Show DISCOVERED IIIS ERROR First Assistant Postmaster General CLARKSON permits it to be announced that heis not pleased with his office and that he will resign when the leaves begin to fall I He further says that he did not desire to haven place in the cabinet notwithstanding notwithstand-ing that he was understood to be one of tho most persistent and determined seekers for the position now held by his immediate superior Why a man like C AKKSON should take a subordinate office is not plain CLARKSON was at the head of the leading newspaper of Iowa and being a forcible writer he wielded ten times the power and influence that he could possibly have as assistant as-sistant postmastergeneral It may be some satisfaction to a man of his strong partisan likes and dislikes to remove Democrats Dem-ocrats and install Republicans but after all the gratification ought not to equal that of leading his party in a great state like Iowa Wo can imagine that Editor CLARESOX has discovered that officeholding is not so desirable de-sirable as it has been represented to be especially to the brilliant editor of a widelyread and influential newspaper We imagine the gentleman likes his freedom free-dom and independence better than he does the power to strike down Democratic postmasters post-masters He has discovered his error and will amend it as soon as he decently can |