Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-12
KERNs.s CONFIRMATION.
Senator Wallace Criticised and Defended
York Press

Senator Wallace Criticized and Defended.
York Press
Our readers will bear US out in the state
ment that we have never unduly criticised
the course of Senator Wallace, although
we have not always been able to understand
it from our Democratic standpoint. But
we do think Mr.. Wallace owes to the DEM
ocratic party of Pennsylvania, some expla-
nation of his conduct, in consenting to the
confirmation of Cameron's man, Kerns, as
marshal of the Eastern district. 1t was in
Senator Wallace's power to say whether
he should be confirmed or rejected-and
he said he should be confirmed, although
he had given the Democrats every as
surance that he should not be. Why?
Kerns had abused his Office to carry
elections for the Republicans, he had
eight hundred in all-at the election of
penitentiaries, to harass the Democrats
readily see why Senator Cameron should
have secured the reappointment of this
ring tool by the fraudulent administration,
to continue his bold partisan work, but
we are at loss to comprehend why any
Democratic senator, and much less Dem
ocratic senator from Pennsylvania, should
be willing to confirm him. 1t is clear that
Mr.. Wallace did not represent either the
feelings, principles or interests Of the
Democratic party, when he did this thing
for the Philadelphia Republican ring.
Whom and what, then, did he represent
If he has any explanation to offer, the
Democracy would be glad to hear it.
This is a time to close up the ranks of the
Democratic party for the great battle
ahead, and to be securing every possible
advantage to the right side, instead of fill
ing important and controlling offices, with
MIR. Cameron's most experienced, able and
serviceable henchmen.
Senator wallace's Critics Criticised.
Washington Correspondence of the Patriot.
A great deal of unfriendly criticism of
the course of Senator Wallace in regard to
the appointment of census supervisors has
been indulged in by editors and cores
pOndents of newspapers who are personal
ly hostile to that gentleman. Some of
| these critics he has been unable to crafty
in their political ambitions and others were
repelled when they attempted to bully him
into the support of measures which he did
| not approve. The owner of one of these
| AC" opdpClS, PubAouCu dO 1AACs
interested in the Pacific railroads. His
enmity to Senator Wallace has its origin
in the refusal of the senator to vote against
the Thurman bill which compels the Pa
cific railroads to disgorge what they owe
to the government. In every instance in
| which the senator has been attacked in the
newspaper press the animus of the attack
is traceable to some personal grievance of
| this sort.
1t is said by Senator Wallace's critics
that he has made bargain with Senator
Cameron for portion of the census super
might have been made with equeal truth
against Hon. Charles r. Buckalew when
| that gentleman was in the United States
Senate. The elder Cameron was his
colleague and Mr.. Buckalew and General
Cameron divided the internal revenue
appointments between them. No appoint
ment could be made unless both senators
| agreed and Democrats and Republicans
were rejected by the Senate when they
were not acceptable to Messrs. Buckalew
and Cameron. Did any Democratic jour-
nal ever charge Charles R. Buckalew with
entering into bargain with Simon Cam
| eron? Far from it. The Democratic
| party Of Pennsylvania honored that gen.
| tleman for what he did in securing por-
| tiOn of the federal patronage for his pOliti-
cal friends. Senator Wallace has done
nothing more and would be denounced as
| a worthless representative if he did less,
| by the very newspapers which are now
criticising his course,
1t is well-knOwn to the initiated that
| Speaker Randall has had. under the sue
| ceSSive Republican administrations since
he has been in Congress-, a large number
of appointments in the departments here
and in Philadelphia. There are now
in the several departments here
| many persons who were ap-
pointed at his solicitation. One of the Re-
publican census supervisors, DR.. Sherwood,
of Philadelphia, was appointed in pursu-
| ance of an agreement between the speaker
and his Republican colleague, Hon. A. c.
Harmer, with the assent of Senator Cam
eron. Do the newspaper critics of Senator
Wallace charge Speaker Randall with
making bargains with Republican admin
istratiOns in order to secure federal offices
for his political friends Oh no, they
never mention it. Doubtless any such
! charge against Mr.. Randall would be as
false and unjust as it is in the case of Mr..
Wallace, but not whit more so.
Much has been said about the rejection
by the Senate of young Mr.. Clark, of Col
unbia county, as supervisor of the census
for the Fifth district. in political sense
the appointment of Mr.. Clark was not the
best that could be made for the district.
Everybody in Pennsylvania knows that the
Democratic party in Luzerne and Lacka-
wanna counties has been in a demoralized
condition for several years. AS political
move it was therefore unwise to appoint
Columbia county man over a reputable
applicant like A. B. Dunning, from Lack
awanna. Besides, Luzerne and Lackawanna
are the populOus counties, the centre of the
population, of the district.
TO sum up, the truth of the whole mat
ter is that Senator Wallace, in making his
fight for census supervisors, has done what
he believed to be his duty to his party and
the public interest. The appointments he
has thus far secured are certainly most
creditable. So long as he gives the census
bureau such aid as it will receive from men
don, Col. Edwin Schall, of NOrristOwn and
his party nor his personal friends need be
ashamed of his work.
The Clark Matter.
Washington Correspondence Pittsburgh Post.
Congressman Klotz recommended young
lawyer named Clark, who was endorsed
by ex-senator Buckalew, the several chair
men of the Democratic county committees
of the district, and by the press and all
leading Democrats and many Republicans.
So popular and well qualified was he that
he obtained the Recommendation of two
congressman, both Republicans, whose