Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-09

The New York nominations Withdrawn
from the Senate by President Garfield are
as follows: Stewart l.. Woodford, L. S.
District Attorney for the Southern District
of New York; Asa w. Tenney. U. S. Dis
trict Attorney for the Eastern District OF
New York; Lewis +. Payne. US. Mar
shall for the Southern District of New
York; Clinton d. McDougall. u. S. Mar
shall for the Northern District of New
York; John Tyler, Collector of Customs
for the District of Buffalo. n. Y.
The Tribune says: at is argued by
many persons that the Presidents action
is all right and perfectly justifiable, but
that he ought to have taken it sooner He
could not have been so sure of public sup
port il he had acted sooner. He has Civ
en- Mr.. Conkling full opportunity to ex-
hibit himself in his true colors. and the
public understands him to-day better than
it ever did before. II has been shown
that there can be no harmony with Mr..
COnklinC unless he can have his own way
First, the President appointed to Office in
this State a large number of Mr.. Conk-
ling's friends. He gave him the most
generous recognition The moment he
appointed one man who was not Mr.
Conkling's friend the trouble began. Mr.
Conkling says it was perfidy. He re-
fused TO report the nomination from his
committee. He went into the republican
caucus as soon as an executive session
was decided on and begged it to vote that
no nomination should be acted upon to
which single Senator objected. The
caucus agreed to that outrageous request.
Mr.. Conkling had n Committee of Safety
appointed to ask the President to surren-
der, and the committee had the amazing
efl'rontery to make the request. Then it
was telegraphed from Washington that
Mr.. Conkling was master of the situa-
tion.' The public has been watching this
performance. and has been getting mad
der and madden as it went on. President
Garfield wisely waited till this stlte Of
mind was reached and then he struck"
The circus is making its annual rounds
and it Is about time tor the small boy to
be looking out TOR change to pay for ad-
mission. The Philadelphia Press, in whose
City the circus recently presented itself
is moved to speak of il rs follows: AT
the circus one sees the sovereign people in
all their majesty. At least he will if he
goes early. There is no more exclusive
ness about any of the greatest shows on
earth than there is about profanity. tobac-
co chewing or sin generally. Every per-
son is entitled to seat il he can find one,
and to hear and see all he can without re-
gard 10 race. sex. color or previous condi-
ton of servitude. The exercises are pro-
foundly original every time, solemn and
impressive. and sometimes a little sensa-
tional. Nobody ever tires of them. be-
cause nobody ever saw anything like them
before, and may not again. The grand
intellectual lessons they teach mark an era
in the progress of civilization. The
noble art of standing. on your head. of
dancing on wire without breaking your
neck, of leaping over stack of elephants.
and as you go spinning over and over like
u top yet coming down right side up. are
all powerful incentives to noble aspira-
tons. The spectacle of two cows or two
elephants lettering" on plank over n
bench happily illustrates the influence
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land possess tor ameliorating the condition
of the wild beasts of Africa or Texas The
women-sutfrage advocates are all charmed
with the liberties granted their down-trod-
den sex in the circus tent, and can point
proudly to it To show that the world
moves. The clowns jokes and antics are
just as fresh as they We're a hundred years
ago. aud unless some mild winter
should totally cut of the ice-crop. may
be fresh and crisp all through the coming
ages. Surely, life would be dull without
the occasional coming of the circus. The
blue birds, and blossoms. and spring bon
nets-or what passes for the latter-are
all harbingers of balmy breezes and
bright skies. but no more so than the cir
Gus. 1t is even more regular. Spring
may not come according to the almanac
VTOXIJt1iilc, uut JStTOHt1utTS WOulu As
soon expect an eclipse to be postponed as
circus on account of the weather. Its
inspiring and exhilarating character is
felt in every household where chill
dren dwell from the day when the
gorgeous posters go up until the
grass, or the pillow, or some building
Improvement association obliterates the
site of the much-loved arena. Even then
fond memory fingers about the spot like
the twilight in Eastern lands like sun
sparkling icicles on frosty morning:
like the light of pasting day on Bunker
Hill Monument; like an x-officeholder's
"Reminiscences of patronage and power;
like the JOY ofthe first kiss OF love. or the
fragrance which the late Thomas Moore
found 90 delightful in ruined crockery.
Really. the circus. with few moral wild
beasts and WAX figures added, Is the
greatest show on oarth.s' We all feel Il.
and must 70 @ see h once year Il least.