The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13

all their misfortunes to the party in
power. Then again, there is a wide diver
gence OF opinion among Democrats every
where as to both the tariff question and
the financial problem. And then, again,
Mr.. Cleveland has some OF the elements
OF Cancellation in his political makeup
He is man of high intelligence, but alb
solutely destitute of political tact. He is,
in short bull in china shop, and has
none of the ingredients of Cancellation in
his nature. 1t seems to me that Mr..
Cleveland's day of political usefulness
has reached the period of SHUTDOWN"
A. D. Smith was even more emphatic
and pronounced in condemnation of Mr..
Cleveland's administration. He said:
Now, then, il was proud and hankered
to pose as a prophet l might say very
truthfully, I told you So. From the hour
of Grover Cleveland's inauguration there
has been growing distrust of his meth
ods In his foreign policy; his financial
policy; his civil service phariseeism; his
pension policy he has invariably been
wrong. 1t is singular hew man Of Mr..
Clevelands acknowledged ability can sue
coed in laundering everywhere. One
would suppose that he would, at any rate
on rare occasions, blunder into a right
road
Compare, for instance, Mr.. Cleveland's
jerky Hawaiian policy, and his cringing
Venezuelan policy with the act of Andrew
Jackson in Selling Pensacola, Florida,
when it was owned by Spain; running up
the stars and stripes and notifying that
effete monarchy that not while he COM
manded an army in the neighborhood
could Spanish territory be used to organ
ize British troops against the United
States of An erica. Then compare his sub
servient attitude toward the money power
with Jackson's act strangling the national
bank. tell you that Cleveland and Brice
and German would hoodoo the grand
arr& Of the saints of heaven into defeat
IL they should assume to advocate the
righteous principles of God.
"Cleveland, Carlisle, German, Brice!
Now is not that pretty dish to set be-
fore the king!-to give direction to the
intelligent people of this great and glori-
Gus republic"
BY this time it seemed to be almost GER
tain that Mr.. Smith was not a Cleveland
Democrat.
Ex-senator Frank Morse-ope OF the old
Democratic landmarks, brainy gentle
man and great believer in Mr.. Cleve-
land and his poliey-was asked how he
regarded the lesson OF the Tuesday con-
tests:
Il see by the paper that there was to be
blizzard along about the 4th, 5th or 9th
of November in the Northwest" he re-
piled. II wonder if that weather observer
did not mistake the locality? I should
have located that disturbance in tbs
neighborhocd Of Kentucky or Maryland
If had been an observer and had cared
anything about my reputation as proph-
ct. Seriously however, have heard that
some celebrated man once said that in
politics people have occasionally intervals
Of sanity. Now, my judgment tells me
that last Tuesday does not represent one
of those intervals"
The next gentleman in line was Hon
D. B. Johnson, who voiced his opinion
In the following language:
Il see the Chicago News special from
Washington states President Cleveland
is charging none of the results of yes
terday's election to his administration.
The administration is rejoicing over the
defeat in Maryland but that it took
great interest in the cause of Campbell
in Ohio. The administration regards the
defeat Of Blackburn and Hardin as a
victory for the single gold standard.
The truth is the Democracy owes it's
defeat to Grover Cleveland and he alone
Is directly. and sole responsible for the
result. In the nominating conventions
the platforms endorsing Grover the
strongest are the very states where the
defeats are the most overwhelming. In
Kentucky the endorsement of the admin
istration and Wall street, one and the
same thing, did the business there and
If it had not been for the high handed
measures and tyranny of both, that state
would be safely Democratic. There has
not been a single election of any import
1yoo nj CIV hi hi
took his seat but that the people have re-
pudiated him. There is too much
Clevelandism-and too little Americana
ism; too much toadying to the wealth
and fawning upon the plutocracy of the
country; his weak and vaciNating for
eign policy Gf the administration has
any at alb; his failure to promptly an
nounce that the administration would
enforce the Monroe doctrine, his SUI
preme sublime egotism wherein he has
settled down to the conviction that he
is larger, grander better and greater
than his party, the manner in which he
has permitted the appointments at his
disposal to be filled all have tended to
disgust the Democrats, if not the people
of the nation. The administration Dem
ocrats may prate all they want to in IA
vor of a money in the interests of Mall
street, 1t will avail them nothing. The
great mass of the Democratic party IA
VOT OIL d money III tue interests OF wall
place as the money of the people. The
party must come back to it's first prin-
ciples and espouse the rights of the peo-
pie before it can again command the
respect and hearty support of united
Democracy. Until this is brought about
the elections in the future will insure
greater defeats than ever"
Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. EN- the eyes Of
the Hon. w. H. Hinrichsen. chairman OF
the Democratic state central committee,
free silver had nothing to do with the
awful political avalanche which over
whelmed the Democratic party at Tues
days election. 1t was due to the refusal
of Cleveland to carry out the principles
of the platform of 1892; to the fact that
men like Brice and German aided in CIV
ing a modified Mckinley tariff, instead
of one for revenue only. The people be-
lieved the financial policy of the national
administration was dictated by. clique
of New York and London bankers, and
condemned it by voting the Republican
ticket The foreign policy of the admin
istration also aided defeat. And so it
was,'' he added. Had an angel from
heaven come down to run on the Demo-
cratic ticket against his satanic majesty
the angel would have had his wings burnt
of and the devil would have been elected