National Republican., 1885-04-04

ihinlllur Win all the circumstances thlu, III
speaking OF this matter from another point OF
view: at would have been the basest ingrati-
tude In the administration not to reappoint
Pearson, because he took more votes in the
city OF New York away from Blaine than the
total majority ofClevoland in tho stated Can
any man, therefore, show n better claim on
the gratitude and favor OF the administration
than the Pearson aioresaidg'
The naked truth is Mr.. President that the
friends OF Mayor Grace and the County De.
mocraoy made "dicker' with Pearson TO
support Grace and Cleveland-G for mayor
and Cleveland for President He did his part
according to contract, by refusing to allow Re-
publican letter carriers and other Republican
employees Of the New York office leave of alb
sence to vote on election day. Mayor Grace's
friends swapped of Cleveland votes to get Re-
publican votes for Grace. You must see from
this that you have been imposed upon in this
matter by Pearson and the County Democracy
alike, and have been used as the instrument
TO make good to Pearson the promises made to
him by the leaders Of the faction that in rep
resented by Mayor Grace. 1t was a double
deal, Mr.. President, one vote for you and two
votes for Grace. II puts ono In mind OF the
Irshmau who said. "Nou may talk about yez
plicity and yea simplicity, but d-n yos the
trouble is In yez duplicity," his remarks being
very applicable to the County Democracy in
their course toward you.
l. Mr.. President THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
prints map to-day for your inspection that
will assist you materially in looking over the
| geographical range OF your important ap-
pointmonts. Forty-nine great Offices are ac-
cour.ed for without taking in any OF local
nature. You have given tho New England
/ x M ha mil
| II, the southern states 20, the
western states 0, and the Pacific slope
states /. To tho seaboard states from Maine
to the mouth of tho Mississippi you have
| given 20 appointments, leaving 20 to go
| to the interior states, Texas and
| the Pacific coast. To the former slave
holding states you have given twenty of tho
most valuable offices, leaving twenty-nine to
| the free states. The annual salaries of the po-
! sitions you have apportioned to the seaboard
states leaving Texas out amount TO the sum
of S235, 700, and of those npportioned to the re-
mainder of the country the much smaller
sum of Sl2ll00. In twelve great states, Ala
bama, California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas
Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, Oregon, and South Carolina the
District of Columbia, and the territories tho
refreshing dow Of your official favor has
failed to descend upon the parched Democ-
racy.
Fourteen of your national appointments are
given to states that voted for Blaine, leaving
thirty-fivo apportioned among those that gave
their electoral votes to you. Tho delegations
from the fourteen Republican states favored
by you voted fol you in the Chicago conyen.
tion. 1t would seem that you have analyzed
and remembered the course of delegates in
| l,ata .na Iii
OF the Jacksonian belief that "to the yictors be.
long the spoils," or, perhaps, Col Lamont kept
the record, and will file this away for refer.
ence.
The studentwho looks beneath the surface to
view the hidden springs that control political
action may find 1t interesting to truce the limos
that lead from these appointments to the Chi.
cago convention, where you received your
nomination. An analysis that will not be
touched upon here, but may be in another
letter. There is one suggestion growing out o
the facts given you here, and that is that 4
you wish 10 oquali2e your favors you canno
afford to give much more to the seaboard
states. Another is, that If you wish to have
reserve Of patronage with which to gently re
J enforce your purposes concerning the speaker
ship, tho New York election, silver coin
, age, and other measures of deeI
concern to you, you had better look over you
hand carefully and take stock of what valui
J able patronage you have len, lest you pres
emily discover that your resources havo dwin
died away to an extent that will cripple YOU
J when great crisis arrives.
} Having advised you carefully and freel,
, during your first month as President, ou
{ counsel shall not bo lacking during your sec
t ond. 1t is to be hoped that nothing will TAX
. place before 1t ends to mar such measure O
: esteem as you have already won from the pee
pie. Having labored hard during Lent no on
= can hegrudge you fair share of the diversion
| afforded by the capitalafter Easter
With assurance OF continued advice,
1 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,