New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
IL his plan No. > meets with much favor Oh
either side Of the Iionsc or the Senate
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The figure used by cxI'rcsident Harrison d.
fore the present Congress asSemb@l Whch Nv
said being asked what he thought OF III" ou'-
look. that II depended largely on how fr's'nehl
cleveland succeeded in managing his team vi
wild horses was forriblc and effective III de-
scrjbc1 The political situation AT the ime for
This ronrross when il made its advent dd re-
semblc a team of wild horses. no matter wha'
I, l,oLs Ike now The members champed Their
bits and pranccd and kicked and fnmed ana
rro,hod and reared and plunged in very much
the manner Of unnamed stccds. That they were
,,, and sniri,cd WAS evident. * also that they
were strong enough 10 pull the finances ana
husinrss of the country along tie highway OF
nrosperiiy or off the road and int" The mrc.
Rut they were not broken 10 pulling together:
,hcv had been long enough ut the public crib
to feel their oats some were sklt'i'h ana some
vicious and the driver did not know how to
handle the reins or precisely where ne wah'"n
T., 90 So they snortcd and kicked and pulled
in all directions during the first two SESSIONS no
prnrrcSS being made except IL the KepuDncah
vhcel-horses took hold and pulled the country
out of the rut. Al this session thlngs nave
changed The wild horse iIgnrr no longer APP
plies There is 10 prancing nor cavor'hG now
This is Il mule team. The driver SITS on me
box. occasionally chirrrping 10 the leaders, or
throwing the braid at the ears of the balky ones
settling back in the traces. But the team won
move. The whole country has been sinking INTO
tbp morass Of debt and diSCrcdi where the Wlld
horses plunccd IT, and the mule team simply
stands still in its tracks and refuses to move
in any direction Constituents and newspapers
keen III constant shouting and thwacking. and
the President on the box occasionally chrrupS
TO them as he did Yesterday. hut Congress- more
mulish than mule, less intelligent ana more
stubborn. makes no sign. The only nope OF 'iie
couptrv anneors now to be in the fact that in
LITTLE more than n month the team will 90 ont
Of commission and the country he left to pun
itself out Of the slough as best II may.
Meantime. as TIE President seems anxious to
get move on the team. ana as he mas our pro-
found sympathy in his embarrassment. we vent
IRE n suggestion that may he of service. III was
recorded in Philadelphia paper a few days
ago that one Of the streets ~ that quiet town
was lately the scene Of unusual excitement IL
large crowd Of citizens having been called To-
cether nv the frantic efforts Of driver 10 com
mel or persuade his team of mules 10 move on.
He had fried coaxing and blows in vain. and
been assisted in his cndcavors by tho crowd.
all Of whom were ready with suggestions and
advice. AS is usual In such cases. But the mules
stood still while the driver cursed and the crowd
increased. At length bcncvolent-lookine
gentleman appeared on the scene. who told The
driver 10 get on the box ana take up Ms re'hS'
and he would start The team The driver was
incrcdulons. but did ~ NJ was directed. linen
The benevolent gentleman just took me near
leading mule by the ear and whispered some
thing into It. The mule seemed httle aston
ished M first. then giving his head toss "r
recognition started of as though nothing hAd
happened.
The name Of the benevolent gentleman was
not given. hut W. presume he could hr toinl
by means Of an advertisement in any Of tho
widely circulated Philadelphia papers. We "d-
wise the President to send for him.