The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-31
rHE DEMOCRATIC NEaRoks
They Pinned Tbeir Faith 70 Mr.. CIevsisad
nna Have Nothinr 20 shiny for It.

nnd Have Nothing 10 show FOR ".
WASHINGTON. Jan. &c. The discomfort with
the conduct OF tho Cleveland Administration.
which has been aroused by tie policy in the
Hawaiian affair. the Wilson Tariff bill with its
income tax attachment and appointments to
high places on Turely personal grounds ne in
the iIornblower and rcckham and other nom
nations beginning with that OF Walter y.
Gresham one Of the ablcst Republicans in tho
country. to be Secretary OF state. has extended
to Afro American Democrats and paralyzcd
them. The discomfort and gloom which over
shadow other elements OF tho Democratic
party are as nothing in comparison with the
discomfort which has hook cd them in its ten
tnclcs They arc utterly discouraged and In a
prime condition of Reorganization. They feel
somehow as II thoy have boon betrayed in the
house OF friend They pinned their faith to
Mr.. Cleveland. accepting without question the
Mugwump's theory that =" he is better than his
party" and. like tho Mugwumps they have
nothing to show for their faith but the disap-
pointment which buffers no parsnips. A
lively sense OF favors to come" compels them
TO maintain u silence all tho moro painful and
noticeable because the keen observer can see
that II IL struggling manfully for Avoice. I'm
like white Democrats they cannot afford to
complain. They must remain silent. although
feeling that whether they remain dumb or cry
aloud upon the housotops they are doomed
In common with white Democrats black
ones are not allowed free access to Mr.. Cleve-
lands presence They must first secure per-
mission from Mr.. Thurber to see Mr.. Cleveland |:
and, whether acting unon his own Initiative or
that OF his chief. Mr. ThurOer bars the way to
the Presidents presence with the wntchfulneas
OF q detective who suspected that every visitor
was an assassin. with "A dagger or dynamite
Senators and Representatives in Congress are
made to dance a merry measure in Mr.. Thur
bers office, and arc often denied admission
by him to tho Presidents presence. the black
Democrat. who has no accommodation but
his face to win by. naturally feels that he but
sacred doors. SO remains away
The black DopocTats feel that they have
his? Although not Of them. / symrathize
with them. They have asked for Office bread
and have received Ullco bricks.
When Mr.; Cleveland took office Afro.Ameri-
cans. kepuhlicans, held the following offices:
q the Fourth Auditors olilce' Register OF
tho Wand land u oifce, Collectors Of Customs
M%inEG a G Hffs sa Fort Of ST.
corder OF Deeds Of the District OF CoIumb is (;
Hayti. Minister lesident to Liberia, .Consuls
to san Domingo Sierra Leone. and Madagas-
car. In tho foreign service n white man has
been designated for. every position. except the
ltberian mission. which has been vacant since
Year a ago in return Mr. Henry Clay Smith Of
Ainbama alone has got safely through the
White House, the state Department. and the
Senate as Consul Mt santos. Brazil In the do
nestle, service the black Republicans have
been displaced in every position. except that
tor Bruces term expires in fifteen days. and
the Collectorsl ips OF Customs at Wilmington
any better in the minor offices here and else-
where. When black Republicans have been
removed they , have not been considered; They
boLbed up. The black man holds fewer Presi:
dental appointments to-day than he has held
ond term and this in the face Of the fact that
for every black Republican removed from office
there have been ten black Democrats apply
It should not lie overlooked here that Mr..
has al MayG5 Of sh sary 51s T.t
wood Of New York. eX-Consul to San Domingo.
were designated by President Cleveland to be.
General to Bolivia and Consul to Calais. Tho
senate refused TO confirm Mr.. Astwood's ap:
Congress and neg ected to act upon hat OF Mr..
TAYLOR. It was given out after all the diplo-
Rsnnblcnns had baen ed nv Wits ey D eiacx
Gratis. that che Senate Committee on Foreign
Affairs was opposed TO the policy OF sending
black men to represent this Government n the
seat OF white Governments. although Mr..
Smith. who is as black as ink. slipped through.
Committee could not plead ignorance on this
point. because Mr.. Smit hailed from Mr..
MorEan's own State, and was endorsed for the
Madagascar Consulate. and was appointed to
that oillce. Why the appointm emit was recalled
and that OF Consul to Santos issued has not
been explained. and may not be material to
the phase OF the question here presented. The
fact remains that he was sent to Santos. and is
n sFH sT me pH Letter das bee as he
=, However all this may be, the fact remains
egn service for the first limo in a quarter Of
century whether tho blame Of it should rest
gan those who delight 10 split hairs can de.
termine. But the general opinion here Is that
tho nominations Of Nj. TAYLOR and Mr. Asst
in bad faith. They were not sent in with the
expectation that they would be confirmed.
This is grave charge but the argument is
advanced here that In such a radical change
OF policy President Cleveland should have as
upon it before supplanting black Republicans
il also claimed that il President Cleveland
confirm atoms OF TAILOR and Astwood with the
expenditure OF half the pressure he brought
to bear upon the Senate to secure the con-
irmatIon OF Mr. Van Allen to be Ambassador
to Italy.
formed here Immediately after Mr.. Cleveland's
inauguration, with &. H. j. Taylor as Pres-
dem, Henry Clay smith as Secretary, and {.
II. C. Astwood Rs Chairman Of the Executive
Committee most of the prominent black
Democrats in all the States being members OF
moss has practically closed up shop They
put IN a game battle, but were knocked out
one by one by President Cleveland and his
them in April. 1893. were more rudely blasted.
The liberal policy pursued by MIR. Cleveland
from March. 1855. to March, 1889 toward
Airo-Amsricans- especially in his stubborn
tight with the Republican Senate to secure tho
confirm alton Of an Afro-Amsrican to succeed
Mr.. Frederick Douglass as Recorder Of Deeds
OF the District Of Columbia. and In supplant-
ing every black Ropublican in the foreign SER
vice with black Democrat a host OF black
men in the pivotal states OF New York. Ohio
Indiana and Illinois 20 pin their faith TO him.
They went down with him. with their colors
living, when the Harrison banners were raised
over the White House. and they came up smil-
ing with him in he last election and moved
upon Washington in solemn and solid columns
after his Inauguration. But they are not here
now. They have dispersed and wandered"
They hung on and fought for recognition until
the last dollar was spent and the boarding.
house mistress would no longer furnish bed
and board on promises to pay and then they
stole away in tho night, but left behind no
record OF how they worked the railroads.
The negro democrats are discouraged. IA
misery loves company. the white Democrats
should congratulate thsms selves that they are
not alone in heing turned down and barred
out OF tho White House.