The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-26

There is good deal Of dissatisfaction
with the President among republicans. 1t
is freely admitted in Washi gton by repub-
licaa politicians that the President is rapid y
losing his friends, and that he has no ance
whatever of being renominatcd. Indeed,
good many of those re ubicans who do a
eat deal of the talkin; at the capital de-
clare that the party made a mistake when
it nominated him.
1t would lie a very curious condition of
affairs if nobody found fault with the
President. Taere are a great many appli-
cants for about every Office in his gift, and
those who fail to get ofii ,es Immediately
become his enemies. Tney seem to over
look the fact that there are comparatively
few offices in his gift, and that ne cannot
give an ofice to body VINO applies for
one.
The President can afford to treat with
com arative Indifference the ofice-seekers
who have little or no influence, tut he can
not ignore the wishes OF senator's and other
party leaders without running q risk of
citing into trouble with his party. 1t is
understood that he has not been very gra-
ciuus to mel who are in a position to make
their power felt, and it Is Their fore freely
predicted that he will not find the senate
as willing to give him as hearty a support
as he would like when it cjnvenes
OF course the trouble is caused by the
Offices II is inposs BILE to divide the spoils
so as to give satisfac ion. The President
may do his utmost to put the best men in
oilice, and he will find himself abused and
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his hands. He will see his eff 1rts to serve
the country INSTRUCTED, and his alministra-
ton belit led in every possb way by those
who failed to get the part Of the spoils they
wanted. This must al ways be the case as
long as there are offices to be distributed
The only way to bring about better aud
healthier STATE of affairs is to extend the
civil service regulatio ls to all the offices.
OF course the spollsmen will continue to
ridcu,e civil service reform, and do all
hey an to defeat it. They are, however,
il minority that is steadily growing
smaller. The conviction of the majority is
that when le spoils system shall have dis
appeared entirely politics will be purer and
tae government Will be administered more
nearly in accordance with the besJ interest,
the people
Notwithstanding the fact that the Presi-
dent is believed TO be on the eve of a row
with his party he has d lone little or nothing
since he was inaugurated but listen to the
demands of applicants for Office He has
had no time TO study problems of govern
ment or to inform himself respecting the
condition of public affairs. He would be
much more popular VITA his party to-day ii
there we're no patronage whatever attached
10 the office of President
In view of the fact that the President
must distribute the offices pretty much as
the party leaders direct, he cannot get very
much satisfaction out of the dispensing of
official favo;s. II fact, the position of dis
tributOr offices under the direction OF
a lot OF squabbling party Dos es, S neither
a very dignihe nor very congenial one. Il
the President wants to dot the country a real
service he will use all his influence to have
civil service reform extended and made
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