Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-13


Gle from the Democracy. The President has
The cur + existing I.ls il tic Republican
party in his personal possession. IBat cure
consists OF vigorous policy and proper Use
Of the vast patronage. VIII he apply the
Certain remedyP
The Maryland Democrats, as the Demo-
Gratis have In great many other Sta'eE, are
quarrelipg smopg themselves. When the
Msrylsnt Democrats find that qusrreliDg
with one another can result in nothing but
defeat, they will discover that the best hing
TO be done Is to FIRE the bos-es and factions
aud carry out the programme Themselves
Bo.ses are 9ometimes very potent factors in
brewing dissensions.
Ex Senator Tabor was interviewed BY q
reporter as he pissed through KaHsss City
the other day. Il sometimes think" said
the ilIustriou3 stsiesm an, patheticslly, ''that
no man in this country hss been abused snd
lied abont az | have. l don't call myself a
great man; all l claim Is the right to be let
alone l never saw the Ike Of these news
paper men. They gay good morning or
good evening 10 4 man, or perhaps psss
dozen words with him, and then 90 away and
write a column of stuff about him, telling
how much he pays for his night-shirts and
all that sort of thing" Tabor WISE rever in
terviewed BY an APPEAL man.
The Jackson (Miss) Clarion says: "The
true theory Of the government Is that its
servants should be paid what their labors
are worth, nothing lees. il moIe Gomez into
| their hands from the people than is required
| TO compensate them reasonably, wToog Is
| done taxpayers. Il is not right that salaries
and fees and perquisites should be piled up
so high as 10 enable the recipients 10 get
rich at he expense Of the public. To guard
against this abuse the L gislsture should
enact a Law wherever practicable abollshiBg
fees and fixing salaries. The people would
| then know precisely how much their en-
ployes are paid, whether too much or too
little. The rule should apply TO all Offices,
| high and low.
Five of the seventy.si1 senator's are OF
foreign birth. These are Fair, Sewell and
ones, OF Fioridi, who were born in ireland !;
Jones, of Nevada, who halls from England,
and Beck, who frat saw light 10 Scotland
OF the remaining, New York and Kentucky
have each produced the greatest pumGer
from sny one State. that il, seven, while Ohio
follows with six. Only one was born west Of
| the Mississippi, and he not very far from lis
| banks The oldest member il Senator Nor
| riil, of Vernon, who is sevsniy-ihree; the
| youngest is the new senator from West Vir
| ginia, DIR. ]. E. Kenna, who ia thirty five
| less than oEe-half old az Morrill,. Senator
Anthony, who has been in the Senate longer
| thsn any one else, entered it when Renna
| was only elsven years cd. The average age
of the Senate az a whole is fity four years.
| There are ten ex-governors now il the Sem
ate, namely: Anthony, Brown, Colquitt, C.ke,
| Cullom, Garland, Grooms, Hampton, Harris
| and Hawley.
| A w sshipgton correspondent Of the New
York World, writing of BILL" Chambers
| plans and purpose- says: "Mr. Gard er is
| uncommoniy a.tute. Without being m an
| OF oroad idsessos 6rss-slass ability, he pos
stsses what may be called high talents OF II
low order. His cunning almost reaches
| genius. He has worked Mr.. Blaine besuti-
| fully, and John A. Logan has almsst bsen
scooped into his drsg-net. Mr.. Chandler is
| deyotiug all his energies to keeping up the
| Blaine organic ition, not in the least Tor the
| benefit OF Mr.. Blaine, as that gentleman
| fondly imaginss, but that Mr.. Chandler ms y
| go to the Lext national convention with eco
or 800 votes in his pocket for Mr.. E aine first
and for anybody whom Mr.. Chandler chooses
lsst. He also amuses Mr.. Logan with the idea
| that if he can 60 mo tue convention with a
| hundred or two delegates, and the colder
| vote 10 back him. the Blaine phalanx M Y
range itself on the Logan side. As Mr..
| Chandler is chairman Of the Republican
| National Committee, aud il therefore en-
| trusted with the important duties Of the man
/ who turns the crank OF the machine, bo h
I Blaine ADD Lrgan are eager to conciliste
| him. Roseson saw the force OF this combi
| nation and tried 10 crawl under the canvas
but got kicked out. Chandler wants TO have
a finger 10 every pie in which there ia patron
age, but Mr. Howe and Mr.. Hatton euchered
him., They were neither Blaine R-pu bic ans
nor Logan Republicans nor Chandler Repub,
| licans, but administration Republicans pure
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President. There is an impression that
Chandler dominates the President. He doei
no.. He Igot into the Cabinet By hook or b
crook. When the appointment was first
talked about it wss laughed a.; it hung fir,
for some time, but Chandler was cool, easy
and confident. He knew all about it, Aftel
be got there he began 10 carry cut his pro
grsmme. The President, who sees through
HIM by this time, quietly let's him alone
He M axes tae best President he can ant
leaves Chandler aud Blsine 10 the ulti
mate fate of ali wire-workers,-alwa tc
fall shorI of success The President iikec
old Howe-he was an honest old soul-anC
he likes Haitou, VINO is young, aggressive
aud means 10 90 il on lone hand in all hi
am billions. Halton declines to diCKer Will
Mr.. Chandler, and does not propose TO take
such Jonah on board as Mr. Blaine.
would have been great thing for Ch and e
if he could have had word In the appoiut
ment of the $4,000 post N asters designated
by the Postm aster- General and his frat Sc
sistsnt, but that privilege was cruelty denied
him. Blaine, scsusted by Chandler, ha
tried to make capital cut of the Mahou,
alliance with the administration, but tina
has fallen fat. Mahone Was a stronger N al
with the Garfield administration til an ho i
under the Arthur regime. Mr.. Blsine's viz
tuous indignation came TOO late; all Repub
licans of every shade are dissu,ted viii
Mahore, except those whom he has promises
TO provids for in Gaze he continues to hol,
the balance of power"