The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11
DICTATOR CLEVELAND.
The President Is the Real Leader of
the Lower House of Congrcss.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lot wuold seem
that men in all stations of life must have
some one to control and run them. the same
as people must have some one to humbug
them. 1t will be remembered that P. T.
Barnum, when upbraided for deceiving the
public with sham sections in his show, re-
piled that the people must be humbugged.
Even the men who were big enough TO win
ward, city, township county, district and,
in some instances, State conventions and
legislatures and come to Congress, must
be managed and humbugged. There is no
class of men prominent before the country
who are often swindled and imposed
upon and handled TO their disadvantage as
Congressman. They are constantly COM
planning of being buncoed and done up
by confidence men. But they are in their
element when they are being led by rope
pendant from ring in their noses.
President Cleveland is as thoroughly in
command of the Democratic forces in the
House of Representatives as any captain
ever was OF a slave company. He not only
subiugated two-thirds Of his party repre-
sentatives in Congress when the bill to re-
peal the silver purchasing law was brought
forward and compelled men TO swallow
their principles and platform. but he simply
cOerced a sufficient number OF his partisans
in the House TO defeat amendments to the
Wilson tariff bin and secure the adoption
of that measure on its final passage. OF
course there were few factious hovines
in the herd who ran away from and beyond
the lash and got out into the opposition
pasture but they were few and were not
needed Six weeks ago Il looked though
there could not be found in the House
dozen Democrats who would vote for any
proposition on the Hawaiian question which
did not directly condemn the policy of this
administration. The President said nothing
but sawed wood. He knew that when he
wanted an Endorsement for his policy he
would get it, and that the men who We're
talking the loudest against him would be
the most vigorous in supporting him when
he needed their support Finally, when the
tariff bill was out of the way he indicates
that IL was about time for Congress to give
his Hawaiian policy a cordial Endorsement
The opposition closed up and was silent
The resolution was brought forward and
passed.
The Senate judiciary committee caught
the President mapping, however, On the
Hornblower nomination. The executive ev-
identity had no idea of the enormity of the
opposition TO his disregard fer senatorial
courtesy. When he sent in the nomination
of Pecl1ham also for the vacancy on the
Supreme Court Bench, he told his friends
in the Senate that II was about time TO
ing nominations. 1t was amusing to see
the boisterous opposition bite their neither
lips and fall into line. How far he was
ond time is already known.
1t is when a vote is about to be taken in
the House of Representatives that the
control of man over man is best shown.
Frequently the body OF men on one side
or the other have no idea how they should
vote. or what the policy OF their party
should be: but their leader knows, the
same as the queen bee knows, and indi-
Gates to the swarm where it should go
when II leaves the hive. There is a mo-
ment of silence and eager looking around
by the ewes and lambs To see where the
bell wether viii jump. He finally indicates
the policy TO be pursued by crying out the
aye, or nay, or rising, and then the way
is made clear. He has jumped the fence;
now the flock follows him without question.