Show THE PEOPLES PRESIDENT The Administration of Grover Cleveland Cleve-land commands the respect of the best element of both of the great National Na-tional parties of the country The reason for this is not to belong be-long sought for and when found is good and valid by the nature of republics Grover Cleveland has been par excellence and most emphatically the Chief Executive Execu-tive of the people He has been their servant ser-vant pure and simple earnest and faithful r holding no zeal too devoted no labor t too great in the cause of the people whose President he is Quietly stepping from the ranks of the masses with whom he has ever identified himself he has added to the position of the foremost citizen of America the dignity of a ruler and the ability of a statesman This is the secret of his popularity One of the people he has honored their choice vindicated the trust reposed in him and once more given lustre to the popular American name Like the man hims lf his administration has been substantial substan-tial and practical The age calls for business results and Mr Cleveland is a true representative of the age National administration is upon a practical basis and the spirit of utility is at the helm of the ship of State Never have public affairs been so practically prac-tically administered The active personal per-sonal supervision the successful private man of business gives to his investments has been applied to the public finances and the result is that the Nation Na-tion has entered upon a career of prosperity I pros-perity as novel as it is farreaching The great problem of civil service reform I has been solved and the solving tnereoi nas been established a precedent prece-dent never to be violated and which will be in all future agesno matter what political party holds the reins of governmenta safeguard to the liberties and the progress of the American people peo-ple Eyery department of the National finances has received exact and scrupulous scrupu-lous attention The Internal Revenue department may be taken as a fair example ex-ample Here by a thorough and complete com-plete administration of the affairs of the department the revenue accruing to the Government exceeds that which was wrung from the people under the old tariff 4 when defunct Republican policy singled out certain products for unjust discrimination discrim-ination and proclaimed that imposition must perforce be a source of revenue under a Republican form of government Not the least of Mr Clevelands qualifications qualifi-cations for his high office is his power of saying No This word he is capable of spelling with a very large N and has a most happy recognition of the appointed time when it should be so spelled As a bar to mischieviouslegislation this faculty of the President beyond praise In the matter of pensions alone Mr Clevelands veto has been a most paying National investment Through the veto the attempt at-tempt of the Republicans in Congress to rob the National Treasury for partisan purposes under the specious cover of the I old patriotic war cry was signally defeated de-feated Mr Cleveland perceived at once the threatening and dangerous opening of the door and barred it at once and orever The Nations pension roll has passed from existence as a possible source of Republican campaign supply The River and Harbor bill too was presidentially sat down upon Mr Cleveland probably thinking that it contained too much of the old leaven of that legislation looking toward the reduction of the Treasury surplus sur-plus by Republican methods To the first Democratic Administration fqt < < twentyfour years too will belong the credit of the creation of a navy which in years of the future will protect our seaboards and command the respect of nations Mr Clevelands foreign policy also meets with the approval of the people I i peo-ple It has been straightforward digi lad and able Every difficulty has been met as it has arisen and promptly prompt-ly and honorably settled The Government is respected abroad and no warcloud lowers upon the political politi-cal horizon The threatened complications complica-tions with England for England was the nation really concerned in regard to the fishery question have been averted I by a firm and honest policy England throughly understands the situation She sees that the position of the American Government is as impregnable as it is honorable She realizes that we will not perpertrate an aggression nor submit to intimidation She has been placed in a false position and she is getting out of it as best she can with the full and bitter knowledge that the only result of the English game of bluff has been the honorable vindication of I I dI I the rights of the American fishermen Mr Clevelands action in regard to our own polygamy law was based on his usual practical application of cause and effect He recognized the inherent weakness of the law as it came to him I and while he was willing that the new experiment should be tried he had no desire to attach his name to an instrument whose feebleness he disapproved dis-approved Mr Clevelands Administration Admin-istration marks a new National epoch The popular voice is paramount and gives forth no uncertain sound The people rule and Grover Cleveland is the able zealous and faithful servant they delight to honor |