Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-15
CLEVELAND.
A Review OF His Four Years. Occupancy
of the Presidential Chair.
He Has Given a Practical Business Like Adj
ministration Irrespective OF Per
sonal Considerations.

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 1.-THE Sun
tomorrow win publish special dis
patch from Washington, giving review
of President Cleveland IS ADMINISTRATION
based upon conversations with the presi-
dent. ''Less than three weeks of Presi-
dent Cleveland IS four years occupancy
of the White House remain, and the
record of his administration is practically
made up. A review of the salient fea-
lures of the administration, what it has
accomplished and sought to accom-
plish and the difficulties with
which it has had to contend is
therefore appropriate at. this time and
not without value to the country at large.
The keynote of Mr.. Cleveland IS policy
from the beginning has been a determin-
alton to give the people practical bust
ness like administration irrespective of
PERSONAL CONSIDERATIONS.
No one who has talked with Mr.. Cleve-
land, who has observed the perfect
candor and openness of his language on
this point and has watched the animated
play of his features when discussing
it as the writer has done can fail to be
convinced of the earnestness and sincerity
of his purpose, his high sense of public
dnty and his devotion to the best inter-
ests of the people. There is probably no
American in public life who has q deeper,
more genuine sympathy with the people,
and there never has been a president
more accessible or one who surrendered
SO much of his time to crafty the natural
curiosity and interest of the bone
and sineW of the land in the
chief executive than has Mr.. Cleveland.
In conversation with the writer to-day he
remarked with feeling that his afternoon
receptions, or handshakes as he calls
them, were the pleasantest incidents of
his official life. He derives
GENUINE ENJOYMENT
from meeting people who come from
every section of the country, not in
search of Office or with any favor to
ask, but merely for the sake of
exchanging pleasant word or two
with the president. The close of Mr..
Cleveland S administration finds him as
busy and perhaps even buster than when
he was indicted into office. There is now
a mass of work before him which will tax
even his robust energy to dispose of be-
fore Inauguration day. He works as
hard as any department clerk, because
he is not content to take things for
granted, but insists on informing him
self as to every question he
is called upon to decide.
The pressure of official and social
duties throughout is so great that he is
seldom able to address himself to docu-
mentary work and correspondence which
is accommodating upon his desk during al
most every honr until 'clock at night,
and he is seldom able to retire before
or o 'clock in the morning. He is in
his office again by half past nine III the
morning and from 10 to- IL is busy re-
ceiving members of congress and their
constituents. Much of his time is
consumed unnecessarily by
WANT OF CONSIDERATION
displayed by congressman in introducing
persons who merely call to pay their
respects. The afternoon receptions were
set apart for this class of visitors, but it
often happens that an influential constit-
uent hobs up at the capitol, and the
member from Wayback, or some other
district, wishing to impress his impor-
lance or influence u IN SO valuable a
or to tickle the lat
ter's vanity, says, fOh, come
along, I'll take you up to see
the president, and does so during the
hours set apart for official business. The
president has never complained of this in
treatment, but he was greatly
gratified and impressed by the conduct of
the late representative, Burnes of Mis-
souri,, who always presented his constitu-
entS who merely wished to see the presi-
dent at the public receptions.