Daily Republican., 1885-05-27

A D10H u8to0 AOmlnAetr MUM OHe0n
The New York Herald does not like.
to find 80 much fault with the President
but shows its displeasure at his admin
istration by finding fault with his
Cabinet, especially his Attorney-Gene-
raj, Mr.. Garland. 1t thinks Mr.. Gar
land did wrong by having Zach Mont
gomery OF California appointed Assis-
tant Attorney General, because Mont
geometry was rank secessionist in q
loyal State, and more than that was an
enemy of the free school system OF the
country, and wrote q book against it.
But Zach was an old school fellow of
Garland's, and for the sake of the days
"Auld Lang Syne" he had to qualify
him Assistant-Attorney General. That
Cleveland should permit old personal
friendships to outweigh public consid.
erations is what the Herald finds fault
with the President for, and this it says
has made the appointment not only in
judicious but scandal.
But the Attorney General had an
other old school friend in Kentucky,
who, like himself, had been violent se-
cessionist and who wanted to be ap-
pointed District-Atttorney for Ken
lucky. His name is Judge Wickliffe,
and he is an congressman. The
Attorney General wanted to appoint
Wickliffe, but nobody else in particular
seemed to want him appointed. Even
so radical q Democrat as Speaker Car
Isle suggested to the President that as
the United States Marshal Of the State
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Attorney General, had been rebel
soldier during the war, and as Ken
lucky in fact did not secede, and also
has a large proportion of Democrats
who fought in the Union army, i,
would be proper to make a Unior
Democrat District Attorney. There art
few who will not say that Mt. Carlisle
Yeaected the fair and honest opinion O
the people who really wanted to see I
good government, but what does Mr.
Garland care abcat good government
He overthrow the popular government
of his own State by chicanery, and fat
tered poor old whimsical Eepublical
Governor that he had pulled the wire
to have him elected and who he knew
he could use. Garland has friends to re
ward and they must be rewarded, nj
odds about the govern ment. He in
sisted on the appointment of Wicklitfe
and the President, this man who is sale
to have powerful will of his own, thi
man who it is said cannot b.
moved by popular clamor, or by indi
vidual feeling as the Herald says
"caved in" A western paper is quote'
as saying to MI. Carlisle that tn
Attorney. General had set his heart o
the appointment of Judge Wicllliffe, an
that in the long run, lie thought it be-
to agree with his Attorney. General"
This is rather beggarly exhibito
of the wonderful capacity the Heral
saw in Mr.. Cleveland for irmness al
individual determination before he W
elected. We cannot forbear giving
our readers the following curtain le
ture of the Herald to the President, lie
than three months after his inaugul
ton
We regret 10 see the President a
dicating his constitutional functlo
and letting his subordinates run him
and perform acts fer which, after a
he should remember LDat HOT tnoy =
he himself will be held responsible
the people. The people chose h
President, not that he should do
Attorney Generals or any other Cabin
officers bidding not that he shot
appoint to Office the personal favori
of one of his subordinates, but that
should take care of the general we.fa
If he imagines that he can put respor
bility for bad and ipjudicious appoi
ments upon the backs of his Cabi
officers he is very much mistaken.
There will be an election this
in this State in which the Presider
conduct of public affairs will inevita
be in issue. His friends will not
able to plead for him that it was not
but some Cabinet officer or other 8
ordinate who did wrong or blundel
We respectfully advise Mr.. Clevelan'
assume the duties of tho Presiden
office as quickly as possible. Som
his constitutional advisers are lead
him into bog"