Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11
HE is MUCH ROVED
Has Better Control Over Himself and Has
Learned to Handle Men More Easily
More Independent and SeIf-Coptained-
VIII Let The Other Fellows Worry.

other people.
Ii does not take long for the politicians who
have had wears Of experience in Congress to
size up a man. The frat thing they do when
new administration comes into power is TO
take the measurements OF the President and his
cabinet. They may have known the men we'll
enough before. but their duty Under the
changed conditions Is to ascertain how tney lit
N their new positions. They studied Cleveland
before when he was in the White House; now
they are making review of the study and they
lind that they have a revised and an improved
edition. Every Senator and every member OF
the House who calls on Mr.. Cleveland watches
and studies him with the care OF d scientific ex-
pert. and when they ge. toge her in the hotel
corridors or in the. privacy Of their rooms they
compare notes and make their estimates. This
Is as much Dart or their business as it is the
business OF a doctor TO make study OF his pa
tents ana they are as expert as any doctor.
he HAS GREATLY IMPROVED.
Cleveland has had his measure taken, physi-
caliy, mentally and psychologically. and tie
decision is that he has greatly improved since
he was last at the head OF the nation.
He does not appear as heavy and habby as he
used 70 be- While ne has aged little and has
lost considerable Of his bai~. he seems more
active and closer knit and more capable OF en-
durance. his physical condition is shown to be
strong BIZ his -ecklessness as to fatigue and ex-
Eo'Hrs and freedom ff'" any evil results from
Mentally ne is keener. mere as.u.c, quicker
OF perception and broader o. vision: and I'M
derneath all this be Ia more in touch with man
kind, more genial. less apt to be fretful and
more apt to get in sympathy with and under
stand ali manner and conditions OF men. lie
il more n man Of the world. Having more con-
fdence in himself he has more in other people.
ard where he has lack Of confidence it Is
more clearly marked as TO the individual. in
stead of being general. The general comment
is that he is u pleasanter man to meet and more
difficult to influence. He has a wider acq1aint-
ance with men. a broader range of vision and
more clearly defined purposes. He is not in
clined to devote rs many hours TO work as he
used TO. but ne can dispose Of more in less
time.
HE TAKES THINGS PHILosoPHIcALLY.
Just at present he is being put through a
pretty hard strain. but with all the handshak-
ing and all the opportunities he is submitted
to. he does not appear to be in the least dis
turbed. He seems to have solved the problem
Of letting the other fellow do the worrying.
The men WHO want the places can fuss and
fume as much as they care to. while he takes
it all philosophically. At the end of day
seemingly full OF annoyances be comes out
smiling and fresh. as if there was nothing in
the world to bother him. When soiicitous
friends ask if ne is not OVERRIDING himself he re-
plies that he does not think about it.
He may not always appear in the most
aniable mood. but If he shows anger it is for
the benefit Of the other fellow. and be does not
agltate himself. He will laugh it off with some
one else Immediately. In everything be SAYS
in all his actions and IN every attitude he shows
himself to be in perfectly independent frame
of mind. and to a degree defiant There are
certain things he is very earnest about. and
when he speaks of these. as he does whenever
there is promise Of anything being accom-
piished By it, he shows considerable feeling.
One thing that every one is satisfied about is
that he is not going to allow ANYTHING to run on
long that annoys or disturbs him in any way il
he can help it, He is doing a great deal Of
handshaking now. both in the east room and
in his private offices. distinguished persons
claiming the privilege Of paying their respects
to him in private.
WILL MAKE RULES SOON.
This takes up great deal Of his time from
work he has to do and he is tolerating it for the
time only. To give up so much time to hand
shaking must devolve upon him the necessity of
working late at night in order to get his bust
ness advanced. This he il willing to do for
short while. but he viii not make slave of him
self as he did before, and in very short time
be is going to lay down some rules which will
put limit on the amount of his time that can
be taken up each day by the public to narrow
confines. SO that he can have more of the day.
the comforts of the family circle in the
evenings.
Two things he is doing are going to relieve
him TO q considerable extent. BY letting it be
known as soon as he has decided on an APP
pointment to be made, and by letting candi-
dates know when they have no chance of sue
cess, he relieves himself of much protracted
importantly. BY announcing at once that he
does not intend TO appoint any of his old office
holders he gets rid of a very large element of
the offce-seeking class now here and clears the
way for action.
As TO OLD OFFICE HOLDERS.
There is great deal Of comment on this
policy as to old office holders. and the opinions
widely differ. The most general opinion is
that it is good policy, but then its practice
cuts of with no bread large element of the
support which was given to secure mis- renomi-
nation in June. As rule those whom he had
favored with appointments during his first
term were anxious for his denomination. and
worked for it at Chicago, believing that il
would insure their own return to power. This
new policy Is. Of course, very Disappointing TO
them. A man seeking a denomination might
not have the courage to do thing Of this sort,
but il certainly has the merit of discOuraging
the theory and practice of having nominations
made by office holders FOR the benefit Of them
selves.
The policy is very wide reaching when one
comes TO think il over. The men who were APP
pointed to Office in the country generally by
Mr.. Cleveland when he was President before
got the places because they were prominent in
politics in their particular locality. Each con-
troiied some part of the party organization and
they were all associated with and in the aggre-
gate. the power keeping the statesmen of Con-
gress IN their places. As ex-office holders most
Of them have kept their hold on the party
machine at their homes and now represent the
organization. Their being turred down now as
BODY means n loss Of their influence at home
and the placing OF the power in other hands.
In other words. 1t amounts to an entire reorgan-
ization OF the party management all over the
country from the ground up. 1t strikes at the
very roots OF the present party system and is
liable to lead to rapid rotation in Office. not only
as to appointive PAGES. but 10 the elective
places which are affected by these appoint
iaents- The longer you look into it the deeper
the well will look
. lake It all the way through, however, the
policy Is very generally approved, and as the
outs are always the majority IT will probably be
widely popular. 1t is rather a sorryfui sight to
see the long line of ex-ofice holders now de-
camping from Washington, but by being mott
ned IN time they are saving a great deal Of
money IN hotel bills
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