Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-21

played toward Arthur il NOTHING eorn-
pared TO the invectiye beaped unon
washington. and so as to Jackson. lin
coin and Grant, no 70 HAYES ami
Vhen Hayes took tAs Presidency. the
coa' try had Teen scosehed WITH Il Is 80
war an i. Is 4 physician applie4 sveat
OH ana poultlees to the skin of scaIde5
men, so the Nation needed a pouItiea
ana u got II. Laughter. When
elected Vice President, NJ. Arthur rad
oeel an ardent New York politician.
Ioyai 70 the party and his friends. car
Is'ng himself perhaps bevond the line
oi ths Presidency bat | honor a man
whose lmprudence springs from intso-
ivy and loyalty of his heart. An
pause When by the terrible deed of
an insane man he became President
ne forgot these things: he remembered
himself merely as politician of New
10TH, and turned with greater trust
ana wider horizon n confront
tne duties before him. and
Whea II was necessary that he
should sacrifice his bosom friend rath-
81 tnan involve the coantry in old troo.
Dies and bitterness again ne gave no his
friend. Now, as TO civil service. | think
investigation will show that President
Artnnr was the first to instit te civil
service reform. He began IL when be
Was In the Custom Hoase, and he still
continues 1t. | don't believe in the
nonsense OF mo third term" | hold
tni II a man proves competent, be
should De put In for third or a fourth
or even NTH term. Ii by his acts any
nan ever deserved a nomination, Ar
thur deserves his | don't say that the
non-slection of Mr.. Arthur il going TO
RUN the country. The country will
prosper, whoever il President but il
II certainly the case that its prosperity
N assured, 30 far az IL can be as
snred by the action of any one man.
hon. BENZ. I'll. Bristow, exSeeretary
OF the Treasury, began his address by
sketchlnR briefly the distress and dis
content which prevailed in the Repub-
llcAn ranks at the accession of presi-
dent Arthur. Discomfort which, he
SAID, eliminated IN this State IN the
overwhelming defeat of Republican
candid 1ts for Governor, against whom
personally nothing could be urged.
Even the most slnguIne Republican
would then hardly have dared assert |
that Republican President could be |
elected in 1884. He referred to
the wonderful change III New |
York last year, to the Republican |
Legislature, and to the remarkable &C
cessIons in the ranks of Republican |
presidential Candidates. This change
tue speaker attributed in great part to |
the wisdom and quiet. dignity of Presl- |
dent Arthur's administration. By re-
fusIng to use the power of his great |
office in the interest of factions, he has |
promoted harmony In the party. Bris- |
tow said the Civil Service Commission |
ers selected by him pursuant to statutes |
are we'll known for their zeal and in |
telligence in the cause of civil ser
vice reform, and they have united |
In testlfying to the correctness and per |
feet good faith of the President in ear
rylng out the laws in their letter and |
spirit. The ex-Secretary declared that |
the business men of this CITY AMI coun |
try care little for political acts. bat they |
had an opinion, and dared to express il, |
that the general course of President Ar |
thurs administration was good and, |
on the whole, for the best inter |
ests of the country. fhe orator |
closed with the following reference to |
the letter of MacVeagh, publishea this |
morning: My distinguished friend. |
who has been put to the Inconvenience |
of rushing into print III order To give |
me points for my speech, does not |
seem To have quite understood that
this meeting was called by free
and independent voters, who have a
h Ibit of thinking for themselves ON all
matters of public concern, who have no
other end IN view than the public good.
l must decline MS invitation of going
into the Sums of personal defamation"
Brlstow retired amid cheers and APP
piause.
After few other speeches the meet
ing adjourned. A committee of one
hundred will DO appointed to go to
Chicago.
Another Arthur Move.
CHICAGO, May 20-A telegram signed
by the Presidents of the First and Com
mercial National Banks, by John V.
Farwell, Philip ID. Armour, Henry X.
Potter and other representatives of
large commercial and financial inter
ests, was sent tonight to the business
meas meeting in New York in behalf OF
President Arthur's nomination. The
ispatch expresses its appreciation of
the Importance of the Gall for that
meeting. indorses the spirit and senti
ments of the call, and believes that
President Arthur should be nominated,
both in justice to the welfare of tue en-
tire country and to one who has made
so good President.
FOREIGN.