The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-26
NOT OUT OF POLITICS.
Whitelaw Reid Still Ready to
Serve His Party.
CLEVELAND PLAYS LONE HAND.
The Celebrated Journalist-R olitician
tioaal Questions While Hers.

The private car of D. O. Mills. the Cali
fornia and New York millionaire. bearing
that gentleman and Hon. Whitelaw Reid.
his son-in-law. together with Mrs. Reid
and her children, came down from What
com at 6 O'Clock last evening and de-
parted over the Northern Pacific for New
York at 1925 After dinner Judge and
Mrs. Burke. Mr.. and Mrs. Brookes, d. II.
Gilman and others called on the party at
the car and renewed former acquaintance.
The gentlemen carried of Messrs. Reid
and Mills to the Rainier club, where An
informal reception was held, lasting till
shortly before the departure of the train.
Mr.. Reed received PosT-INTELLIGENCER
reporter very cordially. He 10 looking the
picture of health and good nature. His
face and hands are tanned, his gray eye
sparkles. his gray moustache and goatee
often frame genial smile, and he enters
with xest and animation into converse
ton about men and affairs. II have en-
joyed my long rest splendidly, and I
never felt better than l do now."
said he. II fed from the Eastern
blizzards in February, and 1 have
passed large portion of the last
three months on horseback and in the
sunshine. fancy they have more sum
shine in California than you have here,
although this is beautiful country. l
have been rusticating at Millbrae, my
father-in-law's ranch, seventeen miles
south of San Francisco. 1t had been
long time since had had q vacation, and
Mrs. Reid had promised her father to again
open up the old house on the ranch, so we
determined to spend the winter there. We
are now on our way back to New York,
where / shall again resume edi-
torial work on the Tribune.
anticipate doing much harder work when
l get back than did before went abroad,
when had everything well organized and
running smoothly. While I have an ex-
cellent staff. of which l am proud, still
there are many things which only the head
of the paper can do.
ooh. yes, am still Interested in politics
and affairs. although during my vacation
/ have not kept up with details. In fact,
l was just going out to buy Posr-INTEI-
LIGENcER when you called. / haven't seen
a paper today and do not know what the
news Is. want to say, though. that you
are publishing a splendid paper here.
"As to the present administration,
have not criticised it yet. because it has
only been in office short time. While
am an intense partisan and believe in the
principles of the Republican party, as q
citizen l should like to see President
Cleveland give the country good ad-
ministration. 1 fear, however, that he
has lots of trouble ahead of him. In fact,
the last words Mr.. Cleveland said to me at
the Chamber of Commerce dinner In New
York were: Your troubles are now over,
while mine have just begun
"Take the tariff question. According to
the Democrats, the people six months ago
declared that they were being robbed by
the Mckinley tariff law. and yet. when
they have the full power to relieve the
people Of this wrong, they neglect to do
so. After all their protestations they are
willing that this robbery of the people
should go on for a year or more after they
could put stop to it.
"Then on the financial question Mr..
Cleveland has assumed a great response
bility in trying to solve the difficulties by
himself instead of calling congress to-
gether to enact remedial legislation. The
dangers which now threaten the country
were well known to Mr.. Cleveland and his
friends before and after the election, and
many of them came to us and wanted
us to repeal tho Sherman Law.
We replied, however, that a new
set of men had been chosen to
legislate on financial questions, and now
when they have the opportunity them
selves Mr.. Cleveland dare not ask his own
party to do what he so earnestly wanted
our party to do for them. In trying to
handle the question all by himself fear
he has taken large contract and one
which may yet be very embarrassing.
LAS to the issues of the next campaign,
it is too early to predict what they will be-
! believe that the doctrines enunciated
by the Republican party in the last cam
paign are honest and for the best interest
OF the people. aud that they will again be
trlumphantly Endorsed by the people. As
to any differences between the parties on
questions connected with the conduct of
foreign affairs. should regret very much
their becoming compaign issues.
And now. my boy, you'll have to ex-
cuse me. l am glad to meet you, because
your paper is a splendid one. and that to
me is an excellent recommendation for an
interview. | have sent out many reporters
myself and l want to say to you what
always say to them: Make it short, get
it straight and put it in good English"
ID. q. MILLS AT WHATCON