The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-29
"a LOT OF MIsSFrs -


tho Cleveland Administrations.
Press OF Dec. 18Th, 1898.
Tho following letter. written from
by Colonel Pat Donan,
the famous orator, TO young woman,
one of the editors of a leading South
ern paper, who had made application
to be postinistress In her city. Will
attract attention because OF its vigor.
GUS style. Colonel DOMAIN is an old
school Dem ocrat; he docs not minceI
words In expressing his contempt for
the Cleveland Administration. Here
is the letter:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec 5, 1888.
My Dear Miss A: Your letter of
Nov "a would have been acknowledged
long ago but for the fact TINT 1t gave
me tho Impression that you would
probably be In Washington before my
reply could reach your city. As. like
many glowing nnte.election Demo
cratic augurlee, you have failed to
take to my pen. which,
In most of our 30 called statesmen's
hands. is weaker than tin toy-sword.
Under another Ad ministration tina n
this .Buflalonian hodge potge,I could.
and would, gladly be OF some service
In advancing your postmarmal aspi.
ration. AS 1t is, l fear / cannot be OF
the slightest use-and it ~ hard to tell
who can or could be.
Such dynasty has never before
been enthroned-or Installed, which
in view OF tile cattle In power, Is the
filter term.-at Washington. From
President and Cablneteers down, or up
as the case may be, to the last De
partment clerk and cuspidor.cleaner
it 10 wrangly. ill.assorted. snarly.
yowly lot OF insists. no two of which
seem to agree about anything except
in their dislike OF all the rest.
Cleveland detests Stevenson and
snubs him brutally at every oppor-
tunlty, because he stands too well
with his own party; and. as far as q
Presbyterian elder can do so, without
climbing clear over all the hedgerows
and barbed. wire fences, the Westinin.
ster Cateohism and Confession OF
Faith, Stevenson cordially reciprocates
tho Clevelandesque aversion.
Tho Cabinet with the exceptions OF
Gresham and Carlisle, Is common
place TO the last and lowest degree.
No two members OF 1t arc really on
friendly terms with each other, and,
barring the dimiDutiye plsmire Of a
street.car conductor, or superlnten-
dent, or something or other Dan La
mont. not one Of them sustalns any
Intimate OF confidential relations
with the man In the White House"
Cleveland distruats Carlisle's judy.
mont, and suspects him OF cultivating
a private Presidential apiary of his
own, which, as things go in these de.
generate days. Is high treason to Baby
Ruth and Baby Esther; and Carlisle
cannot avoid feeling of contem pit
for Cleveland's Ignorance and narrow.
ness and colossal self.conceit that sug.
gests a bull hlppoDotamus with a
peacook's tail of gorgeous
in full spread.
The whole gang OF portfolio .toters
Is suspicious of Gresham genuinely
able, honest. brave and true man--be.
cauae he was Republican,; and he
despises the little time serv-
Ing, patronaRe-peddling. self.seel,ing
ways and notions of his secrctarlal
ass ociates. The others OF this queer
Cabinotal aggregation of heterogenei-
ties and inconRrutles are not worth the
Ink and paper necessary to mention
their unknown names.
Clev Gland Is President without a
Dim. Lamont counts
Tor one. There is hardly Dem oeratic
Senator or Representative. from North
Or South, who does not privately damn
the man he publicly beslathers with
praise and pretends tol
support. The blg-necked Buffalo bull
1ozer who wears Rurclngle for al
collar. has trampled and spit upon all
but those that do his bidding. In Sen.
ate and House like serbs or slayes. HisI
Ideas OF the Presidency of the United
5tates are modelled after those oil
Louis XIV or Peter tho Grea.. II ami
The government" is his policy and
creed In four words; and a hundred
thousand public Offices are but go
many private snaps to be pRrcelod out
among the servile henchmen, who,
with most alacrlty and least cavii, OK
ecute his, personal bohests.
Dan. Norhees, of the Wabash
SwRmpe In tho Senate; little School
Teacher Billy Wilson. of the West
Virginia moonshine stills, In the House,
and plRmy Dan. Lamont, OF the Bow.
are the present Pooh ahs and kokos
of the Administration, by divine right
OF ''nigger luck" and popular aslnln.
lty OF Grover Kamehameha l., of
Buffalo ard Hawaii.
II you really want to be postmarm.
and with the p. MS stand, with q.
blue.stamp halo round your head and II.
mail bag in you hand,- II you really,
long to descend from the dignity of a.
printing Office to the degradation of a.
postofiice, come armed with COM
to the consideration of
one or more of this august trlumvi-
rate.
Your Congressman. Hon. ]. P. hav-
Ing apparently shut his eyes and swal-
lowed the Groverian policy, as Jonah.
did the whale. FIN and scale. head and
toll" might, could or should be po..
tentlal In your behalf-ir he would,
Get cinch on him!
Wishing IL were In my power to be.
Tar more useful to you than Tor any
other decent man, 80 far as l know.
can be, / am, with regards to your
managing editor.
Yours hastily and fundamentally,
but most sincerely. 2. DoSAS.
Piles! Piles: ltchIuE Piles.