Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-04-30
Press Comments.

of Connecticut. The press comments are
not highly complimentary to the appointees
as will be seen by the following:
Lewiston Journal
His tTabulator Chase's) appointment is
another indication that the coun:-out ele-
ment of the Democratic party in Maine is at
the front.
Portland Press
Perhaps it is matter of legitimate COM
ment to add that the improperly of the ac-
ton on the part of the President is greatly
heightened by the fact that he substitutes
this man Chase for perhaps the most accom-
piished officer Of his grade IN the revenue
collection service. Mr.. Rollins has served
his country SO faithfully and has been so
little OF partisan and so thoroughly we'd
ded To his duties that it seems a signal def
anee OF the Presidents proclaimed princi
pies to remove MIR. Rollins, and an equally
signal defiance of the opinions of honorable
men to put Tabulator Chase in his place.
Such appointments those of Chase and
PIllsbury ought not to be made the subject
OF partisan comment. They ought to be
made the subject of Reproduction without dis
tlnction OF party, or age, or sex.
Bangor whig.l
Chase's sole claim to political prominence
has been and is based on his connection with
that scandalous conspiracy that aroused the
indignation and disgust of the whole coun-
try; and his selection as the first person in
Maine to receive conspicuous recognition
and honor at the hands of the Democratic
Administration at Washington, speaks vol
umes in definition of the Cleveland type of
reform. To the respectable and seif-re-
spectlng portion of the Democrats in Maine
1t must be interesting to see the earliest
hunors of the Democratic victory thrust upon
one of the foremos, participants in dis
graceful chapter Of our political history tina,
has laid heavy burden of shame upon the
Democratic party.
Portland Advertiser
II active partisanship is a disqualification
for the incumbents of public offices, i, is
disqualification also for their successors
Capt. Chase and Mr.. Pisbury, who were
appointed 10 the internal revenue service
Yesterday. are certainly active partsans and
there Is not the least probability that the
Senate will confirm either appointment. Il
was fully settled before the adjournment.
that the Presidents appointments, when
sent IN for confirmation, should be tried bv
MS own rule.
Boston Herald
Eben T. Pill>hury, formerly of Maine. has
received dictatorship of internal revenue
in Massachusetts, y body can say here
after tina, the Presiden SAYS nav To the neigh
OF the Democratic war horses.
Boston Journal
The President could scarcel, have made
two worse appointment, than those Of Nj
l.. +. PIi>bur, to he collector of internal
revenue IN this dl>trc, ana of Mr. Charles
IL. Chase IN the same tiiice in Maine This
Is not because The, are Democrats. for We
expect the President to select Democrats TO
fill the offices. but because they have been
malignant and INSCRIPTIONS partisans for a
quarter Of a century. During the war both
were the most pronounced copperheads in
Maine. Nr Pi>bur, edited paper during
The most critical period of the war IN which
lie denounced Abraham Lincoln IN language
scarcely lit 10 print IN a decent paper. lie
made seyera! speeches. which were followed
hy an attempt to resist the draft in King
field, Me, which il vas necessar, to send
troops to qIcli. II j. alleged that in these
speeches he not only denounced the govern
meut bIt declared that al is as weak as
saier." Coming down To later times. M
Pd.>bur, was, with Nj. Chase. the leading
conspiraior IN the contingent lnfapy in
1850. That conspiracy was the bo,dest at
tempt ever made in Northern State to over
throw popular government and to reverse
the will of The people a> expressed by the
ballot.
Charlie, II. Chase Was as malignant i
copptrhead as could be found in the NORTH,
and II he has s!uce come 10 regard man
who was | mon solder with favor he has
done so brcau>e be could use him TO pro-
mote party ends. He wa. member Of the
G4rceion Council which manipulated the re-
turns IN 1854 mad .aS one of the lea ,.r> iu
tie counting out conspiracy. la..eed, he
took 50 prominent part IN the crim- that
he has been known a. "TabulItor Caa>e'
from that date. rur he represents the
most INSCRIPTIONS cement of the Demo
cratic parry Als record as member Of the
Garce.ou Council athrms.
springfield Republican.
When the administration gets down to
Pil.sbuy Of Name for collector Of internal
revenue in the third district of MassacLu-
sets. the drop Is heard all over New Eng
land. There will be genera impotence al
TINS wanton lowering Of the standard hither-
20 maintained And then there j. rroup #
New Haven, also ma ie collector Of inter-
nll revenue. who h-> ~ particular poli;i-
cal principles brcA4>r he does not
see what use politician can have for such
baggage. These men well mated. and
The tender care which this administration
displays for Ben Buffers political orphans is
something more than a crime, for II Is
the >!lie>t sort Of polliica. b!under. 1t
would be very Interesting To know what IN
luenccs have suffi,ed 10 compass tits bad
bIe.h in Mr.. Cleveland record OF appoint
ments. Can IL be that the fine Roman hand
Of Secretary Manning was enlisted hy
NessrS. illsbGry and lroup to strengthen
the party. thereby brilliantly exhibiting the
ioJ.l-hne,s Of professional politics
Boston Advertiser
The appointments Of internal revenue col
lectors for Massachusetts aud Maine made
By the President YESTERDAY arr as bad as
they could be uule>, he had chosen men con
,lcled Of crime. Ehen f. Plllsbur, and
Charles ii. Chase are the two men who,
more than any others. are responsible for
the m7nstrous conspiracy Of political fraud
by which the coalition of Democrats and
Greeuhackers attempted TO nod the State
government OF Maine after the party was de-
Itdtfd d. tiie pbil>- liiepuiN was among lnt
most Hirulent ard ugly of the anti-war Dem
ocfats. who were not inappropriately called
copperheads. for whom every soldier who
Tough; for the Union has an instructive an
iIpathy.
Boston Transcripts
The appointment Of Mr.. l.. +. Piilsbury
internal revenue collector has not a sin
gle redeeming feature in 1t, viewed on the
side Of public good
The New York Evening Post
The selection Of three such Internal Rev
enue Collectors all in one week, Pilsburv,
Chase. and rroup, and the appointment of
Secretary Mlnning's brother-in law to be
Superintendent of Repairs. are likely to be
very unfortunate in their effects on the pub
tic mind. Worse selections than Pillsbury
and Chase could hardly be made without
going among the technically criminal class.
They are hardened and worthless politicians
of the very type over which. in the Repub-
lican party. Mr.. Cieveland's election was
supposed TO be great victory. The matter
is simplfied good deal ~ the fact that all
the appointments which have brought dis
credit on the Administration with any of its
friends have emaEated from the Treasury.
This ought TO make the remedy compare