Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-08-11
Plaisted's Comparison Of Himself
to Garfield.

Plaisted's Comparison OF Himself
to Garfield.
While the President was eulogized by Mr..
Blaine and his party organs in this State, and
applauded by the whole country, for the firm
stand he took in defence Of his prerogatives,
the Governor Of Maine IL violently assailed.
tYaduced ard villified because he would faith
fully maintain the constitutional prerogatives
of his Office and not submit to the baldest
usurpation Of his Executive power by his
Councillors. Governor Ptafsteds Letter o.
Acceptance.
We doubt not that most sensible demo-
Gratis are ashamed and shocked at the
egodsm. indecency, impudence and igno-
rance manifested in Governor Plaisted's
comparison of himself to the martyred
Garfield 1t would be strange if they
were not If some irresponsible, sycophan-
tic hanger-op of the Governor Of Maine"
had written and published the foregoing.
it would have been regarded as foolish
flattery and falsehood; but when the
Governor Of Maine'' writes and sends
out such remarks concerning himself as
the above. his friends ought to in
quire into his mental condition and engage
rooms for him at. some lunatic asylum.
President Garfield it is well known, had
no quarrel with the Senate Of the United
States All the nominations made by him
which came before the Senate for approx
al or rejection were confirmed by that
BODY That of Mr.. Robertson was APP
proved with the rest. There was some
delay in acting upon the nomination of
Mr.. Robertson caused by the opposition
Of Mr. Conkling to the nomination, but
when the Senate acted it approved the
nomination and Mr.. Robertson was APP
pointed There was complaint on the
part Of President Garfield's friends on ac-
count Of the delay in acting upon the
nomination in Difference to Mr. Conk ling,
but this was all the difficulty; the Presi-
dent nor his friends ever raised the ques-
ton Of the rightful power of the Senate
to reject his nominations, so that there
Plaisted on that point. nor in truth upon
any other matter. between the President
and the Senate. There is nothing there
fore for the comparison made by Plaisted
to stand upon, and the Governor of
Maine" stands convicted of stealing the
martyred Garfeld's honors to aid him in
this political campaign.
The contest which Governor Plaisted
waged with the Council was one of his own
seeking. lie was hardly warm in his
seat as Governor before he began to make
threats He was determined to bend the
Council to his will. The fight began on
the expul-io of Major House as Messen-
ger and the instalment of the Governors
son in that place. The Council in good
nature yielded and the Governor had his
way. The result was heralded by the fus-
ion organs rs a victory for the Governor.
The Council sought peace, but the Gov
ernor was determined on war Instead of
soitening at his victory in driving Major
House from the position of Messenger. he
became more fiercely aggressive. struck
higher and wider. and was more defiant
towards the Council At length,
one day. in n fit OF passion. he
adjourned the Council sine die. in a very
tragic manner. intended to make them feel
that he was lord paramount and master of
the situation. His newspaper organs at
once bazed with articles about the Gov
ernor's great victory. and declared exul,-
ingly that he had abolished the Council
The Supreme Court decided that he had
no power to remove Colonel Spaulding as
Reporter Of Decisions. but he treated the
Court with contempt and refuses to this
day TO sign warrants for the payment to
Col. Spaulding of what the State owes
him for his services. The Governor evil
IDENTIFY was rs much in earnest IN his bat
ties as Don Quixote, and about rs foolish.
All the way through his campaign he has
been sending out proclamations of victo-
ries; but now when he wants to be
again elected Governor he comes before
the people with tears in his eyes and
nttiNs ~ tue AWFUL ustf pIilOus VI tfltt
Council. which according to the proclams-
tons heretofore sent out by him. has in
variably been Knocked into cooked
hat in the encounters he has had with 1t,
aud once been completely abolished.
struck out of existence. sent home dead
and buried. and,ts obituary published by
all the democratic aud fusion papers.
Now the truth is. nearly all the ncmina-
tons. amounting to some thousand we be-
lieve. made by Governor Pisisted. have
been approved by the Council. A
few have been rejected. and because these
have been rejected. our Governor of
Maine" writes himself with his own pen a
lunatic, and plscards himself as he goes
ranting up and down the State rs a second
Garfield. If this be the way IN which a
candidate for high office can best commend
himself to the voters of this State their
intelligence must be immensely over-rs-
ted.