The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-16
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
COMMENTS AND CRITICISMS III
THOUGHTFUL WRITER'S.
The President satisfi sd VIII! the hes"''' Of
His Administration-PT Proposed Coup
D'Ftat In ada-Harrlson, Quay, bua
lev a Co.-The Coming Presidents in-
ture Policy, Sc.

ture Policy. SC.
CLrvrIAND's BELrEF.-The able
Washingtong correspondent Of the Bat
timore Sun reports President Cleveland
as follows
"It NAV be stated that the President IS
thoroughly satisfied with the practical
outcome of hi. administration and No. ei-
feet on the fortunes OF the Democratic
Marty lie is very earnest in predicting
a great fortune for the Democracy and
in asserting his unqualified devotion 10
the party. 1T is grand party said De,
and WAS never in better shape than 10 D.
AT pre-ent " hen We consider the con-
djtion II was in before the tariff issue
WAS formulated, the want of unanimity,
wide divergence Of views on many points,
and the hearty united support 1t gave me
during the campaign, who can doub.
that lis status has been improved. and
that il has a glorious future before 70 ~
The Pies dent is as firm now rs he
ever was in the opinion that tariff re-
form is the living issue for the Dcmoc-
racv. lie regards 10 as an issue M mar
mony with the spirit and traditions OF
the party. ans one involving enormous
benefits 10 the people. he believes that
sooner or later the tOiling MASSES VIII
( be thoroughly reused to an indignant
perception of the burdens uniustly inn
posed upon them By the tariff laws. and
/ of the fact that the taxing power OF The
nation is being recklCssly used for the
/ benefit of favored few He does not
tolerate the idea that the Democracy was
beaten on the tariff issue last fall Had
certain conditions been eliminated from
The campaign he says I'VE would have
/ won q decisive victory
So far rs he is individually concerned
/ he has no regrets al laying down jas
trust. He thinks the defeat of The De-
mOcracy is to be deplored because Of the
/ injury resulting TO the public Interests,
but personally he experiences profound
sense of relief al the prospect of speedy
release from The ordeal 10 which be las
been exposed during the pastfour years
The strain has been so great that no man
Of less robust health and rugged yiTiliiy
could have wi;hstOOd H.
One Of the most trying features of his
position has been that in the discharge OF
his official duties he has been called upon
so frequently TO offend persons whose
friendship and good opinion he valued.
lr Cleyelands eympathies arc warm
and easily reused.
1t is an OPEN secret that he accepted
the Democratic nomination last summer
with genuine reluctance, and after cam-
est effort to escape il. His supposed po-
lilical aspirations for the future DO NOT
exist. here Is no rivalry on his part
between himself and anybody else. 81
am in no ones way" he says. 81 shall
be delighted TO be relieved of the CARES
Of the Presidency. On the 4th of March
next, on purely personal grounds, there
will be 10 happier man IN the United
states
CANADIAN RUMOBs.-Canada, If the
rumOr-mOngers are to be believed, IS ON
the eve Of g coup ddat OF some Kind.
What is TO be the great stroke of pOlili-
cal policy is largelya matter of conjec-
ture, but Sir John Macdonald is admitted
bg friend and foe 10 be planning some
startling surprise for the Dominion. One
explanation points 20 his resignation and
withdrawal from public life after he has
nominated Sir Charles Upper as his
sue cessOr Another account forecasts q
dissolution of Parliament and an immc-
date appeal to the people against onne&-
alton. A later, and more sensational.
surmise, anticipates the establishment of
a constitutional monarchy, with mem
Der Of the Queens family as the soyer-
eign.-N. J. ITltane.
-
HARRIsoN's AGESTs-W anamaker put
up the money Quay and Dudley were
the purchasing agents
The most iniquitous circular from any
political headquarters that has ever been
made public was Dudley's, instructing
the county committees how to purchase
voters by the wholesale. or ia blocks Of
five
There can be no doubt In the mind of
any thoughtful observer that this scheme
of an election by purchase was successful
and that the success of Mr.. Harrison was
due chiefly to these three consprat)rs
against the purity Of the bsllot-C0ur.tr-
Journal
BLAINE AND THE SOUTH Colonel Ju-
liam Allen Of Satesyille, y c., has
talked with Mr. Blaine, and he reports
that statesman as follows
In the selection of local officers for
the Southern States, Mr.. Blaine led
COlenel Allen TO think that he would
favor the apportiOnment Of conservative
Republicans-men who had laid aside
the hatreds and bitterness Of war times.
and were aiming AZ the development of
the country ana the happiness and the
welfare of The people In many ways
Mr.. Blaine expressed his concern for Tie
welfare of the South and lis interest IN
is future lie convinced Colonel Allen
that when he took his seal IN President
Hsrrisons Cabinet be would prove as
good friend Of the South as that por-
ton Of the country ever had.
MCsIc AHEAD The Republican poll
ticiau whose interesting views Of tho out
look for the Harrison administration are
reported by our Washington correspond.
ent Is IN position 70 know whereof he
speaks His name, II we we're permitted
10 Use 1t, would, without question. give
10 his racy opinions the piquancy Of fact
AAA9it.NN lA0iANNN
The statement that General Harrison
has determined 10 recognize The old rule
of "the courtesy of the Senate by max
ing the Republican Senators the erbiters
of appointments for their States com.
ports with his course when Il Senator
Mr. Harrison was q sticklcr FOX his
right 10 DO consulted as 10 the import
ant appointments in Indiana. With
Senators Hisc0ck and Eyarts controlling
the patronage for New York, Senator
sherman dispensing il for Ohio, Senator
Quay Tor Pennsylvania, FIR, e and Hale
for Maine, and so on, the Cabinet officers
will be little more than head clerks 10
the President.-N 7. World.
A Washington correspondent says that
the talk in Washington is that General
Harrisons administration is predesiined
10 failure. he President-elect thew
say, does not want Blaine IN his Cabinet.
and Will Try TO freeze him out Blame
will fight back, and the Cabinet may be-
split According TO rumor, General
Harrison has decided upon a queer pol.
icy for the distribution Of patronage.