Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-05-04
complained of his being slow will

have to admit that few of his prede-
cessors have ever accomplished so
much in as short time. He will
only deviate from this programme
when he finds that member of his
cabinet is determined upon making
an appointment out of its turn, about
which there is no danger of making
mistake by acting at once. This
course will disappoint many office
seekers, but the country has become
pretty we'll reconclled to their disap-
pointment.
1t is now pretty well understood
that the president is the head Of the
administration. He presides at the
cabinet meetings as if he had never
done anything else all his life. Nor
does he hesitate to criticise the
written or oral suggestions of any of
his official advisers. The secretary
of state submitted a paper to him
the other day. He glanced over it
and said, "Mr. Bayard, do you think
that quite gets to the marrow of the
question:" and he then suggested an
improvement in the language.
Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet was Sc
lected with the understanding that
it was to be four years cabinet.
It is somewhat remarkable fact that
from the first term of Washington to
the present day, no president, save
Pierce, has ever had his entire cabi-
net to remain in office for the term
co-eXistent with his own. Some in
cumbents have died, others have re-
signed on finding themselves IN dis
cord with the administration, and
others have used their positions only
long enough to enable them to make
other arrangements by which their
political or monetary interests were
advanced. 1t was President Cleve-
lands intention, and was known to
those whom he selected for heads of
departments and advisers, that they
were to accept their several portfolios
with the idea of holding them for
four years, barring such interposi-
ton as humanity cannot prevent.
This fact makes the president and
cabinet more of unity, and enables
the public TO see that the interests of
all of them are bound up in the sue
cess of an administration to which
each will contribute his opinion and
services.
AT the two receptions given by
President Cleveland he has shown
his impartiality toward officials an6
the public. The levee held las
Tuesday evening was, in every de-
tail, as brilliant as the reception Civ
en- few weeks ago when the guests
were the diplomatic corps, judges O.
supreme court, senators, and other.
in high official station. 1 think it wa'
the first time that the east room hal
been deliberately decorated on tn,
evening of peoples gathering. Th
floral decorations were made at tn
request of the president The botan
ical gardens, agricultural ground
and white house conservatory wer
drawn upon to the extent of twelv
wagon loads of plants and flowers
There were many plain men and wo
men at the reception who had peve
been 10 the white house before. man
of them being strangers in the city
They saw the mansion at its best
: and seemed greatly TO enjoy the blil
liant event.
| On Sunday mornings now, large
) we'll dressed congregation stream
, into DR.. Sunderland's little churc
and fills every portion of it. Abor
five minutes before the services be
7 gin, the presidential carriage is driy
, en- up in front, and two policeme
5 are on duty to keep passagewa
5 clear, so that the president and Ii
dies accompanying him may max
, their way througha staring crowd fro
, their carriage to the church. At tt
close of the service, a crowd agai
blocks up the exits and pavemel
and gazes at tie presidential part
$ on its way back to the carriage.