Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-29
M A BUSINESS BASIS.
:. probable Policy Of The New
Administration,
:. OUTLINED BY col. Ak. mcLusE'
49,. N Extsndsd lOterisw With the
' p,ssident Elect at Albaw---Sou0d
and Conservative Views.
rsf DawNlNe OF BETTER OAYs,

Nel
:, follows fOm Albanyi
Ire, Grover Cleveland today for the hrs1
- and as have no man to put INTO
So So none to keep out Of Office and moth
;.s in The form of political favor that could
= - oDenOnally desired or accepted, there was
,o,hing to conceal in an interview with the
p,s.;dsutelecL Interested only IN the
-,..ral success Of his administration BY
,Ss faithful fuliIlment Of the pledges made
!, him and for him in the campaign, there
=. nothing to say to him that has not Al
,ssdy been said in the editorial columns OF
- Times, and there was nothing saio, or
.-,acted 10 be said, that the pubic could
- kpow The one theme that IS the bur
Pan Of most of those who crowd the Albany
Executive Chamber
Tbs Partition OF HonOrs and sPoiis
vas he one topic mutually forgotten IN
nv very pleasant interview with the man
10 IA about to make the most successful
,.,;onal administration of modern times, or
- make all past administration failures
rssDectable by the erowning Presidential
ts;Ipre of history. No man uniersiands
Sa,,sr than Grover Cleveland that more IS
svrsc,ed of him in bene6eent results to the
S5ole country than has been expected OF
.Dv President since Lincoln; and it Is the
;nislHrent Judgment Of the nation that his
-s,b to preat and substantial success IS so
lain hat common intelligence, honesty
srd the courage that they should ever be
rarent 10 are all the qualities essential 70 a
sopspicroasly successful Cleveland admin
;.trsGon. He viii have no grave, perplex-
inc problems Of craftsmanship TO solve. de
reeds only 10 fulfill his public pledge re-
rss,edIy given in the campaign, and for
;ffed by ligh example in his records IS
Executive Of the city ard State, that pubic
ofSce is a public trust, and that honest goF
,rpmeut administration on sound business
frir ciples, is the brightest jewel of free i'm
sti,utiors, and the estrangement Of disaP;
rO.nted fiends, the surges Of faction and
The assaults Of partisan raneor VIII be i'm
potent 10 dim the lustre Of his achievement.
Governor Cleveland does not talk aboui
the personnel of his Cabinet, tor tbs
good reason that
He Has Made No Cabinet,
and is not likely to make one, or any par
OF one for weeks to come; nor does he de
clare any purpose or policy that would pro
woke antagonisms and possibly require re
consideration when he becomes President
but be discusses with the utmost candol
and evidently with pleasure all questions re
lating to the public administration OF th'
government. In listening to him while q
his GubernatOrial desk-interrUpted nov
and then BY subordinates, who understand
that executive duties ere not 70 be post
poned-it is difficult TO realize that be i
about to assume the gravest responsibihtie
and wear the highest civil honors Of tn
world. His modest, hearty, good fellowship
makes him the same, save in giving grave
thought 10 graver duties, whether, citizen
Sheriff, Mayor. Governor or President.
The one subject on which there is tn
most public concern touching Cleveland
coming administration IS the one that b
discusses with equal freedom and empha
sis. refer to
The Great Business Interests
of the whole country. he is q natural busi
ness Executive. He loves business 6delity
he believes In business methods and he vii
faithfully fulfill his publicly repeated pledg
to conduct the administration Of the gov
ernment on thorough business principles
He does not merely look to business admin
istration as the limit OF his duty in entorc
ing honest government. He carries nj
business craftsmanship to the extent o
business legislation to promote healthy anC
enduring business prosperity, and madeaI
theorists who would revolutionize and de
stroy will be as resolutely halted by Presi
dent Cleveland as win the jobbers aud prot
igates who have so deeply stained ever.
department Of national authority. he un
deTstands that
Tariff Revision
is to be one Of the duties Of his administra
ton, as the national platforms Of both par
ties have alike demanded it, but if eithe
tariff moncpohsts or free trade dreamers ex
pect to enlist the new administration in thei
cause they viii be disappointed. The sam'
practical business methods that he apphe
toan public duties he viii 6tly apply to th'
revision Of the tariff, and he will seek to d.
il in the most practical business-hke way
He looks to the legitimate and substantial
revival Of all the legitimate business interest
of the whole country as one OF the formos
duties Of his rule, and shall be greatly disap
pointed If be does nos so assure the eountrl
by his selection for Secretary Of the Trea
sury.
The President elect interprets party plat
forms and campaign pledges after the election
precisely as the people interpret them at the
election, and the intelligent citizen who sit
down and carefully reads the Chicago Dem
ocratic plank on the tariff and interprets !
according TO the plain rules OF common
sense and common honesty can know ex
actly how President Cleveland viii appl,
business principles to frame business tariff
The revenue standard viii be the basis o
al future tariffs, and every step viii b
taken to
Cheapen the Necessaries OF Life
that is consistent with fidelity to the genera
productive industries Of the country. The
present severe reduction Of wages impe
riously demands every possible reduction Of
the cost Of the necessaries Of life consumed
by labor, aud our overproduction, that now
hangs ike q pail over many Of our most in
portant industries, must have enlarged mar
kets. with cheaper produets to every extent
consistent with protection Of home labor
against the illpaid and iILfed labor OF
Europe. That would be the revision Of the
tariff on business principles. 1t wsuld be
the best assurance of legitimate prosperity
to both labor and capital Il is what the
Chicago Democratic platform plainlytesches
and il is what President Cleveland will
make the policy Of bis administration.
While there never has been any room to
doubt that
CIersland's Administration WIN be Demo-
cratic
aud that there win be great changes in the
Political complexion Of the Federal Offices,
no one could hear him discuss bis civil
service policy without understanding that
ne Will make haste slowly, and that he viii
make the elevation Of the civil service par
amount 10 party he is a positive believer