Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-01
TALK WITH CLEVELAND.
The OUTGOING Executive Expresses His
Views on Matters of Interest

The OUTGOING Executive Expresses His
Views on Matters of Interest.
NEW YORK, March 1.-The Herald Wash
ington correspondent telegraphs that he has
had long and interesting talk with Presi-
dent Cleveland. The president, he says, ez-
pressed in unmistakable terms his sense of
personal relief i'll view of his release from the
cares and anxieties of office He is not un.
grateful by any means for the high honor
which was conferred upon him four years
ago and declares that no man could be in
different &c such an expression of confidence
on the part Of American citizens The cor
respondent led the conversation TO subjects
bearing upon the question Of the future pros
poets of the republic and says that the presi.
dent with the utmost frankness said:
81 am Democrat, with all the word i'm
plies. am, moreover, an intense Democrat,
in that believe that the true principles of the
Democratic party are essential to the we'll
being OF this country. During the war the
Republican party had supreme and unques-
toned control of public policy No one will
question the service it rendered at that time,
but the rank and file of the army was com
posed largely Of Democrats The generals
who won renown were also many of them
Democrats. Willie there were among the
Republicans small minority of hot-heads,
who found fault with the Lincoln administra.
ton, and among the Democrats an quail
number Of fossils whose timidity was a ma.
tional misfortune, the great bulk of the peo
pie from east TO west, without respect to party
affiliations, were solidly patriotic and ready
for any necessary amount of sacrifice for the
preservation of our institutions 1t is folly
TO claip that the war was fought by either
Republicans or Democrats; it was fol- hit by
the American citizens of the north"
"But it is plain" he said with great serious
ness, that under Republican administration.
there has been given fresh and dangerous
impetus TO monopolies, trusts and combines
Immense fortunes have been accumulated
unknown in the days of our fathers. They
are popularity Of post-bellum times, and
the control which they arbitrarily exercise
over the cost of existence is q direct menacs
to the welfare of the workingmen and of ouI
farmers"
Mr.. Cleveland hesitated before discussing
the race question in the south, because, as
he said, it is the most delicate subject now
before the people. While he believes that
manifest wrongs, either to whites or blacks
should not be tolerated, he has by no means
lost confidence in the fair-minded average
public opinion Of the south to do the best
which the circumstances allow. They know
the situation in al it's bearings, and to dis
trust their ability to deal with It is to dis
trust their sincerity and fairness.
The correspondent in conclusion says that
the president sis In no wise disturbed by the
fortunes of political warfare which have be-
fallen him. He is downright good-natured
over his defeat. He has no fear that the
Democratic policy of an adjustment of the
tariff to the wants and circumstances of the
people will not ultimately commend itself to
the American people, and says there need be nc
fear that they will fail to attach themselves
to the party which consistently and honestly
offers them relief"