The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-09
EVIDENTLY KNOWS BIS MAN
John j. Has Lost None of His Tim
ViEor In the Way of a Roast


EVIDENTLY KNOWS BIS MAN
John j. Has Lost None Of His Old-Tirae
| vi:or In the Way of Roast
John J. Ingalls, pays his respects to Nj
| Cleveland as follows:
1.-The last day of Grover Cleveland!
Had the American people no other
| cause for universal joy this alone would
suffice.
He went into power with much oppo-
| sition. He goes out with none. The ma
| ton shares the relief with which he pro-
fesses TO anticipate liberation from the
cares and burdens of state. If ne has a
hearty, cordial, sincere friend, advocate
and champion in either house of con-
/ gress Re turks privily in ambush and
makes no announcement. Entrusted with
| plenary power by the people in 1893, the
failure of his administration in every
| department stands confessed.
| His policy at home has been destruc-
tive, and abroad humiliating and igno-
minious. The degraded coalition by
which ne was elected made no promises
| that he has not violated, and gave no
| pledges that ne has not betrayed. His
| tariff reform has afforded neither reve-
nue. for the treasury, protection for capt.
| tai, nor wages for labor. His financial
measures have restored neither conf
dence nor prosperity. Upon the pretext
| Of replenishing the gold reserve the ma
tional debt has been increased, and
bonds sold to favorite syndicates 10
| meet the deficiencies in the ordinary ex-
| penses Of the government.
His diplomacy has been apologize
and vacillating to the verge of dishonor,
saved only from infamy by it's grotesque
and diverting imbecility. The Hawaiian
episode would be incredible in the pros
pectus Of comic opera. There ans been
| no day in the last four years that has
not witnessed some new triumph in
Cievelandism. Some bank closed, some
railroad in the hands Of receiver, some
merchant broken. some furnace exiting
| uished, some MANNED and disabled vet
eran stigmatized and branded with dis
honor, driven to the asylum or the grave
Boosting of his robust and incorruptible
integrity, he retires with a great fortune
accumulated during the most disastrous
period of his countrys history, in which
millions have been reduced from aff1u-
ence to want and from poverty to beg
gary.
History viii record fits incredulity
that such an imposter could so long es-
cape detection. His is the central figure
Of one epoch to which no lover of his
country will ever revert without the
blush of indignant shame at the destruc-
ton of its resources and the degradation
OF its dignity and honor: period that
has no parallel except in the time of Wal
pole, described by Macaulay as the era
OF dwarfish talents and gigantic vices;
the paradise of cold hearts and narrow
minds; the golden age of the coward. the
oigot and the slave. He beuueaths to
mis- successor failing revenues, disorder
ed finances, Frustrated industries, and
social discomfort which has already OBJ
liberated political frontiers, and will COM
pei the readjustment Of parties to meet
the conditions Of the revolution upon
which We have entered.
with belligerant and mutinous SEN
ate. becoming constantly more Jealous of
its prerogatives, the new chief maeis-
trate will be compelled to tread the
paths Of his feet with circumspection
He must take heed how he stands lest
he fall. The people are fatigued with
adversely. They are tired OF hard times
They anticipate some miraculous and
supernatural return of prosperity. Pop
uiar fancy depicts Mckinley standing
like Moses at Horeb. to whom Hamilton
was likened by Webster in his magnin-
ny.7,, Il
the national resources and abundant
streams of revenue gushed forth; he
touched the dead corpse OF the public
credit and it sprang to it's feet
But the menacing manifesto OF the
silver Republicans dispels the hope of a
safe administration majority in that
body and makes the fate Of the tariff
bill, which has already been prepared.
extremely precarious.
Meanwhile, with the warehouses ran.
idly filling with the ilnporta tons OF all
commodities whose price would be in
creased by the new bill. the prospect Of
increased revenues from customs dutie. |
is not very encouraging Il Is perhaps |
too much 20 expect that the president |
viii abandon the system with which his |
name end fame are SO indissolubly asso- |
ciated, and 10 The promotion of which |
he stands pledged. but 10 the disinterest- |
ed observer IL looks as though an addi- |
uonal tax on beer. whisky, tobacco and |
some OF the other necsssa-ies or life /
would be the safest and easiest expedl-
ent for meeting the emergency.
incidentally the attitude OF the senate !
emphasizes the demand that the cons;i-
tuition shouli b. 50 amended as % pro-
vide for the election OF senators oy vote
OF the people The fathers OF the repub-
ic distrus;ed the capacity o, the people
for seif-gove-nment Taey enisavored |
10 deprive them OF direct power f. the
selection % the president and senate |
8ut the great scandals ard rsproaches
,f our politics have not come from ne
immediate SURFACES OF constituencies
M rather from the culpable in.rsgues OF
Inscriptions leaders and the verality
= corrupt legislatures Experience
,rovss hat the widest excuses OF popu-
ar liberty are preferable 70 The dangers
). is denial. however PLACID and splen-
ID the giidsd substitute maIbe-
William B. Acke- o. New York. assist
Tx chief OF the miscellaneous division. 1
nd for four yezs employed in ras de-
'ar;nseat. has been retained az coad5ea-
al clerk