New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-28
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
HIS FIRST YEAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, FcD. Z(.-On lnurSday hcNu
the President will have completed the first year OF his
term What eventiul period for him. for his party
and for tho country at LARGE It but yesterday
that he entered the White House amid the exultan
shouts OF hungry horde OF oI!ceso whO after
tweny four years OF exile caught glimpse at last OF the
promised land II but yesterday that Teiormors
and political detanti hung with ba'ed breath upon tho
oracular ltteraDccs which dIOpI ed from his Is; bu
yesterday that they listened in rapture to tho solemn
aphOrisirs which wont TO clinoh his advice to
donbtng followers hut yesterday that they eTtoled to
the skies the plattudes with which he EN-
pha>izcd the simplest PRINCIPLES. Tell the truth'
Public Office is public trust" Tho Government
should he conducted behind glass doors who doea not
remcnbe these products OF Mr.. Cloyeands sententou'
sseacity
But sec how one short year has changed al this. A
party hopecssly divided against itself. House which
TO delight In embarrassing the executive branch OF
the Government ovcry possible OCCASION Senate 10
whose Democratic members the President can never
confidently look FOR loyal suprr Cabinet the members
OF which view each other with suspicon-these are
among the fruits OF Mr.. Clcvelands first year In occ
Who Is to blame With accord Democrats answer:
THE President himself; he IS not in sympathy with the
majority Of hs party he does not heed Its wishes he
does under stand II ana he doesn't care to- This no
doubt is gait" rue but IL not the only reason why MI
Cry Glands Administration has been such failure Ills
lack Of training experience I'm pubc life his slender
knowledge ~ and the ways OF the world aro quite
much the OF s poor success in the Presidential
office rs the attitude which he has CHOSEN to assume
party This defect Is intensified by his rapid
politi al advancement. Only few years the Sherf
OF mis- comfy lie IA to-day President ot tho United
States. such career might have turned nnybody's
head. II has. believe. tunnel his He las become
law unto himself lie longer thinks that his ludG-
ment rnn he greatly NJ fault In anything. II this
which makes MIN ~ victim Of the wile 81 political
oil. anil he foo I'm no q such
German, Manning. Thompson and Dickinson. Nlthal
he has grim and never tagging perception 81 what ne
means and Whit he wants. lie will Keep Garland In
tho Cabinet. for iustlrcc. against The camor OF public
OF inion and the protests all decent people He will
order the Attorney General like schoolboy not TO opcn
his mouth in his own dc.oncc. lie Will 60 out OF lis
way to snub a justice OF the SUI reno Court as hc dd
Judge Field tie other day. lie viii read lecture to
Senator or lay down the law to n member ~ Congress
lie will do all these things be supremacy Indifferent 10
tho praise and blame Of his el'oworentures. ana yet
display lime. the scn-itvcncsS OF school Girl Some
criticisms which correspondent permitted himself to
mako upon an order prohibiting smoking IN tho
vcstibue of Tho White House annoyed him more than
any condemnation OF ls official acts rs President. so
did the statement that he had called for drink OF
whi-key the frat Thing npon reaching his camp in the
Adirondack last summer and that he in the habit
OF fishing Sundays. These and similar statements
induced him 10 include IN one grand nna''cma all
newspapers and papcr writer's. nj, letter to The
Editor % ucL II too recent occurrence 70 call Tor
detailed mention here II showed. think. how eN-
tromey sensitive the President IS on some points how
short ii Cited he wIS and also how unjust he can be
when his hapI ems to he made the subject OF
criticism I'm q newspaper.
II cannot he sail that tho promises OF reform ana
Jcnorsoniln imI city OF which - much was heart
= wear ago have borne suh-t utnl fruit ~ the White
House. The country remembers that good deal was
said about reduction Of the clerical force; that the
number 81 doorkecpors vas 10 be cut DOM; that or''
anil carriages were 10 got id o. ana moro 10 tile same
purpose Indcol rerollect that the organ OF the Ad
mlni,traton ono morning cIavcy announced that tho
ch,f OF President Arthur had been diSchargh ana n
Bridget installed n his place and cvcn that pic had beer
restored it~ place NJ honor the Presidential menu
from ic had been hauished by order OF Mr.. Clcv2
lands eGct' and luxurious Predecessor All these
things aud the dcnes % tht President. who repre-
scented ,itnE NJ work IN his shirt sleeves at o'clock
IN tho morning fully forth by tho Adminstra
ton Organ-nO alas an organ no mo7c,and dWolt on
with PRIZE ana ponlero-y ~ particularly which
would have put the blush OF shaine and envy on tho
check, OF " 81 Simon when he made thc celebrated
entry in hi- diary II roi DodicIHc's." And yet.
people who know whereof they speak and who have
lived the Official dinners 81 successive Administrations,
assure their friends that before have They sdt
down 10 better appointed table partakcn OF more
luxuIions ca,ts drunk fncr winos than those which
tie Jenor.oniaD simplicity OF President Cleveland
Iroyidtd FOR them. An FOR the floral display these
occasions, The decor atoms, the music, tho pomp and
ceremonial they chst any tnng that General Arthur
ever Attempted 'as into the sha!c
one OF the Presidents good qualities il his eNuaord-
nary appreciation OF the value Of time He never loses an
hour or n minute The few moments he gives three
times week the reception o: the general pubic and
the halfd more o, official entertainments IN the
% the only 10 recruit hl, energies for
toll. lie Is probably never conscious Of fhti'nc;
WORKER whose principal form OF amusement is the
variety OF tho work lac u engaged IN aud IA" seems To-
under all ms strain he sin keeps hs health Tie
takes exercise. He Is never senn ont walking The
only breath OF fresh afr which reaches his lungs u takrn
In afternoon drives about tho outlying PORTIONS p' th'
III these excursions he IL almost always accom-
panied hy Colonel Lamont What the two lind t. talk
about has puzzled good many people The President
is not good conyersationnlls,. In The society OF
is Impossible TO Imagine Mr.. Cleveland ndusing IN a
conversation where wit split and animation are called
impressed rather ~ the severity OF bis manner tho ar
OF Judicial sympathy with which he lnIerroHates ms
visitor fl indeed no ntcrfOgatCs him AZ all the calm
H. s,c"ch and a his utcrnnccs IIe lacks erniality
and nay OF fancy except when hs temper is rousoi ana
then his fancy j. apt 10 run away aogcti"r with MA
Judgment his language al sI Un me- as OK
The President will probably not be called npon to
good convcrsationaIi-i Neither Is he good speaker
What no has Is always carefully prepared noforc
when he delivered his inaugural address yoar ago.
e did the thng Mt the meeting OF the Buffalo bar
called 10 tnke action tho death OF his friend oscar
Folsom when Il said to have delivered touching and
beautiful speech was thought TO be impromptu hnt
the eporiors knew better, for they had copies OF the
original manuscript. word for word In their pockets
When. as Mayor. Mr.. Cleveland called upon 10
deliver tho address 1T the laying Of tho corner stone Of
the Young Mems Christian Association Building In
buffalo a reporter approached him Ia Obtain pledge %
the manuscript after tho address, was delivered %
bers Is; take IL now" said tile Mayor.
wrote II out but know II by heart" II was tho Same
way am told. with his speech at tho scni lennid
anniversary OF Che city OF Buffalo held July T. lss2 amt
also " til lis speech at the dedication of tho Fitch
Institute In the same tity.
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