Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-10
A WORKING PRESIDENT.
No Junketing Parties to be INDUCED L
by the New Executive.

NO Junketlng PARTIES to be Indulged In
by the New Executive.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-A prominent
Albanian here, speaking to your CORES
podent about the new Administration,
said to-day: Mr.. Cleveland will immedi-
ately devote himself to work that he out
lined at Albany, and will not sit down
and wait for events. He has a plan in
his mind for the prosecution of some
work that may take months to complete.
and by that time he expects something
new will have occurred to him. The
members of his Cabinet, too, will start
with him, and they will have to earn their
salaries"
Do you think Mr.. Cleveland will be as
industrious as he was at Albany?'
more So" was the reply. 81 very
much doubt whether he will take any
summer vacation at all, and if he does
not, none of the Cabinet officers will.
There will be no more junketing expedi
tions on the Tallapoosa or the Dispatch,
for L myself have heard Mr.. Cleveland
when he was Governor refer to the bad
taste of such performances. Indeed, |
would not be surprised to see the Dis
patch, the Presidents official yacht,
turned back into the revenue service, as
Mr.. Cleveland would not use her mouth
at Washington with big staff of officers
eating herself up. These little things re-
celve Mr.. Cleveland's attention as much
as big things"
This gentleman, who is a personal
friend of the President. says Mr.. Cieve-
land has peculiar mind that is most at
rest when he is at work, and that is one
cause of his extraordinary industry. He
says Mr.. Cleveland has a more minute
knowledge OF the affairs OF the State of
New York than any Ex-Governor thereof,
and that his originally wide knowledge of
constitutional law has been immensely
broadened by his study of affairs at AL
bany. Indeed, he has a rare knowledge
of legal principles and a careful, pains
taking mind like that of John Marshall.
Being asked what were Mr.. Cleveland's
amusements, if he had any, and what
books he read for recreation, this friend
OF his replied: "Mr. Cleveland likes to be
alone with book, a soft lamp and a good
cigar. His fayOrite poet is Walt WHIT
man, and he has read and Teread all that
he has written. He also reads the works
of William Black and Charles Reade:
also Anthony rrollope, and he has read
some of Bret Harte, but he is not pluch of
book man, and reads novel only occa-
siOnally. l do not know If be is fond of
the drama or not, but he does like good
music."
"Do you think Washington will make
Mr.. Cleveland much Of society man,
like his predecessor? ?''
"NO. His tastes are very quiet, un-
demOnstratIve and domestic. A Albany
he has given very few receptions, and
those only in perfunctory way, as if his
station demanded it. He has often, how
ever, given stag parties, many of which l
have attended. He likes to get together
a snug party Of men to indulge in a quiet
game Of whist, and these affairs he likes
to have as informal as possible. Daniel
Manning was one of the best whist play
ers in Albany"
"What does Mr.. Cleveland drink"
Like all stout men, he likes lager beer,
especially in summer. / never saw him
drink anything else except mineral
water, but L suppose the lager will have
to give place to something more fashion
able here in Washington. He smokes
cigars, which ne likes strong, but does
not smoke many of them. | remember
once l wanted him to smoke a cigarette.
but he refused it and INDUCED In dis
sertation on the evils OF cigarette smok-
ing"
Being asked whether he thought Mr..
Cleveland was fond of ladies' society and
whether he might not get married this
Albanian replied no; that Mr.. Cleveland
was not much Of a ladies' man, and that
ne CnOugnL certain things weighed upon
his mind which might make him rather
avoid society, and that he had no idea of
marrying; hadn't time to do so anyway,
as he had so much work on his hands.
Among the people of Washington So
ciety Mr.. Cleveland is regarded with
great deal of curiosity. He certainly is
nothing like ex-President Arthur. Mr..
Arthur, by the way, had his bed chamber
in the White House got up in "a way to
kin" People who have seen it say that
nothing short of the boudoir of a French
lady of fashion approached it for chic and
general luxury of surroundings. Some
say that he devoted many hours of thought
to it when he first entered the White
House, while others assert that it was
the creation Of Mr.. Louis Tiffany. At
any rate it knocked out anything of the
kind ever seen here before. Approaching
the character of his successor, it is sald
Mr.. Arthur rad the furniture and bTic-a-
brac in this chamber carefully packed up
and sent away, and so as to conceal all
evidence of a weakness for beautiful ef-
fects, had the walls Dapered in some more
commonplace style. The room was then
refurnished in the ordinary way OF gen.
tleman's private apartment,