The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-13
A NEW sTAND7rnD;
OF Enleleney Applied TO Democratic Con.
yressmen by Their Constituent.

or Efficiency Applied TO Democratic Con.
gressmen by Their Constituent.
WASHINGTON, D. O., May 12.-Demo,
cratic statesmen are to be tried by new
standard. Hitherto they have had nothing
to do but get of a speech on the floor Of
the House or Senate, or have, one printed
in the Congressional Record. and then
have it printed throughout their respec:
tive districts to show that they were bring;
ing honor upon their constituents, They
were never bothered by Office seekers, Sf6f
the latter knew that the other party was
in power, and it would do no good. Now
the Democratic Congressman willtbe sized
up by his constituents In proportion to
the amount oil patronage lie OBJ
tains for thsm. Already one liears
this or that Democrat described
al no good, the adjective referring 10 the
amount OF influence the statesman was
supposed to WELD OF the White House or
the departments. That the average DEM
ocratic Congressman has not become To-
miliar with the new relation he bears 10
hls ieonstituenisi ia evident from the fact
that he signs almost every petition pre-
sented to him by On offica;seeker. Look
at the experience OF Ssustora Beck, Of
Kentucky. "Who Ia. this Bsek, Of my
State, you have appointed TO that South
Amer can mission ~ he asked Of secre-
tary Baysrd day or two after the ap-
pointment had been announced. why,
he's highly recommended by. prominent
Democrats OF Kentucky was the gscfe-
tary's answer. ~ III
inquired. II tud your name among
those who have asked. his appoint
ment, !" replied the Secretary. and at the
same time spreading out before the Ken
tncky Senator tho papers on the case.
There Beck saw his own signature, aud
the evidence was conclusive. He was as
much astonished; and even more so than
when he first read Of the appointment OK
the man Buck. Several OF these Demo-
cratic leaders did the same as Senator
Beck. They never knew from experience
the value OF sh endorsement 10 mans
application, and are nov beginning to find
It out 5f3
~ llN lEltIl'lh VI lbtdCkUuENf tlls uiOtutIiu VI
the Kentucky Senator. who has Just been
refused oplDQIission as Internal Revenue
Collector because. he wrote asmurderous a
letter in the early days Of Che war &c,
nouncing the President's action as an out
rage-tha. Is the way Phil Thompson
speaks OF it--they say the letter was
written By Rlackburn when he was .
mere boy, sni they point TO the fact that
Secretary Lamar, two weeks before tie
present administration took hold OF the
government eulogized JEFF Davis ontle
floor OF the Senate, aud he. Is man Of
mature years and discretion, andyet he
was made me ID Y OF The Cabinet.
Then there was Jacob rhota paan, who
had done what he could 10 burn cities and
towns in the North by the aid Of muir
dsspUs band Of con-pirators, and yet when
he died the flag Of the Interior Depart
ment was placed at halfimast. II fsuch
honors are bestowed upon mon gho COM
pitted ofenses so odious to the people Of
the North, Blackburn's friends say their
man should not be deprived. Of Q small
Office because, in the hest oirebel ellion. he
wrote asletter in which he told how he
hankered for the blood Of the Yankees.
They charge that the President, in acting
as he has done IN this ma Tier, is merely
endeavoring 10 make himsal popular
among a certain class OF Northern people.