Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-27

f1r irrre<<z nzssier tts nzss&nes s1shss
ny H1zs said TIE sIl VS. sarg0@<~d
By reports Of tfe recrns ocezrr1nees IL
Gzrroilt1n. Mss The senste h.d had
NJ fnfoxnntssn IN REGARD 10 sAese o.
c1rrsucs4- bus tbs nsxsp4eers Of bath
pozstiosi parties seecsesf 70 agree sboxt
ttem- 4cscrdin1 b shsss reports wan-
tsn ard unpr0v1ked crfnss we're oors-
mitte1. resulting in the dszsh Of isrrs
fnmbev Of cisszeas 10 which al tie yic-
fsrns we're Of nns race. be prxszrneza Of
one political party, and ell toe nufsisr.
srs wsfe Of snsfher. S1cn occurrsnses
anfo<tunsttiy lave beea ffe1aens. bat
when investigated we're sus 70 take .
pDaskisz1 tara. Pexsous esfendiue OF
apoioR mag for se4m said they had no
posffiezi si1nifcarce. sssil. sDe fse<
remained that it vsz cppozerfs Of toe
Dsmocrstie party thsf we're killed. aud
that sdhsrsnts Of that party were thu
siaysss.
fn2zIls denied th.s the senate hsa
asked for the Preeidsr's rssssuz fsx
snspendiHG sny enc, or THAI p<isste pa
pefs hsd been asked fss. fne senate.
since January fssh, 1855, bad coufirmsd
~ noDi1ations- IL lad araiE been
cnarRed thzs the Serafe was trying TO
keen Republicans 10 uffise- The Re-
pubisezns Of Kansas. Ma. Ingalls, said.
we're neifher afraid os ashamed 20 Dc
eisssea - RspsbsisaBs They we're
proad OF the Rehievenents % their
party. They believed that 10 all great
msssnrss Of tins last qnsrter Of . esn-
fofy they ~ers right, aud their op-
poEeuts wrong. and xsrs abis to give
feason for tue fsith that WAS ia them
The Republicans Of ksnsas also be-
lirvkd. and Mr.. Ingalls, believed, shst no
kepasiiesn eouId bold q public offiss
nucer q Demoefsfis administrator
vitsasuf eifhsr sacrificing bic eonvicsssEs
or fsrfsifing bis szif respect. Accord
tngls. when tie ne~ ADMINISTRATION Was
tnsngerated. those who heid otiice tn
thai state began to make excuses for
retiring 20 private life. lie vas not one
OF thoss who believed In non-partisAn-
ship In politics After the eiscsien the
Democratic expected 10 gct in, aud the
Republicans 10 got out. But q new
genesis had eoms about of late years.
a oisss Of political philosophers. who
neisssed that nna-partisAnsbip vas q
psnacea for all the evils toat afflicted
the hep1hiie, man who deeried she
operation of the '.Amsrlcan sSsten - ~
they called tt. This new party had been
rscruited from the kepuklicAn party.
II there Vas any genuine civil service
tefofmer 'sho had deserted the ranks of
the Democracy history did not record
h,4 nams- Laughter. Tbs neuter
gender, Mr.. Ingalls, said. vas not popular
either Ia nature or science. Male o.
female created He them. bnt there was
no third ssx, 10 thss could be called sex
which had resulted sometimes from the
cruel caprice OF nature and sometimes
from accident ar maisvoisnt design,
possessing the vioas Of both and the
virtues Of neither iaushteri. unable 10
bsRst or to bear, possessing neither
feenndity nor virilsty, endowed with the
eontemps Of men and dsrision OF women.
doDtned to sterIiitY, isolation Aad ex
sinetion llaughsssi. "Bnt." said Ms.
lDgsiis. they have I've functions They
sing fslsatto tgrcat ianRhserI and they
are usually selected ~ guardians OF the
ssFsRlio Of OrieaiaI despots renewed
ianghterl. To cofss from figure to fact
this third party had distinguished itself
by alngiDa ia faisetsa. phrases Of civil
service reform. and had been selected
a. susrdias Ut the conscience Of the
National Government. H. YES not
here TO inpuen the good faith, patriot
ISM or 8Dy of the extraordinary quail
ties Of the President OF tie Caited
states- The President was e syhynx
OF American politics. Il va said that
b. vas fstaiist, aud that regarded
himself a. the child OF desta ard be
placed dsyout and impiie reliance
upoa the eaiding influence - bis star.
Certainly, whether Grover Cleveland
Was very great or very small. he Was a
very extraordinary man. His career
forbade any other conclusion. The
Democratic party Was not wanting.
when the convention Was held in Chr
csgo, 10 many great aud illnstrleus
names. Men who had led the furlofn
hope 10 is darkest days; naen fer whose
character and history not only that
organization, but the country, had
the profGundaet admiration and
respect. There was Thurman and
Bsysrd, and Hendricks and Tides. and
Others, perhaps nos iess worthy bot less
Illustrious. apou whom the mantle of
that great distinction might properly
have fallen, but Grover Cleveland. tue
man VITO 81 the mature age Of IS absn-
dorei liberal and henored profession
that he might bscome the sheriff Of an
interior co1nty, was selected for thai
position. and when little more Than one
year ago he entered she Senate Cham
Der and took the oath OF Office on this
platform be encountered an audience
not one twentieth part Of whom bad
ever seen him. and the greater part Of
whom two years before did not know
him even By name. He WAS at that
moment practically unacquaintsd with
tbs leaders OF his own party In the SEN
ate. The rise Of Napoleon was sudden.
dazzling and startling. Many other
soldiers OF fortane had sprung from OBJ
sc1fity TO fame. but no illustration OF an
slsvation from an ohscurity 30 profound
10 hight 50 brilliant and dazzling Was
ever recorded In history "a the selection
Of Grover Cleveland 10 be she Chief
Msgistrats Of $1,000 600 people. II,
sasn be vas inaagurated, be had deter
mined that the functions and pswers
OF the Government shosld be ex-
etcised BY men Of his own party, the
Nation would have been content, and
hereon was fosnded the Justification of
n At majority Of the Senats wh on
&c handed that no action Should TO
taken In couuecti,n with these proposed
removals from ollies until taare Was
fotne satisfactory assurances that iniu4.
sioee had not been done. II IT were IN
dsfsieod that these removals we're made
for political reasons the coantry would
be content. The Republican majority
IN the senate would be content. The
President had declared that there
shclii BE- no changes In eli zee where
the ineamtenss sere competent for 20
iitisAl reasons, bat they should be per
usistad To serve their terms. Like those
that we're grinding a. the uaili, one had
been taken add another left. Some Re
poblicsns bad been suspended and 9TH
era retained. What vas the irresistible
infrencss The logis of the situation
In she view sf the Presidents attorneys.
except that every suspended man was
suspended for casso and not for
political reasons. Mr.. Ingalls, alluded
n she celebrated circular issued by the
Postmaster General. which he chafse-
ters1ed ne the mes. thoroughly de-
graded, desiled. execsHese and desesss-
bis pahlic utseEsnee evsr made BY any
atEosNi" IL vas al invitation. be- said.
20 every liesler. svcfY saauynsas sian
trrer sna scnrriloss defanaef ~ porr
sewerage into the fossoffse pepaft-
meat The Postmaster 9suerai's reply
to The resolution Of the senate intro