Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-11

Axe Is Frying 10 DO His Muty aatd
VIII Adhere 90 EEis Policy
Boston Herald, january sOth.
Arriving by appointment, found the
President at leisure to talk with me, and
he spoke of the condition of affairs in his
administrationwi'h straightforward frank
ness. don't think the country ever had
President who was less diplomatic in
manner. Mr.. Cleveland does not hold
with Talleyrand that the use Of language
IL to conceal thought. II is q mystery to
me how any ome, in view Of the straight
forward simplicity of his character, can
question the sincerity of his purpose. 1
don't think any one here really accuses
him Of Being a hgpocrite. There is an
atmosphere of candor about him that is
unmistakable-one TO which the disin-
terested observer mt once yields, and to
which the mostsusniuipus must inevitably
succumb. told President cleveland
that L came to him MS the representative
OF the Herald, and as one of the great
public of Boston, | told him that he
had many friends and wcll.wishers In
Boston. / then snid to him that this was
not confined to lis own party and to the
Mugwumps that he had many friends
in the Republican party, and that some of
the latter had gone 80 far as to suggest
that the Republicans rally in support of
his policy and take him away from the
Democrats. He smiled nj this, and said
he was not aware that things had got so
far as that Then, with twinkle in his
eye, he added; 81 suppose your Republi-
cans did not believe that a Democrat
could possibly be good President. How
utr lIxr al fs,l sa
deluded as to think that the great Demo-
cratic party could not be trusted to
govern the country-that it hadn't a man
whom it could elect who would administer
this government honestly and faithfully.
Well, that shows how far party spirit will
carry men,"
He next spoke of his position toward
the Senate in the matter of combinations
to office. He said it gave him some
anxiety, for the Senate had been good
while in disclosing what it meant to do.
'eThey seem to distrust me, said he, tif
am to accept what | hear from others.
But l hear nothing from them. They
have not called upon me for information
or for documents. / have tried to deal
shonorably and fairly by them. My pur-
pose was announced at the beginning of
my administration. meant then to ad-
here toit. | have never changed it. |
do not mean to change it in the future. 1t
seems to me unjust and ungenerous in
them TO suspect that do If l had not
meant to adhere to my policy, it would
have been foolish in me to begin in it. /
should have escaped much in refusing to
begin it. 1t is not at all pleasant for me
to disappoint, and fear sometimes to
offend, my party friends. Nothing but q
sense of duty has brought me to this step.
Why run all this risk and incur this hard
feeling only in the end to retreat? II
seems to me it would have been as i'm
polite as it is wrong. No; have tried to
be true to my own pledges and the
pledges of my party. We both promised
to divorce the Offices of the country from
being used for party service. have held
to my promise, and mean to hold to it.
II did not propose to hold party ser
vice in the past in the Democratic ranks
as against man. On the contrary, it
gave him a strong, equitable claim to
office. He had been excluded for "a years
because he was a Democrat. He should
be remembered for the same reason. when
Democratic administrator came into
: power, provided i lie was competent man
for the position to be filled. What
understand by civil service reform, as j
am carrying it out, is that the office.
holders shall be divorced from politics
while they ill their position under thi.
government. That rule have meant tc
stand by. My removals from office, such
as are made, are made for cause 1t would
be absurd for me TO undertake to give the
country my reasons. in all cases, because il
would be impracticable. When / hay,
removed Republican for politiea
reasons or for any other reasons woulG
apply the same rule to my own party.
think the Republican senators should b,
just enough TO believe this of me. The,
ought to appreciate that | am trying t
do my duty. Why they should continue
to distrust me l do not see. They do no
come to me, either personally or by com
mittee, to get an understanding of m,
attitude or to obtain explanations Of
points of action to which they object
They stand off and question the sincerit,
of my purposes