Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-03
is THE PRESIDENT A DEMocRAT2
The following appeared in the New
York Sun of November 2Sth:

The following appeared In the New
York Sun OF November 2Sth:
To the Editor of the Sun:
SrB:-As a lifelong Democrat, who voted
for Grover Cleveland both for the Office of
Governor of the State of New York and for
that of President of the United States, l
beg leave to dissent from your statement
that "as long as the President appoints
Democrats and not Republicans his party is
not going to quarrel with him. l take
issue with Mr.. Cleveland, because his whole
course since his induction into his present
office shows Enthusiastically that he is not n
Democrat. Not being Democrat, he
cannot reasonably be expected to recoR-
nize the binding force of the principles, the
history, and the traditions of the Democratic
party.
10 pass from generalities TO particulars,
he has failed to effect the reforms which L,
in common with thousands of others, ex-
pected at his hands. He has made no ap-
preciable reduction of the grand army Of
office holders, numbering not less than no.
900, myriads of whom were put in their
places for the sole purpose of keeping the
Republican party in power. He has frittered
away his time in concocting new devices,
under the name of civil service reform, to
keep in office the rascals whom he was
elected to turn out. He has spent several
weeks in depriving that honest, capable, and
faithful Democrat, George II. Sterling, of
Jue petty OlllCc O1 II WclRler Ill uue CuSGOi1
House to which he had been appointed in
strict conformity with the law Of Congress,
and the rules framed pursuant to its provi-
sions. For the first time in the history of
the country-I trust for the last time in the
history of the country-he has issued his
citizens, not excepting the members of Con-
gress, from entering his presence.
For oil these reasons, and for others too
numerous to mention, sought to rebuke
him by advocating the nomination and the
election of that sterling Democrat, David B,
Hill, to the office of Governor. Further
more, voted the entire Tammany ticket
for county and municipal officers. What
have done in the past | shall do in tho
future, without any variableness or even
shadow of turning, so long as Grover Cleve-
land shall retain his present Office.
A County DEMOCRAT,
We take it that there is no doubt OF the
Presidents Democracy; likewise, there is
no doubt but that "a County Democrat"
is thorough spokesman, and in all Ii ikeli-
hood believes that the profoundest max i'm
of free government that was ever uttered
is the famous Jacksonian one, 90 To the
victors belong the spoils." A County
Democrat makes many charges against
the President, but they are more grumb-
lings than anything else. 1t is pure non
sense to talk about the President issuing
an "imperial rescript," and ii any Amer
ican citizen has any legitimate business
with the President, the President can be
seen at any time, if not otherwise en-
gagged.
tha t,np ,l.,,,
Republicans in office, he has done no
more than the party pledged itself to do
when it favored civil-service reform. Mr..
Cleveland has scarcely frittered away his
time in devising new methods, "under
the name of civil-service reform, to keep
in Office the rascals whom he was elected
to turn out" Ii ga County Democrat"
will prove any Federal office holder ras.
cal, be his politics Republican or be they
Democratic, he may be certain that Mr..
Cleveland will turn him out. The politics
of Mr.. Cleveland when Governor must
have been known to this Democrat, and
yet there was no complaint about his
Democracy while he was Governor. And
us President he has pursued the same
policy that he pursued as Governor.
"a County Democrat" takes issue with
the President because he has not turned
all the "rascals" out, which is but a
complaint because Mr.. Cleveland has not
divided the "spoils." Ii we were going
to take issue with the President on
his Democracy, we should take issue with
him for his departure from the Chicago
platform in the matter OF appointments
for Utah. In Utah the President has
made appointments for the friends OF
politicians in the East, when the party
pledged itself to the true Democratic doc
trine that "the selection OF Federal officers
for the Territories should be restricted to
citizens previously resident: therein. p"
Utah, thus far, has been treated according
to the good old Jacksonian theory, and it
seems to give satisfaction all around, es-
pecially to the Democrats OF Michigan,
Missouri and Indiana.