Show Cleveland Takes Good Advice NEW YORK April 1In making Pear sons nomination the President gave due consideration to the politcal questions involved in-volved in it Mayor Grace of New York upon whose political judgment the President Presi-dent evidently places some reliance and Secretary Manning who is himself a shrewd political manager and who is influenced in-fluenced by the advice of Samuel J Til den favored Pearsons appointment for political reasons Pearson was recommended recom-mended for appointment by leading business busi-ness men of New York irrespective of party Among his supporters were many Republicans who contnbuted liberally to the Democratic campaign fund in the last election and he was endorsed by hundreds hun-dreds of prominent Democrats In New I I York who regard a postolfice as an institution in-stitution that should be managed solely with reference to the business interests I of the community Under Pearson the office has been brought to its present high I standard and the President believed that a failure to reappoint him would be indirect I in-direct violation of his civil I service promises prom-ises The nomination of Pearson pleases the World Times and other leading journals but the rank and file of the Democratic spoilsmen are struck dumb with amazement amaze-ment and declare the President has lost the State of New York next fall by 50000 I The Suns Washington special says j I The situation may be summed up tersely I in the language of a prominent member of the Democratic National Committee lilt will send a cold chill down the back of every Democrat from Maine to Texas 0 |