The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19

Some Sensible Advice by = Democrats
Newspaper.

Newspaper.
Speaking OF President Cleveland.
DO any Of YOU know what il is 10 be
President OF the United Statese
Aftnr twcnty-four years Of Republican
rule Democrat comes into Office a,
Chief Executive. That il. the head
man who executes laws by appointing
agents to the work. A. Democrat
We hurried men 10 vote for him. A.
yet we see no reason 20 regret what we
did in this respect God knows We wish
every Republican voter out Of Office.
Women OF good character can remain
II they are useful to the people a. clerks
and accountants. We wish the Prcsi-
dent and all his Cabinet 10 move ahead.
rapidly as possible.
As Democrat. we can sec no good
to come from keeping Republicans in
Office . minute longer than their term.
as there are rs good Democrats all over
the country rs there ever were Repub-
licans.
At the same time let us Democrats be
just as well as generous There are in
round numbers one hundred and ten
thousand salaricd office holders in this
country appointed BY the President or
members Of his Cabinet
Ii takes a few weeks to write the
names Of men to fill all these offices.
even were they all fillablc at once II
takes.a little time 10 learn who TO select
The President certainly can not read
letters, petitions. protests. explanations.
counter petitions. Withdrawals Of petit
tons. newspapers. priyat. letters. etc.
talk TO one thousand per day, listen 10
all they say and sign appointments to
office 1T the same time.
lie has made fewer mistakes than
have any Of his predecessors. He i
man for long, hard. honest pull He
is not well adapted for skating. but is
A for deep blowing. and when he
turns furrQw he turns il clean.
In the White House the other day we
counted one hundred and seven men
and eleven women all waiting TO see
him about Office. In his private busi-
ness room we stood with tnirty-one 9th
er men. Senators. Congressman. Gencr-
ais. Colonels. editors. Offices seekers. and
watched people POUR stuff INTO his ear
as water from buffalo j. rusAed over
Niagara Fal and on into the deep.
calm lake below.
Every man there wanted an Office for
himself or friend who had sent in petit
tio-s Had the President two hundred
ears instead of single pair. they could
all be kept busy - receivers. Had he
four hundred eyes instead If two. there
hur for L. "A
look into. President Cleveland has
way of looking into men that makes
some Of them nervous. We saw him
look at and look into one applicant who
was talking to him. rs though he saw
the dishonesty we knew was ia him. and
IL seemed TO us that the applicant felt
that the President saw something. Is he
soon quit talking, went out and went
home
He is anxious to lay foundations deem.
and 70 select stuff that won't rot We
believe that he could move faster, but
he H. moving ahead as fast as he eau.
and every cut counts. II means bust
ness When the posts are all in. he
wants them in line. so far rs he j. con-
cerned. He Is willing to stand by his
record, ana lean back against his wall.
confident that it will not fall over or b.
blown out Of place easily.
Where there II 50 much good timber
10 select from he II bothered which to
select II is not that there i scarcity
Of material. for there Is plenty! II Is
10 be remembered that bitter local quar-
rels spring up easily n times over rival
asI irants for place. and that the friends
Of each are quick to get red.hot The
President prefers TO have them come in
cool. rs that saves looking for man
who i not Of himself local quarrel
A day or two since we We're in the
oilice OF the Secretary II the Treasury.
Hon Daniel Manning During the
conversation we sail that Democrats in
all parts Of the country were ciamor-
ing for heads, especially Of Republican
postmastcrs-
Said he
.Yes, / know il They have a right |
to be. But they are all reasonable
men. This Isl big job. Here is the
Treasury Department requiring one
thousand five hundred clerks who must
not be ignoramuses- MY position i
NOT an easy one. enter this Office at
nine a m. and remain here till live D. /
m. not q moment for rest II is now
two o'clock. NY lunch q ham sand
wich and apple were on the desk, is
brought 10 me. but often can not
spare time to take even that much Of \
food. We must make few mistakes
An Office force like this can not be
in n day or = month no
more than the largest mercantile
houses Of manufactures Of the coun-
try change forces suddenly and
live. have already made nearly live
hundred change. appointing Demo
Gratis to positions heretofore held by
and the work is going on.
But for Democrats there would have