The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03
Democrat and Mugwump.

l d tall campaign has reached its
ciose-the elections for Copgressmen
ana IN some States for State officials
take place next Tuesday-and Presi-
dent Cleveland has not raised his finger
TO assist his sorely pressed party in the
great State OF New York, where success
ls OF such momentous Importance to the
hationai Democratic organization. Not
MY has the President failed to register
and without complying with this for
mailty he cannot vote-but he has not
oven opened his lips to say one word Of
encouragement for the Democrats of
the Empire State. And wby9 Simpis
because, to his shame be it said.s tsInb
party banner is held aloft by a MN
whom he personally dislikes, by DaHd
q. I'LL, the ablest political manager n
the United States, and the man 10
Wnom, more than to any other, he owes
MS present position Of chief magistrate
OF TIE nation and head 81 the Demo-
cratic party, for to Hills splendid man
agement, above all others, is the present
ascendency OF the party due. And how
does 1t happen that Hill-Hill, who ia a
U. 3. Senator and has four more years
to serve in that exalted position-how
does 1t happen that he is the standard
oearer OF ms party in this contest, and
hKi iii a Sduuluale ZOE
Governor? Is it to rebuke the inordi-
pate ambition of a personal enemy or
TO froWn down and discOuntenaDce i'm
proper methods used to secure the NOM
inatlon that our mugwump President
has persistently withheld the least en-
couragement to tho party in New York ?
Not at all. Senator Hill did not desire
the nomination !; he made no effort to
get it; he ever refused it; but the
Democrats of New York, feeling that
success was impossible without his able
leadership, thrust the standard of the
party into his hands and begged him to
lead them once more to victory. What
ever may be said of Hill, he is a Demo-
crat ; and, unlike the bigoted and con-
celted mugwump who occupies the pres
ldential chair and who. considers him
self wiser and bigger than the great ma
tional organization which placed him
there, he obeys the behests of his party.
Sacrificing his personal desires and
comfort, and at the imminent risk of
the annihilation of his political hopes
and ambitions, at the command of his
party he took the lead of an almost
hopeless Gauss and CALAMITY threw him
self In the thickest of the fray. He is
making the most magnificent fight of
his life, and if he wins, even by a
scIdtcus IL VIII Oe the most glorious tfl-
umph OF his brilliant and remarkably
successful career.
We are not surprised at Cleveland's
despicable course in this matter. We
sized him up correctly as far back as
1886, a few months after no entered up
on his first term, when lie turned his |
back upon the men who had redeemed |
the State and had borne the brunt of
the very campaign that resulted in his
election, and appointed such political
laylawkers as k%ernochan to the FEEDER
tests Of Senator, now Ambassador, Eus-
tis. His subsequent course has proved
that he is a mere mugwump, and the
party need not look. to him
for the performance Of any act calculat-
ed to promote it's political fortunes il
any bigoted or narrow-minded prejn-
dice of his stands in the way.