New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-25
MulT Tile EECOED SNOWS.

In tho confusion Of mind produced In them by
Senator Gor,nan's arraignmcnt OF President
Cleveland some Democrats are hurrl,dly d"rlar
,n.. ,hot tho only question In which the country
* Interested i whether or NOT IA" PrcSid"nt :
description Of The Senate bill and itS promoters
os peridions and dshonornblc !, truthful. They
ara mistaken There Is another question in
which rhc country Is profoundly Interested.
Senators German. Vest. Jones and Harris nave
deliberately asserted that President Cleveland
was freely and fully consulted during the prcpa-
ration Of the senate compromise measure. knew
rs character Intimately I'm detail, said that II"
wanted - have il passed IT, as he was repeat
oily assured was the ease, n bill more salts
factory to him and them could not be- carried
,,rourh and never inlmatcd 10 any on" OF
them from first 10 last. that he had any other
fli,, ,,lfh regard to II or them than that
which he was frankly expressing during all this
tim. Tor their guidance AMI encouragement.
r, their mutually corroboratlyr statements sen
oior Harris added the assertion that rhcS" as-
sur,nccs were repeated TO him by The frr'i-
den, after The bill went into conferences tha'
* :, say. after the date on which the Presidents
letter 4, Mr. Wilson ptrports To have been writ
fen. H. therefore. these Senators have t"ld inc
truth thc Presidents dupliclty IS proved. ana
he stands revealed as a man with whom mo-
h,dy can deal without fear ~ being betrayed.
TN. ,ssu, * one which outsiders are not bound
=, decide: h,,i II X obvious that something be-
.d.. silence. or audaciiy j. needed Z" overcome
III. odds II four 10 one against the President.
1, cannot be- forgotten moreover that certain
Incidents IN the Presidents career since the
clo.. 81 tina, obnoxious period 10 which Senator
Gornou unnecessarily referred render III" con
current Testimony produced IN The Senni" on
Non.I,v somewhat less astonishing ihan II
Womb otherwise be- II appears. for example,
from Senator Germans candid revelation OF
Marty couns,lS that Mr. Cleveland. Will" posing
before thc country n the unnnching champion
~ advanced Tayln Reform. has been In III"
hohlt 81 intriguing with Democratic leaders Tor
q comprolnlsr platform on which he colli De
elected and privately diclcring with IN" r'pn"
s.nt,tiycs Of powerful interests whom his pup
llr ATTITUDE had alarmed.
|, will be- remembered also that when. on IN"
.v. ~ the election Of 1872 Mr. Cleveland IN IN"
I..uox Ivccum lamentcd and denounced Inc
collcction and employment Of huge corruption
funds by his advcrsarics. he knew that Mr.. Van
Allen had bought the Italian mission. or "soIn'@
Thing equally rs good" with an cnormouN glt
of money 10 the Democratic treasury
Again. thc proclamation ~ the Hawaiian he
publIc yiyidly recalls the Presidents PROFESSIONS
of good will 10 President Dole. while II" was
clapdcstincly negotiating with IIliuokalanl Tor
fine overthrow Of the Provisional Government
and at the same time trying To conceal his opera
tIons from the Congress and people OF the
United States
And finally. bringing the record up To IN" date
Of his letter 10 Chairman Wilson. we lnd nm
cndcavoring 10 shift OH others The burden ana
rcproach ~ IN income tax. though h" iirst, III
formal message had officially proposed that
odio,ls measure, and thereby forced the hand OF
n bcwildcrcd committee: we find him proposing
still larger concessions 10 the most powerful ana
hateful OF the Trusts which he had arrnigncd
MS public enemies In his inaugural address, ana
we find him advocating on pretended public
grounds the free admission ~ foreign coal when
the real purpose Of that proposition Is the On
rchmcnt of the Democratic syndicate which has
leased the Nova Scotia mines.
II may b. wise. Oh the whole for the adhcr-
ents Of the President 10 attempt TO bclitle this
latest Indictment brought against him. But 1t
Is folly to point TO his record.