Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-13
DrsrRrr EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY. JUNE 49, 1896

not been rraciously treated by the prcsi.
dents pres lent Cleveland seems to
think ,hlta vice pre- idcut has no more
claila than any other citizen. Tic snub.
bed Ilcnducks again aud aE.in. and
Ucuaficks bad trouble in getting even
the smallest office for DIS friends. One
place which he wanted was the post
office al indianapolis. lie had to cool
bis heels in the antc.tooms If the White
House TO ret b, and Hendricks said that
Cleveland ml1H him wait 40 the outer
gate as surpliant before he granted
him the go Ition.' lie said that there
had not lC.u a time within twenty tive
years that uc could not have gotten this,
had any other Democrat been President,
Tor the mere asking, and that lie was
put of day a'tCf day, and that the Office
was finally given to him apparently as o
matter OF charity. The suubs which
Hendricks received from Cleveland and
bis cabinet sank deep into his soul and
he was so ignored by them that at one
time he wanted to resign. This was ut
the end Of the first session Of the Senate
alter he came into office, and Il was only
the requests OF his friends that kept him
from doing $50. And still Il was ltcnd-
ricks that carried Indiana il 1854 and
no, Cleveland, and the loss o! the state
would have defeated the ticket
Adlai J., Stevenson Is Js to most points
at war with President Cleveland. He
has little influence with the admInisira.
lion and his only patronage consists OF
the appoin mcnt OF a secretary, "a mes
scngef, q telegraph operator and a
tclCgraphef's page. These are all con.
ncctcd with The Senate and Cleveland
would not think Of consulting Stevenson
about an important appointments
now yicK PRESIDENTS ARR sHuHnEp.
This snubbiug OF vice presidents by
the presidents has been common from
almost the beginning Of the government.
During most OF our administrations the
president and vice president have been
as vice president under Adams, was the
leader VI the opposition. lie expected
To- have something 70 do with tue ai.
mini tra,Ion when he was FIRST elected,
but President Adams snubbcd him at
the start, and lie gave II up. Adams was
Disguised when Jefferson was clCcltd as
his successor. lie would not wait In
Washington TO sec the Inauguration, but
drove of In his carriage the night before
IN order to be out oi the way. Aaron
Burr was one OF the vice presidents un-
der Jefferson, They too were iglung
most ol the time, ana Il was through
Jefferson that Burr was finally prosecuted
lot treason, IL Is hardly possible that
President John Quincy Adams and bis
vice president, John {. Cahoun had
anything iu common, and President
Jackson, YOU know, threatened to hang
calhoun on account OF the notification
matters which were gotten up in South
Carolina during lackson's presidency,
when Calhoun was again vice president.
DICKSON got along very well with his
second vice president, Van Buren,, be.
cause Jackson was king and Van Buren,
merely his aclotum, Van Bureaus vice
president was Richard NJ Johnson OF
kcniuckgihe hrst vice president chosen
west ui the Alicghenies. lie was the
man Who Ill r,cIm,cl, the Rrcal
Indian chief, but his name D. now almost
forgotten. John Tyler was q cipner as
long as Harrison lived. MiIlaid Fillmore
had little influence while Licr, Tayor
was alive. aud Andrew Johnson had no
influence 10 speak Of uuul the death oil
Abraham Lincoln. So far as eau learn,
We have never had o vice president who
has ruled the president Or directed the
administration. II Is said that John
Adams tiled 10 do this whenhe was vice