Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1894-03-22
DIDN'T ESCAPE.
All the Able Presidents Have
Been Abused.
IL A TEST or GREATNESS.
40 Says Congressman Patterson.
Why he supports the
Administration.

lion. Jrsian Iattt $50 o. Tue lcDth
Mempms) Tenn district is a sialwart
Democrat and is known in the House
rs an mistaken friend of the admins
ira'iop. He talks right nlosg without
troubling the reporter to ask many
questions, aud although his opinions
are Democratic it sill be advisable fol
Republicans to read them, as they
show What the Democrats expect. As
tne following is condensed from ya,i-
Gus interviews, il is not claimed that
Mr. Paiterson's exact words are given
in evcry ca c. As to bis ideas there
could b. no misunderstanding The
question being on the alleged unpopu-
larity of tae President, he said;
"Mr. Cleveland has been ia office
one year, aud has accumulated about
as muen criticism aud unpopuhrity as
all the really able Presidents have
done ia the same time, aud certainly
no more IL may seem different to
the people-yes, it does seem different
because The present is vivi1 in thir
minds, aud the pas, is forgotten. Bat
if YOU doubt it, examine the papers
published duiihg the second years Of
Madison, Jack sou, Lincoln, Grant, OF
f1r the matter of that any other Pre-
,ilent. But IL YOU saal to read abuse
that Is abuse. get some Of the old doc
umenis that were Published by the
opposition about George Washingtn
when bis policy toward france Was
drst announced. Alter you read them
you will think By comparison with the
papers Of today that Mr. Cleveland is
..cing carried to- the skies on hlwery
beds of case.
pisNrr lSrtp OFFICE sEEEERs
But Why should any President be
mast unpopular at the beginning OF
"a sec1Al year,
"O', rhe Ies,ns are abundant AZ
iac emit Of his FIRST year the President
la disappointed quarter Of a million
niiice s.ckeis. every one of whom has
maly hi,nls, aud one disappointed
man vii make more noise than tifts
VII, u G alli.A u, i'eu we're raised on
Il frn. believe, aud must have n :
tiecd thai when the hogs crowd the
swill tr0ughs all ia $50 who get there
are quiet, aud the one who is shut out
docs all the 'quealiug. Now If he had
from ten to j hundred friends to help
him squeai i; would parallel The stu,
alton, Rather rough comparison, |
adHil,. bat 1t it "a. Perhaps We had
b tier take Scripture for it. There
are many oil office seekers shut out,
aud m~ny ,iiicchollers are turred out.
'Do,h the wild ass bray when he lath
s;rsss. 81 . ,eth the On over his tod.
derl Nj bit Of II.
AT the end Of tue first year all of
the ~ asarcs favored b, the President
aad pgogr' s,ed jnst tar enough to ere
att disturbance anl not far enough To
do any good TIL Rresideqt is thsn
IN ihp condition of a master buill,r
whn has q house half done, cover, Il
all over with scaioliing aud di,Hgurcd
with liltcr. A. this point along comes
Sahbdllai aud say; That's pretty
h,Nd~do f,r house. That Is 10, ,l.s
lind of a mouse your D,mpegalic foie-
i4thrr, built before thew went iltl
captivity, aud 50 on. Nuw Eza au,
Nehemiah and the re t Of them COULD
aaold p wall, and the haitler au1li
sdaal "a wait until The h,use : done,
aud ali tho uusIshlly surroundings
csand ay AID II shows for What I
T."