Telegram-herald., 1889-07-02
THE TWO PRESIDENTS.
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a long nisss.es with Cnaanses 81. De
pew, ~ho has returned frosa Washing
ton where 30 Wa called D. a telegram
tEoEa Ms RFesadens. Ar. Dspes says
Il f0anf that TIE President has me
ides very nIIllg hxed N BIS DiAa that
hs = tie man slsOm the people elected
President. Bat be Tar
from having anything Eks tie
big-head lie l. open a. sug-
gestsons and information FROM every
body. re seeks ~ Keep n0thsng ~ tie
way between himself AID the people.
He has no difference with his Cabinet
officers. found th4t d. i ia perfect
accord with every member Of 1. he
tod ne himself 0f Mr.. Blame. about
y hose relations With the President 80
much has teen szld, that Mr. Blame
vas specially aDpreciatlYe Of tie aIfti
euliies OF his chiefs position, and very
consldefate about pressing the CLAIMS
OF las friends or MS oWn opinions.
The situation there = aterrible COM
nentary on the spOils systsm- nearly
got INTO trouble among the thrOngs
down there on Offices intent. II Is very
pleasant there. june has been un-
usually cool and yentured 10 say that
perhaps their chilly prospects had
Affected the weather. Ii Was risky
remark.
There never was such a situation IN
the history of the whole world. There
Are 1000 applicants for $50 COnsulates,
and 1 believe that tins proportion wall
BE- maintained. II not increased, through
all the departments. The President.
the members OF the Cabinet, the heads
OF bureaus and the Representatives
are Over-run, aud the public
business IS almost 1T stand
still The figures 1 have gwen
VIII show how many must be dlsap-
pointed. The whole country seems 10
think that Cleveland removed aud re-
placed all the office holders, and that
vacancies can be- made everywhere.
The fact Is that he removed only about
one-thlrd of the place-holders. | told
the President that rosy expectations
and egotistlcal antlclpatiOns are seldom
July Ssallzed, and IL would be we'll If
that could bee thoroughly understood
now III Washington, for II Tits III 4 good
many places l told hun that when |
was travelling 10 New Haven ON an
accommodation l thought that the
whole State of Connecticut had its at
tention fiSed on the fact that | was
to make a speech 10 the law-school
graduates NJ Yale. When a
farmer got on ut u way
station, and after looking at me five
minutes asked me if was not Chaun-
cey Depew, said to myself: Here Is
An intelligent son OF an intelligent
State. tie Is going on to hear my
speech He confirmed my impression
10y asking: Are you going up 10 New
Haven but when | answered Yes he
simply said: Baseball game, | sup
pOseP
''The President laughed so loud at
this that he could have been heard
down at the Potomac" said Mr.. De-
pew, and added Relatively: There
was a game there that day. 1t is mar
Vicious what interest the people do
seem to take IN baseball"
Mr.. Depew returned to the subject of
the scramble for Office 10y saying:
eli a Cabinet officer has an Office
| seeker So bIg and inufluctial that he
can not be frankly told that he has
| no chance, he usually takes him out
| to drive through the big National Gene
| terry at Arlington. On his return the
visitor is likely To reflect that he ha:
| seen the only spot where there are
| more vacancies than there are applI
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