The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-20

He Criticises Cleveland's Administra.
tion In Important Particulars.

A0m10l0IH0e
tion In Important Particulars.
SAN Francisco, April 19.-The Chronicle
will tomorrow print an extended inter-
view with Hon. Whitelaw Reid, who is
stopping at Millbrae. the summer homo Of
d. O. Mills. In response to q question as
to what he thought about President Cleve-
lands appointments, Mr.. Reid said: "In
the main, fancy he is doing the best he
can. Some Of them are excellent" Inre-
gard to the appointment of Senator Eustis
as ambassador to France, he said: II
doubt if President Cleveland could have
made better choice if he had searched
his party through" Mr.. Reid commends
President Cleveland's course in raising the
rank OF the English and French ministers
to ambassadors and says that the change
10 more desirable for business than social
reasons, as an ambassador can transact
this country's business much more speedily
than can minister.
With regard to the hauling down of the
American flag at Honolulu. Mr.. Reid
thinks that President Cleveland wishes to
conduct negotiations with the Hawaiian
islands while they are free from. restraint,
together with natural desire that the ac-
QUESTION of the islands shall appear in
history as the work of his administration.
Speaking of the announcement that Presi-
dent Cleveland would not appoint men to
the same offices they formerly held under
him, Mr.. Reid said he could not believe
that Mr.. Cleveland had made any such
ridiculous rule and added:
Why lay it down as q general rule that he will
uniformly deprive the country of the services
of those members of his party best trained to
serve it? private citizen who should conduct
his business on that theory would be thought to
need guardian.
What do you think OF the general work OF the
administration?
General work? There fs none. The two great
questions are tariff and silver. and as far AZ we
know nothing has been done with either, and
there ID no intention to touch either until about
the fourth year of the presidents term. Before
election we were told that the Mckinley tariff
was d eliminating atrocity of class ieyisatio
mos, gigantic robbery OF the laboring men and
poor in the interest OF few of the rich. Well.
the Democrats are in power now ana they prefer
to let the robbery 60 steadily on. Unless an
extra session il called 1t must 60 through
hall the term any way, since the
making of q new tariff on new prinei.
c.ple. is complicated business and takes time
Meanwhile the business OF the country 10 kept
in an uncertain and unsettled condition By the
impending changes. The financial situation is
Kept equally uncertain by the silver question,
and will be until those who have been given
power get courage enough to use it. Among all
the wonderful Things that We Will show visiting
ioreig uers at the Columbian exposition ta!s
year We shall show them nothing quite 30 aston
tsaing ss this A plurality of the American
people in eieoting presiden; declare ,ha. they
are being robbed. Their rresident taxes power
and waits nearly year before lifting . finger to
stop the robbery. That is the way this admins
tration is paiiing itself on exhibition in this
Columbian year.
Mr.. Reid leaves on Thursday for Port
land. Or, and after short trip through
the Puget sound country will return to
New York.