Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10
R0SEBURG REVIEW.
FRIDAY. APRIL 10, 1885.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.

onr idea 0f Mr. Cleveland, and his admins
trat.on a. so well expressed by Or. Fszser-
AID
With the new politleal adlninistra
ton at Washington comes 8 new ep' or
tnnity, not alone to tie victorious
party IA ,hc late Presiticntial e.cctior,
but to our country. The conditiors
ere favorsbls for needed governments
reforms and for the perfect and psrna-
nent uniication Of all sections.
In the first place, the new President
comes into cfice singa!a,ly free from
embarassments arising from ailte-elrc-.
ton pledges and bargainings. lie is
not sold or rnortgagcd to the sroils-
seeking factions and place-h.sntislg
adventurers that infest all party
organizations It was his good fortune
to be nominated in spite Of this ele.
ment, and VIC have az yet no evidence
that he compromised his freedom Ct
action by promises of patronage in
return for votes. The under. currents
of politics We know ara peculiar, and
We know not what the near future
may disclose in this connection; but 50
far it seems that the new President
comes into Office pntra,nmeled by en=-
tangling alliances with the baser ele-
pients OF his own party. II this tie SO,
it is q fortunate fact for him If he pur
poses in bis heart to rule in the inter
ests Of the whole country and all the
people.
Again The new President is fortified
in his position Of independence BY the
fact that he received no incons;derabie
support from independent voters out
side his own party organization. With
out this vote it is evident he could not
have been elected. As it helped to
put him in power, i may be counted
among the moral forces that will sus-
tain him in giving the country an hon
est and efficient administration Of the
government. The attitude of the ind.
pendent voter is becoming more and
more a matter of Importance in pofti-
cal affairs IN this country. The ranks
of this army grow larger at every elec-
ton. Circumstances turned this ele
ment in favor of Mr.. Cleveland i'll the
late Presidential contest and it Is far
to assume that it will, not turn from,
him without cause.
Tt is also 70 be remembered in this
connection that the opposition has a
party majority III tho United States
Senate. This will hold the new admin
istration in check. This will compel
the dominant yarty to so slower, and
make it more careful to go right But
it does more than this: It gives the
opposition also its opportunity. It the
new administration should rise to the
level Of the. occasion, end earnestly
seek to introduce an era of good feel
Ing and good government, the existing
conditions present the opportunity for
d
true, patriots in that BODY to share the
labor and the honor of the achiesrnent.
The opposition in the United States
Senate will be able to hold corrupt
administration in check, or to give a
magnanimaus and patriotic support to
one that is honest, capable, and faithful
to the constitution. Both parties are
thus placed on trial with the eyes of
the nation fixed upon them.
The new administration comes in at
time when new questions have largely
taken the place of the exasperating
sectional issues that are happily dying
natural deaths. Our people are inter
mIngling more than, ever before, and
getting clearer views pf many questions
Of common interest. Preindices born
Of ignorance are vanishing in the light
OF intelligence. The mists Of passion
are clearing away, and the American
f
people are beginning to see things as
they are, locking at them through their
awn honest eyes, and no longer through
the distorting media Of demagogism,
sectional narrowness, and partisan ran
cor. Even the generals who fought
against each ether in tho late war are
reviewing their campaigns III the pages
Of the same periodicals, most of them
exhibiting che courtesy of true knight
hood and the calmness of the historian
The tide seems to be moving in the
direction Of national good feeling and
good government.
A grand opportunity seems to be
within reach Of our political rulers
an opportunity for all parties and for
al our country. Every reader Of every
shade Of political opinion will join in
The wish that it may not be thrown