Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-04-01
THE PRESIDENT.
Many Noticeable Changes Have Come Over
Him la Eight Years.
From The Republic Bureau.

A9AN NuSn ne dSSuIneQ tue FTSSlueu-
cY eight years ago and have occasion
to confer With him from time to time
now, declare thar be is a very changed
man. When Mr. Cleveland first be-
came President he lost patience with
the ofice-seekers, was inclined to be
irritable and brusque, and not always
polite. Now, however, he seems to be
the soul of patience.
He IS taking his arduous duties rery
calmly and is not permitting the
round of appeals to him TO try his
temper. Senators aud Representatives
in Congress who have occasion to call
upon and consult with the several de-
partments and afterwards to go back
10 the White House have declared
that no member Of the administration
is SO easily approached and more
amiable when reached than the Presi-
dent.
He does not appear to be worried
and listens to everybody and appears
willing 70 hear the applicants out and
manifests an interest 10 every case
that indicates that his attention has
been fixed upon the story Of his Wis
itor. In other ways Mr. Cleveland
seems to have mellowed very consid-
cradle The delegation" that called
upon him eight years ago, with every
member Of which he was forced to
shake hands and exchange a few
words, worried him immensely. Now
he goes through the form of receiv-
ing them as if he liked it. He has a
good many more pleasant words in
his vocabulary than lie had when he
first came to Washington.
1t can be said also that Nj. Cleye-
land intends that, SO far as he can
help it, there shall be no fractional
fights in the Democratic party. No
man is to be excluded from consider
alton Tor Office because he was oppos-
ed to Cleveland's nomination, and no
mar will have right-of-way for any
place because he was an ardent advo-
cate of MIR. Cleveland for the Demo
cratic Presidential nomination. The
nomination of ex-senator Eustis of
Louisiana as Minister to France, who
was not a Cleveland man, shows this.
It is safe to say that there will, per-
laps be equally conspicuous cases be-
fore the present session Of the Senate
adjourns.
Mr.. CIeveland's ambition seems to
be to leave the Democratic party solid
and united when he retired from the
Presidency in 1897, to sec that a Dem.
ocratic successor is installed IN bis
place and that all branches Of the
Government executive, legislative
and judicial are controlled By the
Democratic party
Mr.. Cleveland has conyersed fire.
quently of late with several Of his
friends and has outlined his ambition.
This is in the line Of it 1t is also his
ambition to get the intellectual, con-
sentative, thinking people, the INDUS
trial element, the moneyed interests
ard the laborers to believe that the
Democratic party is the safest for
them all in politics and Government
He has impressed this idea upon his
friends very strongly and has let il be
known, too, that he intends, when he
retires from once, that Democrats
shall have no reason to complain that
they were not we'll represented in the
official life Of the government.
He still adheres strictly to his be.
lief in civil service reform and insists
that tho classified service must not be
touched; that merit shall be the rule
in getting into the lover branches Of
the service or the initial step. In ap-
pointnents outside Of the classified
service, however, he believes that
Democrats should have the Offices aud
be is going to appoint Democrats and
encourage his Cabinet officers to do
the same He is also believer in
Democratic organization and has let
II be known lately that he liked the !
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