St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-19
The President Explains His Intentions Re-
garding the Interesting Question
Of Appointments.
His Idea About Rewarding the Faithful
and How He Proposes to Fill
the Offices.
Oh1o's Election Still in Doubt, With
Probability of Several Demo-
cratic Gains.
Mahone's Fight Against Gov. Cam
eron--Treasurer Jordan and
Silver Coinage.
The President Talks.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s.-It is believed to
be the intention of President Cleveland to
complete, as far as possible, his list of ap-
polntments previous to the assembling of
congress. Respecting the presidents in
tentlons in the matter of making changes,
writer in the Capital to-day gives what
purportS to be sem-official statement of
the executive on the subject. The story
runs as follows: 1.-The president explained
to visitor the other day, and the visitor
repeated his words to me- that wherever
vacancies occurred, or good cause was
shown to justify removals, he would ap-
point Democrats to office, and the best
Democrats that could be found. The
tenure OF office law was recognized so far
as was consistent with the efficiency of the
civil service. and his party must be
patient and wait for vacancies to occur. He
was Democrat, the president said, and as
a Democrat believed that such a policy
would not only be recognized by the people
whose respect and confidence he valued as a
proper one for him to pursue, but he be-
lleved it would strengthen the Democracy
more in the end than huStling all the Re-
publicans out of Office and hustling Demo-
Gratis in. He was willing to recognize that
political services entitled those who per-
formed them to honOrs that were won by
their efforts, but such men should seek
elective offices and not expect TO find their
rewards in the patronage Of the executive.
He did not object to receiving applications
Tor appointment, but rather desired them.
The more numerous the better, as they gave
him large field to choose from and made
it easier to find good men, but he did object,
and seriously, too, to the
UNREASONABLE PRESSURE
that was often brought upon him to ap-
point some particular n-an to an Office tC
which he had no especial fitness, simply
because such man was recognized as q
useful and competent party leader and
wanted place that would permit him tc
devote more time to political matters thar
if he were engaged in private affairs. The
president, with some emphasis, asserted his
belief and adherence to the principle that
when man was elected or appointed to Of
flee he became the representative and serv-
ant of the people, and not of the party
with which he happened to vote. 1t was
impossible for a man constantly engaged in
political controversies to remove bias from
his mind, and the only way to secure
non-partisan administration of public
trusts was to divorce official power from
political leadership. He had reached this
conclusion from his own experience, and in.
tended to remove all ground for criticism il
this direction while he had any authority.
When man accepted office under him he
must expect to abstain from active partici
patton in political affairs. He might eX
press his views as freely as he chose in {
respectful, tolerant way. but officeholders
could not be political leaders and campaign
managers without doing injustice to inter
ests they were intrusted with or provokine
hostility in their opponents"