Show THE POLICY Things are going along smoothly in the political sea at Washington and the people peo-ple are fast becoming accustomed to the ways and methods of the new Administration Adminis-tration and nothing remarkable has resulted re-sulted from those ways and methods in uny respect Many thought that by entrusting the reins of government to the Democratic party there would necessarily neces-sarily result therefrom rebellion and bad times and so great was this fear with many that the negroes of the South were alarmed and apprehensive lest they should again be placed in bondage bond-age Such alarm and apprehension on I the part of the negroes arose from the doctrines they had been taught by the carpetbaggers who held sway in the South during reconstruction times and from the remembrance of their former condition Their ignorance for which they were not to blame made them the easy dupes of such men as came among them to govern and plunder them It was much the same fear and was due to the same causes that many of the people of this Territory have of all who do not profess their faith Nor did the terrible financial ruSn which was pmt I pm-t t dicted follow in the train of Democratic I Demo-cratic success Nor did there follow in the train of that success the great wealth I and abundance that many of the Democratic Demo-cratic party predicted Governments do not absolutely control the ups and downs of prosperity and to attempt do so is no part of their legitimate business They can but give to their citizens such laws as I will facilitate business and commerce I and remove all unnecessary restrictions I I upon their free operation Continual ex periments in legislation without allowing allow-ing time for things to adjust themselves to changed conditions have a more baleful effect upon business and financial affairs than anything else A steady and I liberal policy in regard to these matters on the part of any party alone can help I to bring on good times Good times obey a natural law and not an artificial regu j lalion although the power of an artificial > regulation for harm is very great It was i idle boasting for the Republicans to claim t that the extraordinarily flush times of a i few years ago were owing to the fact that I they had administered the affairs of the I Government j and it was equally idle boasting for a portion of the Democrats to say that the dull and depressed I times of the past two years were owing to Republican misrule The chief thing that the present Administration Ad-ministration can do to revive business is to recommend such a reduction of the tariff as will give a loose to foreign commerce unfavorable action merce but favorable or tion on such recommendation must remain re-main with Congress The power of the Chief Magistrate for harm or for good lies in two things the selection of appointees ap-pointees fill the various offices that must be filled by the President and the right of veto a right that has often preserved pre-served the country from the bad effects of hasty illconsidered and pernicious legislation Thus far the new Administration Adminis-tration can only be judged in the work it i has done in nominating persons to different differ-ent offices These nominations have been exceptionally good save two or three which were withdrawn when it was learned that the nominees were unfit men The pressure for office was brought upon the Adninistration but did not affect it Today when some boss crys for a change in every department and in every respect he is termed an indepen dent Democrat It is much safer to say that he is an old time spoilsman who h snot s-not yet learned that it was reform in the civil service of the Government that brought the party into power It is argued ar-gued that the cry of civil service reform was a campaign cry and that the country neither wants nor expects ex-pects an honest adherauce to that cry The country does expect an honest adherence to it and for this reason elected President Cleveland knowing him to be an honest practical reformer There is much need for many changes in the incumbents of oflice but to make a wholesale change at the start and place in office men into hose character the President could not possibly enquire at the outset would be the very antipodes of the policy to which he was pledged The change for the better is always made slowly and not spasmodically j and so it would be well for the over anxious to wait until the President can have surveyed sur-veyed the whole field and act in accordance accord-ance with his better and completer knowledge |