Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-16
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
He Talks on Questions of Interest to the
Country.

| He Talks on Questions of Interest to the
Country.
New YORK, January 5-The Washington
correspondent of the World has an interest
ing interview with President Cleveland in
| this mornings paper upon topics now upper
most in the public mind.
When asked if he had interviews with re-
publican senators for the purpose of talking
over with them what will be done with! his
appointments, the president said: 'ese
''No there is not a word of truth in it. y 2
''Have you talked with senators of either
party upon this subjects"
II may have mentioned this subject casu-
ally to some of my callers, but only as cas-
ual topic of conversation. Of course 1t is
natural that take an interest in the cOnfir-
nation or rejection of the men l have Sc
lected during the vacation, but l feel no un-
due anxiety on the subject. believe this is
an executive Office and deem it important
that the country should be reminded of it.
l have ~
CERTAIN EXECUTIVE DUTIES TO PERFORM. ~
When that is done my responsibilities end.
The Office is one of the co-ordinatey branches
of the government. The senators and MEM
bers have their duties and their responsible
ties. They put their kands upon the Bible
and take the SAKE oath of obligation, in as
Stunning the.r Office as does the president"
The president then continuing said that
when he had made his recommendations to
congress, or had sent appointments to the
senate the responsibilities were then shifted
to the other end of the avenue.
: The president regards
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION
as the most important before! congress, al
though he does not by any means underrate
the importance of the tariff question. Cd
As he touched upon these two topics he
stood up and movedsabout, leaning upon the
chairs about his desk. AS he outlined his
personal ideas relating to these subjects, he
said: 81 believe the business of the country
is now to large extent in a condition of
uncertainty, owing to the doubt as to what
will be done with the silver. wrote upon
that subject to the best of my ability in my
message. don't see how even the extreme
advocates of the use of silver can ask to have
the coinage continued, whilel'so many re-
main idle and there seems to be no scarcity
of currency
''Do you believe that congress will, carry
out your recommendations about ssilyer?
Do you not think some compromise will be
the actual result accomplished"
To this the president said he'Fhad no
means of knowing would be done. It was a
subject which had now
PASSED BEYOND HIS CONTROL,
or direction. He had not the slightest wish
or desire to influence in any way the consid-
Grafton of congress beyond the methods en-
ployed by him in directing their attention to
the subject through his official methods.
The president was asked how he liked Sen
ator Beck's speech on the tariff.
He replied: "My own personal ideas about
that is that the only practical way to pass
bill would be to have the house committee
charged with this work, take up this subject
in business fashion and modify the pres
ent law in such way as to help the poor
people who labor, and take away the need
less protection of the few who have grown
rich at the expense of the many. There are
as many
INCONGRUITIES IN THE TARIFF