Show fr I r PRESIDENT ARTHUR as will be seen by a dispatch elsewhere has decided l 1r 1 upon a step thus early in his adS 1 ad-S 1 q ministerial career which will bring r i upon him the everlasting condemnation 9 condemna-tion of the sterner class of the gentler j i 1 sex He has resolved to make no more appointments of women ii neither to the charge of postofficea nor Co positions in the pension department 4 de-partment and the like This will not i include appointments to situations in the treasury department which have l been open to ladies for quite a time 1 f and in which if general repute beLt be-Lt entitled to credence they have performed M if per-formed their duties creditably to i 0 hemsElves and to the satisfaction of their superiors The reason assigned i f for this course is that the appointment t appoint-ment of ladies has oocasioned considerable trouble in the postoffice department and given rise to dissatisfaction R dis-satisfaction in places The only inference in-ference to be drawn from this is that they do not perform this labors i 1 properly and fail to make satisfactory reports If this ia to be a dust f cause for exclusion and if it be strictly followed then about one T i half the pMtofScea in portions i of the west will of necessity be discontinued dis-continued The compensation is sot so-t nigardly hat only in rare icstamces 1 t S can persons capable of discharging ins duties properly ba found who will accept the positions Qfeklng many 4 of the western postmasters as examples l ex-amples it is indeed a sad commentary commen-tary on the btasted intelligence of the j t D 3 t f I lady office holders il they are not the equals of the men intellectually and educationally and are not capable of submitting as intsllegent reports In the pension bureau it may te different and the reason for exclusion prove good but whatever the ground for the decision of the President whether just or unjust he has among the class of ladies referred to above done that which will forever cast obloquy on his name and fame It will prove another theme for the vigorous assaults of the supporters and adherents of woman suffrage |