The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
MIR. CLEVELAND'S EXIT
How He Leaves the Democratic
Party.
HIS FAILURE AS A POLITICIAN.
He Has Now Moro Friends Among the
Republicans Than Among the Demo-
Gratis = MT. Olney's Part In the Admin
istration's Successful Acts.


Republicans Than Among the Demo.
Gratis MT. Olney's Part In the Admin.
istration's Successful Acts.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2L.-[Special. Pres.
ldent Cleveland Is packing his trunks
preparatory to departure from the White
House with the unpleasant consciousness
that he found his party in power in all
branches of the government and that he
leaves it not only out of power everywhere
but almost hopelessly divided against It..
self. In other words, Mr. Cleveland, while
esteemed great and safe president by the
people, especially by the conservative and
business classes, has been a colossal failure
as party leader
1t Is true that in Washington Mr.. Cleve-
land has achieved one triumph during the
four years of his second administration.
He succeeded in securing repeal of the
Sherman silver purchasing act. Even that
was accomplished almost by accident, after
Mr.. Cleveland had himself given up the
fight, and through the skill and pluck of
the late Judge Gresham. Since signing
the repeal act Mr.. Cleveland has not had
the pleasure of affixing his signature to
single measure containing recommenda-
hand, everything that he has suggested
has been turned down most ruthlessly by
congress. His vetoes have been most con-
temptuously overridden in both branches
of congress.
Olneys Work.
Only ono Of his communications to the
national parliament was treated with the
respect which 1t deserved. That was the
Venezuelan message, and 1t was treated
respectfully because Mr.. Cleveland placed
himself In touch with the patriotic senti.
ment of the times. But this message, or at
least the events leading to 1t, must be re-
garded as more the handiwork of Mr.. OF.
ney than of the president. The successful
conclusion of the Venezuelan negotiation,
with incidental admission by Great Britain
of the validity of the Monroe doctrine, IL
the one signal success Of the Cleveland adj
which Is now drawing to o
close Mr.. Olney is entitled to most of the |
credit for it, as he Is to much of the credit |
for the attitude assumed by the admins. |
tration in the Chicago strikes
These two things, along with the repeal |
of the Sherman law, will be by many con-
sidered sufficient to save the second admin.
of Mr. Cleveland from failure
a direct factor, and in none of them was
MIR. Cleveland the chief spirit, save in a
sense.
No Chance For tho Treaty.
The stoppage of the arbitration treaty in
The senate during the closing hours of this
is striking exemplifica-
ion of the fact that Mr.. Cleveland sec.
md term in the White House has been
more noted for what he has not accomplish
ID than for what he has accomplished The
ault is, to large extent, his, too, as the
ate of the arbitration treaty well shows
senator Gray, one of the administrator
ew remaining friends I'm the senate, has
made a canvass of that body in order to as
ertain the chances of ratification, and he
las been unable to find more than 40 sena.
ors who will vote for ratification His
anvass does not include all the senators. |
nut if the ratio holds good among those :
Who are absent or whose attitude is un.
nown the treaty would be defeated byA
mall majority. The vote is close, an
nth the changes in personnel which wi
ONE to the senate the 4th of next mont e.
itifcation may be secpred in .tlec .,Sax Sfg
)ngress 7.
,nyTp-one of the fov really notable :"
" lM aACla.land administra. OF
l.. 81. Il