The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-09-02
1.-THE Man of Unquestioned In
huence.n

Sometime since an injunction was
served upon the JOURNAL by an certih-
cate Of good moral character" for our
honorable representative In which IL was
stated that the gentleman chad achieved
n position Of enlarged influence and use
fitness" Soon after that (snd who knows
how much that certificate had to do with
IL Othe Shipping Bill failed. The Dis
trict Is now being flooded with documents.
One would suppose that at this juncture
the proper documents to send to tho Peo-
pie would be facts and hgures showing as
they do show. what our Administration has
done towards securing peace to distract
cd country how Il has redeemed its pledges
TO the country how It has reduced the
public debt and lessened taxation. and
how In all this the Republican party Of
the country have proved faithful to the
interests intrusted to them. But no, that
don't cover the ground for our honorable
fricnd but he franks mailbag upon
mailbag filed With his speeches Of zen
larged influence"
Perhaps just now some other reading
might be valuable. and 50 we publish
some remarks Of our leading journals up
on the influence our friend Lynch had
upon the Shipping Bill (:
The Boston Post cannot see the "posi-
ton achieved and therefore said
Mr.. Lynch proved himself an unequal
match for the old political prize-fghtsrs.
and wholly incapable of engineering q
measure OF great magnitude through such
. body as the House Of Representatives.
But the ost Is Democrat paper and
may have had some spite against him, 50
let us sec what the New York Times had
to say upon the same subject. 1t said
This result Is the combined effect Of the
inexpediency Of the measures and the bad
management Of Mr.. Lynch. When he
could meet his opponents In no other way
he charged them with being tho paid
agents OF British ship-builders, and his At
tack upon the special London correspon-
dence Of the Times upon the subject was
both unwise and uncalled.
II will not answer. however. to take
the Times statement alone IS true. al
though il Is the leading republican paper
In New York. for Il may have n "persc nal
difference" with Mr.. Lynch; 50 Let MS
read the remarks Of the New York Her
aid:
The main cause Of the defeat of Lynch's
bill for the revival Of American COM
mcrcc was Lyrch himself. His manage
ment of the measure all along was
marked by great weakness and bad
temper; but to-day he displayed those
two defects in n stronger degree, II pos
sible, than ever. When the matter came
up In the House this morning there wis
q pretty fair prospect ofsnccess, but man
ager Lynch got n severe attack OF his
tantrums and launched OF into petty Little
q,iarrels with Tom. Dick and Harry,
almost every FIVE minutes, converting
some friend Of the bill into bitter enemy
BY his display Of bad temper and lack OF
Judgment. His unwarrantcd assaults up
on Mr.. OakfIrd and Captain Goldman.
charging them either publicly or covertly
with being paid agents Of the Clyde ship
builders, were bad enough In all con-
science. but when no undertook To insin-
uatc that some of his brother members on
tie floor were improperly influenced like
wise he created such general Indignation
and disgust rs to kill his pet measure on
tho spot. What possessed Mr.. Lynch To
act rs he did Is puzzle to his friends rs
well rs TO the outside advocates of the bill.
who arc loud In condemning him.
Here We are met with the same objec-
ton that We had against the Pbst, and are
forced to seek for light from another re-
publican source. The Boston Advertiser
said:
The controversy over Il was curious and
puzzling. Tho majority Of 40 against IL
ON the question Of It's passage seemed duo
In part TO ,csariaess Of Mr.. Lynch as ireH
as ofhis projects.
We are inclined to think from the quo
tation that the Advertiser must have APP
piled for. post Office nom Mr.. Lynch and
failed to get Il; therefore let US listen to
the New York World:
The bin was lost for several reasons; Il
pds badly managed IN ne House from ne
6rx: the Western members opposed Il on
account Of the drawback feature. which
thcy dcnominated the worst kind OF pro-
lection. ~ it took money out Of the Treas
ury and paid Il 70 every man who built his
vessel OF Pcnnsylvania iron; and when
this was stricken out the whole copper
and iron interest turned around and voted
against Il. Mr.. Chairman Lynch's wrath
kSoc no bounds - he looked across the
hall where the Pennsylvanians sat.
Tho Boston Herald took the same view
of tho matter and said:
The bill was badly handled frum the
start, but the main caiise Of Its defeat WAS
tho general opposition Of the Western
members 70 allowing . drawback equal 10
The duty on imported material to be paid
out of tho treasury 10 al shipbuilders using
American material.
Thcre seems 10 have been singular
un.nimisy among somebody in regard to
the heny position achieved" but We can
hardly believe tho Testimony IS so direct
because Of personal matters, and therefore
v, skip The comments Of tho Chicago Tri-
bune and Cincinnati Commercial and
siys only tho REMARKS Of tho Boston
Journal:
Mr.. Lynch's navigation bill finally came
70 erief to-day In the House. amer having
Men 20 amended that Il was not scccpta-
able 20 many Of Is original friends. MI.
Lynch did not onginser the oui YIN n na
tact. insisting on q speech. when Gen