The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-05-20
prsIoYALrY REWARDED.
Senator Frye.s Arrangement OF f-resi-
dent Cleveland.

Senator Fryes Arrangement OF ffesi-
dent Cleseiand.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May TO-
Senator Frye, of Maine, has written
a letter in answer 10 inquiries as to
his opinion of the appointment OF
Eben +. Pillsbury to be Collector OF
Internal Revenue of Massachusetts,
which contains some pungent SEN
tences descriptive of some OF Mr..
Cleveland's appointments, and OF
the Democratic patty.
Where does Mr.. Pillsbury fall be-
low the average of the nominations
aleady made by the President, and
very generally approved by the press
inquiries Mr.. Frye.
.He is a lawyer of respectable
standing, man of agreeable man
ners, of correct habits, and OF un-
doubted fidelity to his party. He
was a copperhead? Yes, but no
more determined and outspoken In
his disloyaIty than Mr.. Phelps,
whose nomination to the most im-
portant position OF Minister to Eng.
land was SO favorably viewed and
confirmed. No more so than Mr.,
Bayard, whose Doye- speech fright
ened even the Democrats from nom
mating him as their candidate for
the Presidency. No more so than
Mr.. McLane, Minister to France.
No more SO than Mr.. Pendleton,
Minister TO Germany, was openly
denounced as traitor during and
after the war. No more so than
two-thirds of the nominees thus far
named for conspicuous places. l
believe every successful candidate
from the South was a rebel. Some
of them are even now publicly de-
Tending their treachery. Some OF
them are unwilling to bend the knee
sufficient to ask the removal of their
political disabilities.
"But Pillsbury was an adviser IN
the State so called and admitted,
and his party, the sam now admin
istering the Government. from whose
ranks officials are to be selected, no
blyy stood by him, and has since
in every way possible indorsed the
attempt. One can count on his I'm
gers every prominent Democrat who
denounced the outrage and every
Democratic paper discountenanclng
it even in the mildest terms.
Again, there is hardly an intel
ligent man in the country who
wouldn't conscience speaking, ad-
NIT that at least five State Govern
ments in the South have been worse
than stolen,-have been seized by
fraud, tissue ballots and false counts
and whenever necessary by whole
sale murder. Thousands have been
slaughtered, simply because they
were Republicans and stood in
the way of such seizures.
General Phil Sheridan, after care
ful examination, reported over 3,OOO
in Louisiana Mississippi was
wrested from the Republicans by
the shotgun campaign of 1876, a
present U. S. Senator being Chair
man of the Democratic Committee
then running the campaign, and
now a bower in the distribution Of
Federal Patronage. Another Sena-
tor from that State (Mr. Lamar
gathered the fruits of that damna.
Bile campaign, is at the head of one
of the most important Government
departments, himself distributing
patronage. lowers the flag in mem
ory of the most atrocious traitor or
the list, champions Jefferson Davis
and is confirmed by the Senate
without division. If you hope to
see the offices of this country filled
for the ensuing four years by mer
who have been true to the country
for the past twenty-five years, who
have been faithful to the best wishe;
of the people, have favored meas
ures to defeat rebellion, to restore
the credit of the Nation, to estab
lish sound currency, to purify th'
ballot. to insure honest elections anC
an honest count, to guarantee to ev
cry citizen all of his rights unde
the constitution, to educate the peo
pie and fit them for sovereignty,
greatly fear that you are doomed t.
bitter disappointment. Mr.. Cleve
land is no better than the average
of his party; will do their bidding
and is doing it as rapidly as pos
sible.