The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-22

proprietor OF zDe OP"N
New York city, has not only oeen "
lifelong Democrat. but a close per-
sonal friend of the President. me
his New York journal, which Is tne
best of its kind in the world nas
not been taking any part in pol't'cs'
he has been sinking a nice little 1or-
tune in q newspaper in Col"rado-a
paper that might have been mace d
financial success but for its politics.
In his own business affairs Mr. Buck
APPLIES the civil service rules, but ne
is somewhat surprised to find that
the President really means to carry
out his civil service promises. lie
relates his experiences with the Pres
ident in the following editorial:
"We have just had an experience
of President C~leveland's civil service
doctrines which may be instructive
to those who, like US, did not think
much of the honesty IF the reform
movement, and never dreamed That
Democrats would adopt a policy
however excellent, that resulted IN
keeping Republicans in office. The
editor of The Spirit has for several
years published a daily Democratic
D at Gunnison, Colorado. The
journal is called the NeaOs-D Democrat,
and We can cordially recommend it as
the best advertising medium in that
section. It has cost us up to date
about $780, 900 to establish and keep
going. Through its influence Gun
nison county has been made o or
less rather more than lessl Demo
cratic in its local and national poll
tics, and we argued from this fact
that we could count upon prompt
RECOGNITION at Washington when the
Democratic party came into power.
Our first, and only effort to
secure this recognition was IN
the matter of the postmastership
at Gunnison, an Office with a salary
Of 81, 800. OF course the present in
cumbent Is a 4 epublican. We did
not want the Office; but we did want
to prevent it from falling into I'M
worthy hands. So we forfeited our
just claims by strong letters of rec
ommendation from leading men of
the Democratic party and asked that,
whenever the Gunnison postm aster-
ship came up for discussion, IN or
out of the Cabinet, we should have d
| hearing. This request and the accom-
panying epistles from the crowned
heads of the party were duly ac-
knowledged; but nothing came OF
them. Then, knowing that efforts
were being made by persons adverse
| to the real interests of the ADJ minis
tration to fill the office unworthily:
we thought that we would creep I'M
| der the canvas and ascertain the stat
us of our postmaster business from a
friend on the inside. This is the re-
ply we have just received: Regard
ing the postotfice at Gunnison, [ find
that the commission of the present
postmaster does not expire until
March 22nd, 1856, and the chances
are that, unless there are serious
charg s of misconduct, no change
will he ma lie in the Incumbent until
that date However, | have called
the attention of Acting First Assist
ant P. stmaster General, Mr.. Fowler,
to the case, and you will be duly no
tiff d and COZ ferred with before any
appointment IS made We will not
trouble the Acting First Assistant
Postmaster General or any other
titled man. We have telegraphed to
our friend inside: "The present post
master at Gunnison Is a wooden one;
but We shall not try to prove it,'and
We have dropped the Gunni-
son ~postofice as too heavy a load
to handle. In its place we have now
taken up the Gunnison Land Office,
and are tackling that with all the
energy left US after our friends
letter. Our Colorado correspondents
may depend upon receiving a report
upon the Land Office, through these
columns, as soon as our inside friend
has time to look into the affair. But
if the Land Office man has a com.
mission which does not expire until
1886, or later, We desire to be in
formed OF it in advance, so that we
may suspend operations. We also
desire that anybody who does not he.
lieve in the sincerity of the civil
service pledgesof President Cleveland
and his advisers should be referred to
us. Should the New York reap.
pointment, upon which We congratu.
late Postmaster Pearson, fail to
satisfy him, our Gunnison expert.
e1ces will come in as a cllncher. OF
course, it is a novel idea that ou1
public men should carry out IN office
the pledges which they made before
election; but we have no doubt that
it will turn out to be a very good
idea, when we get used to it," The
whole country, in common with Mr..
Buck, is beginning to realize that
with Mr.. Cleveland promises are
sacred and intended to be redeemed,
in politics as we'll as in private life,
The effect of such adoctline. properly
enforced, must be excellent upon the
morals of a whole nation. 1t is a
beautiful example to the rising gene.
ration-if it is rough on 1.-The old
FOUNDERS"
The Prince and Princess of Wales
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