The Portland daily press., 1894-02-22
APPLYING THE WHIP.
CIeyelands Friends Serve Notice Upon
Him.

BE Must Change Els Course Or Be Utterly
Repudiated.
Washington Dispatch to the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
In view of the general upheayal against
MIR. Cleveland and the turning down OF
Peckham today the statement made from
New York by Mr.. Edwards is not with
out it's interesting features. 1t is to the
effect that proof sheets of an arrlcle
which appeared in Harper's Weekly this
week and which was commented upon
in these dispatches were sent to Presl-
dent Cleveland several days ago, and
thousand copies SO marked as to call at
tention 20 this article were sent upon the
publication Of the journal yesterday to
Democrats of commanding influence
throughout the United States. Especial
care was taken that copies be sent to
those Democrats who were conspicuous
in the spring of 1892 in the efforts which
had the denomination of Mr.. Cleveland
in view, and particularly to men who had
been disposed to defend him since he
proved himself to be the great disap-
pointment of his time. Two weeks ago
this same periodical published an article
occupying an entire page, setting forth
that the Democratic party had proven
a failure, that it was no longer entitled
to the confidence of the peoples; was inn
beetle. weak, wavering and absurd in its
administration, and that Mr.. Cleveland
himself was largely responsible for these
conditions.
Published thus conspicuously in a
journal which .has for ten years been
steadfast and conspicuous in its support
of Mr.. Cleveland, the article did not fail
to attract great attention and to cause
very much interested comment.
A copy of it. carefully marked, was
sent to Mr.. Cleveland, and there is now
indication that its publication concerned
him more greatly than anything that
has been written in the past two years.
His friends have seemed to be commits
stoned to try to find out who the writer or
the article is, and whether it's publica-
tion indicated that the President could
no longer rely upon that journal for
support.
ing the authorship, excepting that there
was purely inferential evidence that the
article was written by Mr.. Schurz.
They did learn that it was the intention
to follow it up by another article, and
that one was already in type. They did
not learn what is really the fact-that
there has been an agreement reached by
which certain bright and we'll Informed
men who knew the history OF the anti
snapper movement here. and who have
been in position to become familiar
with much that has taken place In the
White house since Mr.. Cleveland became
President last Mar on will at frequent IN
rervals furnish for this same Journal ar
tioIes similar in tone, and as vehement
if not brutal in attack as was that one
which was published yesterday IN the
form of communication addressed to
the editor of the Journal.
The sending to Mr.. Cleveland of the
proof sheets Of that article can be con-
strued as indicative OF no other purpose
than the determination by fierce and un-
sparing attack on the part of those who
have hitherto been continually his
friends, either to force him to alter his
course in many things or else to Intimate
to him that he will be completely
thrown over, .repudiated, unfrocked and
revealed to the country as person who
has either been untrue to ideals whlc
he has pretentiously advocated, or else
has been the most consummate hpyocrlte
in American history.
If these attacks were made in a journal
of Republican inclination they would,
of course, be regarded as merely partisan
assaults. But. being published in
periodical conspicuous in its service for
MIR. Cleveland, and at times almost alb
surd in its devotion to him and It's re-
sentiments of all attacks made upon his
Judgment, his policy or his weaknesses,
it must be regarded as the most slgn1-
ficant indication that great element IN
the party is prepared to break away
from him, and to do it in such way as
to greatly 1njure his prestige, If not to
make the conviction general that he has
betrayed his party, and has been III all
these years when he was esteemed an
ideal character, person who has been
nasq uerading for personal benefit in the
robes OF the reforlnefS.
This latest attack appears to be a COM
munIcation from an anti-snapper.but it is
not signed iE any other way than by the
words "A Democrat" Those who have
been familiar with much that has been
done by Mr.. Cleveland's friends for the
past two years can have no doubt that
the writer is, as he claims to be, an anti
snapper.
The attack consists of accusations
tending to prove. that Mr.. Cleveland has
been peJulant and insolent to those who
were his true friends, has mismanaged
everything which he undertook, has been
crafty, secretive and suspicious, has
made secret alliance with Tammany
Hall, has nlismanaged the greater public
questions, has repelled those upon whom
he should have relied in Congress, has
been under she baneful and treacherous
influence of VIM. c. Whitney, has SO acted
as to forfeit the confidence and respect of
those who have believed that he repre-
sented high ideals, and has thrown away
the grandest opportunity offered to any
man in American political life for many
a year, disclaiming the leadership which
would have forced the party to represent
and maintain the ideal which encouraged
those who supported Mr.. Cleveland and
the partysto enthusiastic effort, and has
been revealed as consorting, so far as he
has consorted with anything or anybody,
with the viler and baser elements in his
party.
Mr.. Cleveland, when he read the proof
sheets containing this attack, must have
perceived that the article was penned by
one wholly familiar with the details
which he descrl bes; that it must have
been from one who was a part of the in
fuences exerted in Mr.. Cleveland's behalf
ever since the spring of 1892. But the