Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-04
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AEWKA IHMkE AVnh
Three mouths hsve passsd since freA
aen, Cleveland took the oath OF oAncs
4. hs looks owsr that bfief spses OF
.su,a from hin seat In the Wdits h0uss'
,ha pssrOspeot emnnOs be alsoestasf .
ulsassr,s enc. la SOME respects me Az
minterssion has done vel BY The no1n-
try-bsstsr, indeed. - the so1nsr, insn
- ,te psnocra,Ae party. In Other re
spsots, however, Mr.. Cleveland cam o.
~, ,.s. TIA, he tras failed The vondef
xonla have b.ssu, If il bad not eeen 90.
He had before him, whss be st'tesso
oaioo, q task beyond the powers OF sooe
. nan a. he. a akillfaI dipiomai1st,
ar Who had in g high degrees the
po~w Of controlling other men. Hnieni
hsv. accomplished II. The stoaiS ana
ssVf-viIlsd e1-EIsyor Of B1fAIo eooid
no4 do %.
what. then, s,as this taakf Simply
"a r,eain the Support Of the two divers
and almost inoompatible fsetioss py
whieh the nav president bad been e's-
xssaa 10 etfsce, On the ons hand. shsre
wars the so-oaIi.sa independent kepub-
iiesr,s--shsorsth,al politicians Vhoss
avowsd aim VIA 10 secure the mess
secsomisal and pure administration 81
the government possible. and TO Apply
,be .hsoriss Of advanced civil ssrvioe
,sforaers In ali the Departments On
the other hand, there we're the Demo
Gratis, Who held no snch shs0r'e's ana
xho had a hsarty. bat for the time
esnsealsd, oonlsmrs for their allies
Thsss two factions secured tbs cleo
ton Of Mr.. Cleveland. He came
into power mnsh as coalition minis
try comes into pow@ In England he
had 10 Isok forward TO pespet'iai d.
vision In the rhnks Of h,s sspp'rtsrs.
Oosld he 90 eoiidaet himself that both
fashions, while opposing each oshsFi
shonld give him their support
He has not done this. he attempted
b, DO 90. and be has GONE mach nearel
losing the suppors Of both Democrats
and Independents than retaining Il
His srss app.,intnents-shose II bill
Oabinss offiosuI-- wnrs entirely OF Dem
oonsis, though With single exemption
Of men who wsrs not odious 10 The In
dsrsndsnis. That exception vas DAME
Mamma, and the independents an
nosv Disguised 70 find him the chief o.
Ms CIsselsad'l advisers. Mr.. Bayard
of whom 90 inneh was expected, hai
failed completely M Cabinet officer
Mr.. Garland Is little better. Mr.. Endi
eosa does mot WELD . great influence
Mr.. wh.tnsy 10 Mr.. ManninR's syowet
lisutsnsnt. Mir. Lamar performs thu
duties OF hin Department In q ulannel
that wins tia appreciation Of all homes
man, bat bis hand does not appear Ia
the shaping OF the general course of the
Administration. MIR. Villas has shown
himself TO be hasty, thouEhtless and In
discreet. 30 Manning Is supreme, anG
the independents do not like IL.
on the less Important appointments
sons have been bad from the Demo
cratic standpoint, others have bean haS
from the Independents standpoint. and
ssill others have been acknowledged
failures oil aro,ind. The appointment
In the State Department and the De
pArtment OF JnIiice have been especially
bad. and few OF them have commanded
the hearty appreciation OF conservative
niou.
10. as result Of his three months IL
thu White Homls. the President has 20
cured the bitieF hostility Of such Demo
cratic leaders as Senators Rnstis anc
BlaAkbarn, and OF such Q poverfo
Democratic authority NJ the Cincinnati
Esqsirsr, % 'Rell a. tho rInfriendly
criticisms OF the leading independent
pagers He hss won the earnest anG
stsadfast friendship Of nobody. unlea'
u ba that IT ths few whom he has ap
pointed 10 oi1iml wha, he may 10 abb,
10 do In The future 10 pFoblemAtioAi. 4
u certain the chances for tho suesess Of
hin administration are not nearly o
Good on June 4th as they were on
March tlh; 49,.