The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25
The New Postal Cards.

Give q dog o bad name. says the old
adage. and nothing good will be believed OF
him. Give Democratic national admin
istration bad name, some OF our Republic
can friends appear to think. and nothing
wise or worthy can be credited to 1t. The
latest subject Of Republican criticism and
attack Is the new postal cards. manufac-
tured on Staten Island. and issued under
the Official authority Of tho Hon. WILSON
SHANNON BIssELL. Some Republicans ind
them to DO inferior to those made under
the HARRISON Administration. They say
that BIssELL's postal cards lack con-
sistsncy; that they are frayed at the
edges: and that the instruction. This
Side for Address Only" Is SO poorly
printed as to DO transparent. The new
postal cards. they say. have cheap and
filmsy appearance. They are shabby; the
paper Is miserable. Lighter In weight than
their predecessors. they are rough. like
blotting paper. A fine pen becomes clogged
with the little flbres.
Now. these wholesale accusations are
prejudiced and unjusthable. 1t IL true
there are things about the present CLEvE-
LAND Administration which cannot be de-
Tended. but the postal cards which it has
Issued are all right. They are better than
those manufactured by that eminent Brook
lyn Republican. the Hon. ALBERT DAGdErr.
under the authority Of Cheap JOHN WANA-
MAKER.
Everybody knows that the WANAIAKRR
series OF postal cards were not up to the
standard Of public expectation: and Con-
tractor DAGdETr must remember II, for he
had what LAWRENCE GoDKIN would proba-
bly, describe as an uncommon rough"
time Of 1t In getting his pay from the Gov
eminent. How unfair. under the clrcum-
stances. for q few Republicans to criticiss
the much superior cards furnished by
Brother BIssELL. Why should the Ques-
ton Of craftsmanship be permitted to OBJ
trude itself into the postal-card question
Have not our Republican friends been sup
piled by Mr.. CLEVELAND with sufficient
material for successful assault without
seeking to Include BIssRLL' s postal cards 2
The criticisms OF these Republicans are
only the vaporings OF partisan antago-
nism. The new postal cards are all right.
They are up to date and worthy Of Staten
Island. What IL the CLEVELAND Admins
tration have failed to perform the pledges
made In Chicago In June. 1892. to give us a
constitutional tariff system? Is that any
reason why the consistency OF BIssELL's
postal cards should be impugned? II Mr..
CLRvRLANDs foreign poiicy-foreign to
every patriotic American aspiration and
tradition-shOuld bs subject to reprOach.
his treatment OF the recent Supreme Court
vacancy be regarded as cheap and fimsy.
and his loyalty to the principles Of the
party he has deeply injured be considered
transparent. do these facts establish any
sound reasop for attributing to the Postal
Department the defects which appertain to
the Administration itself2
No. clearly no. There is nothing the
matter with the now postal cards. They
fulfil every reasonable and proper expecta-
ton. They fall short Of no public pledge.
They vindicate the confidence SO generally
reposed In the problty, sagacity. and dis
cernment OF the Hon. W. s. BIssELL and
they are a great improvement on the HAIR
RIsOS-W ANASIAKRR-DAGGE series.
We defend the postal cards Of the CLKyE-
LAND Administration.