Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-30
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
REVIEW OF THE COURSE OF
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
Shooting ARRAY in Ell Paso-Disas-
trous Colliery Explosion-France
and Climatic.
Especial DISPATCHES TO THE aEoonD-uslos.1
DOMESTIC.
Cleveland's Record to Date.

Cleveland's Record to Date.
WASHINGTON, March 18th. - Cleveland
has occupied the White House less than a
month, and has msie no more changes
than Blaine would probably have made
had he been elected. Exclusive of his
Cabinet, Cleveland has appointed in the
State Department one assistant Secretary
and five foreign Ministers. No changes in
the consular service have been made. For
the Treasury. one assistant Secretary. the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, First
Comptroller and Sixth Auditor have been
appointed, and mark all the changes that
have been made, and except the appoint
ment of few District Attorneys, no nomi-
nations under the Department of Justice
have been made. The clerical force in the
departments has not been disturbed. Only
a rctrenchment in expenditures has been
rlatie by the dismissal of few needless
clerks and the sale of several horses and
carriages belonging to the Interior Depart
ment and Department of Justice This is
| the record of the President. He has made
! no appointments and those who are anx-
ious to find fault cannot put their hand
upon single thing contrary to
the declaration of principles which
the President said would guide him
| in filling places of public trust There is
satisfaction in the party with the course of
| the President. 1t would be unnatural if
| there was not dissatisfaction. a swarm of
| office-hunterS have settled around the
| White House and invaded its corridors day
and night since the Inauguration, and
where one man was selected fifty were left
| The leaders of the party, the men to whom
the President looks to for advice, are, with
| but very few exceptions, greatly pleased
with the manner in which he is conducting
| the public business. Perhaps the most
| dissatisfaction is felt because the President
| in a majority of his appointments, and
notably the prominent ones of Ministers to
! England, France, Germany and Mexico,
| to the common workers in the Democratic
ranks. Wonder is expressed by a great
many people that Thurman and McDon-
aid, for example, have not been given
prominent offices. As matter of fact,
| Mcdonald was rendered the Russian mis-
sion, and he declined it. and there is very
| little reason to believe that Thurman has
been requested to accept foreign mission,
and that he too refused to leave the coun-
| try. The simon-pure Democracy of every
man appointed thus far by the President
| cannot be questioned, and it must also be
| borne in mind that in taking several
comparatively unknown men for depart
mental positions, the President managed to
| rid himself of an army OF eX-members of
| Congress. who, after having been defeated
for election, or failing of renomin alton,
marched on the Executive Mansion in the
| expectation of taking every soft executive
| office in Washington for which they might
| apply Southern men, as a rule, express
| themselves as satisfied with the Presidents
action, and it is somewhat remarkable that
while the Republicans here profess to be-
| lieve the Democratic party Will be in a row
| by the time Congress meets, none of them
| have the faintest idea that there can be such
dispute over the distribution OF patronage
| in the South as will encourage the party to
| look for help in the next Presidential cleo
! ton from any Southern State The Re
publicans dread most that the impartial
| manner in which the President is admins
| tering the duties of his office will take
| away forever from their ranks the indeDend-
| ent strength that has been the stronghold
| Of the Republicans for twelve wears
| preceding the last election. The question of
| the suspension of the coinage of the stand
ard silver dollar which Cleveland favors.
| been made much of the Republicans. who
| desire to see Il conflict between the Execu-
| tive and the majority OF his party in the
| House. As a matter of fact. it seems rs if
| the 1feSlucllI mac jill eAtig1erdIeu ldCi OF
| the danger that may result from Il continu-
ance of silver coinage, and that the pro-
silver men 90 to the other extreme in adyo-
eating an extension of the volume Of silver
money The balance had in favor of the
United States during the past five months
has been in the neighborhood OF Sl40,0G0,-
600. This balance seems likely to continue
to the same amount for some time to come.
II there should be a war between Russia
and England, 1t would be greater. A simple
threat OF war between these nations has al
ready brought large orders for supplies OF
various descriptions to American manutact-
urers. 1t Is noticeable fact that with the
balance OF trade in our favor, there have
been but snail shipments of gold to this
| country. The reason is, according to relia-
bic advices from New York, that dealers in
commercial paper have been heavy buyers
Of exchange, which is held in the expecta-
ton of gold commanding premium. In
stead OF forwarding the exchange to London
anu uiaW ny tne olu tlie eAchall9e Is locked
| up III ie" OK cry us owners hoping
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