New-York tribune., 1882-02-22
HARD WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

HARD UORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
There is a growing impression that the Pres
;dopt does not remember the 306 as fondly aS
he might. The memory of defeats is not as dear
TO him. possibly, as it Is to some. How the I'M
preston got about it is hard to say, but the
President is not first favOrlte with heroes OF the
big brass medal and the Spartan band"
Possibly he may have been slow to honor their
drafts Possibly he may have manifested an
unworthy impression that the majority who
prevailed at Chicago were nearly as deserving
as the minority who were beaten. The cause
is occult, but the fact is that recent Stalwart
demonstrations have expended no breath i'll
vocferous cheers for the President There
have been al least two of these gatherings, one
at Albany and one in this city, at which the
spontaneous combustion OF Stalwart enthusiasm
was painfully studied and elaborate, but the
President of the United States was-let US
charitaby say, forgotten. 1t cannot be that
any slight was intended But there is reason to
fear that the President is becoming that man
Arthur
This is sad. A party not larger than the
3O6 is scarcely large enough to split. And yet
there are persons who ventured to predict, sew
eral months ago, that the President would
have a very hard Ume of 1T with his especial
friends and that, whether he pleased anybody
else or not, he would not please the 3OG. Here
it has been five months since he came into
Office, and "that man Robertson" still sits at
the receipt of customs. Also, Mr. Badeau is not
where he would like to be, nor are all the for
eign missions filled exactly as third-term
statesmen would like to fill them. There Is
something wrong. Can it be-horrible suspicion
that the President ever thinks of himself or
for hlmsefl a genuine 306 man would never
do such a thing. He would think only OF
| Grant, and COnkling as his prophet. To think
for himself-that is the objectionable sin.
| Something wrong, in third-term ethics, the
| President must have done, however, for hats
are not wildly waved, nor hands cOnvulsively
clappcd, when his name is mentioned among
| the persons who wear medals i'll honor of their
defeat Who knows what it can be? But
there is evidently something.
| At the outset, there were persOns-doubtless
minions of ribald and licentious press" and
| other persons borne down by forbidden and alb
horrent influences who doubted whether the
late Vice President. would get on well with old
| friends in a new place. Men actually said of
him that he had mind of his own, and was not
sufficiently skilled in man. worship to be good
President--from brass medal aspect 1t was
predicted that he would be compelled to serve
! as Grants Aunkey, or there would be trouble.
| 9In six months" said a shrcwd man, " Pres-
| q dent Arthur will either have mortal quarrel
| awith Mr.. COnking, or be the most servile tool
| q that ever sat in the chair of Washington"
| These people did not understand the situation,
evidently. The President does not appear
to the public to be the tool of anybody. He
has his friends, and would like to please them
if they would not call him "that man
Arthur But what is he to do if there is moth
| ing, within the power of a rational man. that
will satisfy the appetite of 500 heroes of po-
| litical last ditchY What can he do, for ex-
ample, if he is called upon tO.cut his own head
of in public, in token of his devotionf Really,
| it is not everybody who can be SO devoted to