The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-09
WatterSOn on Cleveland.

WASHINGTON, May AIR. Henry
Wattersun, who has been here for the
past week, will tonight send the fol.
lowing to his paper as expressive ol
his impressions of President Cleve-
land and his administration ga
slight attach of sore eyes suggested ii
visit to Washington, and having tried
the executive and departmental treat
ment for nearly a week, it has occur
ed to me that brief account of some
impressions of the administration
may not be without interest, to the
readers of the COurier-JOurnaI. On a
certain occasion ArtemuS Ward step
ped in front of his canvas, and pOint
ing to the passing scene, said to his
audience: Ladies and gentlemen ::
These are horses. 1t was only this
morning that artist came to me, with
terrS in his eyes, and exclaimed, |
can conceal it from you no longer,
Mr.. Ward. they are hOrSes.' In its
entire utterances and appointments,
the administration has so spoken to
the country. 1t can conceal it no
longer; it has a Democratic admins
traitor. For my part. have ever
doubted this in the least. If | had
been given the making of it, | could
not have better suited myself In
deed, | have been so well pleased.
that | have been content to stay at
home and play at philosophy. leav-
ing Others toplay at patronage, quite
satisfied that the President and the
eminent and accomplished men with
whom he has surrounded himself,
might be trusted to give US a civil
service capable and clean to handle
the public business with fidelity and
efficiency, and to discharge adequate
ly their obligations, both to the PEG.
pie and the party. Personal contact
and opportunities for getting at both
sides of points of criticism and dis
pute haYe strengthened these origi-
nal impressions, and l am happy to
say that the case of sore eyes with
which | started from home has en-
tirely disappeared.
The President is a less reserved
and a more likable man than | had
been in the habit of thinking him.
He is at once exact and exacting, hut
there is beneath his unmistakable
businesS-like purpose and exterior a
doughtiness of spirit and an engaging
cand0r. which come out strong for
very little prOvOcation, and which
save his manners from severity. Gen
ial is hardly the word to describe the
sunny side of him, for he is serious
man, and hard worked and hard
working man, But he has the gift OF
appreciation, a simple school-boy
love of fair play, and repOse alto
gether unaffected, and complete and
singularlv lacking both in cynicism
and Yacuity. / observed the latter
ofthese admirable qualities in Miss
Cleveland, whose rapid advancement
and elevation to the highest social
h0nors and duties have nowise dis.
concerted her, and who will add one
more name to the very short list OF
ladies who have signalized and adorn
ed the mistresship of the executive
mansion, Her brother is not so deep
ly or so seriously read as she, not SC
much of a doctrinaire, if, indeed, :
d0ctrinaire at all, for | should say he
has been student rather of men thar
books; but he has an undeniable ge
MUS for command, and, for one of sc
little ostentatiOn, the most unprom
Using subject of familiarity imagina
BILE. His weight and reach of brair
have, perhaps, never been tested OF
measured. He has yet to put forth
his full mental powers and resources
Time, which developes, can only
disclose the nature and extent o
these. But there is one thing abou
him which nothing can obscure
which shows itself in all he says anC
does, and which is blazOned upon al
his aspects. That is character, ant
the older grow and the more 1 Sc,
of life and men, the more respect
have for character when brought t
contrast with intellect. Many maj