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Show a ialm: lurour. The newt r.'porta advised us not long ago that at an Interview between President-elect Cleveland and tome of the Tammany chieftains, bo was asked for a distinct pledge of recognition of that society as toon at be look the relut of authority; to thli he replied (at w were, Informed) In a most em phatlo aauuer, refuting to do any thing of tho kind aud punctuating hit tech with profanity. Tills kind of language It to greatly at varlauue with what we at this distance recognize as Mr. Cleveland's method of expression ihatlt wat received with many grains of allowance If not actual dlibellef. It requires no ghost from beyond nor any oilier medium of Information to Import the Lnowledgo that a mail lu his position Is beleaguorod with oQlcc'Scvkers arid bargain-nnlers bargain-nnlers from morning till night aud tho auuoyauco at tlnioi must be (xiispcratlug; but there are vary few indeed who kuow how U Unified and genteel the President-elect Is that would believe for an instant that any provocation could drive him to Ihe point of "uslug thu big D" or anything of -.'corresponding nut-re. Ho, before discussing (he mitter, we have waited for furthtr developments. In addition to the disbelief In Mr, Ulevcltnd'aungcntlenmily deportment at tho time spoken of, It will not lie credited that he uver ) cimmlttol himself to any man or clii-a of men as to Justlly them or auy one of them lu making n dcuiaud for plejges upou him. On this point we have tho authority au-thority of the Iltooklyu J.'ti'ite, which ulslnmto speak by the card, sayingthat wbtu he wot Interviewed, after hit nomination, by reprcseutatlna of Ttmmany llall who sought to obtain sclflo roml.t of patronage patron-age In return for support, he utterly aud positively re'uted, xtylng he would make no promise or auy. tlltug of thu sort to any of tlnmorti or for any others through tlu-ra; that hu bal not sought the uorulnalluu, ' which, on Hi rontrarr, had sought him that he considered the ui-cs. of lhatlcktt In Sis York mttr of much more Importanca to them than to him, thai he repelled Ihe Idea that his Democracy Dem-ocracy waa questionable by them or doubtable by auy one; that Ihey knew lie wts awaro who hid been his friends before nomination and would know who htd and who had not been bis friends after election; that he would have no friends to reward on account of frleudeulp, and no former opponents topuulsh on acoount of former Imposition; Impo-sition; that he would go to elocllon or defeat equally free and absolutely tin committed; but that, If the Democratic people and ticket were beatea In that state by the Democratlo machine, an othtr Democratic organization wat ready to take Its place atuncr.andlhat, In tuchcase, the youngest man present would not live yean enough to ate that machine sulllclrnlty strong to win or betray a cause thereafter, nr on of their number over tilling In a ttate nr natloua! convention again. "riils," says the lloslou Jltrald (Indetieudenl), "Is exactly the Urovor Clevelaud whom wo havi known." It is certainly more like the Ideal which the majority of the people hereabout here-about who have not met him have created; and having refused to engage himself lu entangling alliances with any combination or Individual, It wat thereaftor wholly unnecessary (even If such a thing It ever necessary) to use explosive language characteristic of thetaloon loungerand corner loafer. It la entirely llkel) that that report J but the forerunner ot many other similar ones; Mr. Cleveland It understood to havo A very Inattentive In-attentive ear aud a remaktbly cold shoulder for lha genus otUce-teeker, and Iheso will bo likely to exercise their capability in the matter of Invention Inven-tion to the utmoit. Those who are deceived (hereby are not wise. |
