Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1893 — A DEMOCRATIC CON FESSION. [ARTICLE]

A DEMOCRATIC CON FESSION.

The alleged rule of shutting out editors from appointment to office tinder this administration has been disavowed by the President. All the same, however, before any of them can get a post-office they have to agree to give up their connection with their papers and devote their whole attention to the post-offices. If the Democrats really believed half the evil things they said about the protective tariff it would be their imperative duty to have a special session of Congress at once, and eradicate the whole protection system, root and branch. They not only will not have a special session however, but they will be “mighty scaly” of taking hold of the tariff when the regular session meets in December. Quite a number of our Democratic exchanges succeeded last week in rallying sufficiently from the effects of President Cleveland’s supposed ruling out of editors as applicants fortoffice, to commend the rule as right and proper. Now that Mr. Cleveland has denied that he made any such rule, those same editors will commend him just as heartily for not making it.

Our friend David Shields seems to have been real mad because of our well meant little article last w^^^n - Tegar3~to -- candidates, judging from his card in the Democratic Sentinel. In that article we simply showed that Mr. Shields and Uncle Leroy Sayers were the only “logical candidates” now in the field, according to Mr, Cleveland’s latest rulings. Our compar son of the “personal appearance” of the two men is what appears to have most disturbed Mr, Shields’ equanimity. Well, we admit that the comparison was a little tough on Uncle Leroy. But really, Mr. Shields can’t blame The Republican for the rules this Democratic administration has formulated, nor for the all too evident fact that in the necessary show-down of good looks, he is not in it with Uncle Leroy Sayers. “Is not the truth, the truth?” as Falstaff says.

Albany Tribune: —It is strange that President Cleveland did not observe the contradictions of his inaugural. He speaks of the “growth and expansion of our country,” “the wonderful thrift and of our people,” our stupendous achievements” “our robust growth” and in connection with these splendid triumphs of the nation, and our magnificent prosperity and growth, he talks of “the burdens of the daily life of onr people,” “inordinate and unequal advantages,” our countrymen “blinded to their condition under vicious tariff laws” and the people “led away from the paths of contentment and prosperity.” His followers in the campaign were politically wiser than * he. They made it their calamitious practice to shriek calamity from every stump and printing office.

JS?°®tmaster General Bissell’s statement that the people will be consulted in the choice of postmasters lias resulted in Congressman Conn, of this state, calling for elections in his district, and it is not at all unlikely that Congressraan Hammond may yet feel constrained to adopt the same plan in this district

The following are sample editorial paragraphs from that earnest but honest Democratic paper, the Valparaiso Messenger p . Editor Stoll, of the South Bend Times, says, “While the Legislature of 1893 was by _no means what it might or should have been it is very unjust to undertake to show that it was wholly bad.” But the bad predominated by a large majority. “It was simply a scandal,” said Attorney-General Smith speaking of the Senate the other day. “The corporation lobby determined what bills should be considered; the lobby had control of the senate.” The Griffiths, Sellers, Kopelkes, Parkers and McHughs have made a fine record for the Democrats,