The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28
THE DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.

Pn1LADEIPEIA TIMES. The Office seek
ers had another surprise NJ ,ndny. o.
the four men nominated for impor On
for missions, oily one had been even
"m ',iione6" rs n candidate for tfice
and this one was the very last that the
parry managers o. Ills State wonld have
selec ed MS the roci ient of hrnors. The
appoin Of Mr. PeuGletou 10 the
Berlin mission has very ohvious signi-
ticanee. The machine politicians of
Ohio are opposed to Pendfeton ana 10
select him, in the face of their opposi.
tion, for position Of distinction. is to
read them the same lesson that The ad.
mInistrs,ion has already read with sncA
emphasis to the machine men Of other
Satts-tbat this is government for the
p-oplc, not for the politicians, and r
principle. not for spoils. Indeed. Mr..
Pendle'ons Identification with civil
service reform makes him in pnYiieular
sense the representative cf opposition 10
The spoih system, and the recognition of
his service ard deserts is thus in donhlp
sense a declaration of executive indie
pendsnce OF his abundant fitness for
the post /. cinnot be necessary to speak.
The appointment Of Edward ]. Phelps.
of Vermont, So the English Mission, the
most impoTta1t post in all the diplomatic
service, was a still greater snrrrise and
Is quite as significant as any Of the
Appointments that have been made of
the purpose Of the administration 10
seek ont the best qualified men wherever
they may be found Not only had Mr.
P0e!ps never been urged for this ,lce
bat it is probable that the average flee.
seeker was scarcely aware of his exist
ence. And yet it may be asserted cou.
idently that no diplomatic appointment
OF recent years has been so eninenly lit.
Democrat living ip Vermont. MIR.
Phelps has had little opportunity TO
figure in politics, beyond an occasional
honorary candidacy for Governor but
he is known all over the country as one
the strongest and ablest of American
lawyers, and, TO those who have met
him, as a cultivated gentleman and man
OF affairs who will in every way do honor
TO his conntry. In the purely social and
ora'orical aspect of diplomatic life lie
will bo scarcely the inferior of NJ.
Lowell himself, while he possesses il
addition tue professional training that
would make him tue master of any inter.
natioual controversy that could arise.
There is 10 flnence beyond bis own
force of character visible in Mr. PHELPS
appointment, unless it he that of Senator
Eimunds and the m ist stalwart Demo-
erat must admit that such an iudorse.
ment is not to be despised.
The tbird-or, more properly. the
second-of the leading diplomatic ap-
pointments, that Of Munster to France,
goes to Governor McLsue, of Maryland,
man of exceptionally loug and varied
experience in public rtfairs. who would
be universally recognized ms an uncom-
monty well.eqnipped man, even without
the special merit of his diplomatic ser
vice in China and Mexico. Thoueh
well advanced in ears be is still man
of undiminished mental activity. and be
will take at once rank to Which his
rich but commonplace predecessor never
conid have aspired. The iourth appoint
meut, that of HeLIy b. Jackson, OF
Georgia, to be Mlui.trr to Mexico, though
lefs important, is entirely credinhlr,nnd
tie wi ole list is so gratifying to all WHO
Hre jrNlous for the hight representation
oi the country abroad, Ms for the honor.
able and diguiti d use of the executiy,
patronage, that it can call forth only
praise from good citiz ms of every rerty.