The Republican journal., 1885-07-30
NUMBER 81.
Letter from Portland.
HON. THOS. b. REED. THE PORTLAND POST
OFFICE. MORTON AND PLAISTED. A MOD
EST DEMOCRAT. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
do, ..ftl L., Il

HON. THOs. B. REED. THE PORTLAND POST
| OFFICE. MORTON AND PLAISTED. A MOD
| EST DEMOCRAT. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Correspondence of the journal.
PORTLAND, July 20, 1855: One OF the nota-
| BILE events in the literary world was Hon. Thos.
B. Reeds address before Colby University.
| While some of the positions assumed by him
may be questioned the production will do a
large amount of good, and all students of his
tory will thank him. He is one of the keen
men of our day, of rare ability, and this Grafton
will open the eyes of many who have not given
him that high position intellectually that his in
innate friends knew he deserved The truth is
he is very able man. But few men of his age
in our time ahead of him. We believe great"
er things are in store for him. He is no politi-
cian-knows nothing about hugging or slapping
you on the back, but he gives you his entire
hand when he shakes. And he don't take men
by the hand that he diskes. He hates liars
and shams with an earnestness that is hearty.
We like him; he is an offensive partisan and
MIR. Cleveland won't have to be told so before
he is year older.
As to politics we have not met the first re-
publican who favors Mr. Palmers contirma-
''"h e' oStlL"otSl' nv soy Aii' t+tihSh - -
gentleman who would under ordinary crcum-
stances be accepted, but we live in days of new
things Mr. Palmer is charged with being an
offensive partisan and when the Senate meet
they will investigate the charge. Whether he
will be granted a hearing or not we have no
means of knowing. Perhaps they will be 4
Star chamber. Certainly the same rule that
turns one officer out should apply to keep
another one out One of the charges against
Mr.. Barker, we hear. was that he bought votes.
When the Senate meets the names of those
who made such charge will be known. 1t
will be hot day for those who have libelled
him. We hardly believe anybody would be
fool enough to sign such charge. 1t is hint
ed that our Senators We're quietly asked by
certain prominent democrat, to oppose Charley
Morton. If so, he must be surrounded by
some one who can play traitor to him without
acting the part. 1t is further alleged that Gov
ernor Plaisted is to have the place. Where is
that right arm: Dr. Crooker will have to
f amputate it. 1t should be placed in glass jar,
labelled sacrifice to temptation. What
lesson that empty sleeve would teach to hungry
politicians. What a loss to the world of letters
for Plaistei to immer>e his greatness among
the mail bags. How many other heroes of the
Damon order could be found: A history of
how he won the Post Office would be Il stand
, ard in the literary world.
A late Maine paper had booming account Of
how certain man was asked by the President
to name an office that he would take To his
great surprise the man took small consulate
worth some 81 200. The President ga.ped with
= astonishment. Why, my dear sir, said he. do
take a better place, although many rich men
want this German city to reside in. The Ro-
man virtue of the gentleman was above temp
. tation. He might have offered him all the
places iii his gift, it would not have moved
him. To educate his children he wished to
leave the cares of business and live in fider
, land, The account farther said he was held
= in atiectonate remembrance by Maine people.
We have no doubt about hi, being held in
memory. His autograph is well preserved
with how much affection deponent saith not.
Great men have their detractors. -An eucmy
. ! of this favored man-who says be had Just what
1 he wanted - says that lis application was pig
eon-holcd that he bored The President to death ;
that procurcr of office roaXed the Secretary
IL Of State to eXume the documents and this place
t was given him to get rid of him; that he uu-
u der>tood the German it. well a- the English
= dialect. If So. But this drtraetor may be
Il I'LL wrong. If he is right, we guess that Chi
'' cago paper was paid, or promised pay, for the
- boom.
President Cleveland l. shreWd politician.
= His appointments, rule, indicate this. |
. see he has bounced an Old mu-wump VINO las
not voted for twenty years. Thank God. y
man in this country who has for the past TWEEN
ty years had no opinion upon any subject ought
to be ou>ted. We hope all >heaks and dodg-
crs will be treated likewise Mr. Chase, our
new Internal Revenue collector, has thu, far
discharged his dutie, as we predicted he
would in Il manner that pleases all par
II ties. We hope he viii be continued. Civil
service reformers appear determined to bring
: every active man Of either party into dis
~ favor Nh Chase Is IN active man, fights
" his battles openly and claims to be par
" tisan- We do the same We believe in
y such men. \ fossil who Has not voted for
y twenty years may be a Saint in the calendar Of
=" Il Mugwump, but he has no ace in our diary.
y Mr.. Cleveland, no doubt, is honest in his meth
odS. Perhaps he can succeed. lie Is a far
- ADLER man thau either party took him TO he.
He is trying to build up his party in the North.
4 He wants The .cbool hn,,sa al churche, on hi.
Ne :,
n sue III 'h"' 9eFl'"n' ii' hh'"s lh'' lAe t'"Ss
y OF men who prefer office holding is not large
: one among business me1,. f-nat tbrirr i. not
interested. lie don't care pin for the lami,h-
- ed boards of the impccuniouo political hummer.
" We believe he will be nominated his party
candidate in lSsS and oily CANNON Hendricks
1i will be nowhere. No matter how much tn"
TT politirian. NAV cur.c him He i smarter than
9 ..,. h..
ti''A alc' lC may "''N' III '>l'N'N' anu '''~'
~ But on the whole hi. appointments have Mdcd
n his party, if Office holding i, an aid. The Re