The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-25
T11pEN,s INFLUENCE
with the President. .eleet-Nr. Manning'i

~ ssss Appointment. 49,
NEw YoRk, Feb. 24-1nterest in thl
Cabinet question centres to-day in tht
visit Of Senator Lamar to Albany. Tn,
Mississippi Senator is known to have beer
"lpon the hooks" so to speak, for some
time, and his recall TO Albany at this time
is generally interpreted as settling the
matter in Mr.. Lamar's favor.
Speaking Of Nlanning's appointment, .
gentleman acquainted with the facts L
quoted in the Graphic as saying g,!a
"AIr. Cleveland did not until recently
think Of putting Daniel Manning into hii
Cabinet, and Mr.. Manning did not desire
ithimself. He Is probably the only man
mentioned. in connection with Cabinet
position who really desired not 10 be in
the Cabinet. Since his interview with
Mr.. Tilden, however. Governor Cleveland
has seen the strong arguments in favor ol
selecting Mr.. Manning, and these are
nothing less than the wishes Of Mr.. Tilden
himself; who knows all the prominent
Democrats OF the country, and what ones
tits. best to trust and rely upon. He has
now, and has always had, the most i'm,
plicitfaith in Mr.. Manning, and has q
higher opinion othiml than of almost any
other man. Consequently his advice to
Grover Cleveland in favor OF appointing
Mr.. Manning to a Cabinet place has mel
with the recognition which Mr.. Cleveland
would accord TO no other man."
t.nnNnn f1,inlys anuhn1H, hNf NJ IlayoI
land will have much to do with shaping
the policy Of the new Administrator"
eyes, Mr.. Tilden will have more In
huence with Mr.. Cleveland than any other
man, and as Mr.. Cleveland feels more and
more the necessity OF having some one oil
great experience and foresight near him,
Mr.. Tilden's influence is on an increasing
ratio, so that it Is possible the weight Of
shaping the. policy may fall upon his
shoulders. 4
.'What sort OF a policy do you think
Tilaen would originate" q %s
zone that was eminently safe, yet bold
Nothing would be done the consequence
Of which would not be fully considered
beforehand. Tilden's plan is to win pop
ularity for his party that will insure It's re-
tent0n in power. He benefits the country
athis party may be benefited, and he
knows how TO go about it. That is the
kind OF policy to have"
"But, to be more specific, how would he
act on questions like the tariff"
"Slr. Tilden is not theoretical politi.
clan. He has no fixed principles. He
always does thing becauseit Is polite.
II he sees that the people want tariff re-
form, he would give. it to them. Itwould
all depend upon what he thought the
most popular course 10 follow"
'sDo You think Sam Randall has much
weight with him."
'No; but he has with Randall. He
likes Randall, however, but ! think he
sees the impossibility Of Randall ever
being the Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent, being from the strongest Republican
State in the Union and high protection
ist. One thing Mr.. Tilden sees very
clearly, Is that after preaching economy
and retrenchment for quarter Of. CEN
tury, the Democratic party must now put
it Unto practice. The people demand that
the excessive war taxes be reduced, and
will stand no mere fnoling about It, and
likewise tho National expenditures, which
have grown to such huge proportions,
must also come down. ~ 3
"Do you think lthere. will be any at
tempt made to rebuild the nayy?"
+ "No II would be contrary to all tho
prinoipieg and traditions of'the Demo-
cratic party, which is the party OF re-
trenchment or nothing. Mr.. Tifden' has
always held to tho doctrine Of Monroe and
Of pop.interierence on the part OF this
Government, and to Jetterson's principle
Of q decentralization OF National ppWer.l'
"So you think Mr.. Cleveland will be
safe in following Mr.. Tlden's advice?"
Perfectly safe. Indeed, more SO than
II he relisd on his,own judgment, as he
has had no experience in National af-
fairs" z
/. The gentleman quoted above said fur
ther that he bad good reason for knowing
that Dir. nlden had advised Mr.. Cleveland
to adhere to his ciyilservice position, bEt
had done so more from knowledge OF
Mr.. cleveland's Fixed determination 70 do
SO anyway than from any innate admira-
ton for civil service reform on bis own
part, ,.s.f Il 81 .,,-.
He believed that this was Q shrewd
move on the part Of the latter, as he there.
by got nearly all Of the rest OF Mr.. Cleve-
lsnd's policy into his hands, whereas, II
he had talked against the civil service
policy, he might as well have addressadS .
stone wall, and might have caused u rup-
ture with the President-elect, and would
certainly hsye weakened his position with
him. Mr.. Cleveland, be believed, was
everything else, and nothing would make
him change his detefmination-he was
not that kind OF man-and this was one
Of the things most deeply engraved upon
Mr.. Tillep's mind. It5l.tf fs