Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-08-06
NUMBER 20.


the President and Secretary of State to
give valuable consulate to another son
and frequently averred that the refusal
was the cause Of his opposition.
Mr.. Fenton saw no objection to giving
an adopted son his influence for an office.
nor to obtaining it from Tsmmany Hall
and keeping it all through the exposures
of Tweed and the rest.
Mr.. Summer with q brother-in.law in
Office undor Andrew johnson, was in
famed by his removal, and did not hesi.
tate to make known his displeasure.
Even Mr.. Greeley did not scruplo to
countenance his brother-in-law in obtain.
ing the most lucrative collectorship OF
Internal Revenue in the United States.
nor has he hesitated to urge appointments
clearly unfit, on the ground of intimats
terms between himself and those he
urged.
Governor Hoffman in 1867, when May
or OF New York, appointed his father.in.
law, Starkweather, Collector of Assess-
ments and he remained in office until
July, 1871. receiving as compensation
S590,S24. Among the worthy and needy
provided for by Starkwesther, was VIM.
H. Tweed, who received for nothing,
$101,968.
But il General Grant has done wrong
the crime of others cannot help him. ID
has been said that be has appointed fifty
relatives, forty relatives, thirty relatives.
and Mr.. Sumner estimates thirteen rela-
tives to office. None of these statements
are true. Since President Grant came
in, but nine persons ct all connected with
him or his wife in the remotest degree
have had political Office under the United
States. This does not include son of the
President, sent as pupil 10 West Point
long before his father became President,
nor does il include his brother.in.law,
Dent, who has long held commission in
the army by the samo tenure under
which every officer of army holds his
place.
OF the nine relatives or connections in
Office two appointed by Andrew Johnson.
viz The Presidents father, as postmas-
ter at Covington, KY. and bis brother.in
law, Rev. Mr.. Cramer, as consul at Leip-
sic. Mr.. Cramer was transferred from
Leipsic to Denmark by President Grant
on the recommendation OF Bishop Simp.
son, Bishop Jayne and many other well
known persons.
Seven instances of relatives in politi.
cal Office remain, and of those but two
were in truth and in fact appointed by
the President.
Orlando II. Ross, cousin OF the Presi-
don't, holds clerkship under the Sd Audi
tor OF the Treasury. He was soldier
in the war. and General Logan procured
his appointment at the Treasury Depart
ment without the knowledge Of the Pres.
it in the newspaper.
This leaves six, and OF these four hold
local offices viz: Gen. w. Dent, Apprai-
ser at San Francisco, James F. Casey,
Collector at New Orleans, one brother
and the other a brother.in-law Of Mrs.
Grant; and George B. Johnson, Assessor
OF the Sd District of Ohio, who married
the third cousin of the President. These
men hold local Offices and were selected
and put forward as has been the univer-
sal custom in both political parties for
fifty years, by the local Representatives.
Two appointments remain, and upon
these the President did undoubtedly sx.
ercise his own choice and judgment.
First is Alexander Sharpe, connection
Of Mr.. Grant, who was appointed Mar
shal of the District of Columbia. This
officer is virtually member OF the Pres
ident's household: he receives company
with the family, introduces visitors and
generally helps along. For this reason
some relative or near friend of the Prcsi-
dents family has always been found.
The remaining relative is Silas Hudson.
Minister to Guatemala. He is cousin
TO the President. Iowa, the State. in
which he lives had The mission to Guate-
mala before President Grant came in,
Fitz.Henry Warren holding it and on his
retirement Iowa claimed it still and pre-.
sented Mr.. Hudson, who is described az
an able and accomplished man. The
President might have refused TO appoint
him without giving just offence to the
Republicans of Iowa, because he might
have taken man from some other State,
but he did appoint him and thus he iurn'
ished the needy Liberals with one awful
example.
A SCoFFER REBUKED.-A man scoffng.
ly asked "What advantage has religious
man over one like myself' Does not the
ann ,b;no op mn q we'll M on him this