The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-11
GEN. HARRISON'S POLICY.
A BELIEF THAT HE WILL TRY TO
CONCILIATE THE SOUTH.

Assertions that He Is as Strong Civil
Service Reformer as President
Cleveland A Great Effort TO be
Made to Appoint only Good Men
to ONCE in the South.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-L. L. Dalton is
the democratic postmaster of the House.
He has been an active democrat in Indiana
politics for years. I'm six months, " he said
to-day, there will be more complaining Of
Mr.. Harrison by republicans than by demo-
Gratis. He will give good, clean and able
administration. Everything about it will
be high-toned and honorable. The demo-
Gratis and the people generally will have
nothing to complain of. 1t will be con-
sentative administration, much more
liberal than the extremists would desire,
and no man or clique of men can run Gen.
Harrison. He will be the President. This
will cause some heart-burning in his own
party.
CIVIL SERVICE REFoRMER.
HE is a civil service reformer, and is as
firm as President Cleveland. In this he will
antagonize those of his party who will de-
ma a clean sweep. He will not yield. He
is respecter Of the law, one OF the able t
lawyers in the country, and man who
takes him for person of no more than or
binary intellect will find himself deceived.
HIS SOUTHERN POLICY.
"Some of his party will demand vigor-
Gus and oppressive policy in the south.
They will be disappointed. He will adopt
the most liberal southern policy any repub-
lican has ever thought Of He
will treat the southern people as well
DraeiJan+ C1avaIord hos I know thn
man. He is a republican, but he is not
lacking in wisdom. His appointments in
the south will all go to republicans, and he
will not appoint a democrat to any office
He is too much of partisan for t at, but
he will appoint no carpet-baggers, and
none of the rapscallions that have been
placed over the southern people before.
AFTER THE BORDER STATES.
Some of the border states are now very
close He will try to draw them into his
party ranks. If he makes bad appoint
ment, it will be because he is deceived. /
think he will be with his party on the edu-
C tional question, on the pension question,
as to the admission of territories, as to the
tariff and all those issues The south may
be worked on through the education bill
and internal revenue repeal.
Mr.. Dalton declared that he expected the
Democratic party to come back into power
at the end of four years. The republicans,
he said, have all the embarrassments Of the
democrats, and more. The educational bill
would hurt them in sensitive spot, and the
too liberal pensions would arouse opposition
that would defeat tire Republican party.
PRAISED BY MCPHERSON.
Edward Mcpherson said that Gen. Har-
| rison would give most conservative and
| liberal administration His southern policy
would be liberal. He would not attempt
violently to split asunder the solid south.
He would break it up by his liberality. In
the first place, he would give them good
officials. Then the educational bill and re-
peal of the tobacco tax would do the rest.
His would be firm. but clean and liberal
administration, and he would have nothing
but kindness for the soul b. Mr. Mcpherson
said further that Gen. Harrison was a civil
service reformer and there would be no
criticism OF his policy on that score.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
The civil service commission will proba-
| bly, have to go with two memb ers until
Gen. Harrison comes in. The Senate will
probably refuse to confirm any nominee the
President might send in this winter. Still,
| the President will contiue to try to find
some one to take Mr.. Oberly's place. Col.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson is the only
person now mentioned for the place. Com
mis- Toner Lyman, the only member of the
civil service commission now in town.
thinks that civil service reform has received
no serious setback in the defeat of the demo-
cratic party. 81 have q very decided
impression" he said, that Mr.. Harrison's
admi listration will be q practical civil
service reform administration. l see no
reason why he should not execute the law
in good faith and extend it to branches OF
| the government service to which 1t has not
been applied. His letter of acceptance
indicates that that is his attitude on the
subject. / believe that he was entirely
sincere in the statements in that letter and
that civil service reform will have no set
back by reason Of the change of admins
tration."