The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-12
Mr.. CLEVELAND.
Zhe More Mr.. Cleveland Is known tie
Better He Is Liked.

| Better He Is Liked.
The more that is known of Mr.
Cleveland the more favorable is the i'm
preston gained of his character. Al
that was ever said against him befor,
the Chicago Convention was that hi;
experience of public affairs was confined
10 the State of New York. But when ht
published his letter of acceptance it wa:
conceded that his friends had not beer
too strong in their statements of com
mendation; for in that paper he showed
. himself 20 be a statesman of sound
! views and broad vision, and as letter
after letter was published by him, as the
occasion arose, his practical wisdom and
his deep-seated honesty became more
and more apparent.
Cautious where he should be eau
tious. Mr.. Cleveland is always clear
and bold on these points: He is a Civil
service reformer; approaching the fact
| that the books of the Government need
overhaulir-. he Will Institute a rigid
examination of all the departments;
elected by the people and not by rings,
he viii be the peoples Chief Magis-
trate.
When Grant was elected President
he chose for his advisers notorious
rascals, and appointed to office re-
latives and unscrupulous rartisans that
carried on system Of robbery during
the eight years he occupied the White
House. When Hayes, seated by fraud.
assumed the Executive office, he called
around him designing men whose chief
object it was toFplunder the Govern
ment. Mr.. Hayes's administration is
noted principally for the Ssar-route
scheme. by which the Treasury was
robbed of S4,000,C0). Mr. Arthur, on
assuming the Presidential Chair. dis
tinguished himself by taking into his
counsel the renegade Malone and
the renegade Chalmers, and others
He was ambiti' IL; to BE- elected
to succeed himself, and no matter how
many good qualities President Arthur
might have had, his policy with regard
to Virginia would have condemned
him in the opinion OF fair-minded men.
Bat Mr.. Cleveland goes into Office en-
tirely free from corrupt alliances. He
is hot a candidate for Il second term,
his desire beng only to administer the
affairs of the Government with wisdom
and fairness. And in keeping with the
wisdom of Mr.. Cleveland's published
utterances has been his choice OF states
men as friendly and informal counsel
lorS. He invited Senator Bayard to a
conference. That able and upright
man was profoundly impressed with
Mr.. Cleyeland's knowledge of public
policy and with his sincerity in dealing
with Civil-service reform. Senator Gar
land, of Arkansas, has recently had sew
eral conferences with Mr.. Cleveland.
and he. like Mr.. Bavard. is deeply i'm
pressed with his wide mental range aud
with his honesty. Both of these gen.
tiemeH We're most favorably impressed
with the President-elect's many bear
ing. That Bayard and Garland should
have been selected by Cleveland as
friendly advisers speaks much, we say.
for the PraSidert-clect' sound sense
and his desire TO reform the Govern
ment.
Had Mr.. Blaine been elected PreS-
don't he would have had before this
many conferences with jay Gould, the
railroad wrecker and Wall street
gambler; Joyce, or whisily-ring fame;
Jones, the iron monopolist; Dorsey of
Star-route fame, and Evarts, the un-
scrupulous lawyer, now Seaator-elect
from New York. The e would have
been some of the men of BiaiDe's stac-
chamber. Four years of corruption
would have stared the country in the
face. Let the people rejoice in the
triumph OF honesty over fraud. Rich
,Oo,IH Il, state