The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
GOING BACK ON HIS RECORD.
A Mugwump's Complaint Concerning
Certain Presidential Appointments.

A Mugwump's Complaint Concerning
Certain Presidential Appointments.
Mr.. Cleveland's appointments Of In
ternal Revenue Collectors for New En-
gland are complete going back from
all his previous record in appointments
and declarations. If such appointments
were asked for by the local constituent
cies, he should at least have been
warned by Mr.. Endicott. if he consulted
the New England members of his Cab
met, that three such appointments
would nauseate even the Democrats of
this section. Pillsbury and Chase were
fellow-conspirators in the attempt to
steal the State of Maine for Garcelon-
q scheme which covered the Democratic
party with shame throughout this sec
ton Pillsbury, since his migration to
Massachusetts, has been an obsequious
Butler man. Chase remains in Maine
to become Internal Revenue Collector
for that State. Troup, the Connecticut
appointee, is labor and greenback ag-
itator and Butler demagogue. That
the President should fall ''into such
a nest of misiits" indicates wide de-
parture from his usual discretion and
caution in discriminating between tho
men really fit for important political
trusts and the men who get 'the sup
port Of the delegation" Whether we
look at these men from the standpoint
of Mr.. Cleveland's independent sup
porters, or from the standpoint of his
straight Democratic supporters, they
are equally Objectionable. To see these
unscrupulous Bourbons and tricksters
preferred to high places of honor weak
ems the party with itself; disheartens its
most honorable and devoted members,
and staggers those who had put faith in
Mr.. Cleveland's ability and purpose to
command reform administration. As
Independents would only ask for decent
Democrats, Democrats should ask for
no less.
It would be only fair for the United
States Senate TO give Mr.. Cleveland a
chance to repair the errors so deeply
affecting this whole section by reject
ing these nominations. The Repub-
lican majority alone can do this; how
ever great might be the temptation to
let the Administration do its worst, no
Senator could vote for confirmation OF
grossly unfit local appointees, without
sharing the responsibility for them.
But we trust that before the Senate as
sembles, Democratic Senators will be-
come convinced that these are nomina-
tions which should not be confirmed,
but from, which the Administration
should be extricated as speedily as pos
sible.
Mr.. Cleveland's Administration has
heretofore got along very well and
hopefully, but it has got only very
little way. 1t can easily dissipate be
tween now and December the good i'm.
preston which it has gained. II 4
thinks TO strengthen itself with sucl
nominations as these, it is gravely mis-
taken. Even the "practical politi
clans" can see the error Of them.
There are many Democrats who would
have filled these places with satisfac.
ton to their own party. and with nc
offense to the other. These men will
be the occasion of disoord and disgust.
II they are the kind OF men Mr.. Man.
ming picks out, his Finance Minister j.
likely to give the President a great
deal Of trouble.-SpringfeLd Mass. }
Republican,