Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-24
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cLEvELAND'S PLUCK.
A. Example Of the Presidents Re-
markabIe Influence.
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The silver Eight in the seaafs has giyea "a
. remarkable example Of the power wksea
the president Of the United States wielas
over eengresS when he cares 10 exert hiEa
self IL Is cosnnsoa sasins here that fol
several weeks sill the pluck snd cumulative
ness shown in The fight far repsai was fur
nishei by Mr. Cleveland, and than this
there could be nothing more true Mr..
Cleveland has shown tAas be il fighter
frosa fighting family. IL WAS he whc
pushed the repeal bill through the house OF
representatives With glaexaH.psed rapH4ity
In tho senate he had world VI truc BILE, bat
If it hasi noe been for his influence The bib
would not have had a ghost of chance IL
that body
1t is not geresalIy known. but IT Is tras,
that when the senate met last August 1t
was In favor Of thu FREE coinage OF silver. A
majority Of the body would have voted fai
a free coinage measure had such a bill h-sa
brought 10 a vote. Ii was noshin. but the
influence Of tine president which changed
this free coinage majority into majority
for unconditional repeal la changing 0yei
Democratic votes the president came very
near exhanstins his power, He could eaast
senators 10 be classified for uneondirtouAl
repeal who at heart were NOT for it, bot hf
could not stop them talking compromise
II be had besn able 10 do this also, the re
peal bill wouid have passed long ago.
After the failure Of the physical Test plAn
almost every man in Washington szaid tbs
repeal bill was bopeIessly beaten. Five oil
the eight members of the cabinet advised
compromise Mr. Cleveland almost alone
aeid out and ordered the light To bs carried
ON with renewed yigor. He supplied courage
and persisteRey for the whole repeal force
lie did manage To stop the mouths Of soLnt
III his supporters who were talking corn
promise. He intlmidAt-,i Others To give ui
their efforts to bring forward a eompronlIss
measure. For several days Last week the
light was carried on almost entirely On the
pluck furnished by Mr. Cleveland person
ally. Though feeling themselves beaten. hi
supporters ia no, dare disobey his orders.
What the President Did.
Every newspaper man who has watched
this situation knows how great has betg
the power of the president. Senator aftel
senator who cursed Mr.. Cleveland in PR
vate conversation. who declared his uncon
ditional repeal programme was running the
Marty. who ayowed they would not bc Used
10 further what they called the ambition 81
Mr.. Cleveland To set himself up As an auto
crat in the Democratic empire. left tbs
cloakrDoms and corridors where they felt
safe to indulge ia this sort OF criticism
walked in on the floor and carried on Mr.
Cleveland tight If their very lives dc
pended upon il. For at least two week,
he contest for unconditional repeal wa.
vaged as If it were the policy OF the Demo
cratic party, when the facts were that OF 1,
Democratic senators only >. were ready I,
vote for repeal. and Of these -, 10 werr hop
ing there would he some sort Of compro
mise. Conld there be more striking testi
inony to the leadership and power Of Ptesi
dent Cleveland?
Mr.. Cleveiaad's Holy War"
Your CORES pondeut has the best Of rsa
souS for saying that during this Who'll,
struggle Mr. Cleveland has regarded him
self not only as the Democratic president
INT rs the guardian OF the best interests o
the American people. Rightly Or wrongly
he has believed this the most important
question that has come up in this country
since the time of slavery. lie has believct
lie was carry M on sort of holy war. aiI
that right being uu his side and the peoph
le could not lose That Mr. Cleveland lat
~ wonderful amount of courage and com
bat iyeles. the facts show, if evidence wert
needed on this seore Ills great weakness
has been lack of tact in dealing with meri
hers Of his party who were inclined to b.
against aim, hut who might have been III
tlucet tn stand with him or At least not IL
give aid aud comfort to the opposition.
Judged purely as a contest Of forests
struggle between the president on one sid.
aud a great section of his party uu the
othcr-the repeal fight has been intensely
interesting IL has again developed the
truth Of the saying that n president rarely
has the sympathy and support Of a major
ity OF his party members Of the upptn
branch of congress. That Mr.. Cleveland
has been able to carry on his holy war
50 loug under the circumstances speaks
volumes for his force and for the power
which he his cxerted ~ chief magistrate
John sherman's Great speech.
THE greatest speech made during the Sit
yer struggle was that OF John Sherman
Mr. sherman is the Ne=stor Of public life II
this country today. He enjoys the respec,
Though one Of the leaders Of the Republic
an side it il well known that 80 far :
finance goes Mr. Sherman is more Of
statesman than politician. Even the met
" hn do not agree with him believe he is al
ways actuate,l by strong convictions Of
rnlilic duty in his efforts to mold the iiuaR
tial system Of the government. After r.
manning silent for many weeks, Il rHut,
witness Of the storm that was raging about
him. every eye was upon him, every ear at
tertive, when he finally rose to speak
II WAS a dramatic scene when he ar
raigne,l the Democratic party for its i'm
POTENCY, for its failure TO act. for its seem
ingly hopeless divisions, When he warned
the Democrats that the American peOpi,
are essentially people Of action and Thai
they have no patience with delay, wheu
he warned the Democracy that they Wer,
responsible, aid If they did not soon give Z
good account If their stewardship the PEG
plc would take them at their true wort
nnd drive them out Of power. every Dem
ccrat in the senate chamber felt hat he
was uttering words Of wisdom and truth.
Ii was a great trib'ue to Mr.. SheJman's III
tarance~ tlsat 10 soOnvr had he spoken thai
lrfding Democratic senators at once beE.lr
eifcu,ating u petition for n caucus to seek
= WHY ont Of the dilemma
Whcre Are .he Great Hens
"Is John Sherman the last Of his racer
Tsour strain Il great men running out?
These werc quest ons often heard in the
senate cham.er on that memorable dal
Men answered It according 10 their views
The majority, perhaps. declared in the al
Grnatiye and said we have no Websters,
10 Clays, no CalhouBs, no Bentons In these
days. They were sure the senate was oncs
Il small buly Of great men. whereas now II
Ia T. large htdy of small men. uther> say
We have no Wehsters or Gays ur Calhouns
now, because the average Of ability Is 30
much higher that few strong men tio n5t
,hine forth with sueh conspicuous luster. |
There are arguments on both sides, and i; |
!. a question which every one will have 70
settle for himself, ny.
parEcisitas' Wants.
DUBLIN. Oct "a big Parnellite de- |