Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-21
'gr KENTUCKY SENATORS
I'd Yuw They Fashioned The Club
That Killed
,,,.,a OWN CANDIDATE, BLACKBURN.
o.. We're Entirely Too Fresh in Their
" Grab After the Patronage
Plum.
,cscIaL MOVES At WASHINGTON.


v,,r,yGrON, May 20.-It is really anus
d, watch the course Of men who call
.,~.slyes statesmen, in their struggle to
...,,l patronage. To see the petty de-
=, and curious circumlOcutions to which
=, resort 10 bring about the desired re-
y, i, quite astonishing. Take the case
bs,wo Senators from Kentucky, for in
.,,s Senator Beck got his back up"
=, before the adjournment of the Senate,
.,lss asked nothing Of the President, as
:, sIIeged, since. Now Senator Black
nj. in the same boat. He is mad be-
,,,s bis brother did not get the place he
,,,rsi and especially because Of the un-
..,,.,nt circumstances attending the failure.
r.r whose fault Was that? Mainly the
- of the friends and hackers Of the said
S,s;5g,n. This is way it all came about.
T..s we're TWO men in Washington who
80 irving 10 get Mr.. Blackburn appointed.
-, rs were the Senator and his friend, Mr..
az Watterson, Of Kentucky. On a GER
xs tsy they, after long persuasion, sue
'-lsj in getting q promise out Of the Sec
s,,v Of The Treasury, or what they thought
"a . promise, TO recommend his sp-
.I,.mep, 10 the President. \ rec.
-nsgds,ion is not an appointment, but
s-r thought in this case they would
,,..-gs /; as such and by the application
" , rrIe kentucky bulldozing force the
a.s,;3e1t into the traces. They knew they
~ 10 particular influence with him, but
.v,bo..h. they might force him to make
5. r,5r..e ot MS Secretary Of the Treas
~ ,roi. So they Immediately set 10 work
.,S,le scheme was concocted, to publish
p world the announcement that Mr..
&, b.ra had been appointed. Not only
w. Watersou send it to his paper, but
. .r,,,i down newspaper row spreading
= news Through his instrumeutahty 1t
y. 20, orly into he papers represented on
Row 5u, into the Washington Post. 1t
y, INTO the Associated Press, too. So II
m, sll over the country that Jim
adjourn was appointed. And the next
-rriDg bis friends chuckled to themselves
% link how they had fixed it all up, and
q, The President into q position which
r.1,i forse him to make the appointment.
4 hen did no, know that they had by this
w process furnished and fashioned the
4 .g .ha. vas 10 Kill their man. Had they
zen content to keep quiet the President
U.i probably have known nothing of the
4 sy:lls,ter, and when Mr.. Blackburn's COM
r -a:ioa came along would cave accepted the
/. .r01melda,ion Of his Secretary OF the
-sasary and signed. And with the com,
a -ssOn signed and the man in the office the
slcss are that he would have remained
-:,e for four years, despite even the letter.
j, s. Il vas, the batteries were turned upon
In 81 the mos, critical moment, and he was
\ aes,ed.
The New Hampshire Senatorship.
Iiereis a pretty lively contest going on in
y.g Hampshire over the Seaatorsbip. The
s.aOl comes OF next month. Blair and
lander are the principal figures. From
'-N Cal be gathered mere the chances are
lsg, evenly divided between them. Blair
a; ,de advantage Of being the in, but
.aciler has an advantage over him in his
;erOr ability as political manager. The
!ai promises TO be a spirited one, and it
u not De at all surprising to see Mr.. Char.
~ u the Senate next winter