New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-28
desire and determined purpose to carry 1t OIL
steadily and swiftly to completion.
THE PRESIDENTS PCBLIC SERTIcE'

THE PRESIDENTS PCBLIC SEE' I'E'
There are thousands in all parts Oh the couh-
try VINO feel. with Mr. Depew, that the Piesi-
dents Southern speeches prove that tne ci'i1'-
lures of opponaDts have Slandered an EAV0u
who has had the ability and courage Wor'nl! ~
administer the Office OF Chief Magistrate .!
sixty-hve million people. y kepuoh'ah VI
largo influence said in this CITY lasV "ceN
"These speeches are a revelation to me; never
realized that the President was such man.
feel rs if / had done him injustice ana o'hers
have infinitely slandered him."
Il is not many years since President cleveland
was iourneying in a similar way, and respohu-
ing in brief speeches to welcomes gwen MN at
various points. His opponents nave char'OAo'3
endeayored TO forget, but his friends remeihOer
with humiliation. how they felt when MS iaoori-
ouslv compiled extracts from an encyclopedia
wore printed. with their cheap and common
,Ioco nhrascs. The disclosure OF Mr.. CleYe-
lands mental narrowness and poverty contrib
Mod not \ little to his subsequent defeat. HOSTS
of people mentally contrasted his performances
with the terse, compact, fearless ana thouShuu
snocches which Mr.. Harrison was making uaS
NV day when candidate, as they now contrast
those same specimens of mechanical hand-orSah
ora4orv with the responses President harrison
is making to those who greet him.
II * true that other qualities are needed in
Chief Magistrate besides readiness IN speech
Rut one peculiarly of President HARRISON re-
marie is that they constantly show how thor
o,gblv bo has studied and how profoundly he
has thought about the questions upon which de-
nonds the welfare Of the people in the various
sections. His speeches are surprisingly candid
ord franl, in reference TO questions about which
men differ widely and passionately, ana yet they
breathe such a sincere and earnest desire 10 ma
the right and do it that even opponents are Won
nv them. Because those who listen ana thOSe
who read find in the President man OF VICE
knowledge. broad thought and patriotic states
manship. they are led to remember that MS al
ministration of his great office, under clrcrm-
stances of much difficulty, has been cohSpicu-
ousIy clean. able and honorable.
The President himself does not 60 about re-
ouosting nublic attention to the merits and viz
trcs Of his public service as some other Presi-
dents have done Bat all the more for that
reason. PERHAPS when men observe how clear
and strong are his opinions and how convincing
his reasonings, on matters of the highest I'M
portance. they are compelled to remember that
his earnest spirit and his great ability have
bepn devoted Tor more than two years to the
faithful administration Of the laws, and with
most honorable success. Even his opponents
are led to admit that they have never realized
how capable and predetermined man he is, and
when his speeches open their eyes they see
merits in his administration to which partisan
habits of thought had rendered them blind.
1t is valuable service to the Republican party
that the President renders, in thus gaining for
himself and his administration the respect o!
the multitudcs If he should be a candidate
again. or If he should not be- in either case this
better appreciation of the merits and the work
of a Republican President will strengthen the
Republican cause. And in that President llar-
risOn is truly serving his whole country, for the
prosperity and welfare Of the country depend
upon the success of the National policy he repre-