The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-11-05
Cleveland and Hill.

| thing more than Il man, something more
than his party, and. therefore, beyond
| the reach of criticism. are now begin
ming to exhibit irritation over the presi-
dents failure 10 extend any aid or sym
pathy 10 his struggling party In New
York state.
Speaking contidcntially. between us
/ gals" as Editor Watterson would re-
MARYLAND with the expectation that 1t
Will go no farther-wc think the irrita-
! ton grows ont OF the fact that the
/ brethren in question can find no sort OF
excuse for Mr.. Cleveland's conduct-no
precedent for it. no sort of explanation
/ for it, II Ii could be- found these kneel-
ing brethren would find it. They would
/ 90 down i'm tine ground. they would
/ climb a high tree. they would take
| long and painful journey by land and
I sea i'm search of il; and if they could
! find it. they would put on their ceremo-
/ nial robes again and relight their cen
Sers.
The trouble with these brethren is that
/ their irritation is not caused 10y Nr.
| Clevcland's attitude toward his party
/ in New York. hut grows out of the fact
/ that they can find no possible excuse for
| il. The contrast between the sweet
/ tunes of adulation that these bearded
/ choristers of the inner political temple
| have been singing and their harsh notes
/ of condemnation is not Il humorous one.
/ 1t is not in the way OF nature 10 laugh
ut those who find that the idol they
/ f4y
/ after all.
/ We regret most sincerely that The
Constitution is unable TO comfort these
: disappointed brethren. There can be
/ no decent excuse found for Mr.. Clcvc-
lands conduct with respect to the strug-
| gle OF his party in New York state i
/ cannot be explained on any ground that
/ Will satisfy those who sincerely hel'ev"
/ in democratic principles. If the cam
paign in Now York were . mere per
sonaI contest between Tin and bis
/ friends on one side and his enemies on
/ the other there would be a reasonable
/ excuse for Indifference on the part OF
/ democrats having no interest in affairs
/ in that stale: bur there would he no
/ excuse. even then FOR Mr.. Cleveland'S
/ Indifference He is under obligations
/ 10 the party represented by Hill that he
! can never repay That party took him
/ ont OF the obScuriry Of the sherin'S
+ Office i'm Erie county and made him gov
ernor; il took him out Of the governors
chair and made him president. For all
/ that he was and is he is under direct oh
/ legations 10 the organization represented
/ By Mr.. IIill.
/ But the contest in New York is not q
personal one between Ilill and his enc
mics II is contest between the two
+ great parties. AMI on the result in New
York viii largely depend the result of
the national contest between the two
/ parties in 1S9G It involves the success
+ Of those principles Of democracy tSome
/ of which the president is said TO favor
/ that lie at the foundation of good gov
ernment. and some 10 maintain and pre-
/ serve the rights ana liberties OF the
| people.
How does the attitude Of Mr.. Cleve-
/ land comport with the dignity of his
/ high Office and the duties than dcvolvo
upon him as the head of The party?
| Measured by these the bitterness Of his
conduct can hardly be described in
/ terms NJ once fitting ana respectful.
+ Such a sacrifice Of duties and obligations
/ 10 animOSi,ieS. 80 narrow. 50 petty AMI
/ 80 mean has never before been seen in
I this country Mr.. Cleveland has per
/ mttcd some Of his personal friends in
I New Yorl, To- organize active opposition
I to the party that lifted him ont of his
/ ohscurity ana conferred the highest hon
orS upon him. lie has not only not
/ lifted his hand or his voice 20 prevent
/ this attack on the party. but he has
/ apparently authorized the leader of the
attacking force 10 announce far and
/ wide that If the president votes in New
/ York state at all he viii vote for the
candidate that is trying to destroy the
party.
I Al the consolation that the democrats
i'm New York and in the country at large
have received from The Official leader
OF the party in this emergency is this:
/ that the president cannot vote in the
election, Some unknown man has dis
covered an unknown law whose opera
tionS viii prevent the president from cN-
ercising the most important function Of
American citizenship. Mr. Everett
Wheeler. the leader OF the Cleveland
men in New York who are opposing the
party. has declared mp and down that
he would receive the vote of the presi-
dent il the vote was east. And now
democrats are gravely Informed that
the presidents vote will not be cast at
all. How immensely reassuring to the
party in New York.
We have seen what the attitude Of
Mr.. Cleveland is TO the party that made
him. We have seen that he has refused
10 lift a hand or open his mouth i'm favor
of the New York democracy until it is
now too late for his voice 10 either help
or hurt the party. The damage that his
silence has done cannot be undoue. So
far as the democrats Of the country
know. he is willing that the people OF
New York should repudiate his admins
tration if they at the same time repudi-
ate Mr.. HILL
Let us now, by way Of contrast. turn
our attention to the attitude of the