The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-02
M'h,NLEY MAKES A CHANGE.
The President Converts the senate
Into am Ally.

Into an Ally.
There has been a remarkable change
since the 4th of March i'm the relations
that have existed for the last II years
between the senate and the executive.
Mr.. Cleveland began the fight at the be-
ginning of his first administration.
There had been harmony since the time
of Andrew johnson until he assumed
that the president of the United States
was endowed with supreme power,
which the senate disputed. During his
first administration President Cleveland
was continually scolding the senate,
and the senate habitually refused to
comply with his recommendation
During that term he vetoed more legis-
lation and the senate rejected more
nominations than during the entire pre-
vious history of the government.
In Mr.. Cleveland's second term the
situation was even worse than during
his first term. Senators stopped going
to the white house almost entirely. Mr..
Gray, of Delaware, Mr.. Villas, of Wis
consin, Gen. Palmer, of Illinois, Mr..
Gallery, of Louisiana, and two or three
more would sometimes GO, but num-
Der of men in the senate had not crossed
the white house threshold for nearly
four years, until Mr.. Mckinley came to
reside there. The president had abso-
lutely no influence in legislation. no at
tention was paid to his recommends
tons, and the knowledge that he was
particularly anxious to have a bill
passed would be an obstacle to its pas
sage. At least a dozen votes on the
democratic side were cast against the
ratification of the arbitration treaty for
fear Mr.. Cleveland might get little
glory out of it, and the difference be-
tween the senate and the administra
ton on the Cuban question has been
largely due to the same cause. There
was determination in certain quarters
TO force the president to recognize the
insurgents, simply because it was
known that he did not think it eXpedi-
ent to do so. The senator's found it al
most impossible to get information
from the white house or the state de
partment, although they frequently
passed resolutions calling for it.
Now all is changed. President Nc
Kinley has taken the senate into his
confidence on all questions. He is not
only consulting the members about APP
pointments, but will not send in NOM
ination without the approval OF the
senators from the state the nomination
is made from, even though it be n per-
sonal friend. He has made good many
appointments from Ohio, but none of
them were made without consulting
Senator Foraker and Mr.. Hanna. Presi-
dent Cleveland never thought of doing
such thing.
There has been a similar change of
policy in regard to information in the
executive department. The secret
archives of the state department have
been opened to all the members of the
committee on foreign relations, and the
president has been trying to persuade
the senate to agree with him on n Cuban
policy that will be satisfactory to both.
Whether he succeeds or not is doubtful.
Some of the senators who have been
most active in the Cuban agitation are
not actuated by the most unselfish mo-
tives. There is a good deal of bun
combe" involved, and the Cuban revolu-
ton has been n convenient text to eX-
hort from for political purposes. The
president is n practical man, and he
will do nothing in the Cuban matter that
is not prompted by desire to produce
practical result. His candor has, how
ever. inspired the most cordial feelings,
and there is not man on the floor of
the senate who does not express
friendly sentiment toward the "coor-
dnate power."-Chicago Record Qnd).