The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-09
UNWISE CONFIDENCE.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS CRlTlClSE
THE PRESIDENT.

Regarding the Hawaiian Episode A
Right With a Wrong.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 31.-[Special.l i
Today number of senators sat at lunch
con in the senate restaurant and passed the
time talking about President Cleveland.
The trouble which ghe president is having
with his foreign policy and with the upper
branch of the congress has caused him to be
more talked about during the last few days
than at any time since the memorable strug
gle over the silver repeal bill.
The Presidents Lack of Advisers.
One senator, n Democrat of prominence,
delivered himself as follows: Many of the
strongest friends the president has are ask
ing the question nowadays. What is the
matter with Grover?' BY nearly every mail
l get letters from constituents OF mine,
strong Democrats, men who have always
been z lad to follow wherever Mr.. Cleveland
led, asking what in the name of the great
horn spoon is the matter with their idol.
Where there is so much smoke there must
be some fire. Either Mr.. Cleveland is in
bad health, or his usual good judgment and
keen acumen to the sense of the people
have deserted him. for man about this
capitol can remember d president who was
in such peculiar difficulties with his party
Cleveland is in at this moment. There is
only one way to account for it, in my esti-
nation.
During his first term Mr. Cleveland
rarely made a mistake. 1t seemed as if he
could hit the bullseye every time. That
was because he had the support and help
of some of the keenest men in the country
and was willing not only to take but to
follow their advice. Then Mr.. Cleveland
felt himself in big job. He did not have
that overweenng confidence i'll his own
wisdom and ability which seems to have
come with continued triumph. Then he
leaned rather heavily upon W. c. Whitney,
who is one of those phenomenal men who
rarely make. mistakes, and when they do in
stantly recover from them. He was glad
to follow the advice of shrewd Dan Lamont.
The result was an administration which
Democrats to this day are proud OF. Now
Whitney is following his own lines. Ap-
parently he does not care whether Mr..
Cleveland fails or succeeds, and if he did
care and were to offer his help it is not like
1y his services would be wanted"
A Frank Statement.
"But Dan Lamont is a member of the
cabinet"
True. But 1 learn from sources that are
at the very top that Mr.. Cleveland has little
miliar, confidential intercourse is at all end.
Lamont rarely goes to the White House
except on cabinet days, and it is not oftener
than once week that he sees the president,
save in the presence OF the remaining mem
bers of the cabinet. Why they do not pull
better together do not know, but | fancy
it Is because Mr.. Cleveland has become
more confident in himself, more self reliant,
less inclined TO lean upon his old helper.
The fact that Gresham has become the pres
ident's chum may have something to do
with it, for hear Lamont and Gresham
are not very fond of each other. L have
heard Mr.. Cleveland described by men who
know him intimately rs a man of COM
manding moral courage. OF tremendous
powers of logic, of devotion to ideals that is
almost heroic, and of the most miserable,
faulty and untrustworthy Judgment that
could be well imagined. He seems to be
running his administration Ibis time on
logic and high ideals"
This frank sort of statement, coming
from senator who always has been and
still is one of the presidents warmest
friends, emboldened another senator i'll the
group to give the following contribution to
this most interesting topic of the day:
"What you have said agrees in the main
with my information," ," said this senator.
chusetts, the late Democratic candidate for
governor in that state, you know, was in
Washington. He was entertained at the
White House, Mr.. Cleveland being very
fond of him. | met him just before he
started home, and he said to me: There is
one topic that it doesn't do to bring up at
the White House. That is the Hawaiian
business. At the mere mention of it the
president grows liyid with rage, curses the
newspapers, the senators and representa-
tives who have opposed him and every one
else
LAS Russell tells the story the president
speaks of the Hawaiian matter in this way:
Il am right in this affair, and the editors
who criticise me, the senators who de-
nounce me, know ] am right. But they
hate me so they can't do justice They
can't tell the truth. While they have sue
ceeded in making some of the people be-
lieve that we are wrong. don't believe a
majority of the people are against us. l
never yet knew the American people to
stand by me when / took a high moral
ground, and that is what l have done in
this case They will see it yet too In
talking of the matter to me Russell said
the president was so much disturbed by
any reference to Hawaii that during his
visit to the White House he carefully avoid
Eo bu6tO COE'iS-
Without a Party.
81 have no doubt Mr.. Cleveland thinks
he is right" said third SENATOR also a
Democrat, but l am afraid he will never
realize his hope that the people may come to
his support in the Hawaiian question. l con-
fess that can see many good arguments in
favor of the presidents case In some ways
he is right about the whole thing. In other
ways he is wrong 1t is simply an illustra-
ton of what you are saying. senator, about
the lack of judgment. There are some
Shings that appear to be right that it is
wrong to do In endeavoring to do justice
to TIE deposed queen the president was
forced into an attitude of intention to
wang other peopleapd harm new interests.
ga Judgment would have told him that
these other people and these new interests
would be considered of infinitely more i'm.
portance by our people than the need of do
ing Justice to the poor queen. The result
is that the president is without party on
this question.
some of us were making little canvass
of the situation in congress the other day.