Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-06

|owp NV 3 ye1nr3 - the0 vflhoat tbe MINI
~ opposieiea. Ard wbat b tTue Il tbese ap-
pofDinenes i also tire in large measure Of
e. pinsnenn Of higher grade which have
usually been considered - belonging to the
political party in power. A number OF ~
caseies haye occurred IN this eategosy, and IN
every instances but thsee the nominations OF
the Governor have been confirmed. not.nn-
standing the fact that not . single one OF them
vas made from The republican party.
Hon. Henry Tallmsn vas nominated and
confirmed Judge of the police court
n Bah: John B. Redman judge Of
the police court 1t Ellsworth; Henry
Harrington Judge of the police court
at Gardiner; Daniel H. Thing, trustee OF the
College Of Agriculture; Hon. r. S. Morrison
trustee Of the Insane Hospital; Frank B.
Torrey trustee Of the Orphan Asylum At
Bath James B. Lindszy county commission
eY for Aroostook county; Capt. Charles
Merrill harboF master At Portland. Not one
Of them 10 . republican, but each and every
one was confirmed by . republican Council
These are all the vacancies which have &C.
CURED except three, and TO neither OF them
nor 70 the remaining three has the Governor
condescended To nominate anybody but
democrat or greenbacker. Three nomina-
tons only to Gil vacancies have been made
which have not been confirmed police
judgeship At Rockland is still open for bet
ter nomination. A vacancy has occurred in
the board Of fish commissioners which the
Council believed should be filed by the re-
appointment Of Mr.. Elias VI. Stillwell OF
Bangor, partly because the game and fishing
interests of the eastern part Of the state were
strongly in favor Of his retention, but more
especially on account of Mr.. Stillweli's
thorough knowledge Of his duties and
his eminent services in the past
The Council also disagreed with the Gov
ernor in regard to the proper person to fill the
vacancy existing in the board OF trustees OF
the Reform School II believed il for the
interest Of the State that the efficient SER
vices Of Mr.. Little be retained, and as that
gentleman was unwilling to accept position
on the Board if made BY the removal Of one
of his associates, but would consent to fill
his own vacancy, the Council very properly
thought il its duty to advise the Governor
accordingly and leave the Office open for the
exercise Of sober second thought on the
part Of the appointing power. Thus il will
be seen that the Council has decided adj
versely to the Governor in but three cases,
where vacancies actually existed-once to
prevent bad appointment and twice to re-
tain in the service Of the State men who had
proved themselves very valuable public ser
wants Out Of eleven nominations, all from
the opposition, the Council confirmed eight
and rejected three. Certainly it would seem
that the Council was not wanting in magma
nimity.
But the Governor did not content himself
with filing vacancies. He undertook TO re-
move faithful public officers in the midst of
their terms simply for the purpose of making
places for his political friends. The Council
very properly determined to resist all such
attempts. Not only loyalty to party, but pub
lie policy ~ well, demanded such q course.
To confirm appointments when no vacancies
existed was to consent to the removal Of pub
lie officers against whom no charge existed
except that they were republicans. Therefore
the Council rejected all such nominations, the
few republicans whom the Governor occas-
ionally sprinkled in against their wishes to
give his performance an appearance Of fair
ness, as well as the democrats and green
hackers. These are the facts in regard to the
points at issue between the two branches of
the Executive department, and the public can
Judge whether it is the Governor who has I'M
dertaken to bulldoze the Council, or the Coun-
Gil the Governor.