The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-02
CLEvELAND's PECULIARITIES.
Plain Nan Who Detests Ostentation and
Display.

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Display.
"Unless 1 am greatly mistaken in
human nature in general and Grover
Cleveland in particular, there will be
a lot of people disappointed in Wash
ington on the 4th of next March," OBJ
served brother of Secretary Post, of
the democratic congressional commit
tee, in conversation with The Indian
dpotts Journal correspondent on Satur-
day. 81 know Grover Cleveland per-
sonally and well, and if he rides in
a carriage at the head of procession
| from the capitol to the white house
after the Inauguration L shall be very
much surprised. He is one of the
plainest men l ever saw. He doesn't
believe in display in the first place,
and he wouldn't want to be bored with
such an affair if he did. No, he is not
cranky; he is plain man-that's it.
About the executive mansion at Albany
he lives like farmer. | have often
seen him around there. He always
prefers walking from the depot to the
executive mansion in returning home.
lie seldom rides to theater or any
where about town. There are no Sc
cretive qualities about him. Any and
everything he does he thinks is all
right, and he doesn't care to keep it
secret, and so he makes it public if
there are any circumstances connected
with it calling for publicity. / was
not surprised to hear the Maria Halpin
story. l venture he never tried to
cover that up. If he was guilty he
didn't think it disgraceful, and so he
gave it all the latitude it wanted. He
has no regard for his personal reputa-
ton. He simply does what he wants
to, and let's the people put their own
construction upon his purposes in do
ing it. That will be his line in the
white house.
Somebody says he is stubborn,
suggested.
''Well, if he isn't, never saw an OBJ
stinate man." laughingly replied Mr..
Post. "He is said to do just the con-
trary to popular clamor, if he can find
anything to justify him.
"He won't make removals from office
to crafty the party thenp"
mot much. If man wants him to
let him remain in Office, he had better
not bother him much; and if man
wants an appointment, he would do
well to make his request properly. He
is not the man who would make
changes just for the novelty of having
changes: neither would he remove a
faithful officer, if he knew it, to ap-
pease clamor. He would, however,
remove an officer if he didn't do his
work we'll and if he didn't work long"
industrious Grover, then?"
''Works more hours day than any
public officer ever saw. He will be |
at his desk by Z or 8 o'clock every |
morning when he gets into the white |
house, and if his days work is not
done at s in the evening he will stay
and complete it if it takes him all |
night. This kind of work he will re-
Iuire of his subordinates. You will
ind him at the white house in July
md August mopping the perspiration
rom his face, and at work. You will
ind. him there during the holidays
It all times he will be there at work,
md everybody who has legitimate
BUSINESS with him can get to see him.
nd can talk to him as though he were
n ordinary everyday man of busi-
less.
lie Will inaugurate a new regime,
hP"
Exactly that l mean. He will go
ack to the days of Thomas Jefferson
a the way he will conduct his work
nd himself. Ipredict there will be
ismissals from service pretty fire. ,
uently, and the ground assigned will
e negligence of duty. He will make
work. But, as was about
aging, he will disappoint the people I
hen he is inaugurated. 1t is my i'm ,
ression of him that he will go to the ,
apitol by some roundabout way, and
5 soon as the ceremony is over and
g has said his little piece he will I
urry to the white house. He won't G
de in the gorgeous carriage, driven (
Indem, maybe, as is usual. 1 wouldn't q
0 surprised to see him walk. Ii he |
oesn't, it will be because ne is ad- t
sed not to do so. Grover Cleveland i
nows little of public men or public O
fe, except as he has read of it. He b
rs a horror for display, and will not {
ltertain much when he is occupant of &
@ white house." r