Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-04
AN INSIDE VIEW
The Wealth LaSished Upon the Secretary not
That Of Affection, but Good, Solid
Coin Of the Realm-A Cool
sEI - ness Visible. ..f
HIS ELECTION A HOPELESS TASK.
Special Dtspatch 10 the Registey.

Special Dispatch 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON, October 3.--Secretary Fol-
gers letter of acceptance of the Republican
nomination for Governor of New York has
lifted mighty load from the shoulders of
the Stalwart element of his party. The un-
certainty which has characterized the
course of the Administration candidate
since the Saratoga convention has kept his
friends in continual hot bath, and now
that the matter is finally disposed of they
seem inclined to breath freer, and already
show some disposition to set earnestly
about the herculean task of electing him.
That his nomination cost "his money is
St~sF- known fact, but the'sum thus spent is
small indeed compared with the number of
sheckles it will take to pull him through
at the polls. In fact, his defeat is a fore
gone conclusion. The dissatisfaction among
the Halt Breeds and the reform element
throughout the State is too wide
spread and deep seated to afford any
Tangible Hope of Success.
Many Republican organizations have al
ready fatty refused to endorse or support
diSsensions is added the fact that the De-
mocracy is, for once, thoroughly united
and harmonious throughout the length
| snd breaith of the State, the triumphant
election of Cleveland seems foregone con-
I clusion. Still the Administration may be
| depended on to make desperate fight, and
| from this time on to the closing of the polls
| on November 7th, money viii flow like
water in every election precinct from Gas.
| tie Garden to the Lakes.
I The nomination of Folger served a two
| fold purpose. His success at the polls
would not only restore the Stalwarts to SUI
! premacy in the State of New York, but it
also relieved the President of Cabinet
/ member who had become decidedly OBJ
noxious to him. In fact, his removal from
/ the Treasury Department nomination or
no nomination, was only a question OF
! time, and a very short time at that. De-
! pend upon it, Folger would never have ac-
/ Cepted the doubtful honor
Purchased for Him at Saratoga,
/ but for the knowledge that it was 'go" for
him anyhow, and he might as well resign
! and try to reach the Governors chair, al
! though the attempt was well nigh hopeless,
| as to decline and be led out of the Cabinet
| by the ear.
The fact is. Folger went into the Cabinet
| with reluctance. When he resigned from
| the bench of the New York Court of APP
| pesls his term of service had been such
| that he would soon have been enabled to
| retire on tull pay, and that would have
been about as comfortable a thing as a
reasonable man could desire. Folger was
not the Presidents first choice for the
! Treasury portfolio, and FOlger has said
himself that he was greatly surprised to
get q message at his home one day sum-
! mOning him to New York to meet some OF
Arthurs friends. When he got to the city
he met such men as Steve French and
| other
| Best workers in the ward,'
who were Arthur's intimates, and was by
| them offered the SeCretaryship of the
| Treasury He ut once and emphatically
said that he could not take il. They told
| him that they would not assume the re-
| spOnSibility of telegraphing his refusal to
! the President, and urged Folger to go to
Washington. Folcer finally came to Wash
ington, and, according to his own state
ment, found the President in dismal
frame OF mind. He seemed to be all alone
in the gloomy old White House. Folger' )
sympathies were aroused. The President
begged him most pathetiCally and ener-
| getically 70 accept. FOlger accepted, feel
ing and knowing that he was
Doing Himself n Great Wrong.
| To help the President out OF dilemma, he
] gave up what was virtually life office, and
/ entered upon the duties Of a position
| which was not congenial to him. 1t was
/ not long before Arthur became dissatisfied
| with FOlger, and Folger became dissatisfied
| with Arthur. The new Secretary, although
] a good Stalwart had been out of active
| political life long enough to acquire taste
! for little better kind of political work
| than Arthur displayed in his ward
methods. The President, Immediately
| upon Folger's appointment, took 1t for
| granted that he could rely upon the Secre-
/ tary to assist him in his
Peculiar Wsys of Administration
I and he directed appointments of the
shadiest kind, particularly in New York;
| Some Of these were so strongly complained
| of that the Secretary felt compelled to
| direct an investigation. In these cases he
withheld the commissions, in some in
stances for weeks, but they were finally in
every case directed TO be issued by the
| President, in spite of the opposition OF the
| Secretary. No protest from the head OF the
| Treasury seemed to prevail, and there
| sprang up a GOODNESS between them which
| has steadily increased. Folger has not
| spent much time at the White House since
| he has been in his present position, and
during the past few months he has rarely
| been visible in that vicinity. He has un.
| derstood the situation perfectly, and had
| full knowledge of Arthur's intentions re-
gardlpg him.