The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17

o0ou P"hV vi lhe W Mite House L can
recall more so than Mr.. Buchanan,
of whom it said that when he tried
he lad the most winning way of
making himself hateful of any man
of his time. Mr.. Cleveland is a
brave man. But he is not drawer
than all other men. He is an hon.
est man. But he is not more hon.
est than all other men, yet some.
times he seems ID think go, and as
much Of the information on which
he has to act must come to him at
second hand he sdoes not mike
sufficient allowance for mistakes"
"Do you refer to his appoint
ments to office"
CLEVELAND AS AN EGoTIsr.
81 refer to his public dealings
generally. As to his appointments
they have been as rule good. He
is a hard, working, painstaking man
a pretty good judge of men, to-
and l do not bslieve more con
scientious man ever had the dispo.
sition of the patronage. But his
point of view is that of the master,
not of the leader, that of the
egotist, not of the philosopher OF
statesman
GLOW SOP"
We'll, during his first admins
tration he was carried away by the
idea of civil service reform and
went to extremes that came uear
breaking the party, and did cost
him his reelection. Taking coun
sci of his mistake in this regard he
bad this time made an effort to
avoid its repetition, bat not being
what they called spokesman he
has had no method TO his policy,
and has fallen betwixt the two
stools, satisfying Meth the mug
wumps on the fence nor the boys in
the trenches"
"What about the Hawaiian pol
icy?"
"Ah, there you stump me. The
administration started ont with the
best intentions History will dc
justice to its rectitude of purposes
as we'll as to the soundness Of tbs
theory on which it proceeded. Bu'
1T has encountered signal lack cI
good fortune. Like the respectable
citizen who interposes between two
worthless brawlers it has come out
chief loser. The whole affair is d
tempast-in a-teapot, nine days
wonder. and when it has spent itsel
will seem Insignificant by the side
of toe great domestic q aestions thai
are before us. They, and not this
Hawaiian middle, will determine
the fate of the parties
"You mean the tariff"
That and the money question, )
Joking aside, what about the
Wilson bill?"
II have" replied Mr.. atterson,
"recently expressed myself sc
elabora.ely as to the Wilson bill
that repetition would seem super
huous. 1t is a bad bill from begin
ming to the end. 1t will do nc
, good and much harm 1t may Sc
the cause Of genuine revenue reform
back a generation. But it will no
; stop tariff agitation. Every ont
', who supports it begins by qualifying
, his approval. Many will vote fo
it who cordially disapprove it. l
il the first measure that ever ap
, peared in congress provoking more
amendments from its friends thar
its enemies, When it gets through
the house it will be so disfgurei a.
! to excite the sympathy of its foster
parent, bat when it comes bacl
q from the senate it will hardly b.
!, recognizable even by Mr.. Bourk'
= Cochran. Meanwhile, the protec
tionlsts are as rampant as though i
was free trade bill outright, Ii
a word, it is characteristic of MIR
Cleveland's halt-and half ideas o
political economy"
<, esDo you think Mr. CLEVELAND
had any hand in it?'
o THE DoMINRERlNG PRESIDENT.
"Mr. Cleveland dominates every