Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-30
THEY TELL THE TRUTH.
Democratic Senators Sharply Crit
cizs President Cleveland.


Today NUMBER OF senator's sat at luncn-
con in the senate restaurant AID passed the
time talking about President Cleveland.
The trouble which the president is having
with his foreign policy AID with the upper
branch of tae congress has caused him to be
more talked abont during the last few days
than at any time since the memorable strug-
gle oyey. the silver repeal bill.
Tho 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 Groverp BY nearly every mail
/ get letters from constituents Of mine,
strong Democrats, men who have always
oeen clad 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 as to the sense of the people
have deserted him. for no man about this
capitol can remember president who was
in such peculiar difficulties with his parry
unless It was Andy Johnson-as President
Cleveland Is in at this moment. Thee 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
vi some OF the keepest men in the country
and was willing not only to take but tc
follow their advice Then Mr.. Cleveland
felt himself in a big job lie did not have
that overweening confidence in 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. APP
parently he does not care whether Mr.
Cleveland fails or succeeds, and il he did
care and We're to offer his help it is not like
ly his services would be wanted"
A frank statement.
"But Dan Lamont is member of the
cabinet"
'Truc. But learn from sources that are
ut the very top that Mr.. Cleveland has little
to do with Dan now. Their old time. IA
miliar, confidential intercourse is at an end.
Lamont rarely goes to the White House
except on cabinet days, and it isnot oftener
than once week that he sees the president,
save in the presence Of the remaining men,
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 as q man of COM
mandipg 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 we'll imagined. He seems to be
running his administration this 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 in the
group to give the following contribution to
this most interesting topic of the day:
WAT you havesaid agrees in the main
with my information" said this senator.
Not long ago John +. Russell of Massa-
cbusetts, tire late Democratic candidate for
governor in that state, you know, was in
Washington. lie was entertained at the
White House, Mr.. Cleveland being very
fond of him. l met him just before he
"a, ,t.l hn,,,n nd Iva IN, 80,
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 livid with rage, curses the
the senators and representa-
tivcs who have opposed him and every one
else
"As Russell tells the story, the president
speaks Of the Hawaiian matter in this way:
i am right in this affair, and the editors
who criticise me, the senator's who de-
nounoe me, know ! ain 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-
leve that we are wrong, l don't believe a
majority of the people are against us. I
never yet knew the American people to
stand by me when l took a high moral
ground, and that is what | 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.
ed that topic"
Without a Party.
II have no doubt Mr. Cleveland thinks
he is right, said third senator, also a
Democrat, but l am afraid he will never
tealize his hope that the people may come to
tissupport in the Hawaiian question. 1 con-
TESS 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
things that appear to be right that it is
wrong to do. In endeavoring to do justice
to the deposed queen the president was
forced into an attitude OF intention to
wrong other people and harm new interests
Good Judgment would have told him that
these other people and these new interests
would be considered Of infinitely more inn
portance by our people than the need of do
ing Justice to the poor queen. The result