The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-13
MIR. DANIELS REVIEWS THE
SITUATION.
Editorial Correspondence

Precisely four years ago L came 10
washington with the Cleveland admins
tration to take a position in the Interior
Department, and was shortly Thereafter
appointed Chief Of the Appointment d.
vision to succeed Mr.. A. c. Tonner, OF
| Ohio. / found him a pleasant and clever
| gentleman and there grew up between US
friendship that was continued with oc-
| casional exchanges of messages until L
| resigned public office and returned to
| Raleigh.
| had not seen or heard from Mr.
/ Tonner for two years until yesterday
called by engagement at the Interior
Department to go with a friend to base
ball game. and there installed as the con-
| fdential friend of Secretary Bliss, L
found my old predecessor, enjoying the
confidence of Mr.. Bliss and giving him
the benefit of his knowledge gained in
his four years service under Mr.. Har-
rison.
Il am glad to see you here l said, and
recalled to his memory Che had never for
gotten it,. that in 1898, as he was leav-
| ing Washington for his Ohio home, he
said to me: Goodbye. | hope you
| will like the place and get a promotion.
In 1896 we Republicans will elect Will
| liam Mckinley, and then / will come
back here if I feel so inclined" l little
| thought then that he was prophet.
did not foresee the blunders of the Sher-
man law repeal, the protection to the
| sugar trust, the scandalous bond issues,
and the spirit of mugwumpery that
| would mark the Cleveland administra-
| ton. I thought the platform pledges
would be sacredly carried out, and that
the Democratic party would be in power
for long term of years. / heard from
| Mr. Tonner every now and then and
| every time he renewed his prediction
| After the election in 1894, he sent me
| word that Mckinley was getting ready
to occupy the White House, and would
be inaugurated March 4th, 1897.
| Now. l am the kind of party man that
loves to see a man reward his friends,
and so / was glad / saw Mr.. Tonner here
| in confidential relationship. and slated
for a good position. His faith in Nc
| Kinley. unwavering in adversely, and
! his admiration for the man were such
as to give him claim upon the new
President All good, healthy partisans
will honor the President for being true
to such friends and supporters.
The whirligig of politics is always inter-
esting. Four years ago the average OBJ
server thought the tidal wave that put
| Mr.. Cleveland in the White House
| would give Democracy a long lease of
power. Republicans, most of them, were
cast down, detected, and felt that they
had been repudiated by so big a majority
that they were out for so long time that
new leaders would have to arise and
new issues come to the front again before
they would have a chance Of winning
again. And the Democrats full of pride
land boasting, held their heads high as if
they had perpetual lease of power. In
many instances they held it so high as
not to see or regard the humble workers
in the ranks who had won the victory
and instead of taking the National plat
form as the chart of the voyage, it was
forgotten in the hour Of power and the
result was Waterloo for the adminstra
ton 1t had no other destination but a
Waterloo Bryan's election would have
been as severe a rebuke as
McKinleys. and in many re-
aspects more striking rebuke.
1t was the knowledge of this fact that
caused Mr.. Cleveland and his cuckoos
to throw the weight of their influence to
help elect Mckinley. Their help elected
him and now most of them are sorry for
it. They are demanding that Mr.. Nc.
Kinley run his Republican administration
on line that will suit them. He has
| gone on an outing trip ON the Dolphin,
and up to date has not seemed to know
that the Palmerites were in business at
all Having obtained the advantage of
their decoy duck scheme, without putting
himself under obligations for it, he is
putting Republicans in big places and
letting the decoy ducks weep and wall.
He will find that he can get along better
with their criticism than with their sup
port and endorsement No man or party
ever made anything by conciliating enc
mics at the expense Of true and tried
friends. And never las the recognition
Of Dugald Dalghettys in politics done
anything but disgust +hc voluntee- pa
-rotic soldiers.
| There were honest men in the DemOcra-
i 1 Ia. ..t,x rl1,d nat cnrap0rt Rr-Han