The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-06
JOHN J. INGALLS, on Gle VELAN

The late John ]. Irgal's wrote the fl
lowing tribute to the last Democratic
administration. 1t appeared in the New
York Journal in 1897:
washington, March 3-The last day
of Grover Cleveland! Had the American
this alone would suffice. He went into
power with much Oh opposition. lie goes
out with none. The nation shares the
relief with which he processes to IN lei
pate liberation from the cares and bur-
dens of state. If he has a hearty, cordial,
sincere friend, advocate and champion in
either house of congress-. such a one
turks privily in ambush and makes no
announcement.
Entrusted with plenary power by the
people In 1893, the failure of his admin
istration in every department stands
confessed. His policy at home has been
destructive, and abroad humiliating ana
Ignominious. The degraded coalition b
which he was elected made no promises
that he has not violated. and gave no
pledges that he has not betrayed. Fl :
tariff reform has afforded neither rev.
enue for the treasury. pro ection for cap
i,ai. ror wages for labor. His finan-
cial measures lave restored neither con-
fidence nor prosperity. Upon the preteXe
OF replenishing the gold reserve, the ma
tional debt has been increased and bonds
ciencies in the ordinary expenses Of the
government. His diplomacy has been
apologize and vacillatirg to the We &c
OF dishonor. saved only from infamy b,
its grotesque and diverting imbec.lity.
1.-The Hawaiian episode would be IN
credible In the prospectus of a come
past four years that has not witnessed
some new triumph in Cleve'and,sm-some
bank closed: some railroad in the hands
of a receiver: some merchant brokers
some furnace extinguished; some MANNED
and disabled veteran stigmatized ana
branded with dishonor driven to TIE
robust and ~incorruptible integrity. he re-
tires with a vast fortune, accumulate
during the most disastrous period of his
country's history. in which millions have
been reduced from %afiuence to want,
and from poverty to beggary.
History will record its i%ncredullty
cape detection. He is the central figure
of one epoch TO which no lover of his
country will revert without the blush OF
indignant shame at the destruction of its
resources and tie degradation of its
dignity aud honor; a period that has no
parallel. except In the time of Walpo'e.
described by Macauley as the era of
dwarfsh talents and gigantic vices; the
paradise of cold hearts and marrow
minds; the golden age of the coward. the
b.got and the slave He bequeaths to
his successor failing revenues. disordercd
finances. Frustrated industries and social
discomfort, which has already obliterated
political frontiers and viii compel the
readjustment of parties to meet the con,
dltions of the revolution upon which We
have entered.
JOHN j. INGALLS,
The last Democratic administrators is
one of the darkest chapters in the his
tory of our government. For downright
m-ismanagement and incompetence 1t has
no parallel. 1t came into Iower in n
time of profound peace. when the coun-
try was overlooking with an abundance
of the products of the soil. and yet.
through the laundering craftsmanship of
the Democratic party We suffered all the
evils of famine. With hundreds of mil
Ions of bushels of grain rotting in the
granaries millions of able-bod.ed men,
unable TO obtain bread for their starving
families. were tramping from one end of
the country to the other in a vain search
for employment.
The Republican party In 1857 took III