Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-10
What Cleveland has Accomplished.

1t is not without feelings Of salts
faction that the Democratic party re-
call the many achievements of Presi-
dent Cleveland during his short in
cumbency of the Presidential chair
of little over three years. Nowhere
have We seen more succinct state
ment Of those results than the follow
ing from the Baltimore Sun:
"Sinre the date of President Cleve-
lands Inauguration charges have been
introduced in the conduct of federal
affairs. Sectional spite has vanished
from the policy OF the Administration,
the Civil Service has been vastly im-
proved, economy has taken the place
of extravagance, over SO, 1000, 900 acres
Of land have been put on solid basis,
and the attention OF the nation has
been called by the Chief Executive in a
forcible manner to the grievous wrong
inflicted upon the people by the exist
ing inequitable tariff taxes. The
country has noted with approval the
fact that for the first time in twenty
years the appointing power under
President Cleveland has held to the
principle that "public Office is trust"
and has acted upon it in filling all
offices from the Chief Justices hip down
to the humblest Postmastership. The
result is seen IN the improved eflicien-
cy of public servants and the higher
standard of official propriety now pre-
vailing Not only are the heads of
the Executive Departments of the
Federal Government under Mr.. Cleve-
land guiltless of the usurpation of
power and contempt for constitutional
limitations so frequent under his
predecessors, but their subordinates
also have been free from the profligate
extravaganza and unspeakable cor
ruption of former times. Diplomatic
and consular posts abroad have not,
as under former administrations,
been treated as rewards for party SER
vice but have been filled with men of
integrity and capacity. The Presi-
dents prudence and discretion have
secured an advantageous settlement
Of the troublesome fisheries question
of the Cutting incident, and Of the ques.
ton Of prohibiting, by agreement with
China, the further coming to this
country of Chinese laborers. His
frequent vetoes of bills to squander
the public teasure show that he has
the courage to use his constitutional
powers for the public good. But
above all, Mr.. Cleveland has deserved
well of the country for the manliness
and vigor with which in his tariff
message he has challenged the sup.
porters of trusts, pools and Other
monopolistic combinations to battle
for their ill-gotten advantages. His
course in this manner NOR than any
thing else has made him the leading
spirit of Lis party and compelled the
National Convention to adopt pro
gressive economic policy"
| In July, 1882, General Harrison de
livered speech in the United State.
Senate on the tariff question In it HI
said:
Now. into the tariff discussion 1 shal
not enter, for two reasO 8, / do not klou
enough about its details to discuss it proftably
and it is not proposed by any body, !
think, seriously that we shall now "
generally intD tariff revision come
then, to tay that III supporting this meas
ure from cur Finance Committee we ar,
reducing our internal taxes OIL these thre,
articles whisky, beer and tobacco). which
. Nv common consent should RI m ,in at eas
, til the indefinite future upon our list OF pro