Show MR CLEVELANDS APPOINTMENTS The Administration of Mr Cleveland is admitted by all fair minded Republicans Republi-cans to have been conducted thus far with honesty and ability and for the best interest of the entire country The Springfield Republican probably the ablest and most influential journal of its party excepting of course the Salt Lake organ says the following in regard to the Presidents Cabinet appointments appoint-ments Grover Clevelands appointments have been in the main of high character America was never better and more ably represented abroad than today by Ministers Min-isters Phelps Pendleton and McLane They compare well with Lowell Sargent and Morton their predecessors We will not go back to Schenck In the minor foreign offices many needless changes and some mistakes have been made If Secretary Bayard has not succeeded at all points he has to undergo no personal investigation as to guano contracts and has intrigued no friendly power into a baseless supposition that America would come to its aid in a desperate foreign war His policy toward Canada has been one of peace and efforts to reach an understanding under-standing j and the time may come when that policy may be his proudest monument monu-ment Mr Clevelands financial administration administra-tion has met every reasonable expectation expecta-tion of the business men who put him in power and has placed the name of Daniel Manning alongside of those of Hamilton Gallatin Dallas Chase Sherman and McCulloch as one of the great American finance ministers It has given substantial sub-stantial encouragement to a very perceptible per-ceptible revival of industrial prosperity because the business men of the country feel that President is honest that he will pursue a sound and conservative financial policy and that he vigilantly watches over the business interests of the country so far as Congress will let him The vast and difficult department over which Mr Lamar presides has been administered ad-ministered with at least average success A change of administration with the consequent con-sequent pressure for offices has been try ing to the Indian service that bureau is perhaps the most difficult of all to handle and has staggered the best men who have ever held the place of Secretary of the Interior The administration of the land office has taken some heroic measures meas-ures to save the landsmeasures which give rise to much criticism in the absence ab-sence of necessary legislation by Congress Con-gress i The war and navy departments go on as usual except that more ships of war have been contracted to private yards which an utterly bad administration would have been more likely to have put into the navy yards The postmaster generals offenses whatever they may be are so slight compared com-pared with the tremendous stealings in this department a few years back that they are scarcely noticed Even the scandalized attorneygeneral has able vouchers for his honesty among his former Republican colleagues in the Senate Sen-ate In general old observers at Washing ton of Republican sympathies do not disguise dis-guise the opinion that the change of administration ad-ministration and of men at the head has reformed many abuses and improved the national government in many respects |