The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-04-17
SIX !EFE.iS RECORD.

President cleveland nus reon il
office six weeks end his admins
tra,ion. thus far. has been eminent
~ satisfactory t" independent Re
! publicanS and WiShey- w:tShN Dem
Ucrats. He started oft all right
! and it IS pretty generally CVuctutd
that his cabinet was well selected
but his recent appointments t.
office are not ralcullttd to inspire
the bone and sIneW OF TIA" great
party which elevated him to pow
cr-thoSc who have borne cthc
brunt of battle ana 50 often march
ed to defeat under the time honor
ed banner Of Dtnorracy-With the
belief that Mr.. Cleveland is DIS.
posed to champion their rights,
and place official patronage ut the
disposal IT those deserving DIS
tin"tion and recognition.
The most notable. rs well a> the
most 81 significant appointments Vet
made are those of Mr.. Pearson. the
present incumbent. as postmaster
of New York, and OF Mr. II. L.
kernoclIan, Of pIacquiminr, this
State. us naval officer at New Or
leans. Mr.. Pearson is i Rtnuhli
can and has always been one. ami
while his competency is admitted
1t is absurd to even think. much
less assert. that it was impJssible
to find Il Democrat, equally com
rrtcnt an'' equally honest to whom
this important position should
nave been rendered. Mr.. kcrno-
Cham has heretofore been Il Demo,
ura'. but at the last presidential.
election he placed himself without
the pale of party recognition 10y
revolving against the regular nom
inec for Congress in his District.
and giving support to the a>pir.,
tons Of d contemplate dcmagogur.
Since writin. the ABOVE our at
tcntion has been casually directed
to the subiolncd paragraph pcuneA
by the regular Washington Ger
respondent Of the Farmcrvi.le
Gaeettc, which SO pertinently ex-
presses our views that we take
pleasure in appcuding it:
''The appointments of Postmaster
Pearson at New York City is not
lttteEsiolc under ANY c!,cum>tan-
ceS, nor under any conceivable.
that governs party man
asc'nert, or the demands OF civil
OF any other service. Next to the
Custom House OF New York the !
position Of postmaster is Of more !
ron>t ql.cnce il, its relation to New
I ork r"lit!cS aud partisan success !
here ana III this State. ii:"I the I,
administration itself. 10 s;,s tina; !
nobody in til. Democratic party i'll
the great State OF. New York j.
not AS well qualified to sliSciiat o. |
the duties OF that Office. j. al al |
front 10 coWnloa sense, and All in
suit to the organization that rolled |
Ilp two hundred thousand majority
10: Governor who now, as Presi-
lent, selects the bi,terest Reput,ll
can III the State for the second best
office within his Gift. tell YOU
he great bulk OF the Democrats
)t this country cannot and ought
not to put up with this sort of
hing, and no amount Of special
,lea'lln. from George William
lurtis and the Mngwumy tribe
Who have gone back to their fist
owe, can excuse this throwing
WAY OF the first ana best fruits TT
costly victory
Bnt. it is the duty of true Dem
'crats to give Mr.. Cleveland ii fair
rial; abstain from criticism ex-
ept when good ground fuI criti-
ism presents itself, and II after
u, he will honestly and fearlcssly
dmlnisicr the government and
AIRY out the pledges which he and
is party have made, his friends I
I'LL probably swallow at, occa
lonal "bitter pill" without max,
10 WY faces.