The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-25
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Roosevelt will be more successfu
in his efforts to hold himself aloo
from the dictasion Of the party man
ayers than was Mr.. Cleveland.
will be remembered that Mr.. Cleve
lands refusal to act upon the advic.
of party leaders IN making fedora
)appointments was the chief cause 81
his undoing. He incurred the en-.
nifty Of senator's BY paying abso.
lutely no attention to their recon.
menda,ions and appointing men OF
his own choice. Independence il
an admirable trait in the characte,
of public man, but it is generally
disastrous to his political fortunes.
The late President Mckinley,
though man of great intellectual
force, was the idol of the politicians
with whom he always cultivated aud
maintained the most pleasant rela-
| tiOns. His success was in large
| measure due to his ability to har-
| monte the discordant elements of
his party. But while striving to be
on the hest of terms with the
leaders Of his party he never al
lowed his popularity with the masses
to wane. Democratic in manner,
he mingled freely with the people
and pleased those in the humber
walks Of life by an unaffected and
Siv Mi - g.
to say that no president sine. the
formation of the government met
with as little opposition from his
own party. A bold, self willed,
conceited man could not have done
AS he did.
With Cleveland the old rule of
dispensing federal Offices was
honored more IN the breach than in
the observance. The sage of Buz-
Yards bay told the sedate senators
to mind their own business and tn at
he would attend to his. The SEN
ators and congressman found them
selves without any sort of influence
as far as the distribution of Offices
was concerned. There was much
crashing of teeth and extreme sore
ness among the faithful "boys in |
the trenches" and the party organ
zation sustained a severe shock.
From that moment the star of
Grover Cleveland ceased to be in
he ascendant. By denying to the
political leaders of the different
States the spoils of victory he in
5ited their factlous opposition. The
light which followed is we'll known
The wounds it inflicted are yet un-
,ealed. =
Whether ortnot President Roose-
'elt will be able retain his hold on
he organization of his party and at
he same time ignore the wishes of
is accredited leaders is question
'hich time alone will decide,
Cleveland failed to do it, and in
ailing he annihilated himself and
rought defeat to the party which
vice elevated him to the presi-
ency. Perhaps the strenuous
romeo rider will succeed in ac- ,
the task to which /:
;rover Cleveland was unequal.
lie is man of surprises, a record :
reaker, and--though we little be-
eve it--perhaps he possesses those 6
reat qualities which at times made
ndrew Jackson look like despot ,
ut which always made him the in ,
nclble leader of men. Jackson ,
as the one man in our history who 8
ould afford to dictate terms to big
en-, because he was bigger than all I,
hers.
1t is highly commendable in Mr..
.oosevelt to rise above machine
and it pleases the PEG. ,
e immensely. 1t is intensely in :,
resting and very refreshing to see
is young man pushing the Tom >,
latts and the Mark Hannas out of :,
S way and telling them to ego :,
ay back and sit down." but the :,
answered question is, "Will it :,
in7" We think not. :.