Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1893-03-17

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in return was either to have u
place in the cabinet or first class
foreign mission, il MIR. Cleveland
were nominated and elected. ThaS
bargain has now been carried out
by Mr.. Cleveland, Just as any
other politician would have car
ried it out, and it is about time
there was cessation of the Talk
about his being better than his
party.
Mr.. Cleveland ingenious meth
Cd of knocking the army of office
seekers out by sections, as it were,
shows that he is wiser man than
when he was President before,
ami has furnished no end of
amusement for those not after
office, as well as for the office
seekers not in the prescribed sec
tions. First, he disposed of the
section that were after the Offices
held under four year commits
sions, by telling them that no
official would be removed until
the expiration of his term, except
for cause. Next he jumped on
the section that held office under
his first administration, nearly all
of whom were here ready and
willing, not to say anxious, to
agsin afiix their autographs to the
official pay roll, by telling them
that none of them would receive
an appointment, unless ii were in
some exceptional case where
special qualifications were de-
manded that were not possessed
by any new applicant. Aud his
last knockout was directed at the
democratic editors who are hank
ering after the official flesh pots.
His words on this subject are
herewith quoted for the especial
benefit of the editors Of your
democratic contemporaries, who
might otherwise make the mis-
take of expecting al office. 81
have been surprised" said Mr.
Cleveland to Congressman who
called on him Ia the interest of e
democratic journalist, "to notice
the very large number Of news
paper men who have made appli-
cation for Office. | remember
that during the recent campaign
and IN fact during almost the
whole of the last administration,
the democratic newspapers charg-
ed that in the appointments of
Whitelaw Reid, and other jour
ualists Mr.. Harrison was attempt
ing to subsidize the press. Now,
don't you see that | should be
laying myself open to precisely
the same charges il | were to
honor the drafts made on me by
newspaper men? l do not like
the idea, either, which the editors
of little democratic papers all over
the country seem to have, that
they are entitled to the Office of
postmaster IN their town"
Those close to the administra-
ton say that the withdrawal of the
Hawaiian annexation treaty from
the Senate does not indicate that
Mr.. Cleveland is opposed to an
nexation. They say that he thinks
more satisfactory treaty can be
negotiated, and they predict that
the new treaty will be negotiated
and sent to the Senate before the
present extra session comes to
close. In other words, if these
gentlemen be correct in their
statements. the principal objec-
ton to the treaty was that it was
negotiated by g republican, in.
stead of by a democratic admins
tration.
The democrats may not be
Inclined to favor the makers OF
"moonshine" whiskey, but official
figures show that Mr.. Cleveland's
first administration collected
S5l ,095, ,6S2.04 less from internal
revenue than the administration
of Aresident Arthur did, and
S1I5, 1886, 524.73 less than was col
lected during President Harri-
sons administration. This was
a little queer, wasn't it?.