Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-25
Quite Mistaken.


the INTELL1GENCER, along with other
Democratic papers in Pennsylvania that
it mentions, proposes to carry the state
this fall without any assistance from Sen
ator " allace, and that we are doing our
level best'' to destroy what influence
he possesses in the politics of the state.
We are innocent of any such intention.
We hope that the Democratic party will
have the active assistance of Senator
Wallace this fall. The misapprehension
of the Patriot arises from the fact that
we have been compelled to inquire of
Senator Wallace whether certain sena-
torial action in Pennsylvania matters
has been taken with his assent and by
help the Democracy in Pennsylvania in
the coming contest; and if so, how
because it did not seem to us that it had
that tendency.
The acts we especially referred to were
| the confirmation of James n. Kerns, Re
publican marshal of the Eastern district,
and the rejection of Mr.. Clark, Demo-
| crat, nominated as supervisor in the Co.
| lumbia district.
We have had no answer from Senator
| Wallace as to the Clark matter. In
the KernS affair circular was issued
from Washington a week ago, which
contained the correspondence of Senator
Wallace with the judiciary subcommittee
that had Kerns's appointment in charge,
from which it appeared that Senator
| Wallace had not recommended it to be
confirmed, but had on the other hand
resisted it. These letters were, how
ever, unaccompanied by any statement
from Senator Wallace that the cOnfirma-
ton of Kerns had been made without his
| vote and against his continued protest.
| If this had been added it would have
| satisfactorily appeared that our senator
was no way responsible for the appoint
ment and we would have taken pleasure in
holding him acquitted of the charge
| brought against him, which is based on
| public report, on the consideration usual
| ly shown by their fellOw-senators to ap-
|
dividual senators, and upon the state
ment of Congressman O'Neill in the
House of Representatives, and of friends
of Senator Wallace outside of it, that he
withdrew his opposition to Kerns's con-
firmation and permitted it to he made.
| If the Patriot, which speaks especially
for Mr.. Wallace, will give us the assur-
ance we seek by his authority, and will
kindly enable us to comprehend the
| Democratic wisdom of his conduct in the
two matters we have referred to, it will
perceive that it will take away from us
all excuse for the exhibition of the
malevOlence towards Senator Wal
lace which it accuses us of, but
which we are sure we do not have.
If we are all working towards the one
end of Democratic success it would be
well for us to be communicative to one
another and not to get in a huff when a
polite inquiry is made as to the particu-
lar value to the Democratic party of any
act of its servants. 1t is somewhat fool
ish to declaim against such a question as
an impairment of Democratic harmony
and to rail at the questioners,,, as is
done in the following heading put to
Senator Wallace'S circular letter in the
Kerns matter. The circular kindly
omits the INTELLIGENCER from the as
sociatiOn with the Pittsburgh Post and
the Erie Herald which the Patriot
| TrIHn II nnI
therefore that we are reflected upon by
it's terms but yet we do think that the
best way to meet G. falsehOod and SIAN
ders - is with the simple truth, fully,
plainly and authoritatively told, and if
Senator Wallace will state over his sig
nature that he opposed kerns's confirma-
ton to the very last. it will not be nee
essary for him to assail any Democratic
newspaper for slandering him. They
would not dare to do it. The circular
heading reads thus
TO DEMOCRATS.
THE ABUSE OF SENATOR WALLACE.
The Democratic senator from Pennsyl-
vania is always made the target of news
paper abuse just before a Democratic state
convention. FalsehOods and ISLANDERS are
regularly revamped to weaken his influ-
ence with the Democracy whom he serves
so faithfully and SO ably in the Senate.
He has his failings, and he makes mis-
takes like other men, but is this any
reason for distraeting the party or
dividing the organization. The Pittsburgh
Post and the Erie Herald rehash the lies
of the New York Sun, and are very busy
in this work of defamation now.
Is this the way to win the great battle of
1880? Is this the road to harmony or
success? Ought we not to strengthen
the hands of our public men and sustain
them against the common foe?
Read the following answer to one OF
these ISLANDERS on a pure public man, and
judge the others by it.