Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-12-01
ALWAYS EXPRESSIVE


that man is President.elect Grover
Cleveland. Now, as the Philadel
phia Times says, while fully nine~
tenths of the people who voted for
Grover Cleveland for President
neither desire nor expect any
official fs.vors from him, a small
fraction of his supporters, as is
always the case after tho election
of new President, assumes that
the chief duty Of Prc.ident-elect
is to part the spoils of victory They
rush in upon him il all hours of
the day and night and persist in
pressing themselvei for Offices
which be cannot fill for months to
come.
When 1t is remembered that
President>elect Cleveland has the
gravest problems of statesmanship
to grapple With; that he must con-
front a bankrupt Treasury with
fixed or unavoidable expenditures
in excess of the revenues, and that
he must inaugurate new econ-
omic policy without shock to the
business interests of the country,
the indelicacy, indeed in ecency.
Of distracting him by the ceaseless
opportunities of spoilsmen may be
appreciated. Mr.. Cleveland pro-
poses 10 perform his full duty to
the country first ard to consider
the question Of offices afterwards.
Before leaving for a week or SO of
rest in some secluded bunting
fields of tho South, he prepared
and gave out for publication the
following statement that should
be carefully considered by all office
expectants:
81 desire to give as much pubs
lic;ty as possible to the statement
that | do not propose to consider
applications for office prior to my
Inauguration and I shall avoid all
interviews on that subject. Those
who under any pretense gain an
opportunity to present their ap-
plications orally and those who
burden me at this time with writ
ten applications cannot possibly
do anything which would SO inter-
fere with their chances Of success.
Certainly between now and March
I ought to have some time to deyote
to other matters than receiving
callers and considering subjects
which should be postponed"
The foregoing explicit and en-
phatic notice from President-elect
Cleveland will be disappointing to
several hundred thousands who
voted for him at the late election;
but it will be specially gratifying
to six millions or more patriotic
voters who supported him because
they want honest government. The
only positions to be decided before
the 4th of March next are the
several Cabinet portfolios, and
they will be filled, after carful
consultation with those who are
best qualified for sincere and inn
telligent counsel, to harmonic
with the personal views of the
President. In addition to the
selection of Cabinet, that will
require the most careful study and
dispassionate judgment, the policy
of the new administrator will dem-
and the Offices of the most patient
and enlightened craftsmanship,
and to that end the whole energies
of the new President will be
devoted.
When Mr.. Cleveland shall haye
been inaugurated and the prelimi.
nary work of establishing a new
Governmental policy completed,the
many necessary changes in the
public offices will be considered;
but then, as now, the most imports
unate will be least likely to COM
rnand the favor Of the President.
The civil service laws will be hon.
estly enforced and, while new ape
pointments will be Democratic,
personal fitness and merit will ever
outweigh party services which are
not supplemented with the chara-
cter and capabilities needed in
public trusts. The victory of 1892
was not spoilsmen's victory of
the people who want tariff reform,
electoral reform, pension reform,
and civil service reform; and it
should be as we'll understood no "
as hereafter that Mr.. Cleveland
will be a willing worker to accom-
plish every reform demanded by tn