The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-08-26
Cleveland's Course.

HE IS CRITICISED BY DEMOCRATS AND RE
| PUBLICANs. WORKING FOR RECONCILIATION
BOUNCING THE OLD VETERANS.
The President has appointed Dorsey Clag
gett, local politician, Register of Wills at til,
National Capitol to succeed II. }. Ramsdcll
suspended. The Boston Journals Washing
ton correspondent says: The suspension Of
Mr.. Ramsdell was not expected. Mr.. Rams
dell is well known to the newspaper world
| He was for years one of the most brilliant anC
capable of the Washington correspondents
| He has at different times been connected witt
| the leading newspapers of the country lie
| was, moreover, a gallant Union soldier, Il fact
| of which he was always too modest to boast
| and he never used his military title. Yet he
was of the first to volunteer, served all
! through the war i'll PENNSYLVANIA regiment
| was promoted on the field of battle for gaI-
| lanfry at Gettysburg, and was once left on the
| field for dead. He was honoraby discharged
| and was especially mentioned for bravery in
the reports of his commanding officers to the
| War Department. He has the scars of severe
| and honorable wounds, from which he at times
| greatly suffers. He has been the close friend
| of many of the great men of the Republican
party, and was appointed to the position of
| Register of Wills by President Garfield at the
| request of Mr.. Blaine. He was retained by
| President Arthur on his own merits and has
not been removed by President Cleveland be
| cause no excise could he found to give the
| senate for the Removal Of the most efficient
| Register Of Wills who ever served in Washing
| ton. and who was also one of the heroes of
| Gettyeburg. 1t was well known that the Sen
| ate would not consent to the removal of Mr..
ltamsdc. and the President has waited until
the Senate adjourned to strike this blow at a
Union soldier. The removal is Il peculiarly op-
prc>Sive one. as Mr.. RamSdell is in very poor
circumstances, and is in an exceedingly pre-
carouS condition of health. But the Union
soldiers are preparing to 90.
THE PRESIDENT VIOLATING HIS OWN RULES.
The Old veterans at the House end of the
Capitol on the Doorkeeper's roll have heard
that they are to be removed. They are Rcpub-
| cans. The President laid down the rule that
he would not rcnominate any candidates who
had been rejected. lie has violated this rule in
the denomination of Matthews and in the re-
nomination of Bolton, who has again been ap-
pointed to minor office in Virginia. Bolton
is the man who grossly insulted Gen. Logan
and senator sherman i'll a public article. The
President is generally reappointing the per-
sons nominated i'll the place of suspended Off
cial> whose cases Were not acted upon hv the
senate. Riley, against whose appointment as
Postmaster OF Cincinnati Senator Sherman
made such strenuous opposition, has been
appointed Postmaster at that place.
a DEMOCRATIC OPINION OF TWO BILLS.
-ii' : " 'I"tl'i itNlidtioil oNtl INC bogus
fNcf ana llarhor bill, and his hesitation over
the bogus revenue measure known as the
Vleolaf@allhe blli, ended III the same way.
he sl@lleu Them Dolh.
lh' River ana fiarbor bill, over which the
ffe>idrhl shook MS head, and TO which he then
lfotttded to attach his signature, appropriatcS
~ if'f '"'jo' an amount, on rough estimate.
ahout one thousand tneN greater lhan the say
my elected by all of the PRESIDENTS pension
NetOeS taken together.
Hchefal Grant never signed River and
iiafhor bllI halt so hl@ as TINS. Hayes signed
none 'hat came within So,ooo,ooo OF It, Mr..
Afliluf signed none tlEit approached 1t III
hitShltud".
IN t!e Whole history OF flNer ana liarlior
In i' ~ ,ru hVted W.
present year in The aggregate Of the appropri,-
tiun or in the shameless character of many of
the items. That was four wears awo: and when
the bill went to Mr. Arthur he took a stub pen
and wrote across the face of it. i'm bold black
letters " cto, | Forbid
And that is Just what Mr.. Grover Cleveland
has not done. New York sun.
An OPEN r,%n1n,r,s rn, pr>n,,r>-,r,,>-
itSileht 'ieI elaid mas renewed Mir. He'd
'"h, oilftlor Oh New ofk' 70 make room for
Poiitieai poSS VINO VIII promote his renonilna-
ton. pronlneht New Y ork member of Con-
SresS said thG other DAY 80 Nothing has so
i"N VI "ps MAJ hee 'his chitnSe OF pol1ty on the