New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-27
desire and determined purpose to carry 1t on
steadily and swiftly to completion.
THE PRESIDENTS PUBLIC SERVICE.

THE PRESIDENTS PUBLIC SEhFI'E'
There are thousands in all parts OF the coun
try who feel with Mr.. Depew, that the PreSi
dents Southern speeches prove that the callca
lures of opponents have Slandered an Executive
who has had the ability and courage worthiiy t
administer the Office of Chief Magistrate o.
sixty-iye million people. Republican O
largo influence said in this city last week
"These speeches are revelation to me neve
realized that the President was such a man.
feel rs if | had done him injustice, and other
have infinitely slandered him."
II is not many years since President Clevelan'
was iourneying in similar way, and respond
ing in brief speeches to welcomes given him
various points. His opponents have chaftabl!
endeayored to forget, but his friends remembe
with humiliation, how they felt when his laborl
onsIv compiled extracts from an encyclopedia;
wore nrinted with their cheap and common
nloco nhrascs. The disclosure of Mr.. Cleve
lands mental narrowneSs and poverty contrib
uted not little to his subsequent defeat. Host
Of neoplo mentally contrasted his performance
with tho terse. compact fearless and thoughtful
speeches which Mr.. Harrison was making Ga!
by day when candidate, as they now contras
those same specimens of mechanical hand-orgai
oratorv with the responses President Harrison
is making to those who greet him.
r. is true that other qualities are needed in
Chief Magistrate besides readiness IN speech
But one popularity of President Harrison re
marks is that they constantly show how thor
opcbIv he has studied and how profoundly n
has thought about the questions upon which de
of fho the
sections His speeches are surprisingly candit
and frank. in reference to questions about whlci
mon differ widely and passonately, and yet the'
breathe such a sincere and earnest desire to ilhC
the right and do it that even opponents are woi
by them. Because those who listen ana thos'
who read find in the President man OF WIG
knowledge. broad thought and patriotic states
manship. they are led to remember that his adj
ministrotjon of his great office, under circum
stances of much difficulty, has been cohSpicu
ously clean. able and honorable
The President himself does not go about re
Uuesting public attention to the merits and vlr
tines of his public service as some other Presl
don4s have DONE But all the more for thai
reason. perhaps. when men observe how cleal
and strong are his opinions, and how convincing
his reasonings. on matters of the highest i'm
portance. they are compelled to remember tha
his earnest spirit and his great ability have
been 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 broad-minded a man he is, anc
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 fol
himself and his administration the respect OF
the mutitudes If he should be candidate
again, or if he should not be, in either case thi
better appreciation of the merits and the work
of a Republican President will strengthen th'
Republican cause. And in that President Har
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-
Sents