The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-11-20
AFTER THE BATTLE.
What Senator Gor,non Says About the
Prosident.elect.
Special to Me Baltimore Sun.

| Special 10 The Baltimore Sun. 81.
NEW YORK, November ll.-Senstor
Gormon, In conversation with your cor.
respondent to day, said the country owed
much to the Independent Republicans
it's escape from Blaineism. He said the
Independent Republican organization
was admirably managed, and did most
effective work, although not one Of its
members was a practiced politician.
Some OF The papers put forth by the In.
| dependents were models, both as regards
form and style. Mr.. Beecher, he said,
had been one of the most active of the
Independent members, aud many of his
suggestions were most applicable. He
thought Mr.. Beecher had given tone and
earnes!ness to number OF the addresses
which were issued. The independents
consulted and co.operated with the Demo.
cratic committee, but had never under.
taken to interfere or dictate to them In
the least degree and had never asked for
the least pecunisry assistance from the
Democrats, though spending at least
$lOO,0O0 In their own way. All asser.
tions as to tho Democratic committee
contributing anything to pay tho cam.
paign expenses of tho Independent Re.
publicans were without foundation, aud
no one Of them had ever made any such
application. He said the Democratic
detection had proved 70 be greater than
was anticipated, and it was unquestioned
that the succor afforded by the Iudepen.
dents gave New York TO Cleveland. He
believed that Governor Cleyeland fully
recognized the fact that he was not the
choice alone of his own party, and would
give due consideration to the Indepen.
dents. t
The more he had seen of Cleveland
during the progress of the campaign just
closed the more he had found TO respect
and admire. Cleveland would show him.
self In the Presidential Office fully equal
TO all its requirements, and his policy
and appointments would bo of such
character aa to disarm just criticism. In
reference to the apprehensionB said to be
entertained among the subordinate Gov,
ernment employees ut Washington, It
was like one starting ut once own shadow.
Cleveland was Democrat, and 1t would
be odd If he did not lean to fayoriug his
own side, but neither he nor the Demo.
cratic party could afford, otter winning
the battle as it has been won, to lend
themselves to such an ignoring of the
elementary principles of civil service Pe.
form as would be involved in an immedi.
ate and Wholesale discharge Of subordi.
mates. He did not believe that there
would be more, if es many, removals In
Washington under Cleveland as there
would be under Blaine. Cleveland has
not made one Jingle pledge as TO Office,
ana Is not under solitary obligation,
while Blaine has mor,gaged every Office
In Washington above that Of any ordi.
nary clerk. ~
The Senator said it had been published
in some Of the newspapers that be was to
go in Cleveland's cabinet as Postmaster.
General. In his belief, Cleveland would
construct his own Cabinet when the
proper time came. So far as he was con.
cerned, ho desired no place in the Cabi.
net. He preferred his position as O Sena.
tor from Maryland to any other under the
Government.
Upon the subjee. ts :..a operations of
the two National committees, he said the
results could speak for themselves. Tie
determination on the part of the Demo.
cratic committee 10 make no fight for
Maine was arrived at after the mos, care
ful consideration, and the committee felt
perfectly Satisfied as TO the wisdom of
its course. It had, without expending
any funde worth speaking of, scared the
Repnh.icaa ccIlittae into throwing
SlsO, 800 into biaine's own State. The
Republican committee had spent i'm.
mense sums in the West, and the Demo.
cratic committee comparatively nothing.
They had also saturated Virginia and
West Virginia with the stream of green.
backs poured from their corruption fund,
and Mr.. Elkins sent $50, 900 in one lump
to West Virginia. He felt now quite
satisfied that If the Democratic committee
had paid little attention to Michigan
they could have captured that State, as
It's very close vote allowed. He said he
was somewhat disappointed as to the
result in California and Nevada, as the
committee's adyices from those two
States we're Of such O character as to
lead them to expect different decision.