The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-25
PRESIDENT CLE,ElstD Right.
Another Letter From Hon. T.. 4.
Bisk0p.
\ His h-Toned and Manly Defense of
the Motives and Privileges tina,
Govern President Cleveland in
Appointing Men to Public

the Motives and Privileges tha.
Govern President Cleveland in
Appointing Men TO Puhlic
Offiec.
E4itoE PAIA-EA NI~s-
am greatly obliged 70 ven for the
kindness with which y.u srxak o: me.
and hope shall @: be considered a,
trespassirg on your courtesy IL asking
you TO publish another short letter.
am peisu3dsi that the probability Of
division Il the democratic party would
IL greatly diminished If We could all
keep in view the simple facts pertaining
10 the policy u the administration. But
strong feelings are very apt % lind ven,
il extrayasant statements. and this truth
is sirikiug!y illustrated in thu uttsraucss
Of Mr.. Cleyeland's democratic critics.
Now. is j, true tha, Mr., Cleveland
would distribute Offices witaou. refer.
ence TO party OF the thousands Of
federal officers appointed since March
ith -. how many are republicans: -
IA. a. have knowlelge. Mr.. Pearson.
the PCS; master II New York city, con.
s,itates the total number. He was re.
appointed because there was not another
man in the world % we'll qualified by
experience for that immensely imp0y-
tant position, AMI because, even under
a republican administration. he had r..
fused 10 DO the biliing Of party bose,
and had riyilly enforced the meIi, sys-
ten regardless G: the political afiiha.
tions OF his subcglina,ss II any man
holds that the president would have done
better by appointing some l3ud'mouihed
ward politician q, the dictatloa q John
Kelley or Huber; O. Thompson. lie i
welcome 70 al the glory he can win in
being an an,i.CIeyslani democrat. Bu,
le; ii lie remembered that, with this san.
gle exception, the men appointed to
Office under this administration. in cases
NJ, controlled bv any special law. are
members o. the democratic PARTY. In
this respect thepre,ilen,ial poilcv,,Ea the
cordial appreciation If allthe muswumIs
in the land. They ara unanimous IN
holding that. as aru.e. democrats should
be appointed 10 vacarlp.aces until some.
thing like equality in Office holding is
established between the two Parties.
II is true that Mr.. Cleveland has not
preceded very swiftly in removing re.
publicars with whose official conduct
no faul. could le found. and that his
slowneSs in this particular has caused
embarrassment to many democratic
leaders who had sousL; to increase their
personal following 10y psomi.in: - give
Gu: office, with free hand. That such
leaders and their haugers.on would Be
exassrated, was result which every
intelligent man foresaw but j, is very
evilen, that they over-cstimais the sym.
pathy which is felt for them in the great
body Of the democratic party. An i'm.
men>e majority OF democrats are much
more interested in having the public bus.
iness properly transacted than they are
in seeing personal ambitions Gratifed,
and they perceive very clearly that. in
public business as we'll as in private bust.
ness. experience is often ot great value.
Moreover. they see in a political contest
much more than contest for spells.
They rpuiiate the doctrine that par.
ties are organized to distribute the
spoils;' and II they believed it. no party
would gain from them ANYTHING more
than supreme contempt. For myself, |
have very strong reasons Tor desiring the
asceudaucy II the democratic PARTY, but
i, IL impossible for ME - work myself
to the point of caring fix whether the
incumbent OF a petty Office in Maine or
Texas Is democrat or republican. The
demand for clear sweep looks to me
like the ou,growth If a boyish sentimen,
talisni entirely unworthy II afull.Erowr
man.
have seen nothing to indicate tina, in
Mr.. Cleveland's view "a jealous part.
san is unfit to hold office He has been
"a Jealous partisan himself all his life
and the single criticism passed on him by
the mugwumps is 10 the effect that HI
is quite too ready 20 put such men il
office. He likes men who have strong
convictions and arden, feelings. am
aware. however. that professional poll
ticians' DO not stand high in his estlma
ton. He takes the view tina. inan whC
makes a trade Of politics j. not apt to h
we'll qualified for official duties; and h.
is far from being in the minority st Thu
point. Moreover. he wants the met
who hold office under him to attend K
the business Of the people. instead @.
using their positions fer partisan chica
merry This Is neither more nor less thar
saying that he intends to have his al
ministra,ion differ from the republican
administration which preceded it. II
al the democratic structures upon III.
president. policy | can see nothing NOR
than protest against departure frcu
the course marked out by Republican
spoilsmen. 7. T BISHOP.
San Mateo. Arsi. a4th, -.