Milford chronicle., 1893-03-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsaINcroN. Mar. L. 80.

WASHINGTON mar. ~ 1898
One Of the most difficult roles ever at
tempted BY public man is that Of setting
himself up as being better than his party.
This the friends Of Mr.. Cleveland have per-
sistensiy done for him ever since his en-
trance into National politics, and the claims
Of his worshipers about his having refused
10 make one single promise during the last
campaign have been louder than ever since
his last Inauguration. Well, the idol has
been shattered, and in view Of the whole
world. One Of the most prominent nomina
ITEMS 10 Office he has made-ex Governor
GRAY. Of Indiana, to be minister to Mexico
was the result Of bargain made At the Chi
cago convention. not, it is true, BY Mr.,
Cleveland in person, but BY his personal
representative at that convention, Hon. ".
c. whitney, Of New York The terms OF
this bargain were thae Governor Gray was to
wi,hdraw as a Presidential candidate and
throw the Indiana delegation to Mr. Cleve-
land aud in return was either TO have 4
place In the cabinet or hFst-class foreign
mission, If Mr.. Cleveland we're nominated
and elected. That bargain has now been
carried ont by Mr.. Cleveland, just as any
other politician would have carried it out,
and it is about time there was a cessation
Of the talk about his being better than his
party. =
knocking the army Of office seekers out by
sections, as it were, shows that he is wiser
man than when he was President before, and
has furnished no end Of amusement for
those not after Office, as well as for the office
seekers not in the prescribed sections. First
be disposed Of the section that were after
the Offices held under four years commiss-
ions BY telling them that no official would
be removed until the expiration Of his term,
except for cause Next he jumped on the
section that held Office under his FIRST ad'
: ,uinistrstioD, nearly all Of whom were here
ready snd willing, not to say anxious, tC
, again afix their autographs to the official pa,
roll by telling them that none ofthem would
receive an appointment. unless It were II
some exceptional case where special quaiih
cations we're demanded that were not pos
, sessed by any new applicant. Aud hi
: last knockout was directed at the Democrat
ic editors who are hankeriug after the off
cial aesh-pots His words on this subjec
are herewith quoted for the especial benef
Of the editors of your Democratic contempoI
aries, who might otherwise make the mis-
take of expecting an Office. 81 have bee
{ surprised" said Mr.. Cleveland to a Cor
= eressman who called on him in the interes
! ofa Democratic journalist, ito notice tn
z very large number of newspaper men wh
}. have made application for Ofice. Ireuiem
q Der that during the recent campaign, and j
IA fact during almost the whole of the last ad
e ministration, the Democratic newspaper
u charged that in the appoin trsents OF Whit
< law Reid, and other journalists Mr.. Harr
d son was attempting to subsidize the pres
1, Now. dou't YOU see that should be layin
n myself open to precisely the same charges
t, I we're to kouor the drafts made on me b
,e newspaper men7 do not like the idei
e either ofwhich the editors oflittleDemocrat
e uapers all over the country seem to hav'
il that they are entitled to the Office Of pos
q master in their town" This he has sinC
Ie denied,
,e Those close % the administration say TIL
,s the Withdrawal Of the Hawaiian aunexatio
, :. eaty from the Senate does not indicate TIL
,e Mr.. Cleveland is opposed to annexation
# They say that he thinks more satisfaction
e treaty can be negotiated, aud they predi
a that the new treaty will be negotiated an
!, sent to the Senate before the present ext
/, session comes to a close. In other words,
4 these gentlemen be correct in their stat
y ments, the principal objection to the trea
4 was that it was negotiated by Republica
= instead Of by Democratic administration.
The Democrats may not be inclined TO
vor the makers of "moonshine" whiske
~ , but official figures show that Mr.. Cleveland
IS first administration collected S5I, ,o95, ,682J
'i- less from internal revenue than the admin
Ut tratiou Of President Arthur did, and Sis
sss.sa4 zs less than was collected durir
Us President Harrison's administration. Th
"a was little queer, wasn't itl
n Representative Henderson. Of Iowa, pr
IN diets that the Fify-second Congress will
I'd down TO posterity as 'the kuow-nothiug al
Sc do-uothing Congress-" and indications a
IS. plenty that the Fifty-third Congress, whit
Id will be controlled by Democrats in bo
o. branches, will rival if not surpass it
10 knowing nothing aud doing nothing
al There has been a red-hot although uo
la public fight, eyer the reorganization oft
he seuate. It is not entirely over yet, but
n, has gone far enough quite to show Il
ct Mr.. Cleveland has been defeated in his
en- tempt to have the eommitte on finance ma
Mt up in the interest of his own financial ide
! and against silver. Senator Vorhees, p
ID uounced silver man, will be its charms
on and majority of its members will be sil'