The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-04
ANXIOUS FOR THE DAY.
President Cleveland Longs For
March 4.
On HIS CABINET OFFICERS SAY.

,,-.sident Is Making Efforts to Clear
A.. Docket Of All Important Cases-But
. cuban Question Gives Him Some
Anxiety.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Especial. Only
49, more weeks of Grover. 1t Is difficult to
.oalize that President Cleveland is within
short month of the end of his public ca
roer Yet such Is the fact. In four weeks
,re shall have the inauguration OF new
.os,dent In four weeks Mr.. Cleveland
,r,l have an experience which no other
,oan has ever habitat OF riding the sec
ND time TO the capitol beside his successor
a. the presidential Office. Mr.. Cleveland,
am told by his cabinet officers, Is anx-
,ons,v awaiting the day. He Is sincerely
Lad 10 escape from the cares OF Office. lie
1oots forward to years of ease and enjoy
,nent Mr.. Cleveland will practice law in
ou,et WAY in New York city. He will
.os,,,,e his old offices in William street,
and there act as counselor for his tr1n.
To will not often appear in court, though
be NAV occasionally do so. He has FOR the
nresent abandoned his idea OF taking trip
around the world. fancy, however, that
,v;ll come later He does not wish to 60
Of once. for the journey, if made so soon
ofter his retirement from office, might look
uLe n hid for acclaim. 1t might be said
no was irving to initiate General Grants
tour around the world, with hopes of re-
ceivinp similar attention from the crowned
heads and the great men of all nations.
Mr. Cleveland has little love for display.
He is without vanity. A tour for the pur-
nose of receiving attention and exciting
curiosity would be distasteful to him.
CIeveIand's Future.
One Of the members of the cabinet tells
me Mr.. Cleveland has his own ideas as TO
the proper line of conduct for IA retired
nresident. He does not think there is any
reason why an ex-president should strive
TO thrust himself into the background. He
sees no good reason why man who has
held the office of president should fail to
take part in public affairs, in politics, and
such things. any more than man who
has held any other office. Believing this,
the president, when he has the ex before
his name, is sure to be found active in
public affairs. am told he will accept a
great many invitations to public meetings,
to conventions and dinners, and is likely
to develop into quite talker am also
told that he said few days ago:
''I propose to have something to say In
politics too. No one need imagine that be-
cause l have been president have lost In
terest in the Democratic party.
1t has not escaped notice here that Mr..
Cleveland, in arranging for his future,
carefully kept out of the state of New
York. Just why he should select New
Jersey as place Of residence Is mystery
to most people, There are politicians who
say he did not wish to go back to New York
to live because the politics Of that state Is
not in satisfactory state, because there
are factions there, and the presidents fac
ton is the smaller one. They add that If III
should decide to emerge from the retirement
In which an ex-president is popularity sup
posed to repose and to become an active
politician, perhaps candidate for office
in Jersey he would have no difficulty II
getting or in doing pretty much what n
chose, while in New York there might b
war from the jump. Whether or not ther
Is any foundation for this gossip do no
know, but my personal opinion is that Mr.
Cleveland, while willing to take part IL
public affairs, has not the slightest inten
ton of ever again being candidate TO
Office
The Cuban Question.
President Cleveland is making n desper
ate effort to close up all the importan
parts of his work during the next fou
weeks. He has given instructions to hi
cabinet officers to rush matters, and
possible to clear the docket of all importan
cases before March 4. just now the Cuba
question is giving him the most ankle
w. But the president is still hopefr
That he will be able to accomplish some
Thing tangible in the direction of bringin
about peaceful termination of the tror
pies In Cuba. AS write news comes ths
spain is promulgating her reform scheme
The Cubans say, and give facts and fit
ures to support their declarations, tina
Notwithstanding Spain's apparent liberia
iyn concediDg home rule she really give
up nothing. The suffrage Is not EXTENDED
Nls left within the circumscribed limit
winch 1t has always been bound by. The.
limits are 80 narrow as to amount of pro-
cr'y, as to taxes paid, as to offices hell
ec, that few Cubans are able to vote
all such small number Of them are alb
exercise the right of suffrage that pra
ucaiiy the Spaniards and their sympathi
seiect all the officers. They have dol
IN the past In communities where Il
oupans outnumber the Spaniards ten
que, and there Is no reason to suppose TIL
hey VIII not do so In the future If Spa
were really In earnest In desiring to gi
Suoa home rule, she would widen the su
.age laws so as to permit the Cubans
s .S their own country. For this reast
@e cuban leaders here are sure the refor
.neme will not be accepted by the insu
Sn's, no matter what guarantees or pre-
'u'e may be offered by the United States
Social Activities.
,s,si. om the social side, the present admi
r,n Is not going out in blaze
sy IL Is the rule in Washington tn
or o are ,eceptions given by president who
MI. .ne eve of retirement from Office a
n,, v,s generously attended than during {
n" uu nc OF his term. This is explained
1 ro TACT that nearly every one wishes
w. 'ne president and his wife once me
Is erUre their departure But in Mr.. Gle,
oth S . case the rule appears to work I
wa aSr way AT the reception given ],
small sN 70 The judiciary and the congress I
~ l all attendance of judges of the cour
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