Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-13
No Moro Advice Needed.

Mr.. Cleveland, it seems, has closed the
door Of his little house in Willst street,
Albany, TO visitors, and Is now busily en-
gagged in preparing his inaugural address,
and IN selecting the men who are to CON-
pose his Cabinet. He realizes, doubtless,
that in three weeks he will be President,
and that he has very important work to
do before taking charge OF his high office.
He has had plenty of advice, and the
leaders Of his party, under the pretense
that his knowledge Of public men and
national affairs is limited, have offered
him innumeraOle suggestions for his guild
ance. Much Of the advice and some oil
the suggestions were offered, no doubt,
with the sincere desire Of aiding him in
acting wisely and prudently. II would be
strange, however, if large percentage OF
the advice and suggestions was not
prompted by selfish motives.
Mr.. Cleveland, however, is represented
to be a pretty fair judge Of men, and it Is
reasonable TO suppose therefore that he is
able 10 sift what is true from what is
false. If be cannot do that he Will have
a stormy time during the next four years
Ql HIS AlAEs nEEduHE AuELG 1AE luDeE nnUSt
positions entitle them to his cOnsidera-
ton who will spare no effort to make him
follow their lead or serve their purposes.
Among the hundreds who will surround
/ him. and attempt to gain his favor he will
not always find it easy to determine who
/ are his real friends. His strong common
| sense and his excellent judgment, how.
ever, have thus far stood him in good
stead, and it may be predicted with a
! considerable degree OfeOnfdence that they
will guide him safely past the pitfalls
that may be dug for his destruction.
He has already bad an opportunity tC
/ see that sOmeOf those who were most ear.
nest in securing his election may not
hesitate to injure him if he refuses to be
/ guided BY them. When the Nicaraguar
treaty was pending in the Senate he was
urged to use his influence with Demo
cratic Senators in favor Of il, and because
he declined to do so foolish thing he was
attacked with considerable bitterness by
alleged friends.
If he does not ad0pt the suggestions
with respect to his Cabinet and his inau-
/ gural address which have been offered by
protested friends. he may expect to hear
that he has disappointed the country and
that his administration is certain to be a
failure. II he is the strong man he is be-
lieved TO be, he will not be greatly dis
| turbed by adverse criticisms and gloomy
predictions of disappointed members OF
his own party. He will not even be made
/ unhappy if some of those who worked the
! hardest for his election declare that his
party made a great blUnder in nominating
| him. He Will be far more fortunate than
1 any Of his predecessors have been if he
| escapes making enemies in his own party
The greatest mistake that he can possibly
make, however, will be to try to please
every body.
The only safe course to pursue, if he
has confidence in himself, is to do what
he thinks is right and for the best, with
out regard to what the newspapers or his
WOuld-be advisers may say. He has
talked with the ablest members Of his
party. and has obtained their views with
/ respect to men and measures. He has
shown his willingness to receive informa-
ton, but. as far as anybody knows, he
has not shown "a disposition to allow any
one to make decisions for him. AS long
as ne decides for himself the chances are
that he will do that which will meet the
I approval of the people.