The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-02-20
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
Tae More Mr.. Cleveland L. kno~n the
tisttsr He a. Liked.


The more that i known ~ Mr..
Cleveland the more favorable i the inn
preston gained Of his character All
that was ever said against him brfon.
the Chicago Convention was that hi~
experience Of public Affairs was confined
~ the State Of New York. But when NJ.
published his letter II acceptance II waS
conceded that his friends had not been
too strong in their statements of COM
mcndation: for in that paper he showed
himself Ia be- statesman ~ sound
views and broad vision. aud as letter
after letter was published by him. a the
occasion arose. his practical W Siom and
his deep-Seaied honesty became more
and more apparent.
cautious where he should b. eau
tion~. Mr. Cleveland i ALWAYS clear
and bod on these points; He j. Civil
service reformer: approaching the fact
that the books Of the Government need
oyerhanling. he viii institute a rigid
examination Of all the departments:
elected BY the people and not by rings.
he VIII be the peoples Chief Magis-
trafc.
When Grant was elected President
he chose for hi advisers notorious
rascals. and appointed 10 Office re-
latlSes and interruptions parii~ans that
carried or a 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 il wa To plumber the Govern
ment- Mr. Hayes administration i
noted principally for the >tar-route
scheme. BY which the Treasury was
robbed 81 Si.0o.00n. Mr.. Arthur. on
assuming the Presidential Chair. dis
tingui-hed himself by taking into his
counsel the renegade Malone and
the rcnegade Chalmers. and Others
u similar character and methods
He was ambitious 10 b. elected
70 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 If fair-minded men
But Mr.. Cleveland goes into Office en-
tirely free from corrupt alliances He
j. not = candidate for second term.
hl> desire beng only to administer the
affairs Of the Government with wisdom
and fairness And in Keeping with the
wisdom Of Mr.. Gleyeland's published
uttcranceS has been hi choice Of states
men a friendly and informal counsel 1
lorS- He invited senator Bayard 10 a
conference That able and upright 4
man was profoundly impressed with 4
Mr.. Cleyeland's knowledge Of public
policy and with his sinccrits in dealing
with Civil->eryice reform. senator Car
land Of Arkansas. has recently had sew
ersl conferences with Mr.. Cleveland.
and he. like Mr.. Bayard. j. deeply inn
pressed with his wide mental range and
with his honesty. Both Of these rem
tlemen were most favorably impressed
with the PreSident-clecf' manly bear
ing. That Bayard and Garland should
have been selected by Cleveland a
advisers speaks much. we say.
for the President-clect'~ sound sense
and his desire TO reform the Govern
ment-
Had Mr.. Blaine been elected Presi-
dent he would have had before this
many conferences with Jay Gould. the
railroad wrccker and Wall street
gambler; joyce. Of WHISPERING fame:
Jones. the iron monopolist. Dorsey Of
star-route fame. and Eyarts. the un-
lawyer. now Senafor-elecf
rom New York. Thee would have
been some Of the men Of Blaine'S star
chamber. -Four wears Of corruption
would have stared the country in the
lace Let the people rejoice in the
triumph Of honesty over fraud. Rirh-
,io,,sf In 4 Sf,,fr