Daily globe., 1883-08-07
.lRTHuR,S R0oMDEAD.

President Arthur went to the Louisville
exposition. He being the First Man of
the Nation expected that the event would
produce great sensation. But it was not
so. There was simple, cool c1vilitY to the
chief magistrate of the republic, and what
ever honor was paid was to the Office and
not to the man. The New York Evening
Post furnishes an account Of the presi-
dents reception that is significant OF the
small esteem in which @. A. Arthur is
held, president though he is. The Post
says:
The most noteworthy thing about the open
ing of the Louisville exposition yesterday was
the cool reception Which the populace granted to
President Arthur. All reports agree that the
absence of anything like enthusiasm was so
marked as to excite general comment. The
president himself is said to have noticed it and
to have been depressed by it. The enterprising
ticket-makers who have been taking stock IN
the Arthur-Foster combination, are also de-
pressed. They looked upon the presidents trip
as the first developement of a movement for his
! denomination, and they do not regard it as en-
| couragng. We can understand why they should
be depressed, but certainly they have no excuse
for being surprised. If Mr.. Arthur had been a
much better president than he has he would still
not have succeeded in making himself popular
| favorite. No man who comes into the presi-
/ dency as he did is likely to win the confidence
| of the people. His administration has found a
| negative kind of favor; not because 1t has haC
any distinctive character, but because it was
| better than most people expected that it would
| be. 1t ought not to require any great sagacity
! to see that record of this kind does no
contain the elements OF successful presidential
candidacy.
1t provokes the stalwarts to wrath tt
have this chunk of truth told, and Hugh
Hastings, in his Commercial Advertiser
pours forth the vials of rage. The New
York Times published the truth abo ut TIT
Louisville reception, and the Advertise
charges that George Jones lied about tn
matter, because sat private dinner part,
in New York city the president refused t.
recognize the manager of the Times, anc
since then that paper has sought in ever.
way to discredit him and the Republican
party" All the truthful accounts are o
the same tenor as those of the Times
which is not as caustic as the &C
count quoted above from the Post
Arthur ''the perfect gentleman" is no
producing any sensation as he journey
over the country, and the reports are tina
the absence of the ovations he expected ha
made him sulky and morose.
1t is quite melancholy that the onl,
great man in the Republican party i
shunted off on the side track, and the onl,
boom he has succeeded in creating con
sists of the ''patent" pufs published b.
the Chicago Evening News, the most ludri
Gus and ins1ncere rubbish that was ever
got together in the columns of a news
paper, and not a few of the writer
are ashamed of the notes to which thei
names we're appended. The Arthur boon
has fallen fat and dead. 1t is not propi
tious for the Republican party that all it.
great leaders have been crowded aside TO
a man like Arthur. Garfield was nurderet
to put Arthur into the Presidency. H
and his friends may depend on it, the peo
pie of the United States will
never elect G. A. Arthur President.