Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-22
MIR. RANDALL's TAFFY.
Effect of President Cleveland's Policy
on the Democratic Party.
From the Ne,o YORK Herald.

From the Ne1o York Herald.
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-Your CORE
spondent had to-day a very interesting
conversation with Mr.. Samuel j. Randall,
which, with his consent, was later writ
ten down, and is now, with his permits
sion, sent after his revision.
1t will be observed that Mr.. Randall
speaks with entire freedom and frankly of
the political situation, of the President
and the administration, and of what, in
his judgment, lies in the future as to par
ties and politics.
Your correspondent asked: "What do
you think of the new administration Y
Mr.. Randall replied: Gin my judgment
it is going on as we'll as possible, and /
am certain that 1t is making a good i'm
preston on the people. l notice some
fault finding here and there, but 1 notice
also that no one pretends to doubt
the sincerity and honesty of the Presi-
dents intentions. When so great a change
comes about as change of parties after
quarter of century, it is impos-
sible but that some minor errors should
be made. But the people do not deal
harshly with public men for small mis-
takes in judgment if only they see them
to be honest and sincerely DESTROYS to
| serve the general interest / don't be-
]
the Presidents honest and patriotic pur-
poses, nor his ability and determination
to serve not merely his party but the
whole country"
''YOu think well of the President, then 2"
eyes, and the more | see of him and
the better l get to know him the more l
perceive the sturdy honesty of his mind,
the single hearted conscientiOuspess with
which he acts. Some of our men say he
fpn oIR Hot 10 hV,t D b,
an immense work and responsibility upon
him. OF all reforms administrative re-
form is the most difficult. To ascertain
where in the immense government estab-
lishment bad methods prevail and iucOm-
petent or unfit persons are employed, and
to improve the methods and substitute
faithful and competent men to do the
work, is a huge task, for which even
single Presidential term is scarcely ade-
quate. What has been accomplished in
the two months and half since March
4 is necessarily only the beginning. The
President and the Cabinet have not had
time to look closely into the machinery OF
the government. They are at work, and
reports from different and numerous
points and places are coming in and will
be intelligently acted upon as received.
All his public experience as Mayor and
! Governor has fitted Mr.. Cleveland in a
very especial manner for his present task"
You believe. then, that with sufficient
time the President viii secure the conf
dence and approval of his party and of
the people at largeY
Il believe he has these already; and /
feel certain that he win gain more and
more entirely their undoubting trust. l
will go further and say to you that if he
goes on as he has gone, in his own way,
following his own ideas Of his duty to the
public, he will be in the end one of the
most acceptable Presidents we have ever
had. He will, through his success, by the
year 1885 as the public administrator of
great trust, be renOminated and Te-elect-
ed and am satisfied that the party can
do no better than faithfully stand by him
and cooperate with him. The work of
reform cOnfided TO him can hardly be
completed in a single term. The country
will re-elect him to secure the completion
of that work and give it the permanence
which it ought to have for the general
good"
''Do you mean that the true policy for
your party is to give the administration
united and cordial support with the dis
tinct object of renOminating Mr.. CleYe-
land in 1852"
THAT Is my view of the political situa-
tion. On general principles it must be
plain TO anyone that we can more easily
re-elect MIR. Cleveland than elect a new
man. Or, 10 put this in different shape,
if we cannot re-elect Mr.. Cleveland, he
having accomplished in part or in whole
the reforms desired by the people, then
we cannot elect anyone. We must cluster
around him and his administration, end
thus keep our party together, strengthen
it, and enable it TO meet its opponents in
1888 with n solid front"
"What do you say about the tariff"
"As 10 the tariff, the administration
should be guided by the spirit and letter
OF the utterances Of our platform on this
subject, and a faithful execution OF those
declarations, without cayii, will unite our
party everywhere and accomplish the
tariff reform which both platforms as
serted to be necessary. Changes occur
in the conditions existing in our country
and the countries with which we ex-
change productions more rapidly than is
supposed. These changes must be pro-
vided for through notifications in our
tariff laws, and the best time 10 make
these alterations is Immediately following
the information and results shown by our
system Of census returns"
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