Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-01
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Hands widely advertised backbone has
apparently tuFasd 10 jelly. The tai.
I ID bin which lie SO bisterly abused i.
10 be The law OF the land at midnight
today because he lacked the nerve Il
veto 1t. II instead Of affecting the IN
terests Of thousands. nay millions. q
people. it had merely affected the in.
tefest OF some poor devil WHO haf.
sought relief from Congress, he woul6
have sprung a veto on it quick
enough Bah! let the country hea:
no more Of this mas courage. II
has the courage Of the bully and brag
CART oniy, He is always ready t,
Jump on some little. thing but wher
it comes 10 something big he ignore
lit.
No wonder that Mr. Cleveland has
not acted upon the report Of the cisi
service. commission. recommending tn
dismissal Of the blatant Negro dema
gogue, c. II. J. Taylor, whom h
made recorder Of deeds for The Distrie
Of Columbia. fer having violated III
law against soliciting campaign con
sributioas from Government en-
ployes. That report gives him th.
alternative Of snubbing the civil ser
vice commission ard winking at a vic
lation ofthe eiviisefyice law. for which
he always protested TO have such grea
respect-he has always carried al
lcverstocls of professions-or Of dismis.
/ ing his special protegc from an oflic,
to which he should never have been
appointed and probably never wonlG
have been had not the Senate refused
to confirm his nomination to dipIo
matte position. Taylor says he has
no fear Of dismissal lie has iuads
Mr.. Cleveland Believe that as the heac
of the Negro Democratic leagues,
an organization composed Of negroes
who have been given Office and those
who expect to be given Office by this
administration, he controls large
number Of votes; hence his certainty
Of being protected AS matter OF
fact those who should know do not
believe that there are one thousand
Negro Democrats in the United States
Representative Payne. OF New York,
one Of the prominent Republican mem
bers Of the House Committee on Ways
and Means, closes a brief and inter
esting resume Of this session Of Con-
gres with this pen picture that is
bound to be recognized by all who
have inteligently watched the doings
of the Democrats in Congress: "The
leaders have been afraid to trust their
followers. Never have rulers become
more arrogant than the members Of
the Committee on Rules. Never have
followers been more craven than the
other Democrats in the House. So
far as the leaders have followed the
Reed rules, the House has been able
TO do business. Bat where the lead
ers have followed their own de.
vices. and have sought to bind tEe
minority not only but the majority
hand and foot, sitting all debate they
have absolutely prevented the House
from passing justand wise laws. even ii
the House had the wisdom to do SO
One word--;ncorl pe.ent- fifty charac.
terizes this Congress. This feeling Is
widespread II IS well voiced in the
letter Of President Cleveland TO Mr..
wilson There is no exeuse for mis-
representing the feeling and teiapcs
Of the rank and Gle Of the Democracy.
They are downcast under the assertion
that their party fails IN ability 10 man
age the government The President
in the sentence quoted correctly sized
up the situation. >
Senator Hill contributes This state
ment to Democratic harmony in New
York; "Of the Presidential noiniua.
tons 0or New York; since March I,
1898, 60 per cent have been taken
from that portion Of the party knownl
as 'antisnappcrs, against the protest
of prominent Democrats and against
the recommendation Of the regular on.
ganization Of the party in the several
localities; while IS per cent Of the
fourth-ciass postmastcTs appointed
have been taken from the same faction
the regular organizations being sub
stantially unrecognized. There arc
many counties in the State where the
men who officially and successfully
conducted the campaign in 1899 have
been wholly ignored. neither them
selves nor their organizations seeur-
ing single frst-class postmaster ap-
pointmeiit IN their respective counties.
These facts and figur sspeals forthem-
selves ard 60 not require any com
ment
Chairman Wilson. Of the House
Wavs Means Committee r,rnr,oece
starting for Europe early next week.
and the tongue of rumor says that
he expects to bring back big cam
paign fund to be spent in trying to
get himself reelected 10 the House.
Whether this runior is true or false
| will not undertake to say. but, as
Mr.. Wilson was instrumental in get
ting tariff legislation through Con-
gress that is going to put lots Of mon
ey into European pockets al the ex-
pense Of American workiugmep, it is
not unreasonable to suppose that some
Of the benefited European manufac-
taTers may be grateful enough to Pot
up some money tc BE- used in trying
to keep Mr. Wilson in Congress.
Both he and afr. Cleveland have prom
iscd to get more favors for European
manufacturers If Congress continues
to be Democratic.