The Atlanta constitution., 1896-06-08
A REVIEW OF MR.. CLEVELAND.
BY Famous Correspondent Who Has
Defended the Administration.


v-aI.,r W.l.man in The Chicago Times
Herald.
As a PARTY leader Mr.. Cleveland's career
has been one Of blunder and fatality. Dur
iux his first term he made IL Impossible
for MS party to re-eiect him. During MS
second term he has not only made u I'M
possible for democracy 20 re-clect MN OF
any other democrat. hut he has driven
the party upon the rocks OF rebellion ana
revolution. lie VIII lay down his steward
ship with his party I'm confusion. defeat
aud dishonor The humiiiatDg part OF
It 90 AIr. Cleveland must be that the de-
mOcracy refuses 10 adhere TO h's t-ach-
iuss and insists upon getting just "a Tar
as possible from the doctrines which he
has euIeavored 10 commit thenr 90. The
angeriuE part of II is that this result IS
DO lar-c part due TO the willfulness. 10 the
~. --.-s. 20 the stubborn conceit and the
y, .ruIness of Alr. Cleveland himself
s..or.l.n. 10 the present outlook, Ohio -
..rin- % desert tho ADMINISTRATORS stand
ara ami declare for free coinage, Ihis ls
am unnatural thing for the democracy OF
Ohio u do Men who are familiar with
party sentiment iu that state say ONO y
uot for silver. neither in one party nor IN
the other The Buckeye state would not
d. ora the highway toward silNtr4Sm III
lIr. Cleveland had been content 10 take
more reasonable view of certain petty mat
ters OF pa-ronage. and had been able 10
curb a little his rrcjudices and passions.
As the case now stands. it is not AT all
improbable that ohio's wandering after
the silver goddess VIII take the democratic
party from its moor.uEs and form "a new
ouoch iu American politics, all growing
out of the trivial iac.aeHt oi l'r"s dent
CievelanG's Interference iu the appoint
ueut of "a CepUty postmaster AT Olncln-
natl.
Lew Bernard IS now the democratic boss
OF Cincinnati. as he has been Tor many
years. when SIR. Brown Of that city was
appointed postmaster ne wanted 20 make
Lew Bernard mis- deputy. lie made the
appointment. as lar rs he could, but when
tie matter reached the postOilice depart
ment 10 was held up by order OF President
Cleveland. II is said that II was the hrst
case on record where pr sideni had ln-
ttrfrrsd in the appointment OF "A deputy
postmaster. The matter drifted along for
some time until finally Senator Br.ce,
accompanied by all tire democratic con-
rrcssmou from Ohio. went 90 The white
house and urged the president 10 permit
the appointment of Mr. Bernard to be
perfected Attorney General Harmon,
who had been associated in politics with
Bernard. also begged Mr. Cleveland 20
DO this and his appeal was seconded hy
Secretary Carlisle who also knew Ber-
uard ana hy Postmaster General Wilson.
But President Cleveland, stubborn as
usual refused TO change his mind. Ier-
nard was turned down against the advice
~ every one Who kuew anything about
ohio politics AMI contrary 20 an pfece-
dents in such csscs Etr-
uards onense Was that he voted against
the nomination Of Air. Cleveland AT Chi
caro four years ago
Kentucky also threatens 20 get away
from the leadership 90 AIT. Carlisle and
into the free coinage realm And why2
cause President Cleveland insisted tnat
Carlisle should refuse 10 20 10 the as
sistauce OF Blackburn dur ng the seua-
toral contest last winter. There is ample
authority Tor the stat mcut that l 4"-
Carlisle had been left lo himself he would
have given Blackburn sucn nelp as he
eoud. ald MS help would have been
sufficient 20 settle the fight in favor of
the democratic candidate. Dut AIR. Clcve-
land would not have I'd SD. lie said Black
burn was "A free coinage blatntrsl1itc and
ought 10 he beaten. lis influence with
Carlisle was sufficient 10 cause the letter
which the secretary wrote 10 Doe unfayor-
able % SIR Blackburn. IN writing that
letter cleveland and Carlisle missed their
great chance 10 save the democratic party
from free coinage Had they givcn Black
burn loyal support on the ground that he
was a democrat no matter what his views
on certain questions might be. there would
not now b. the slightest doubt about the
attitude II kentucky. The state would
be Tor sound money" and for the admin
fstra1iOn.
Here again tho tide that IS enguining the
party of Cleveland and Carlisle and turn
ing IL over TO populism might have been
sfaid by "A simple act Of party loyalty.
Not only would the effect have been great
In Kentucky. but everywhere democrats
would have said 70 themselves that Che
administration was stand.ns 10y the party.
even ia favor OF men Who did not agree
with the president. auu this example would
have produced a responsive spirit AN
through tine country. The politics OF this
administration is fun OF such incidents.
but these two examples via suffice to-
,i, iaol.strs.rs how lhe presidents over
bearing. stubborn. reveascful. bigoted
spirit has brought hs party 10 wreck and
ruin. 30 one contends that he had the
power 10 stop tae silver craze which is
running among the people. but ~ be
had been as uoeG party leader as he is
"a pres dent he could have saved two and
r.erhaus three states from joining the sill
Yer column ANA thereby held his party 10