Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-20
That Appointment

was too closely connected with the
whiskcy Ring. We expect Mr.. CAR
LIsLE's recommendations to office, like
Mr.. RANDALL's. to be treated as they
deserve TO be treated-with all due re-
spect aud on their merits. Neyerthe-
less, the papers make such an ado over
the matter that We cannot ignore it.
Here is a New York World telegram !:
Mr.. McCulloch was very angry at
Mr.. Randall's savage talk, but he was
not able to make any defence. After
Congress adjourned the whiskey-mcn
sought to control the Internal-Revenue
Bureau. They backed Thompson be-
cause he favored their bill in the House.
Randall, almost single handed. has con-
Quoted the fight against the appoint
ment of Thompson. He proceeded upon
the theory that no man from Kentucky
should be appointed on account OF his
being liable to be controlled unduly by
whiskey influences. He made no per-
sonal fight upon Thompson, but direct
cd his entire attention to the influences
back Of him.
DR.. Miller is clean man with good
record. He has been put forward by
men who have fought the whiskey
power for years, and therefore can be
relied upon. He is noted as being one
of the finest-looking men in West Vir-
giuis. lie has figure similar to that
Of Secretary Manning. lie wears small
black side-whiskers and moustache. His
hair, Of the same hue, is wavy and
silky, while a pair Of piercing black
eyes, overhung with heavy browS,
complete the picture. Mr.. Miller is
of middle age and weighs about
$50 pounds. CabelI county, W. Va,
is his birthplace, and his entry
into public life was as county clerk, to
which Office he was elected in 1868.
Three years later he was chosen secrc-
tary OF the Constitutional Convention,
and in 1872 he was Secretary of the
State Of West Virginia. In 1876 he
was nominated and elected Auditor.
and when his term expired, in 1880. he
was renominated, and no one was found
to oppose him. lie retired from this
Office March 4th, and was Immediately
named by Senator's Camden and Kenna
for the position to which he was nomi-
mated to-day.
Another special says:
Mr.. Miller's mos; active supporters
at the White House and in the Trea-
sury Department were Senator's Cam
den and kenna, of West Virginia, and
the representatives from that State. At
the White House it is said that the con-
test has not been described in calling il
n fight between Mcssrs. Carlisle and
Randall. and that Mr.. Carlisle had
spoken very cordially Of Mr.. Miller
personally, while he stood by Mr..
Thompson as a friend and Kentuck-
ian. All sorts Of talk is heard about
the nomination. The report is that Mr..
Miller's selection was made not only to
please Messrs. Camden and kcnna, but
that Senator German. acting with them,
strengthened his lines in the Treasury.
Some Of the Carlisle men fancy that in
selecting Randall man something
was done to help Mr.. Randall in
his scheme Of getting rid of internal
revenue taxes in order that protective
taxes may not be interfcred with.
This nomination is very important in
every sense. II demonstrates the alb
solute reform character of his Admins
tration and gives another blow to the
great Whiskey Ring that has for the last
two years been seeking to control legis-
lation in it's interests. 1t is the culmi-
nation Of the fight Samuel j. Randall
has made against this ring upon the
floor Of the House. and is fine retslia-
tory blow from hun for the defeats this
power has given him in the past.
IL is the closing chapter in sensa-
tionsi scene upon the floor Of the
House in the last hours of Congress,
when Mr.. Randall attacked Secre-
tary McCulloch for his surrender to the
whiskey Ring. and told in his sternest
manner that the Secretary deserved an
impeachment, and that il Congress were
not 70 near an adjournment he would
himself see that articles Of impeach-
ment were brought in. This sensa-
tionAl episode did not reach the public
Al tho time, and was only heard to-day.
fos long time the whiskcy-men have
been before Congress seeking to extend
The period for bonding whiskey so that
they could put of paying the tax due
the Government until il suited their
own convenience, while the Govern
mrat would hold the whiskey until the
markets were favorable. II was
scheme wholly upon the side Of the dis
tilier. ltwas no fault Of the Govern
rocit il the distillers had over pro.
duced and were unable TO take out their
wl,iskcy except at loss. Congress
twice refused TO grant any relief to the
whiskey-men, Notwithstanding the fact
that they organized and sent to Washing
ton ono cfthe most powerful lobbics ever
known. Topo other man is more credit
due for these defeats than Samuel J.
Randall. After the wbiskey-men failed
in Congress they went to Secretary Nc
culioch. lie issued an order extend
Ing the bonded period indefinitely. lie
did what Congress expressly declared
should not Be done. lie assumed legis-
laise functions in this order, and, as
M. Randall told him, could have been
impeached therefor II he had not waited
until Congress- was so near its. end as TO
be projected.
Tho Washington Post, published right |
usass Mr.. CIxyELASD's nose. talks
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- The DspocTAGe policy IL respect Of |