Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-27
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
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MTNIsTRarIoN.
The Charming Picture Drawn by the Editor u'
the Philadelphia Times" OF New Works
Great goVcrnor--Suluc Predictions
Concerning His rolicy.

conversation WIN NlSitOfN lie evidently
has never been in the picture business HIM
self to boom his political fortunes, and the
hardened lines of his face, which are given in
the best campaign portraits, are the natural
result of an unwilling subject for the artist.
He plainly shows that the art of wreathing
his features with smiles TO make an attractive
picture has been neglected IN his education.
All his portraits give him heavy, obstinate
appearance indicating sluggish tempera-
ment and a slow-moving intellectual organi-
zaton but If the photographer had caught
him unawares when in conversation lie
would have been pictured as he really is-a
delightful and ready conversationalist and
with face that bears the unmistakable i'm
press of frankncSS, manliueSs and uncommon
keenneSs Of perception His features are
soft, his hair light auburn, his eyes bright
and merry and he must at once teach all who
meet him that he is stranger to assembling
He has abundant caution, bat he does not
shrink from possible misunderstanding, "a
Lincoln did; he does not employ words to
conceal ideas, but hc talks freely and point
edly on subjects he chooses to discuss and
always means to he understood.
He is a natural business executive. He
loves business fidelity. he believes In husi-
ness methods and he will faithfully fulfill his
publicly repeated pledge la conduct the adj
lnlnlSlflilOn OF inc government on lnNfOuEn
business principles. He does not merely
look to business administration rs the limit
of his duty i'm enforcing honest government.
He carries his business craftsmanship TO the
extent of business legislation TO promote
healthy and enduring business prosperity,
and madcnp theorists who would revolutions
ize and destroy will he rs resolutely halted
by President Cleveland rs will the iobbers
and protligates who have SO deeply
stained every department of our natioIi-
ii \ nntlpYSt1nti. tori
| revision is to be one of the duties of his
| administration. as the national platforms of
! both parties have alike demanded it, but if
| either tariff mOnopolists or free trade
| dreamers expect to enlist the new admins
/ tration IN their cause they will lie disap-
| pointed. The same practical business
| methods that ne applies 10 all public duties
| he will iitly apply to the revision Of the tariff
| aud he viii seek to do il in the most practical
| business-likc way. lie looks to the legiti-
mate and substantial revival Of all the legiti-
| mate business interests of the whole country
/ as one of the foremost duties of his rule, and
| 1 shall be greatly disappointed if he does not
| so assure the country by his selection for
| secretary of the treasury.
THE TREASURY AND THE TARIFF.
| He does not affect to underestimate the special
| importance of that appointment He does not
/ hesitate To say that however other cabinet
| officers might invite criticism ON points of
| political and oven financial difference. the
| man charged with the portfolio to which the
! country must look for the harmony OF
| revenues and industry must command the
trust of the nation in his practical ability and
| conservative policy. Viewing the tariff from
| the sensible and practicable standpoint OF
| business, the occasion clearly calls for head
! Of the treasury who will bring TO his task
| none Of the dregs or resentmentS of faction,
| but who can command the considerate sup
| port of business interests in framing a busi-
| ness revenue law, regardless of partisan lines.
/ The revenue standard will he the
| basis of all future tariffs. and every step will
| be taken to cheaper the ncceSsaries of life
| that is consistent with fidelity to the general
productive industries ot the country. The
| present severe reduction of wages imperi.
Ously demands every possible reduction oi
the cost of the necessariCs of life consumed
| by labor, and our overproduction, that now
| hangs like pail over many of our most im
portInt industries must have enlarged mar
kets, with cheaper products 10 every extent
consistent with protection of home labol
against the ill-paid and ill-fed labor of Europe
| That would be the revision of the tariff on
business principles. IL would be the best as
surance Of Legitimate prosperity 10 both labor
and capital 1t is what the Chicago Demo.
| cratic platform plainly teaches and it is what
| President Cleveland will make the policy Of
| his administration.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
While there has never been any room 70
doubt that Cleveland's administration will be
| Democratic and that there will be great
| changes in the political complexion of the
federal offices, no one could hear him discuss
his civil service policy without understands
| ing that he will make haste slowly. aud that
! he will make the elevation of the civil service
| paramount 10 party. He is positive believer
in practical civil service reform and he is nc
| new convert 10 it. He believes that the first
| duty of public officer is TO regard office as a
public trust and make both party and person
al interests subordinate 10 that conviction
| and none who know him Will doubt that he
viii resolutely apply his precepts and exam.
| bic in every department Of the government.
| That is not what Democratic spoilsmen eX.
pect, but it is pretty certainly the only feast
to which they will be invited and they will
profit by cultiyating their appetites TO enjoy
the entertainment 1t should be remembered
also that this practical civil service reform
| likely to be inauguratcd by President Clcve-
land gives little promise to the bulk of the
| present federal officers Cieyelands standard
| applied tothem would dismiss ninety-nine
| of every hundred of them, for they have, as
| a rule, flagrantly offended every principle OF
an honest civil service system. The Demo
| cratic disappointment win probably be less in
the removal Of the hosts OF federal officials
| WHO have prostltuted political power to parti-
| san uses than in the character of the men
who succeed them, and Democratic honesty
| and competency Will generally prevail over
those who follow the trade of politics to har.
vest the spoils. | do not mean To convey the
idea that Cleveland despiscs the active poll
|
honest for any such folly But Il is not diff
| cult 10 draw the line between reputable and
| disreputahle party men, aud when it is re-
| mCmhered that the disreputable of all parties
are always most active and importunate in
demanding party rewards in the shape OF
| offices, the distinction between AN honest
civil service aud the sublime impracticable
non-partisan administration that some dream
OF, but none practice, must be apparent 10
all.
DEMOCRATIC ADMINIsTRATION.
know as much about the new cabinet as
any outside the few in closest confidence with
| with tho new president, and that IL lust moth.
ing at all ; but expect the Cleveland cabi.
| net 10 be wholly Democratic, but wholly
| honest, able and commanding public conf
| dence and the problem the new president
| must solve is whether Democratic national
administration can make the nation Demo
cratic by deserving the eonsiderate approval
Of the people If he shall be successful, the
measure of success will repeat the history OF
Monroe and Jackson, who disarmed opposi-
| ton by the sweeping commentators Of the
| country, and If unsuccessful, the failure will
entomb Democracy for another quarter of a
century, ifnot forever. The new president
| Will be progressive. lie will be conservative
| and progress with care, but he will progress.
| lie VIII not turn his flce back upon the past
20 learn the new duties the new occasion
imposes upon him. lie will let the dead rest
and look forward 10 the living issues of TO.
day, TO the multiplying issues of the hopeful