Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-22
Effect of Public Sentiment.

Effect of Public Sentiment
Yet they still show hostility to the ma
| tional administration policy. though they
are less blunt in their criticism of President
| Roosevelt than they were six or eight weeks
ago 1t Is hard sometimes for a railway
president, or a king of finance to appreciate
his own relative insignificance as compared
with the whole country. The best lesson
that has been given this class was tne
swift resentment of the public when the
| coal operators showed such bad manners TO
| the President after they were invited to the
White House to discuss question or trans
cendent interest to the whole people. 1ndl
is all past now and nobody is going to rake
| up old scores but it has been good tnlns
| for some eminent personages to learn now
public sentiment does control ana no" II Is
| to be respected
The other phase Of national issues which
| has been accentuated this week and wh1ch
| enters into the New York campaign is ex-
| President Cleveland's tarin decla!a'loh. l
! have heard comment which would De pleas
| ing to him from those who are not 1rlends
| of Mr. Cleveland. Though they don't say
| much about 1t openly, some OF the repup-
| lican leaders are afraid that the democrats
will have sense enough to take up Mr..
| Clevelands suggestion in moderate way.
| The Cleveland cult in New York politics Is
| something like the Browning cult IN lltera-
| ture. There is sect of worshlpfu1 dlscl-
pies who keep the fires burning brightly,
| and with bated breath and aWesome
| phrases praise the masters Delphic denV-
erances. When Mr.. Cleveland scolds they
| think it cumbersome, and as he has scolded
a good deal since ne ceased to De President
| they have had plenty of chance to adore in
| the public sight. That these worshipful dis
| ciples are ecstatic over Mr.. CleVelands
! tariff declaration would follow as matter
| of course. Their ecstacy is not worth tax
| Ing into account.
| The Cleveland Cult.
| What is worth noticing is that a much
| larger class than those who compose the
| Cleveland cult have received Mr.. Clevelands
| utterance with respectful attention. When
| he speaks in fairly genial mood they are
| ready to meet him half way. While he has
! not said much on the tariff. he has started
| lot of thinking, and this thinking Is 60
| ing to hurt the republicans. That would not
| do to say on the stump by one who does
| not want to see the republicans hurt, but
it has to be recognized in analysing the po-
litical prospects. The Dingley tariff law is
stih the fetch of the New York republican
| organization. 1t shows some leaning to
| reciprocity, but unless this leaning becomes
| much more pronounced and aggressive the
| tariff issue will be harmful!
| Ihese are the outline fea lures of the New
York campaign. The question is not so
| much whether Odell or Coer will be elected
| as whether the voting will show that the
democrats are fairly together and are going
| TO pull together In the future. That Gov
ernor Odell will be dEscteB By a fair ma
jority is the common belief. 1 have found
| few local democratic POLITICIANS who doubt
| ed this. His state administration has been
very strong and has compelled tributes from
| the mugwumps and Independents who, two
years ago, protested ID see in him nothing
but a machine politician. They think now
they are mistaken amp mdst of them will
| support him for reelection
But the republicans have their woes. The
campaign Golfers are DIS empty as the coal
| bins Contributions are very scarce. The
democrats with the aid of a Tammany levy
| Will have more money than the republicans.
they VIII use it chiefly IN New York and
| Brooklyn.
Is Coler's Lack Of Stability.
1 have not found any one who takes Bird
s. Coier, the democratic candidate, very
| seriously; yet he has certain negative quail
ties which make him available for the pres
| ent conditions, when the democrats are try.
ing to get together for 1904 and when
David B. Hill is manipulating the party
machinery. His record as controller was
| good, and his executive capacity Is not
doubted. 49, ,<f 2. -
One day at lunch at the Lawyers Club 1
mad an Illustration Of the common estimate
OF MI. Coler There goes Birdie" said one
Of the lunchers. ''If he is nominated
guess I'll vote for him." The half contemp-
tuous tone In which this was said and the
familiar designation OF Birdie did not
indicate that Mr. Coler was held In the
| highest respect. Knowing that my COM
panion had voted for the republican ma
tional ticket asked him If he was in earn
est about his intention to vote for Coler
! "Sure" - he replied. 1--WE democrats are go
| Ing to get together this fall. and If We
should happen to elect Bird Coler governor