Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-25
CleveIand's Bad Faith.

President Cleveland is in no position to
take exceptions to the scatbing arraignment
of Senator German unless he attempts to
disprove the overwhelming charges of bad
faith that were male against him by
German and corroborated by other senator's.
He invited the storm by his dictatorial at
titude toward Congress and the charges he
made against the character of the conser-
vative senators. Senator German as the
leader of that faction could do no less
than reply and he did not hesitate
to do so. The supported charges
of bad faith made against the Pres
ident impair the reputation for firm
ness and lofty courage, which Cleveland
has ever sought and which his sycophants
and honest but misguided admirers have
endeayored to support.
In the light of the charges made on Mon
day in the United States Senate and which
no one then and there denied, and in the
light of previous events it is evident that
Grover Cleveland has all along been in the
habit of posing at the expense of other men
with more brains and as broad concep-
tons of craftsmanship as himself. Those
conversaut with affairs in Washing
ton and the characters of Carlisle and
Cleveland believed that when the President
came out and repudiated the silver policy
which Carlisle had publicly announced as
having been approved by the President, he
did so at the expense of truth and his sac
retarys reputation, and that had Carlisle the
moral courage of his earlier days he would
have resigned from the cabinet. The pub
lie men of the administration are so ia,
military acquainted with the traits OF CTeve-
lands character as to realize the utter folly
it would be for them to announce a matter
as having received his approval unless they
had it. There is every assurance that
the President has given his approval to
lines of policy and permitted not only leg
islators but members of his cabinet to work
openly along those lines until public dis
approval became so strong that he fastened
t. denounce the very policy he before had
sanctioned. In this way he has won pub
lie appreciation at the expense of men fully
as honorable and able as himself. No
wonder that Senator German applied the
adjectives "cow ardly," infamous"
Having made the charges tending to
blscken the character of senator's how petty
and mean seems Clevelsnd's alleged re-
quest of German not to denQunce him in
the Senate! The Maryland Senator stands
upon no high plane of craftsmanship We
have nothing to say in approval of the
means be has used in carrying his ends or
the ends he has attained. We do be-
ranted letter of the President to Rep
resentative Wilson there was nothing left to
Senator German than to reply. His reply
is a vigorous one. His charges of bad faith
are strong and undenied and are so strongly
supported by corroborative testimony as to
leave no doubt in the minds of those who
have followed the proceedings at Washing
ton for the rast year but what President
Cleveland on several important occasions
has been guilty of bad faith towards men
prominent in tn, Democratic party, has
caused their fingers TO be burned in pull
ling bis chestnuts out of the fire. has posed
/ for public approval at the expense of the
man has not smashed al, there is of the
Cleveland idol then we must say the COM
pirison between its worshippers and the
idolatrous heather is oiious to the latter.