Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-06-23
Nor 30 BAD As THAT.


are really sadder than there is any need
to be--sadder. in fact, than they can ex-
plain, justify or account for The New
York Tribune is particularly, phenom
enslly sad 1t got that way in $780, be
came worse in 1892 aud has been alling |
Of November sadness ever since, or a.
waggish Hood expresses II:
No sun, no MON, no morn, no noon,
No dawn nodusk, no proper time OF day,
No road. no street. no t'other side the way.
In this November state Of melancholy
the Tribune groans thus:
What did the country vote for in 1922
IL was for a change. and assuredly the
people wanted a change for the better.
In what single respect can fair and
thoughtful men Of either party feel that
the country has gained better govern
ment by the election2 The foreign SER
vice Of the country It must certainly be
admitted has not been considered an
improvement Without recurring to
blunders in Hawaii or Samoa, men must
at least recognize the fact that nothing
has been done abroad TO reflect especial
honor on the nation, extend its com
meroe, enlarge the markets for its
products, or increase its influence among
other nations. So the executive service
at home has not been distinguished by
improvement in any direction. IL has
been generally decent and upright.
and so much the public has a right to
expect from any administration. Mis-
takes will occur under any, and some
during the las5 year have been glaring
Bat the main fact is that there has been
no definite or general Improvement The
tone of the service has not been lifted.
craftsmanship has not been restricted to
a narrower field; but on the contrary,
the protests OF Civil Service Reformers
hold the President directly responsible
Ter surrendering to the politicians and
giving them a greater measure Of play.
The men who hoped most from Presi
dent Cleveland are those who confess
most sadly that he has completely dis
appointed them.
The editor Of the Tribune got that
same way during the war. He and
another distinguished editor, who fire.
quently feels the same way, were carry
ing on the war with their pens, as cor
respondents.
In the midst of the war everything
Was going wrong; the Union armies had
bsen repeatedly whipped and the
generals somehow either could not find
thu enemy or could not stay with him,
successfully, when found.
Reid and Halstesd arose They began
to write against Grant and Lincoln. One
was crazy, they said; the other was a
drunken fool. One ought to be inn
peached, they said; the other ought Ia
be court martialed.
They, the correspondents, were in an
awful state-of pen and ink and ad-
jectives. They knew precisely what
was the matter and they told all they
knew frequently.
But Lincoln and Grant were calm, anC
, the war went on. We all know tn,
result, II anybody was crazy or
drunken fool 1t was not either Grant o.
Lincoln
, Now Reid is the same Reid. He ha,
I forgotten what he ought to have lesrne,
from that episode. He talks about Cleve
land now precisely as he talked abou
D Lincoln aud Grant thirty years ago. H.
ignored Shiloh and Vicksburg then as b
. ignores the Silver Purchase Repeal bill
e and the Elections Repeal bill now b
3 has forgotten to look at the bright, work
f; ing side Of this administration to Sc
D more force and progress than any admin
d istration has shown since that 4 Lin
S coin, which wsged mighty war. Tn
editor is sick and sad because he ism
in it. He thinks he sees failure wher
s Cleveland and all hopeful aud pruden
q men see bright future Of honest econ
T. omy. Of peace abroad and plenty at HON,
r happiness and glory for the grandss
ie country the sun ever shone upon, the bra,
'e est and busiest people in the universe.
n Cleveland is reversing an engine
n which has been devoted to public pluudei
the speedy. steady gait has not bee
n acquired yet. The strength Of il
4 dormant but unlmpaired; the enginee
o is the nerviest and coolest man In II
country.