The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-10-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE PRESIDENTS POSITION ON
THE STATE ELECTIONS AND
OWL SERVICE.
An Englishman on His Metal
The Wants of Chief
BuShyhead.
The MOhican Trial TrIp.-Tht
Marriage of the President
of Liberia.
Especial Correspondence of the Statesman, i

The presidents position on admins
iStration influence in state elections is
fully understood. The president has
recognized the very spirit of the law
of civil service reform and regarding
himself as an officer of the United
States, without any advantages of
grade, has kept himself within the
spirit of the law by falling intention
ally to give special encouragement to
any candidate, but at the same time
fully explaining himself as a demo-
crat, favorable to the nominees of the
democratic party in its guDernatorial
race in all the states, and whilst he
has net thought proper to express the
Idea in personal letters to the candi
dates, he has time and again, IN So
cial way expressed his desire to see
Lee elected in Virginia, Hoadley in
Ohio, and Hill in New York; and
while his whole heart is in the sue
cess of the democratic party every
where, he has the good sense not even
to seem to violate the civil
service law in taking any part
in any canvass, or bringing
to bear the influence of the admins
tration In behalf of the partisans and
the different states.
Party men are disposed to find fault
with the president for what they term
feeble support of the administration
of state candidates of the democratic
party, but when it is considered that
the president of the United States has
had the temerity to depart from repuD>.
lican precedent in this respect and to
torego his influence as president In
the election of state officers, he is more
to be congratulated than condemned
for his example of forbearance to all
those who occupy positions in the gov
ernment. 1t may be argued that the
president is free from these rule that
govern his subordinates by reason of
the civil service law, but taking a
broad and liberal view of the matter,
he has at least done more when gov
erned by the mere semblance of law
than all other presidents preceding
him and the passage of the Pendleton
bill. The president being democrat
has been annoyed and chafed by this
law and it is only through the highest
motives of an example to obedience of
law that he has been estopped from the
action on republican officeholderS that
were in any wise Protected by. the provi-
SionS Of that law. Your correspondent
has the fortune, ofan intimate acquaint-
;;5ace of lopg years with Mr.. Cleveland
.! IlIsl daily "a ACCESS les 70 him 60
therefore, "eS cathedra," ana w wr,Ieo-t5
says can be fHlly relied upon.
The president proposes to be the eX-
ecutive officer IT the whole people,
without the 81 ghtest reference to
state lines or boundaries. He neither
knows or favors the people on the
Colorado and the Rio Grande more
than he does the people in the extreme
north or west. But being a president
of the whole people, he has thought
best to submit his administration in
all things, to even the semblance of
law, in order that the civil service
might have full opportunity to make
its virtue felt, and that, too, at the sac
rifice of a policy heretofore considered
fair by every president, to use the pat
ronage of the office to aid democratic
candidates.
A REAL BARONET.
Sir George Elliot, a distinguished
citizen of England and real baronet,
has beautifully-furnished parlors at
the Arlington. He arrived in Wash
ington yesterday. This morning, be-
fore the baronet had fairly completed
his toilet, a card bearing the name o1
a newspaper representative was sent
up to him.
conveyed through an American citi'
zen of African descent, who, in more
common parlance, is known as a"bell-
hop" at the hotel.
Sir George greeted the newspape
man in rather a cold. informal sort o.
way, although the n. m. was in tht
act of giving him cordial American
shake of the hand. His hand, in fact
was shaken before he knew it.
"Do you want to see me?" asked
Sir George.
"That was my mission" was the re
ply; s,,, +.o ,,;a
sion of war, Mr.. Endicott, you know =
mo, sir; l am only naWspape
correspondent"
"Ah! now really, I don't care to b
interviewed. We Englishmen, 20
know, are shy"
eyes, but they get over their shy
ness sometimes when they come
America. Every Englishman of moi
has to go through this thing when b
comes to America. Where have 20
been |? where are you going ? and wht
do you thinK of this country ?"
t "Well, / am going back home G
t the 17th. I have been to Canada, al
| Ilhave been to many of your cities
/ the United States, but like Washing
ton better than any of them. d
you know that like your citidel,
;, your capitol, very much. Th ats IL
= finest building L have seen. I hay
- wondered If George Washington hf
' the seat of government6ocated her
and now 1 want to 15 view you"
"Go ahead"
= he@
Il eve have no minissyr of war. V
}, have a secretary of war, and he n
q only has no seat in the house, but
probably never saw battlefield"
o. "Blast me if l don't like your XII
/. of government. I think your pre-:
"a dent has a great deal of power"
IS The newspaper man then took a
a other turn at asking questions, but
d baronet had nothing more to say tn
e cou'd interest reader, except that
- again referred to the unwilliLgness
d the average Englishmen to being
terviewed. "We do net like to
put on a pinnacle" he insisted.
% He then requested his private sec
q tary to count him out some mon'
1t remarking as few bills were hand
+ him from thick package of NJ
y money: "You have so much paI
money in this country. AS it is lea
Is tender, though, suppose it is as go
ly as anything"
IN Sir George Elliot is a rotul
le healthy-looking gentleman Of si4t
II, five, perhaps, with rudy complexit
al bald head, and wears short cropp
side whiskers. He dresses handsome