New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-04
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

A CURIOUS STORY ABOUT PEARSON.
CRoes-GRAINED BUT AMUSING GOSSIP AND sPEou-
LATroy FROM WASHINGTON CYNIc-Is HUBERI
o. THOMPSON UNDER THE NEAL
TO The Edttor OF TIE Tribune.
SIR: So you approve Pearson's appointment
What you don't know about 1t would make more ."
handy pocket edition for railway reading you
evidently this Is sort OF Civil service
and that the Independents have frightened or whecde
Cleveland into this one appointment You were never
more mistaken The fact Is that this magnificent
achievement OF Civil Service reform was the WORK Oh
Hubert o. Thompson You laugh, and think the suescs
ton is funny But the funniestpart VI us tha' ~ "
true.
Look back a little. Certain Republicans kicked as to
Mayor last fall Though they supported MI Blame
their votes helped to rammany and TO elect Grac
by II 900 plurality Hence Grace was bound 10 SATISFY
some Of the who fixed up this thing. NOW inn' "
that they had no friends In the Post Oce, buf at any
rate. they wanted Pearson reappointed. drace' Wv
wants some things which only Republicans can give 30
az soon rs Cleveland became President, Mayor or"oo
came on and made dead set on him, aud went Dack en-
tirey convinced Pearsons appointment was CERTAIN
He said 40 openly All the doubt about the matter came
later.
or course his announcement made the Democratic pot
boil over Most OF the Democrats did not snare HIS
views and went for Cleveland, go TO speak. lhey
sho wed bin that Pearson had been Republican, ana
blaine Republican aud used his Office to help the Repup
can party and made various charges against him which
were easily enough refutcd but might easily enough
have been believed by any Democrat who wanted 10 pc
lieve them. They told Cleveland that there was ho
chance to carry NewYork next fall unless he woId vo
them the Now-York Post Oice with its 1000 appoint
mens to help the party carly In the II Repubi
ems I'm those places were be kept ill., the Democratic
party woud burst wide open, and would be defeated III
New-York by tremendous majority. Cleveland felt IT,
Others about him felt IT, including some who were ABOUT
oil
and tie President began look about FOR Democrat
About that time yoh noticed several new Names
lands especial friends There Ia not DIT OF DOUBT th'
al that time the removal OF Pearson was certain
Then the Mugwumps came on In force. Surus
Beecer. Editor Goodwin. ana the other editors Senu ,
aud the whole tribe emptied themselves upon the fIes
dent. but didn't bulge him a hair. They said they
wanted just this one thing as recognition OF tneir
press Cleveland much because he couldn't see how they
could 10 settled with by the appointment OF bepnDi
MugwumJs VINO can lind delight in seeing their worst
oes succeed SO long as Their vanity may ne minated ~
stand Anyhow the moro they pleaded the more he re-
NAMED OF the same MIND and the only eueet tner per
formance hal first 10 last was 10 Afford him pre-
text for doing thing II he wanted to 40 IT, l.,
The trouble was TO harmonic the Denocrauc party III
New-York by any selection. HUBER .. thompson
waited the Cclcctorshp Bat II he was to have tnat
other large element OF the party must somehow nc salts
ned I'm the selection for Post ONCE there would be
10 pitch hot" To give the County Democracy the
Coecorship and Tnnniany nothlng Would mean rs. i
the OF harmony Tainmany mas sent Dg ueio
terms. Cleveland could not lind any man whose seec-
ton would be regarded recognition by Tannany,
unless some whose selection would have been offensive
20 everybody else inside the party ana disgusting TO
business who thought well OF Pearson ~ an officer
Bat for ali that the President continued searching ana
WOuld have found somebody beyond doubt had the
matter been left In that shape -. - --,....
Then came Grace again and Hubert o. thompson.
That settled it. Before they left the President inc die
was cast That Is the fact In the matter Pear son was
good Oustcd when Hubert o. Thompson drclucu 10
take a hand. Then Pearson won In u cantcr.
Now the world can guess why Hubert o. Thompson
has influence with Cleveland. He managed great
many things during the campaign and some that can
be talked about man who manages thlgs tiat can I
be- talked about has 90 be satisfied aftcrwan Nobody NJ
Washington "a puzzled to know why ThoH's N has
Cleyeaud by the The puzzle n only why thompson
should any hand In the matter and especially any
though talking among Democrats nganst PEARSON no
should privately turn the scale for him.
II Thompson gets the Fat place he wants nc VIII nave
Senate with some Democrats ready 60 kick because OF
his unsayOry reputation wGald DO dincuk 80 u would
be the more difficult for the President to oppoin. him
with the prospect that lac would be assaied and IN the
senate probably defeated. IL was necessary 10 DO
something 10 appease the enemy. II Cleveland would
TssYJrfner that he could nominate sevcral dozen
scoundrels afterward without much notice. Partlon-
larry ~ Thompson could bop 20 get Pearson appointed
thai would confer upon him the OdOr and -aacty OF re-
form. In return the PhaTisccs would immediately
recognize Hubert O. Thompson n converted sinner,
md put BIN the platform. To speak and invite him
address the audience Anybody Is reioTmer 10 them
who will help 20 initiate their vanity But eat was not
all Thompson wanted e. Tx things 10 secure some
Eeplblican help in the election next fall lie ana Grace
worked ne tl they believed they had the bargain
cosed then they went to the White iohse. rleNeans
behaved Ike the close trader that he Is But Thompson
was able 10 satisfy him that II was Tor value received
Then the bargain was closed
NOW this i reform. and Hubert o. Thompson Is the
champion rcfoncr OF the ses~on, roe Curtis retired
do not believe Pearson knew anything about all this, but
there are Others who do including Democrats VINO
know the more they curse. NOSE.
Warrington. ID. o., April 2, 1883.