The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-01
A TART, TOUGH TIiIE
How tAe PRECEDENT oyerawss the llsmbsrs
Of nj. Cabinet and MAKO. Thsm sab.
servisa. % His Iaipssriai wn+pi.. {
Ing cdusi.m from New ORLEANS.
WITH PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.

CINCINNATI, o., April. S0.-A Washing
ton special TO the Cincinnati Esqthtel
ssys: "when Grover Cleveland VA
elected to the Presidency much interest
was taken by the people Of the whole
country, and especially by prominent
poll Of both parties, in,eyery ttiins
pertaining to his possible or probable
course in the White House. He was
elected as the representative Of . party
which had been out Of power for nearly
twenty-five years, and the change eiAd-
ministration was, therefore, one ofenn.
common importance. Anticipation, curl.
osity and anxiety did not wear away
with his Inauguration, but, on the con.
rary, became more intense. 1t required
several weeksto comprehend the new
Administration, but now doubt and un-
certainty have given away 10 complete
amazement at the greedy grasp the Presi.
dent has taken on az the powers that
directly or remotely appeftains TO his
Office. y
Mr.. Cleveland IS difficult to define. The
action to-day is no guide for the course Of
tomorrow. Events Of fthe past are no in
dex to his conduct In the future. His &C.
tions are those of the ftful man, rather
than the man who has laid down Q clear,
distinct line OF action, 70 be faithfully,
systematically and consistently adhered 20.
The most surprising thing In conn nection
with the selection OF the Cabinet was that
Bayard, Garland and iL1mar, Senatorsof
the United States aud fepresentatiyeso Of
great States aud sections, should have re:
signed their independence should have
stepped down from positions which were
theirs aud in which they were personally
eminent and powerful-to become las
time has clearly shown balls OF putty In
the hands OF q man who, until he was
elected Governor Of New York, was not
among the best known men OF the Nation.
Their subordination, To- o man less proni3
nent in affairs than themselves in the
light OF after-inanguration develop
Is o strange spectacle,
4 A position In the Cabinet Of President
Cleveland Is hardly q political ambition
satisfied, or even lgratitisds To be of the
official family Of the White House nov
means to lay aside all personal pride or
sersitiyenets ahont position, to crush poll.
teal ambition, 10 abandon hope of intll i.
ence, and to become q faaaille secre-
tary 10 announce the decision Of ths Chief,
without the power to add 10 OF take from
the conclusion OF the autocrat who COM
mands them. To-day Mr.. SBayard, the,
naughty, iseifiaadiae, highiy-senJtiye,
man, stands abashad btlo,e tli9 9PolDtry--
Secretary 0f State only In the titls, and
without personal independence or con.
siderati64 by, the President. 80 3 5s'l
Mr.. Cleveland, naturally evasiye, has
not shown that sotthsse Of manner tha.
comes from long practice. 10 tnbiie sitaifs,
or from keen appreciation or care tor5tile
motives and feelings Of men, He. is
abruptly direct. He employs the explos;
i've rather than the clpelly effective,
though qrieter methods.
I.5ok how abruptly and effectively ,,y.'
ard has tean eclipsed and the iery Lamar
subd1ed Does anybody believe that the
humillaiiag ssIpction of Cabinet positions
is to the linking Of sHab talented men as
the Delaware statesman and The l9orbidly
organized Mtssissipplanf &
(, AS leaders ia the Senate they would
have been powerful TO help or defeat the
Pfesldsut; but as members Of the Admin
istration they have no Identity. Theyl
have met With irfef sble loss, with no
means of helping their Reatsons. Their
ambitions have been s:iaed, aadS they.
have been ohscured By q masterwho will
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