The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-05-18
Clarkson,s Reorganization,

Clarkson's Reorganization. u
PRESIDENT CLARKsoN, of the Ma 7
tional Republican League, delivered :,
an address before the representatives
OF the Leagues on Wednesday last,
that is quoted as the new standard OF
Republican reorganization. He
boldly demanded new ISSUES, new
methods and new leadership for the
broken Republican fragments. in
which he was clearly right in his
premises. but when he came to the
remedial measures, he mired himself
in the slough of the slimiest political
rot.
Here is speciman paragraph OF the
reckless jingoisN of his speech
We have had a DemocrtiJ Presi
dent and g Democratic Gongressssgxty |
days and there are some results.
Cleveland has done several things.
He has hauled down the flag where
| gallont Ben Harrison and Repub
licans ran it up in the name of the
( libertp of the Sandwich Islands, and
more than that, he gave toa Con-
, federate the first chance that any
: Confederate ever had to haul "Old
: Glory" down. Cheers
OF course, Mr.. GARRISON knew that
he was guilty OF deliberate and patent
Q falsehood in the foregoing statement,
: thus proving that his new Republican
policy is to contioue in and enlarge
the partisan folly and falsehoods
t which defeated the party over
q whelmingly in 1892.
IS President CLEVELAND, instead o
0 having "hauled down the flag WHERE
l. the gallant BEN HARRISON and Repub
IL licans ran it up in the name of tn
20 liberty of the Sandwich Island, as MI
ct CLARKsoN states it, simdly obeyed tn
g deliberate and emphatic expression
re of gallant BEN HARRISON" who
d. through Secretary FOSTER, instructe
a Minister STEVENS, when advised of tn
Id proceedings in Hawaii, ~ the 18th {
e. February, as follows:
so So far as your action amounts t
1T according te the requests OF the q
n facto sovereign government OF Il
In Hawaiian Islands, the cooperation
the moral and material forces OF &
M United States for the protection of Ii
as and property from apprehend'
lze disorders, your action is commence
MT, But so far as 1T may appear to owe
It, step that limit by setting the authori
ny and power Of the United States abo
les that OF the Government OF the Haw
IN ian Islands in the capacity
ht' protector. or to impair in any way t
ley independent sovereignty of t
mt Hawaiian Government by su
stituting the flag and power of
the United States as the symbol a
ers' manifestation OF paramount authorl
MA it is disavowed.
Minister STEVENS had just as mu
authority to hoist the American f
:. over the government buildings
A. Hawaii as Ambassador BAYARD wol
.ha have to hoist our stars and striI
49,: over the Eenglish House Of p
ho;r lament in London; and gallant L
90, HARRISON" had sence enough to kn
oon the wrong and couaage enough to 6
H. in explicit terms, that the hosting
foot the American flag sis disavowed."
rost President CLEvELTND has folloN
,oral precisely in President HARRIsc
snrv footsteps in his treatment oil
49, Hawaiian revolt; and if Presid
49, CLARKsoN has no better basis os
~ publican reorganization t
nj adherence to the silliest OF polit
anal falsehoods, the Republicans would
:, ont we'll to look out at once for snme
- n ter and safer leader in the worl
! tho rehabilitating the grind old party.
pL;l.da1nl,;o T;noac