Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-27
Th0 Presidents Letter.
What the Newspapers Say of
the Presid ent and the Senate.

The conservative democratic
Senators could give points to
Central American dictatOrs. Qua
tcnaIa or San Salvador have been
cursed with nOusurpatlon surplsS-
ing theirs. German and his scaniy
following stand Ia a narrow pa s
holding up the democratic masses
insisting like bighwaymen of old
that the party shall not go through
save at the cost of the most humil-
aling tribute. NJ where can
those men ind Endorsement in the
democratic press or in the resolr-
tiOns of democratic conventions;
on the contrary, the democratic
press and masses are bitter in
accommodation of them. leaving no
room for doubt that their position
is simply that of political miscle-
ants upon whom the wrath of a
great party should fall with the
most whitening effect"
The Boston Transcript says; 1--WE
have at last the two factions of
demOcraIs~genuine tariff recOrmers
and those who believe iD prOtec-
ton, and make their politics pay
cent per cent -sternly confronting
each other. Uuless the de uOcra-
TIC press utterly mlSrepresents the
party there is no doubt whatsC.
ever which wing OF 1t contains the
mass of the democratic rank and
file. President Cleveland his
again, at single bound, placed
himself at the head of the demo
cratic organization, while the rest
of lts would.be leaders are hang.
ing on to its ragged edge, and in
a position where no opportunity
will present itself for the successful
exercise of their trading prop nj
ties
The Chicago Herald says;
"Gentlemen," says Traitor Of Cor
man to the House cOuferees on
the tariff bill, "there are two tariff
measures-the Mckinley law and
the Senate bill. YOu can take
your choice" CJuld the national
democratic party sustain any
deeper humiliation than this'
With an almost Unprecedented
majority in the nation, with the
House overwhelmingly In favor
Of tariff reform, with the Senate
democratic except for traitors, the
party is deied, the people are
tlouttd, the country is held up
by a cheap jack Baltimore poll
tician with the mental capacity of
a Berkshire hog and the moral in
stincts of a coward. Degradation
coulk not be more complete
The Chicago Herald says:
"The men who have been indus
trlously circulating the story that
the President had lost all interest
10 tariff reform a, d was Indifferent
as to the fate of democratic tariff
pledges now find themselves in the
company of those who, during the
extra session, persstently clrculat'
ed rumOrs that the President was
weakening on tue silver question.
Tue Providence JJlrn Il says;
Though the way in which Pcesi'
dent Cleveland has chosen to com
municate to Congress his opinions !
on pending legislation is unusual,
1t sis not wholly unprecedented.
The Boston Advertiser recalls that,
when the greenback schemes were
rife in Congress, President Grant,
With characteristic emphasis, took
occasion to exp e5s his sound mon
ey views IN a private letter to Sen
ator Jones. of Nevada, which letter
was, of course, given out to the
public, as it was intended to be.
with the purpose of Influencing
legislation.
The York Gazette says: "ln
view OF the fact that there are
such men as Cleveland and Wilson
to still uphold the good of the
country and maintain the proper
principles, what can We fear from
such man as GormanY Nothing
but useless opposition to right, and
opposition that will be suicidal if
pubic opinion still has the weight
it has yielded tor centuries.
"The House is in the right and
the Senate IS in the wrong. The
House will win and the Senate will
have to yield.
The New York Herald says:
"Wh It it (the Senate) has done is
a matter of record. 1t IS a record
OF inexcusabls delay, which has
entailed millions of losses upon the
business men and workingmen OF
the country. It's record OF Su-
gar Trust scandal, German politics