River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-25
al LOT OF MISFITS.
Col. Pat DOMAINS Vigorous Criticism
the Cleveland Administrator.

Col. Pat DOMAIN Vigorous Criticism of
the Cleveland Administrator.
Philadelphia Press: The following
letter, written from Washington by
Col. Pat. Donan, the famous orator, to
a young woman, one of the editors of
leading Southern paper, who had
made application to be postmstress in
her city, will attract attention because
of its vigorous style. Col. Donan is
an old school Democrat; he does not
mince words in expressing his con-
tempt for the Cleveland Administra-
ton. Here is the letter:
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. 5. 1894. My
Dear Miss A: Your letter of Nov. ri
would have been acknowledg, long
ago but for the fact that it gave me
the impression that you would proba-
bly, be in Washington before my reply
could reach your city. As, like many
glowing ante-election Democratic au-
CURES, you have failed to materially,
| take my pen. which in most of our
so-caled sLatrsmen's hands is weaker
than tin toy-swoTd.
Under any other administration than
this Buffdlonian hodge podge. could,
aud would gladly, be of some service
in advancing your postmarmal aspira-
tons. AS IL is, | fear | cannot be of
the slightest use-and il is hard To tell
who can or could he.
Such dynasty has never before been
enthrOned-Or installed, which in view
of the cattle in power, is IA filter tel IN
at Washington From president TO
cabineteers down, or up, as the case.
may be, to the last department clerk
and cuspldur cleaner it is a wTangly,
ill-assorted. sna, ly-yowly lot of misfits.
no two or which seem To agree about
anything except in their dislike of all
the rest.
Cleveland detests Stevenson and
snubs him brutality at every oppor-
tunity, because apparently ne stands
too well with his own party; and as
far as "a Presbyterian elder can do SO.
without climbing clear over all the
hedgeiows and harbed-wire fences of
the Westminster catechism and con-
fessiun of faith, Stevenson cordially
rrciprocates the Clevelandesque aver
sion.
The cabinet. with the exception of
Gresham and Carlisle, is common
place To the last aud lowest degree.
No two members of it are actually on
friendly terms with each other, and
barring the dimlDntive plsmire of "A
street-car conductor, or superintend-
ent, or something or other, Dan La
mont. not cue of them sustains any
intimate or confidential relations with
'the man in the White House ="
Cleveland distrusts CaIlisl judg-
ment and suspects him of cultivating
private presidential apiary of his
own, which rs thirgs GO in these de-
z. nerate days. is hlgh treason To- baby
Ruth and baby Esther; aud Carlisle
canuOt avoid feeling ut contempt Tor
Clev-land's Ignorance and narrowuess
aud his colossal self-conceit that sug
gests = bull hippopotamus with mile
long pracock's tail of gorgeous iridrs-
ceuce in full spread.
rh- whole gang of portfOlio-tote, :
is Suspicious OF Gresham genuinely
ahle, honest, brave, and true man.
because he was Republican,; and he
naturally desplses the little time Serv-
ing, patronage peddling, self se-kIng
ways and notions of his sectariau
associates. The others of this queer
cabinetal aggregation of heterogenie-
ties and incongruities are not worth
the ink and paper necessary TO men,
ton their un'. names
Cleveland is > sident without
fliend--u.less Dan Lamont counts for
one. Tnere is hardly Democrat,
senator or representative, from North
or South. who does not privately damn
the man he publicly brslathrrs with
machins mad praise aud prrtrnds TO
support. the blg-n. cked Buff IL hull
d Ter, who wears suiclngle for
collar, has trampied and spit upon all
but those that do his bidding, in SEN
ate and house like serfs or slaves His
ideas of the presidency of the United
States are modelled after those of
Louis XIV or Peter the Great. ~
am the government. is his pulley and
creed in four words; and a hundred
thous md public officers are hut SO
many private snaps to he pare. led out
among servile henchmen, who. with
most alacrity and least cavil. execute
his PEI snnal behrsts
Dan Voorhes of the Wabash swamps
IN the senate, little school teacher
Billy Wilson Of West Virginia moon
shine stills in tie house, and pigmy
Dan Lamont OF the Bowery street car
stables in the cabinet, are The present
Pooh. Bahs and Kokos of the admins
tratlon, by divine right of ''niggei
luck" and popular asininity of Gro
yer Kamehameha | Buffalo and Ha-
wall.
If you really want to he postmarm,
And with the p. M stand; with blue
stamp halo round your head and
mailbag in your hand if you really
long to descend from the dignity of
~ hitting office to the dpgr ed4t of a
post office-come armed with common
dations To the considerations of one OF
more of this august tiiumvirate.
Your congressman. don. j. F., hav-
ing apparently shut his eyes and
swallowed the GToverian policy, AS
Jonah did the whale, lin and scale,
head and tail, might, could or should
be potential in your behalf--if he
would. Get cineh on him
Wishing it were in my power to be
far more useful to you than / or any
other decent man, SO far AS know can
he. am. with regards to your manag
ing editors, yours hastily and uninflu-
entially, but most sincerely,
p. DOMAIN.