The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
The Maine Appointments.
In report of an interview with Hon. S. s.
Brown, chairman of the Democratic State

In report of an interview with Hon. S. s.
Brown, chairman of the Democratic State
Committee, we find the following:
No appointments Of any Importance will be
made In Maine, Mr.. Brown says, until after the
Presidents return from his vacation. The pol
icy OF the President, he says, is to appoint
young and middle-aged men to the offices.
This Will leave out in the cold the old veterans,
with the exception of Bon Bradbury, who
land collectorship, but will be given the sur
veyorship. The struggle for the collectorship
Is between Judge Ceaves and Gen. Anderson.
Judge Redman has no designs on that Office, it
Is understood, unless 1t should be deemed ex-
pedient to step outside the district for can
ddae. The chances are in favor of Stratton
as against Pearson for the Bangor collectorship
and Leayitt as against Burns for the Eastport
collectorship. their opponents being well adj
vanced in years, which Is their serious draw
back.
All of which Is important, IL true, as the
Portland Press we'll says. Mr.. Brown further
reports that Morton's candidacy for the Au-
gusta post office is source of embarrassment
to the President, but he does not indicate what
the outcome will be further than to express
the opinion that if Morton remains in the field
he will probably get the appointment. Mr.
f. b. Dunton as postmaster of Center Lincoln
vile while serving a term in Portland iail is
decidedly attenuated. Fred NJ. Dunton has
not been appointed Postmaster at Center Mont
Vile, as stated, and Mr.. Browns assertion
that the two names were COMPOUNDED therefore
will not hold. The same is true of the state
ment that the guilt of f. B. Dunton had not
been disclosed when the petition for his ap-
polntment was sent in, as it appears that Dun
ton has two months to serve on an eight
months sentence, and the six months during
which he has been confined would carry the
date of his trial back before the beginning of
tue Cleveland administration. These eXplana-
tons only serve the purpose of making bad
matter worse. Since the foregoing was writ
ten d Washington despatch of the 10th has
brought the following interesting statement
concerning Dunton's appointment from First
Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson. 1t
VIII be seen that he not only lets the wind out
of Brown's"defence," but says the recommends
tons of that worthy will have no further
weight in the Post Office Department. Mr.,
Stevenson saws
The fact simply is that the man was recon-
mended by one hundred and thirteen citizens
of the little village and by the outgoing post
master as well as by the chairman Of the State
Central Committee, Mr. Brown. Upon ascer-
tanning the truth as to the charge of embezzle-
ment the appointment was at once cancelled
and Chairman Brown called upon to explain,
| am free TO say that Mr. Browns recommends
allonS will never have any further force with
me. All OF the cases recommended by him
were at once held up and no appointments
which he suggested have been made since that
time without an independent investigation by
since | came here. | find that people sim
them very carelessly.
There is also trouble over the Bowdoinham
post office, 10 which one f. X Jack was re-
Gently appointed. The Bowdonham Adver-
tlSer says that Jacks petition numbered Just 40
names and that there was hardly a represe nta-
tive Democratic name on it, aud that two other
petitions each bore larger number of Names
The Advertiser then explains why Jack got the
appointment: ''Simply because he is the choice
of the county ring, and because he secured the
services of 5. 5. Brown, of Waterville, to work
for him in Washington. MIR. Sunset Brown is
chairman of the State Committee, and has
been in Washington the past four months as
professional office broker, and it is pretty well
understood by the faithful, that he dictates all
the Maine appointments, from a S. 900 collect
orshlp down to petty post Office