The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-17
LOOKING BACK.
Later observations Of a
'"o Former Admirer.

kOIIIlOl
MARTY" in the New York Sun
-. T6e two houses of congress
say, a chaos of anarchy. There
:; s,' nothing that can be called an
ls,.,inistration party. Nobody
, su the president. He does not
suv , 70 be acquainted with his
s 'sh;net even. Various causes are
O as;nred for his issolation, but it
ss s;s7s whatever the cause. His sill.
s CAV LEGISLATION was secured by Re
vublicsn aid, but the Populists de.
tp.rt tariff reform because an income
NV 10 not to be laid, while Demo.
srst, from various sections finch
because they think they see threat
sned peril to the interests of their
Constituents. Yesterday quorum
If Democrats was present, but
Ouorum of votes could not be
ssonred One Democrat threatened
~ holt altogether, and to bring In
tho Mills bill as substitute for that
IN committee. The swirl has
ludicrous touches. 1t was no vote
If confidence in the president that
caused Republicans to help repeal
the Sherman act. Sherman himself
aoated the administration while
doing &C, which looked like sin
rebuking Satan, with an even bet as
10 which was sin and which Satan.
What kind of man is Grover
Cleveland, is often asked. The
answer used to be, can honest
man." Now 1t liz, "You tell" 81
have got to give him up" said a
gentleman of remarkable intelli-
gerce and propriety of Judgment to
friend on whom he called evening
before last. "Give who upp" was
the response. "Well," he said,
"you know | have had entire conf,
dence in Grover Cleveland, |
thought him resolute, sim
cere, discreet and wise. So
high was my opinion of him
that have even refrained from an
introduction for fear of the slight
disallusion that might come of it,
but disallusion has come, and all re-
gard for him is swept away. No
man can intelligently execute trust
intelligently conferred without some
sort of difference with those who
have confded the trust. Cleveland
appears to think otherwise. There
il not the slightest evidence that he
pays any heed whatever to the pub.
lie judgment. Jefferson, Jackson,
and Lincoln acted on a principle ex-
actly opposite. Even Washington,
before our government was
fairly under way, recognizing that
it was government of the
people, and, setting at naught his
commanding position and the rever.
ence and respect bestowed for his
success, declared he would not
stand for second term unless it
was made manifest beforehand that
it was the untrammelled public de-
sire. Jefferson and jackson always
based their acts upon the public
will, aacertained as far as possible
IN advance. Lincoln expressly de-
clared that he did not lead, bu.
followed as nearly as he
could, the national bent.
There appeared at first great
deal of evidence that Cleveland
was imbued with this spirit, but of
late he has cut entirely loose from
II and does not appear to care a rap
l. what the public think or want.
There can be no crime greater than
'hat against our system. 1t not
only contravenes his solemn ex
preston, and is therefore recklessly
waDton, but it strikes at the founda-
slon Of our structure. In presence
OF such a rebuff it seems to me the
national spirit must rise-that the
sense of his political opponents will
LOT the time be- put by aud his scheme
VI self'rule CT ,tised. / do not care to
gossip about the cause f his ignoble
PRIDE nor tie sins of the narrow des.
Potlsm by which it manifests itself,
out as an American to contemplate
rainier the frail tenure of such a
patrlmony. When it is ended his
party will be able to declare that he
- lhe most complete architect OF