The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-17

We grieve to see that the Mugwump mania
for office RACES as much as ever. Mr.. CLEvE-
LANDS proclamation. forbiddinR the Mug
wumps from trespassing upon the White
House preserves. has served. it Is true. to
keep the gang at a distance. Mugwump
Office seekers are no longer found secreted
in the cellar Of the White House. nor do
they drop down the chimneys. to the per-
turbation OF the hired girl when she is
| sweeping OF morning. But IL they do not
rain from the roof, or come up from the
bowels Of the earth, as Mr.. ARTEMUs WARD
describes the office seekers as they were dur
ing the early days OF Mr.. LINCoLN's Admin
istration. none the less they are as active
as ever in trying to put into practice the
great principle: ITO the civil service re-
formers belong the spoils." Thus. Mug
wumps are the only applicants for the post
OF Collector Of the Port Of Boston. the best
Federal job in Massachusetts. The Demo-
Gratis show no indecent hurry to step into
Collector Boards shoes. nor do they wish
to importune Mr.. CLEVELAND. or fill the
book Of applications in the Treasury De-
partment with their names and petitions.
The Unsuitable Mugwump is not oercast as
to his native cheek with any such blushing
scruples.
1t is frigid fact that the two
men who are hunting for the office of
Collector Of the Port OF Boston are
Col. CHARLES RUSSELL GOODMAN. the
original true Mugwump. Mug,cumpus
mtg,cumpans. OF Massachusetts,. and Mr..
WINsLow WARREN Of Bunker Hill Mopu-
ment. Charlestown. and Burial Hill. Plym-
outh. Both these Mugwump Eliminates
are ornaments Of the Massachusetts Re-
form Club. They are true to the essentials
Of the Massachusetts, Mugwump creed, an
cestor worship and slant-eyed reform. II
our remembrance remembers, Mr.. WINS
Low WARREN was so chockfull OF reform
in the spring Of 1892. that he was almost
ready to join his fortunes with the great
Columbian party composed OF Mr.. JAMES
ii. MEANS. Anyhow. nc frmer hand has
ever held aloft the Dragon Flag OF Mon
golian Improvement 1t was inevitable logic
that the vision OF such a prophet and gen.
eral OF reform should embrace the Custom
House: and higher than logic. that rresisti-
bic sense OF humor. which the Mugwumps
lack. compels them all soon or sooner to
pay their debts to it. coppers their profess
sions. swathes them in absurdities, makes
the poor devils long for spoils like the hart
Tor the water brooks. A Boston Mugwump
Journal has solemnly denied editorialiy the
assertion OF its own news columns
that Mr.. WINsLow WARREN is a
candidate for Collector: but the denial
has produced no conviction. It was hon
estly and kindly meant. but it hasn't per-
suaded the correspondent even. The inex-
orable irony OF politics requires that the
MugwumD shall be a spokesman. He NAV
think he is playing for love OF the game or
to display the calm. aesthetic beauty OF his
flannels. but. alas. he is only a pothunter
who has sublime views OF the wickedness of
Col. CoDMAN's notice that he was willing
to serve his country in the seat of customs
was made in the neatest impersonal man
ner possible. CHARLES X. GOODMAN of
Boston," reads the delicious entry in the
book OF requests for Office, for
OF Customs. by a friend" Col.
GOODMAN Is too great a man to solicit Office
directly. He sends his valet when he wants
q stateroom reserved for him. Evidently
he incautiously betrayed in CONVEX
Bation his conviction that 1t would
be boon to the Solid Men OF
Boston. and a coat OF glory on the Ad-
to make him Collector: and |
some friend has gone on to Washington |
and exposed that conviction to the public |
gaze. Sol. GOODMAN" we are assured. has |
made no application for himself. and the |
name of the friend who set forth his quail
lcations is not disclosed at the depart
ment." or course not. Mr. CARLISLE
Knows what is due to the proprietes of
life and the decencies OF friendship He Is
not the man to get Col. CoDMAN's friend
INTO trouble with Col. GOODMAN. In what