New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05
cLEVELAND'S LAST LETTER.
AT WHOM ARE THE PRESIDENTS
THREATS DIRECTED?
49,, TALK About SOUND MoSEy CAUSES Irss
COMMENT TnAS HIS nrMNKApLE STATE

,rx.rs ABOUT uiMsEfr Asp HIS rorlcy
fny TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRinrSEl
washington May 4--Atienpts to obtain at the
white House "A copy OF tie letter TO when me
p,esdent's letter 70 Governor Stonc Of Missouri
oubl,shed this morning. IS an answer nave so far
,.r.d Secretary Thurhsr Is more mysterious than
.y.r and raises his EYES heavcnwarl in horror
y, the thought shat M should be party, or hf'
Corsecrated Chief might be q party. TO making pub
u. nr,vate correspond'rce. While this may he con-
.,dered as indirectly ehecting upon Governor stone
Cor giving the Presidents letter TO the press IL Is
nevertheless well understood that the letter was
Intended for publiarion and Is the second OF
..res OF Sound money" pronunciamentos with
which the country. rs 10 be alicted hehceioi" "''
At more or less regular intervals
Tho letter itself Is freely criticised as again lai-
ing 10 state wha. in the opinion or MT Cieve'ano'
constitutes Sound money" Like the Presideh's
celebrated Chicao letter il is filled with me phrases
and high sounding platitudes. ihere are "''p'o
,o-e,ces 10 devotion 10 principles guarantee
:. orsonal liberty" 'non-sectional American
brotherhood" phantom light OF free unlimited anu
,nd.ncndent silver coinage" and other topics OF III
ts-est but not a word as to what he CONSUMERS ''e
v!ses, policy 10 pursue. what his Adhlnsi"'o',
"a readv 70 recommend. what II is prepared " s'""
I'D fau nv The letter, in this respect. Is severe
disanpolntne1t TO those who had hoped 'he f'eN'
den, would nve the courage to rectfy the oiu I
-. ooror,i,.A in writing vague and meaningless
letter like that addressed to the chicago so"'-
money gathering ,.. ,,,cb
Rut ther. are other features OF the reuter- "
attract mich more attention than the SCUM "'o"N'
-h,os.s Contained toward the end OF H. THESE are
20 he fond at the very beginning OF TINS re'h"'NA
~. docu,ent and must have been inspired by more
than usually severe attack OF gout-or 'h"' o'''
strange disease which drove the fresiueI'' go
or TWO AGO for forty-eight hours out 10 sea, '"e
technicL name of which escapes the writer "' "e
ohsA a
c,ora,,f letter the Presidents meaning can oh'
80 na.,,v deciphered and it is decidedly mystery
a. u,om the mutterings OF Jove are direc'e'' II
seeno, however. that the President mas s''e'"''0
AGAINST those officers of the government app
by lin who presume upon retaining an op''i'" -
,ner own and who so bold as 10 crluc'se ''''
conduct or as he expresses it, spend the uhle tie'
oue the nubic service in doing political mis'hiei'
In this astounding declaration can be traced 'he
.vo,,,ion Of ten years-from the Cleveland OF 49,
u,ho was content when he was permitted u J"se
With nhrases Ike public office Is puphc uus'
N the Cleveland Of 1926. who threatens mat o'.'
holders presumng 10 criticise his Official cohuuo'
-, y. ..suumarily dealt with" What people here
ro ealing themselves u.s. who are the caitins against
whom this dire threat is launched7 IL is not re-
called that OF late OF the faithiui cuckoos I'D"
.h,rnet otherwise than in unison with tne Convey
that FILTERS about the sacred precincts OF 'he "'
,Jnr.a nor Is IL possible TO find out who are the
,...-,,s "vho devote themselveD so industriously
e. ,,u,ecation and abuse OF those under whom they
hold dice. ,. -. .,,
Still more remarkable than this outpurst OF Pe.u
liant revishness is the Presidents assertion mat ne
"revr had an idea OF building up or fostering
r.rsoa, following" Those whose memory ~ no' yet
1901 ara somehow or other under the impress
.,ontha, IN 10 last December not single 'federal
snpintment was made In the state oil Ne"-iorn
with was not distinctly understood 70 De ''eve-
Ian machine appointment. In an'asonism 10 'no
reg,ar Democratic organization. Nor IL IL quite
,ors,tten that Mr.. Cleveland. for purely personal
.on. and 10 crafty a feeling OF personal resent
,n.t only withheld from his State that represen-
&atpn upon the highest tribunal OF tne COUNTY, 10
,vfch II was entitled and flung the judicial ermhe
upn the shoulders OF man who has since as
tirz,iished himself by delivering stump speech
frtn the bench.
md indeed when one examines the rank ana ME
,<he Cuckoo brigade in the late lamentei Congress
a, what is left OF IL. what then becomes OF 'he
n,,e.tat ton that II never had idea OF building
~, or fostering personal following? is there
ef,gle Cuckoo from the present Postmas'er-"eherai
ard ex-senator Ransom, now drawing Si'S' SAL
80, ga Minister TO Mexico, down TO Springer and
1,.oor. foisted upon the country as Judges-CfOd
.aye the mark,-who has not been taken care OF
And IL It not notorious that during the repeal heht
IN the summer Of 1898 not single one OF the ioa'es
nd Ashes in the shape OF collectorships postinas-
+ershirs and what not given out until aiter
A.. be,verv of the vote-so much trust cid Mr.
(r.ve,a,d repose in his Cuckoo brigade? WHAT
moreover Democrats here are asking themselves Is
tho Cabinet except conglomeration OF Cie'e'anu
nkes and dslikes prejudices ana pred1ecuohs'
Does any one of them with single excepuo'''
oerhaps represent anything or anybody except
,,levelaud7 Is Gresham they ask in disgust. a
Democrat, Who ever heard of Hoke Smith? Were
80, Lamont and Bssell purely personal appoint
rents? , -.
These Democrats who so bitterly critcise the
thoir NH ppic
impeachment Of Cleveland's Democracy in max
Ing nv appointments 1 have tried 10 be democratic
and nd proscriptive" he says in his letter TO Gov
s'nor Stone.
.'Th. trouble with Cleveland IS, remarked an ola
Iemcratic wheelhorse to-day. that he is not con-
INT % saw with D. b. Hill, 4 am Democrat but
h erclaims with protruding chest 1 am 'he de-
nocracy.'"
In the light Of the Presidents financial views OF
Mat they are said to be- and the silver PLANK IN
no Chicago platform OF 1892. there appears TO De
GOD deal OF truth in what the old Democratic
rheelhorse has to say.
The Presidents letter TO Governor Stone was az
blows:
Executive Mansion
Washington. April Is. 1880
Nv i Dear SIR Your letter Of the 2ls inst is at
hand 1 DO not feel inclined 10 ind fauit WIN your
hoa Be- aSgea in in he t sht Of
existing al the time the things ~ers oos
Following but 80 far as politics should properly IN
be democratic and not proscriptive ] am gao YOU (
are frank enough admit your PAL iEipavhh ~,
bringing about a condition In ofiiceholdlnS "hlch
NAV moi be all that could now be desired .
Whether those appointed TO places shai III si'c''
and action behave decently toward the Admihisia-
ion under which they hold Office mus; remain do 10 "a
arre extent a matter OF taste and good breeuhS'
There are however some officials who devote tneni-
.cives so ndustriously to vication ana abuse ,c o,
hose under whom they hold Office as 10 indlcat"
hal their f6eity cannot be trusted for the pc,
,ormance OF their duties In a manner crcdltaDic
n the Administra ton. and VINO apparently assume
hat they may spend the time thy owe the pubic
service In doing political mischief. ~
In the interest OF good government such ONCE
holders must not be surprised # they are sum,
,mariy dealt with. When received your letter,
had iist IN shed reading litter OF yours in which
you explain TO the citizens OF Mississippi your views
on the currency question. IL seems 10 YOU have
in that leter contributed in the best possible style