Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-31

The resolution indorsing President
: Cieveland's administration was adopted
: by the state convention at Atlanta with
| out dissenting voice. 1t is fair TO as
sumo, therefore, that so far as the De-
mocracy OF this State is concerned the
course Of the President relative TO the
civil service and other matters has been
wholly satisfactory.
Some OF the newspapers which pretend
TO be Democratic are endeavoring to make
the country believe that the President Is
unpopular with the masses of his party,
and not a few Democratic lightweight
politicians are continually talking in the
same way. Doubtless they have been
disappointed in not being permitted to
control a few local Offices, or in not get
ting offices.
For instance, it is said that the refusal
of the President to appoint Hubert o.
Thompson. the leader Of the County De-
mocracy in New York city, who died day
or two ago to the lucrative and honora-
BILE Office of Collector of the Port of New
York, FASTENED his death. Mr.. Thompson
did as much, perhaps, as any other man
to bring about Mr.. Cleveiand's nOmina-
ton and election, and he was ungrateful,
it is asserted, because he declined 10 give
Mr.. Thompson what he wanted.
1t is true that the President refused to
appoint Mr.. Thompson Collector of New
York, and mis- reason was a good one. He
said that Mr.. Thompson was too much Of
practical politician. He knew that Mr..
Thompson wanted the Office with its i'm
mense pat Onage mainly for the purpose
of taking care of his political friends, and
he had sufficient strength of character TO
say no. With Mr.. Thompson at its head
the New York custom house would have
become a political machine, which would
have been employed to advance the power
and influence Of one Democratic organi-
cation in New York city and to ruin an
other. The President felt that, although
Mr.. Thompson had contributed to his
election, he could not cOnscientiOusly use
the public offices to pay his political
debts. He may have had a very high re-
gard for Mr. Thompson, but his first duty
was to the people.
A few of those who were among the ad-
mlTeT6 ana IOllOWerS OF MI. thompson
Will use their utmost efforts to make Mr..
Cleveland unpopular, because of his fail
ure to give Mr.. Thompson just what he
asked for, but the masses of the people
will say, whenever they fully understand
the matter at issue, that the course OF the
President was right.
There are, doubtless, many cases SINH
lar to that OF Mr.. Thompson, and from
such cases originates much of tho stuff
watch appears in the newspapers relative
to Mr.. Cleveland's growing unpopularity.
The best evidence that he is not grow
ing unpopular, but that, on the contrary,
he is better liked now than when he was
inaugurated, is that by all Democratic
conventions which have been held since
he became President his administration
has been approved.
In some of the newspapers in this State
there have appeared evidences Of dissat-
isfaotion with the policy of the President
with respect to this or that thing, but it
is noticeable that this dissatisfaction does
not find expression among the Democratic
masses. The President has good reason
to think that he still has the people at his
back.