The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-05-14
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WASHINGTON, May 4.-Henry Waiter
son, who has been here for the past week,
tonight sent to his paper an expression
of his impression Of President Cleveland
and his administration. He starts out
with the statement that "a slight attack
of sore eyes suggested q visit to Wash
ington, and having tried the executive
and departmental treatment tor nearly q
week, it has occurred to me that a brief
account of some impressions of the ad-
ministration may not be without interest
to the readers Of the Courier-.JournaI."
He then tells Artemus Wards story,
This is horse" and applies it by say
ing that "in its entire utterances and ap-
pointments the administration has so
spoken to the country. 1t is Demo
cratic administration" Mr.. Watterson
says that a. result Of his visit to the
President and the departments "his case
OF sore eyes has disappeared" Mr. Wat
terson gives his impressions Of President
Cleveland and his sister, Miss Cleveland,
in terms of high compliment to both,
describes the difficulties which beset the
chief executive of the country, and his
manner Of discharging his duty as he
sees it. He concludes his impressions of
Mr.. Cleveland personally, as follows:
MIR. Cleveland is a plain, sober man.
There is nothing dramatic or sensational
about him. He has not, like SO many
politicians, long conscience and short
memory"
FEW HATES AND LOVES.
His hates and his loves are few, posi-
fivo op6 ua hoa sl l.
abundantly able to say No. and yet, as
have seen him, no man has a livelier
wish to crafty the wishes of others. He
wants to do the right thing and the
kindly thing, and there is not the small
est doubt that since his election he has
been inspired by the truest spirit of JUS
tlce and the most conscientious sense of
duty, equally loyal to his great place and
to his party, asking no favors and looking
to his work to vindicate itself Very
great forbearance and patient temper"
says Mr. Waterson, "should be extended
by the public to such public servant.
He selected his political advisers by the
rule of fitness, and he has inspired them
with his own busihess-like spirit. The
departments are in the hands of the most
uniform and methodical men. In everv
one of them, there circulates the atmos-
phere Of the workshop. To say nothing
about the practical benefit and utlitarian
moral value incalculable. 1t is, in itself,
a sort of democracy, and much needed
sort at that"
EUsTIs' ATTACK CONDEMNED.
The attack of Mr.. Eustis on the admin
istration seems to Mr.. Watterson "euually
unjust and unwise. AS long as Senators
and Representatives insist upon sharing
the patronage of the government they
should be willing to share its responsible
ties. To-day the President is Just two
months in office. There has been no at
tempt to shape policy. The thankless
duty of hearing appeals and considering
claims of aspirants and friends of aspi-
rants has consumed all the time Ap-
pointments mean disappointments, be-
cause for every place there are a dozen
or more applicants, and for each which he
fills the President must take the risk of
making one traitor and eleven enemies.
After "a years of absence from power the
Democratic party has by little less than a
miracle come into the custody of the ma
tional government. Whether it retains
that custody will depend upon the success
or failure of the men it has delegated to
represent it. The party is on trial. In
evitably it is bound to stand or fall by it's
administration. It. cannot afford to quar-
rel with the administration upon matters
of detail or lightly to criticise it. There
will be time enough to disown it when it
violates its pledges.
THE ADMINISTRATION LOYALTY DEMO
CRATIC.
In the meantime Democrats should
remember that it is composed of Demo
Gratis that the Democrats who compose
it have their rights with the rest, and
that no one of them has given a small
reason for anybody to distrust him.
have encountered but one spirit here, and
my opportunities for forming Judgment
have been most ample, and this is the
spirit of loyalty to the party and the
country. 1 will stake my life upon the
sincerity of this, and assure the disap-
pointed and doubling among the Demo
Gratis that if the President should go fas-
ter than he is going he would surely run
his bark ashore. One story is good till
another is told. The administration that
starts out to please everybody will end
by pleasing nobody. This administration
is trying to do its duty. Beset on all
sides by complications, and badgered
day in and out by opportunities, it has
kept its temper passing well, and has
made ne more mistakes than are common
to newcomers in Office, and not so many
as might have been expected"