silent
and refused to say word for Greek or
Trojan. Mr.. Mills believes that if Mr.
Cleveland had come out openly for him
he would have been elected He has no
no liking for the cold-blooded neutral
friendship which refused to come to his
aid at the most critical moment in his
life, and therefore he has hidden Mr..
Cleveland farewell The partnership has
been dissolved, and Mr.. Mills has sent
out word that he is ready to take a
western man into the firm. There will
be many applications for the position
Mr.. Mills has acted according to hui
man nature. Mr.. Cleveland refused to
help him when he needed it the most
He sees no reason why he should do
anything for Mr.. Cleveland. How far
the latter will be injured by this seces-
sion of his old associate remains to be
seen. The loss of Mr. Mills himself
may not mean much. but if any num-
Der of his friends and supporters fol-
low his example the prospects of the
ex-president may be seriously injured,
and he may find out that there are oc-
casions where the policy of neutrality
is the unwisest to pursue. - Chicago
Tribune