Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-02-22
Is Not Waging War.
c0CkRELL's ATTITUDE TOWARD
THE ADMINISTRATIONS.
Has Nc Recommendation to Make 10
Mr.. Cleveland and VIII Vote as His
Judgment Dlctates.


Mr.. Bell: Many thanks for your
favor. / confess cannot under
stand all the correspondence and
publications in the press Of our State
about an alleged war-alienation,
estrangement-between the Presi-
dent and Missouri Senators and
about an alleged reconciliation
peace making and harmony-and
about appointments being made by
the President to conciliate and re-
concile the Senators and to secure
] their votes 10 sustain his nomina-
tions, his policies and recommends
tions.
| They read strangely. They clearly
intimate between the lines that the
Senators have been alienatea., dis
gruntled, made sore headed and are
waging war on the President because
of certain appointments which were
supposed to be made and intended
by the President as slap in the face
of the Senators, as a punishment to
the Senators for opposition to the
will, the preferences or the policies
of the President, and that now the
President, by appointing supposed
friends of the Senators, has recon.
ciled them-brought them over
bribed them to submit to his will,
his policies, recommendations and
nominations regardless of the honest
convictions and best judgment OF
the Senators.
REFLECTION ON PRESIDENT AND SEN
AToRs.
Have we fallen to the depth where
the masses of our great party, and
the masses of the people generally,
really believe that the President of
these United States, under our writ
ten Constitution, invested with the
right and duty of recommending to
the Congress for their consideration
''such measures as he shall judge
necessary and expedient," and of
nominating, and "by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate"
appointing public officers, is using
the appointments to Office to punish
Senators for not voting to sustain
and approve every measure he rec
ommends and every nomination be
makes to the Senate and then using
such appointments to reconcile, to
influence, to bribe Senators, regard
less of their honest convictions, to
sustain his measures and to confirm
his nominations, and that Senators
can be so reconciled, so Influenced,
and so bribed to vote2 1t does seem
to me that it is direct personal re-
Election upon the character, the
integrity and the common sense OF
propriety of the President and the
exalted and responsible position be
holds, no less than on the character,
integrity, honest and self respect OF
the Senators.
| UNCALLED-FoR COMMENT.
What is the supposed call for all
| these publications? During Mr..
| Cleveland first term as President,
we differed most widely upon
questions, measures he Judged
necessary and expedient. y | voted
to pass bills over his veto. | voted
to reject any nomination deemed
unworthy. l opposed his recon-
! mendations on silver. So far as
Icould see, it made no difference II
Jour personal or official relations.
heard of no war, no cause tor recon
ciliation or peace-making.
We admitted then, and we do
now, his clear. right to nominate
whomever he pleased and to consul
with whom he chose. As had lont
been the usage and custom between
the President and Congressmen
| we went to him and give him infor
nation and suggestions about appli
canss and appointments, not becaus
we Intended or desired but solel,
because be expected and desired u
TO do SO, and if we did not go II
+. advance he would send for US or re