The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-05
Three Points in the Game.

We are again compelled to call the
attention of the Missouri senators
and congressman to the tact that they
do President Cleveland great ipjus-
tics when they charge HIM with max
ing the public patronage means OF
rewsrding his friends.
immediately alter the late federal
appointments IN st Louis and Kan.
sAs City, when this charge was being
openly and violently made, the Repuo-
lie called attention to the case OF
Warwick" Clark of Texas. Mr..
Clark had not only boted the Demo-
cratic party in Texas, but he had crit
cised Mr.. Cleveland He is a dema-
gogue and charlatsu," said Mr. Clark
IN speaking OF Mr., Cleveland and his
silver views In 1890.
We can readily understand how Mr..
Cleveland could have for iven the
bolt against the party. 1t is his
habit. on occasions, to rise above
party. Blu! when he copdoned the
SIN Of personal abuse and criticism of
himself and Recognized Mr. Clark in
the distribution Of federal Offices in
Texas, We accepted the fact as con-
elusive answer to the charge that he
makes the public service serve thepur
pose Of rev arding his followers aud
sycophants.
But" SAID long horned Texas
contemporary, "the Republic is mis-
taken. Ii is right i'll lis premises, but
wrong in It's conclusions 1t is true
that Judge Clark bolted the head OF
the Democratic state ticket III presi-
Dental year. IL is jalso true that he
denounced Mr.. Cleyeland's financial
views and called him chAratan aud a
dcmagogue But after Cleveland's
second Inauguration George Clark
went down to Washington and licked
the presidential boots. He went to
Csnossa He confessed, recanted and
was forgiven. That's all.
We have RETAINED, until now, from
giving publication to this soditious ut
terarce, Tor the double reason that it
might do an injustice tc Mr.. Cleve
land and Mr.. Clark, and put the Re
public in the false position of advising
Missouri Democrats to 60 to Canossa
And We only publish 1t now because
circumstances have since arisen which
enable US 70 assert that the Texas
idea, like the Missouri delegations
idea, Is altogether at fault.
One of the staunchest defenders Of
the administration policy during the
long debate IN the senate over thu re.
peal bill was Senator Palmer OF Hi
nois. He vas consistent, courageous.
and SURPRISINGLY able at every stage
Of that m morable struggle. Only
once, through a miserable trick which
it is TO be hoped, for their own repu-
tations, It's devisers, executors and as -
signs will never avoid, was he led
Into anything suggesting or savorlng
of compromise. The history of that
episode may yet be fully written. For
the present it is enough to say that
the Illinois senator justified his faith
by his works ia every possible way,
and that he is now IS badly disap.
pointed as are the NJ ssourians and
Texans, Yet he never bolted the
Democratic party to gain an Office.
He never called Mr.. Cleveland char.
Iatan and demagogue. He never op-
posed the Cleveland policy He
never went to Canossa. 1t is neoes.
sary to put the three states OF Illinois
Missouri and Texas together to get a
clear idea Of Mr. Cleyeland's policy.
1t requires some work and more
thought, but il is worth both.-St
Louis Republic.