The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-13
Gossip About the Capital Cleveland's
Social Qualities and Politi-
cal Family.
Injustice of Complaints as to Hardness
of misunderstanding About
Territorial Appointments.

y MI, VleVClAuu utA0 uOW UCCA L AV0A-
dent for almost two months. and
those who reside or have been called
here on business have had an oppor-
tunity Of studying some Of his char
acteristics and mode of procedure.
There is no use Disgusting the fact,
that when he first came to Washing
ton, there was q secret hostile social
sentiment against him. He sue
ceeded q President, who, no matter
how intolerent and active he might
have been as a politician, was socially
universally popular. Mr.. Arthur
numbered among his personal friends
some of his most implacable political
opponents. Senators Wade Hamp-
ton of South Carolina and George
Vest of Missouri were never known
to espouse or even tacitly support any
of the measures of Mr.. Arthur's Ad-
ministration where party lines could
be drawn, and yet no two Senators
had q higher reg ard for the late Chief
Executive, or are more willing to
declare that he is socially y genial
and loveable gentleman.
CLEvELAND's SOCIAL QUALITIES.
By some it was thought that Mr..
Cleveland was destitute of social at
tributes-that he was provincial in
his manners and crude in his ideas OF
propriety. All such theories have
been dispelled, and it has been made
plain even in this short time, that
while he is dignified and seIf-con-
tanned in his manner he Is fully
equal to all the requirements of his
exalted position.
I attended, the other evening, the
first general reception at the White
House. The crowd was immense
and I was struck with the air of ele-
gance, and at the same time Of republi-
can simplicity that prevaded the
scene. There was no attempt at
snobbishness, no effort to draw line
of demarcatlon and no effort to
place the favored few in advanta-
geous positions to the detriment Of
the unknown and ordinary visitor.
With the exception Of the members
of the Cabinet and their ladies. all
were received alike. The wife of a
citizen of Montana received as
gracious welcome from the new
President as an influential political
or society leader who makes her res
idence in Washington. Mr.. Cleve-
land seems determined that all the
court restraint that have grown up of
late years shall be done away with.
He recognizes the fact that to the
people he owes his power, and to the
people, when they have legitimate
business to lay before him for con-
sideration, he IS at proper hours
accessible. Few have any
conception of the demands that
are made upon the time and
patience of the President. ''Old Jack
Dade," a noted politician years ago,
and a friend of President Tyler, upon
being asked by that gentleman what
he desired In the shape of an office re-
Piled: "John, I want slnecure."
The sinecure that Mr.. Tyler
gave him was the wardenship
of the penitentiary here. "Old
Dade" surprised the prisoners the
after he had entered upon
the discharge of his duties by max
them speech as follows: Gentle
men, by the grace of God and the
favor of Jointly yler, i am now the war
den of the penitentiary, and 1 wish
you to plainly understand that unless
you behave yourselves l will
turn every mothers son of
YOU out!" Certainly President
Cleveland cannot claim that he has
obtained sinecure, neither can he
get rid of those who importune him
as easily as "Old Dade" could of his
prisoners.
PRESIDENTS HABITS AND FAMILY.
An early riser, Mr.. Cleveland is at
his Office table by 8 o'clock and
there he remains, with but few
intermissions, occupied in the trans
action of routine work and the recep-
ton of visitors until late in the after
noon. 1t is remarkable fact, that
he never has had time to take a walk
since he has been an inmate of the
White House, and his only recre-
alton has been q short ride upon such
afternoons as the weather permitted.
The man, above all others, to whom
might be applied the designation of
the Presidents Friday" is his pri-
vate Secretary, Col. D. s. Lamont.
The attachment existing between the
two men is phenomenal in these days
of cool Indifference. / can only &C
count for it fcom the fact that Col.
Lamont is a very unusual man and
is the antipode of Mr.. Cleveland in
almost everything. Conceive man
about 35 years of age, small OF
stature, with brown hair and eyes,
slight moustache and sandy complex
ion and you have the appearance OF
the famous Secretary. Nervous in
his movements, decided in his an
swers and absolutely inaccessible to
"pumping," Col. Lamontis just the
sort of a man that President should
have at his side. A good
deal of Mr. Clevejand's political sue
cess is due to Col. Lamont's sagacious
advice at critical junctures. While of
a sanguine temperament, the Colo
mel is cool-headed enough not to be
carried away by the i'm pulse of the
With a memory remarka-
BILE for its tenacity, he recalls faces
and the political histories of men
with almost infallibility. Mr.. Cleve-
and has near him perfect ency-
so far rs political men and
events are concerned.
THE APPOINTMENTS.
A great many unjust things have
been said and written concerning the
Presidents delay in making appoint
ments. It has beencontended that he
should have, long ere this, removed
FROM office all those who have here
tofore affiliated with the Republican