New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-02
intolerable nuisance in this metropolis-under
A COMMENTED MCGWUMP.

The Evening Post is now perfectly satisned
with the Custom House appointments. AT hrst
it SUSPECTED that Mr.. Hedden's nomination
might not be the best possible, but it speedily
brought its outlying conscientious scruples
under restraint. Jonah in the interior of the
great whale could not have been more harmo-
NOUS in his convictions and prayers that he WAS
the right man in the right place than our con-
temporary is in its judgment that the new Col
hector is the square peg i'll the square hoie. LII
does not think the worse of Mr.. Eedden because
the public never happened to hear OF nm
before he was appointed. Certainly not; does
ANYBODY, it asks know all the men i'll this city
who are fit to be Collector OF the Port! inc
foct that the President has selected him satisfies
our contemporary that the right man has been
amounted. To be sure, the President has made
mistakes. and in the natural course OF events
may be expected to. repeat them; ana any
body who voted for him as q man who would
never make Mistakes would never be imposed
aupon, and would never, even in appearance,
abe influenced by any but the very highest
motives, was great fool" But anybody can
gee that this cannot be one of the inevitable
mistakes. Is not Mr. Burt put in the Naval
Office at the same timeq And does it not follow
that there must be pair of themi Well,
neighbor. YOU arc right there is pair of
them. Mr.. Hcddcn and Mr. Beattie, equally
inexperienced, unknown, and subservlent TO
their political bosses. Mr.. Burt is the spare
card.
Even Mr.. Thompson's sleek dissatisfaction
does not put our virtuous contemporary ont OF
conference. Is he chuckling over Mr.. He'd
denis appointment and calling him his man ~!
Does one of the most INSCRIPTIONS political
managers in the Democratic party boast that he
owns the new Collector All! well. what does
il matter7 It is natural and almost excusab!e
for Thompson to talk in this way; he cannot
afford to have the boys" think that he has no
influence at Washington; and ut Is only
human for him to say that he named man who
did get somethingw 3This is the way poll
ticians console themselves in gloomy moments.
Nor is it bad thing If the County Democracy
is happy and fancics that Hedden Is It's man.
Certainly not; the greater the number OF
pcople whom the President can put in good
humor by his appointments the better. The
Post is bound to be happy in any event AT
the very worst, the President will not forfeit its
confidence by single act which it does not
happen to understand"
II is fortunate that our contemporary l.
blessed with this amiablc willingness to recon-
ellie itself 10 circumstances. We have known
the time when it systematically criticised and
denounced every public act Of Mr.. Blaine a
Secretary of State. We have also known it to
be i'm chronic state of bilious worriment over
the tendencies of Republican administration.
In those DAYS nothing ever went right Now
everything that the Democratic President dos,
in its Judgment, is exactly right. Is the most
prominent machine politician in this State
made Secretary of the Treasury Well. why
not VIII not an effective working politician
make good working linancicri Is man OF
no reputation save that Mr.. Thompson con
sidcrs him n convenient tool appointed Col
lector of the Port Well, what Is the
oblection7 Politicians like Mr.. Thompson
must @consoe themselves in glo
moments" and the greater the number oil
peoplc whom the President can put in good
humor the better Happy Post! Just
imagine Jonah congratulatng himself upon his
safe arrival in Whale Sound and upon avoiding
an acquaintance with either sharks or SEA-
bottom. and comforting himself with the reiicc-
ton that his confidence in Divine Providence
ought not to be forfeited by one act which he
did not .happcn To understand !"