New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-13
4 LONELY president.

II tho President has ordered his officials 10
abstain from pernclous activity In the cam
| noion no Il unite wise His Administration can
| nscane much discrcdit II II refuses To be- at MI
resuonsible for the conduct Of the party ths
vear Here in New York Democratic defeat
If phenomenal proportions is Threatened. ana
| tho hos, friends of the President himself are
working TO make IIill'S election impossible. IT
The President permits his Administration to be-
identified with the Democratic machine mere ne
| will only subject II To discrcdit without hveriinG
| Democratic defeat In Ncw-Jrrsey the D'n"
crots are completely swamp-d with Response
hiltv for all The inflmics ~ the past years. ana
,h. Administration can only yet disgrace for II
SELF bv irving 10 lift the party ont Of 10 Inire
In Michigan The party Is completely dlSorgan
ized. candidates and members Of the Stat" Com
miree rcsgnng right and left. In other west
ern and most " the Southern states the course
-, ,h. president on the silver question has ~
angered the Populisis and the free silver voters
| that the active support OF III" ADMINISTRATION
might hurt more than II could help any can
| didae.
pr.sden, Cleveland IS politically the most
| lonely man earth. In his own STATE MS parry
ANONYMOUSLY dominates his most bitter enemy
| for Governor He * heartily d"trstrd through
| out th,. East for his Frecrrade notions. aud
throughout the West ana South for his oppo-l
lion to free silver coinage Everywhere the
| faint Of the Sugar and Whisky monolol'"s
cllngs TO his Administration. largely BECAUSE
| IN. had not the nerve Ia veto the blll winch ne
Trus,s bought through The Senate. In favorns
| al income tax liz mad" host 81 rhrihl'S ~ III
| commercial centres. aad his demand Tor Tree
or. and coal has klndlrd the hatred Of miners
| The wool growers everywhere remember iha'
| his wool message started the crlishh" against
| their industry. so 1t comes 10 pass lhnt he can
probably help his party most 10y refusing Ia
! help II at all.
! Vet he t. OH The whole a truer representative
az the real purposes OF The Democratic party
| Than any Of the men " puts forward III DIS
| strad What H. lacks most l. III" cheap ana
| shallow dishonesty To lie about his wishes. Ills
Marty shouts with Hi for 10 Income tax III
| New. York and with voorhees, for heavier III
come tax in indiana and tries 10 win Win
| Camden and Protection In West Virginia ana
with Mills and Free Trade IN Texas. aud the
President Is not mentally agile enough 10 get
ON all sides ~ every question with sufhceuf
rapidlty 10 represent his entire party anywhere
| If ought 10 be his wish. IL 1t l. not. thar every
Federal official this year should let politics
severely alone. and suffer the natural spokes
men Of the party which framed and passed the
bill Of ''infamy and pcrhdy" 10 defend 1t IA best
they can one hing il certain. that The Pr"si
dent cannot help himself. or in The long run
his party by aiding The Democratic candidates
| in this State or city. So much he appears to
| have perceived with clcarncss and II IL pre-
| suncd that this is the immediate cause of his
reviving zeal against pcrnicious activity in elcc
lions But whether the motive is narrow OF
broad. selfish or wholly patriotic. the thing he
| orders Is the right thing for his party and fol
| the country as well for his Administration
He has put his party into very deep hole by
the policy he has urged with 80 much per
sistency but it has far dlsgraced itself by its
own corruption and venal shamelcssness tina
he can best escape responsibility by refusing tt
have anything to do with the campaign.