The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-01-13
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Col. Pat Donan's vigorous Criticism
OF the Cleveland Administration.

or the Cleveland Administration.
Philadelphia Press The following
letter. written ffcm Washington by
Col. Pal DOnan, the famous orator,
80 q Young woman, n of the editors
Of q leading Southern paper, who had
made application 10 be pOstmistress
in her city. will attract attention be-
cause of its vigorous style. Colonel
DOMAIN is an old school Democrat: he
does not mince words in expressing
his contempt torthe Cleveland admin
istrstion. Here is the letter:
WASHINGTON, ID. G.. Dee. 5, 1863
My Dear Miss A.: Your letter of
Nov. 2i would have been acknowl-
edged long ago but Tor the fact that it
gave Inc the impression that you
would probably be in Washington
before NJ! reply could reach your
city. As, like many glowing ante
election Democratic auguries, yOn
taye failed TO matcrIalize, / take to
my pen, which, in most of our So
called statesmen's hands, is weaker
than g tin tOy-sword.
Under any other administration
than this B%Ui!alonian hodce-PoIgn.
could, and would gladly, he Of some
service il advancing yonr po,tmlrhlal
aspirations. As il j.. i lear | RAM
be OF HE slightest use-and il Is i e!
10 tell who can or could he.
Such a dynls'y Is never hcfo g.
been cnthr0ncd-of ia>!a.!cl. whLcr p.
in view OF the catiie q. power. i a
filter tcrm-at Ha-ai.s@;o3. From
President and Cabin,icrfs down. or
up, a. the case may be. To The las, de-
parLment clerk and cuspiGnr-cleancr
it is a wrangly, iil-as>ar:ed, snarly-
yOwiy lot of insists. no two OF which
seem to agree about ANYTHING except
in their dislike of all the rest.
Cleveland detests Stevenson. :: :.
snubs him brutality 81 60, opporsu-
nifty, because apparently hcstands too
well with his W party: All. - TAR
as a Presbyterian ciacr r;u DO 50.
without climbing clear ovcr all the
hetgerows and barhcl-wire fences e:
the Westminster cajcrii-U ;.;i'l OIL
fcsSiOn of faith, Stcvcn>", r".,.ia!iv
rcciprocates the Cleyclandc>luc ~
sion.
The Cabinet. with the exception OF
Gresham aud Carlisle. is common
place TO the last and lowest degree.
No two members Of it are really on
friendly terms with each other. aad.
barring the d%IrCiuu:iyc yiSiiire Ct Il
Street-car conductCr. or auperinieDd-
cnt, or somcthiDg-or-Oiher han Ia
mont, not oae OF them Sr@taias ANY
intimate or confidential relations with
1.-The mai in the White Rouse"
Cleveland distrusts CaTiislc's judg-
ment. and suspects him of %cultiva;ing
a private Presidential apiaiy Of iis
oHn, which, as thugs 60 in these de-
generate days. is high treason to
Baby Ruth ana Esther: &Il Carlisle
cannot avoid a feeling of contempt
for Cleyeland's ignorance and Mr.
rowness and hls colossal ~sc!t-coEcai,
that suggests a bull hiPpopotamuS
with "A %miieIong p]cacocks tail OF
gorgeous irideScencc in full spread.
The whole gang OF p0rttolio-:ofrrs
is suspicious of Gresham, ocYuine-
" able. honest brave. and trne nan
because ne was a Ecpublrran; and he
naturally deSpises the iittlc iime--"ry-
ING. pa;ropaoc-rrddliu~. ,~.lt-,@rLiuy
WAYS and notions of his s,r,ar;,n
associates. The others Of Ibis ia,er
Cabinetal aggregation of h"tcrogene-
tiles and ircopprpiti.s Ar, .,f worth
the ink and rancr necessary 70 ui.u-.
ton their uninown nau.c-.
Cleveland i. a President without q
friend-uuIes; Dan Lamont couut, for
one. There is hardly a Democratic
Senatcror Representative. from North
Of South. who does not privately
damn the man he publicly hc,labcr,
with machine-made praise aDi :.c-
tends TO support. The bio-rackcI
Buffalo bulldozcr. who wears Il sur
cingle for a collar, has :<an.;lrd ana
spit upon all but those that do his
bidding, in Senate and House. like
serfs or slaves. Hi, ideas of the Pres
of the United States are mod
ricd after those of Louis XIV. or
Peter the Great. Il am the govern
nent," is his policy and creed in four
words: and a hundred thousand pub
lie Offices are so many private snaps !,
o he pgrcciod out among the s~ervilr |
lenchmen, who. with most ~alacritv
md least cavil. execute his personal
DoGestS.
Dan oorhees. of the Wabash ,
'WampS, IN the Senate; little School .
/ cacler Billy Wilson, OF West Nir-
5ihla moonshine stills. III the House, :
md PI%my Dan Lamont. Of tie Bow g
Try street car stabias. II the Cahinct. =
re ihe present Pooh-Hah~ AID kokos q
i the administration, by divine right .
u "HlgSer luck and popular asinin- !