The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-25
A WILL OF his OWN.

| The newspapers for sometime pas
have been teeming with sensational
dispatches from Washington City re-
garding President Cleveland and hi:
attitude towards Senators and Rep
reseHtatives III the matter of appoint
ments. Much of these things have
been set afIoat with view to Great
| inc discomfort and discussions in the
Democratic ranks, and in many IN
stances have been traceable to active
members of the defeated party. who
made it their business TO aggrayate
as much as possible the disappointed
Office seekers and the Representatives
who imagined that their official de-
mands and influence was being under
estimated and not duly respected.
This condition of disagreeableness
has been more highly marked with re-
gard to. the State of New York from
which the President hails'than any
other, and indeed so much so, that
at one time it was thought serious
disruption OF the party would take
place, to its no small disadvantage
1t has been more or less the custom
for long number of years, for the
Senators and Representatives to con-
troll the share of National patronage
falling to their respective States, and
name the persons deserving and en-
titled to the several positions within
the gift of the government, and the
passive incoming Presidents have
almost invariably respected this
custom, holding with jackson that,
ITO THE yIcToRs BELONG THE sPoILs."
and so the political machines have
rocked along, 10 matter which party
happened to secure the ascendency
at the close of every four years.
The civil service laws have changed
the complexion of this old custom
considerably in the last few years,
and now President Cleveland as soon
as be becomes firmly seated at the
head of the nation as chief magis-
trate. comes boldly to the front and
shows that he has
WILL OF HIS OWN.
Mr.. Cleveland has evidently de-
termined to raise party politics as
far as possible. out of the old ruts
that they have been running in for
years. Party feaity is good thing
in its place, the party laborer is well
worthy of.his hire, but when official
patronage is to be distributed, COM
potency, efficiency and special quail
fieations are strictly essential to pro-
mote the governments welfare and
march of progress. This is the posi-
ton in which President Cleveland
finds himself to-day, and it is posi-
BILE that there has already been. IS
now, and may be from now on, more
or less friction between him aad some
of the machine and ring politicians
who may insist upon keeping up the
old methods that have became moss
grown and venerable with age forget
ting that the world moves, and that
especially here, on this continent,
civilization IS making more rapid
strides than the world ever witnessed
before, and that Grover Cleveland
President of the United States, has
determined as far as he is concerned,
to keep the country in the very front
ranks, crowding ahead to contribute
as much as possible to the sum total
OF human happiness on this hemi-
sphere.
Some think, and there are doubt
less many, that the Master of the
Universe controls all the affairs of
the nations of the world. On the
strength of this, Grover Cleveland
has often been styled "the man of
destiny His brilliantly success
full career may justify such an APP
pellation, and from all indications as
President, he will prove himself the
right man in the right place, and
come what may In the shape of po-
litical and party upheavals during the
four years pending, we feel fully as
sured that under the most trying