The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-22
EX-GOVERNOR CLEVELAND.
the Next Presidents conduct in All Rc
spects Admirable.

the Next Presidents conduct in All Re
spects Admirable.
The admirable manner in which Gov
ernor Cleveland has horne himself since
his election to the Presidency has not
escaped public recognition. Whatever
NAV have been said of him earlier, he is
! now no longer al iIntried man. Since
the early DAYS of November the eyes
of the Nation have been fixed upon
him with a peculiar interest. He has
been ScrutiHized closely by friend and
foas. His every movement has been re-
ported. his every utterance bearing
upon public offices has been eagerly
caught up and made the subject of
comment He has lived in the fierce
light of publicity His official position
as Governor of a great State has rem
dered him peculiarly open TO observa-
ton; and his homo has been the resort
of pilgrims from all parts of the Union,
and representing all sections of his
party. The opposition has watched
him with the utmost jealousy also.
Every opportunity to find him making
N stakes in acton or in utterance has
been searched for with the avidity of
the hound ucon the scent The man
who had successfully passed through
this ord al at any time would be re-
gard ed as evincing 10 ordinary circum-
SpectiOG. The man who succeeds in it
in the present peculiar relations of par
ties has achieved a signal triumph
II during that period Governor Cleve-
land has said word or done one act
inconsistent with sound good cense, or
with Il proper appreciation of Vie re-
Sponsib!lities Of the position to which he
has been elected. it has escaped the pub
lie attention. His opponents, Is well
a his supporters. are alike unaware of
it. TGere i not q little that is instrUa-
tive il the movements of the former
class. SmartinS under the bitterness of
thcir defeat, and having Just gone
through campaign in which they lad
stud Ously attempted to GispaJsgP the
ability OF the Dem3crat:c candidate for
tn Presidency, they Were quick to ind
evidence to Justify the position they had
taken 18th regard to him, while they
might salte their own wounds with the
spectacle of the partial discontinue of
tlie victors. They have been signally
di:appOinted here. Governor Cleveland
las not furnished them Il shadow OF thi
opportunity they sought. He has ac-
c0nmodated them with no mistakes
whatever. He has not omitted to talk
frankly. ard in one instance he has Civ
en- TO the rublic in writing Il statement
of what his policy w II be in a most i'm
pOrtant feature Of his incoming admin
istrAtion. In so doing, he has neither
divided his friends nor furnished COM
fort to his foes. He has had the good
sense to preserve reticence on points
where the Indication Of his action was
unnecessary, as in the ease of his prob
able course in the formation of his Cab.
met, for instance: while he has, at thf
same time, given evidence of the prin
cipte5 that are to guide him in a man
ner which has strengthened the conf
dence of the more d'sintereSted and pa
triotic men of the Nation. He has Meth
er been diplomatic nor eyaSive il these
assurances ut any tine.
These things have done much to as
sure the people that in President Clcvc-
land they are to have sensible, saga
cious and discreet Chief Magistrate. In
the absence OF qualities for The lack of
which he was critici sd by politicians
in the late campaign BIDS fair to be
found an imDOr ant advantage. He Is
unfamiliar with the ways of Washing
ton; h. is IMMERSED in the arts Of the
polit elan; hut it locks row rs if he
might come into Washing. on like cool
breeze from the country, VIII CHI is
needed to purify the Su':ry air of the
capital. The Nation asks for Il Rev era
in its administration q public Offices
1t is appropriate that business methods
should take the place of the schemes OF
the political partisan in carrying on the
Government. We require man who
will put his mind TO bringing the Gov
crnment back to business practices.
Governor Cleveland i, rot onl y, we be-
l:eye, fully competent to that task; he
has set his mind on discharging the |
duic, of his Office in just that spirit. f.
II" Is better iittcd 20 succeed in it than |
if he had been bred Il politician. HIS !
alleged weakness is in this point OF
View an important equipment.
If Governor Cleveland was ro5 cdu-
Gated in his politics at Washington, he
has borne HIN self in the time OF trial /
since his elcc i'm 10 the Pre- ;idency with /
4 careful c.rcrmspcc ion which few
men bred in that school could have .
lqualed. He has proved alike 4 salts
fict.ol TO his friends and the despair of .
his enemies during tAat period of test
irg. Be:tcr than Il Il. he has raised the
beSr hops of the Nation for his coming
Il ;efu.res5 in Office. - Boston HcraM .
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