Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-30
JUDGE REAGAN EXPLAINS
He Differs With Some of the Cabinet,
but Does Not Question Their
General Democracy.
He will Support the Administration,
but Will Not Surrender His
Own Principles.
Galveston News.

agree with me that, in view of what
has appeared in the News, in common
fairness and justice this statement
should also appear.
When on business trip to Kauf.
man recently, number of old-time
friends, IN the evening, called into the
hotel where ] stopped, and free, IA
miliar conversation, such as would oc-
cur among old friends, was had. In
the course OF that conversation in
| quiries were made as to what / thought
of the president and his cabinet. /
said, while did not agree with the
| president In his notions about coinage
and banking, / believed he was q good
man and would give the country a
good and economical administration
In answer to inquiries about the
cabinet, | said 1t was, in the main,
| an Eastern cabinet, and that,
| with the exception of Attorney. Gen
eral Garland. the members of it agreed
with the president on the questions of
| coinage and banking, ana on these
questions, and especially in relation to
| coinage, did not think their views
agreed with the views OF the great body
of the Democratic party. When in
qutries were made aboat Secretary
Bayard, said he was & most excel
lent gentleman, for whom / had great
respect-that he was good Democrat
in theory and on general principles,
but that ne had opposed the policy of
the great body of Democrats in con-
gress on some important Questions af-
fecting the material interests of the
country. And / mentioned his oppo-
sition to tie reconciliation of silver,
his opposition to the passage of the law
requiring the greenbsck notes to be
relssued. and kept in circula-
ton instead of being taken
up and Cancelled and converted into
an Understanding bonded debt to in
crease the burdens of ths people, and
that he opposed the repeal of the law
authorizing the appointment of fed
eral deputy marshals Of elections in
the states, while the Democrats gener-
| ally supported 1t. | also mentioned
his support OF the ar.fF.eommssion
bill, but said in his Brooklyn speech,
in the presidential canvass last year,
he showed he was all right on the
tariff. In answer to INQUIRIES about
Secretary Lamar, / said that he was q
great favoRite, especially in the South
that some of his friends had feared he
was too much of a student and philos-
opherr to make good administra.
tive ofheeT, but that 1t seemed they
were mistaken, as ne was max
ing an excellent secretary of the inter.
ior; that his views agreed with those
of the great body Of the Democracy
except on the question of silver coin
age; THAI he had voted against the
remonetiIatio of silver, though the
Mississippi Legislature had instructed
her senators and requested her repre-
sentattEes to vote for it.
In speaking of Attorney General
Garland, said hewas n good lawyer,
ana one OF the best men | knew, but
That N mis- speech IN the senate on the
Blaine education bill he had said con.
gress Gould pass tina bill because such
action was not prohibited By the con-
stltut.0n, while the Democratic coz,
strucMon OF the constitution was thai
congress could Oaly do whet was ner,
miuted by the constitution, not tba,
II could do an 3thing not prohibited
III was at this point THAI some one
evidently believing that the things
objected to we've not DemOoratie. Asket
the question mentioned by Senate
Terrell: "VSho, then, are the Demo
Gratis in the cabinet?n And answered
having in view the meaning of tn
question whiQh followed the f3regoin,
statements, that | coald nos answe
that question; that there we're fou
( members Of the cabinet WITH whom
Q was not acquainted. This OF course
had reference 10 tie matters | ha
: mentioned as Objectionable not to tn
i general questions Is to whether tn
i memba,s of the cabinet were Demo
Gratis. do not pretend ahat this state
l ment Is exactly what was saiI
/ Tor was A loose, runnln
8 conversation in which several ps
n ticipated, and about which
k had no occasion to charge my meilat
ry,. But do say that IL is the spii,
anu. substance of what | said, as
N think all who were present who rea
# tais Will agree. And made ne stats
"a ment in relation to others which is nC
AZ sustained y notorious public facts,
II 1t be objected that this was Ii
criticism OF friends, my answer Is tn,
III was IN relation to public lneasur,
and the action Of public men on then
ry in which the whole public are inte
H. ested, and that it would have bee
ns both nncandid and unfair to IL
IL friends who made the inquiries TO co
'h oeal them. And it can be no wror
10 to any one to call attention TO Il
e. records men have made In doing VIII
they believed to be their dut
II they are proud of their records, it ca
surely be no otfense for others to spes
OF them. On some OF these uuesiio,
.u- 1t is proper that the public should
W informed,
a wish also to say that, while ! O,
ug no slavish obedience to any man
res party, and while / shall not surrend
y my convictions of duty to the people
~ represent and to the general public ,
w. great public questions, expect
give the administration OF Preside
W. Cleveland that honest support viii
Is due from Democratic represent
tive to a Democratic administratio
And whenever | think the admin
tration is not carrying out Democra
va principles, or is not doing
lily duty to the whole people, exp,
nd TO say so. You will see how differe
this statement is from that ma