The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-03
PILLsRuRY AND CHASE.
Further Particulars OF Their Relec.
ton by the Senate.
boston Advertiser Specia'

Boston Advertiser Speeiall
WASHINGTON. March 1.-The nominations
of Chase and Pillsbury were rejected this af-
ternoon. The scanty fight made by the
Democrats for them surprised the Republi-
cans. They expected prolonged struggle,
but the Democrats acquiesed very gracefully
in the result. They did not even ask for a
yea and nay vote. The reason assigned this
evening is that three OF four of them would
in that case have gone ON record in favor OF
rejection, Rather than allow this the DEM
ocratic managers were content to have a
simple viva voce vote and let it stop there.
The Republicans were also well pleased, for
some of them had feared that Plumb and
Riddleberger might fail them. They were
the only two of whom, any suspicion was
felt and that may have been unjust. The
scene in secret session was not particularly
exciting Hale opened the debate with
a statement of the case against both Pills
bury and Chase. He reviewed their connec-
tion with the count out and showed that
Pillsbury's hand was in and through IL all,
by his own confession and by extracts from
his papers. He took up Chase's lame defence
of ignorance of the Garcelon steal,. saying
that if it was true Chase was fool, and if
false ga knaye. Meantime Chase hung
about the corridors, waiting in anxious
suspense to hear the verdict. After
gel in behalf of his Democratic friends
He argued upon the statements they made
before the finance committee, but evidently
in half hearted way. 1t was noteworthy
that neither he nor Mcpherson, who sue
ceeded him, had one word tG S;d say IN defence
that, but pleaded that Pillsbury. was entirely
innocent and Chase irresponsible for that
affair. Beck really argued more for the
Presidents right to select his agents than
for either Pillsbury or Chase personally
Then Mcpherson, even more languidly than
Beck, characterized Chase as "a dull sort of
map..who could not have been responsible
for afy count out, and not equal to lmp0r-
tant affairs" Voorhees,, who had been ex-
pected to speak, failed to do SO, and the ad-
ministration senators throughout appeared pear
to take little interest in the result. Call OF
Florida and Vance of North Carolina, in
perfunctory way spoke briefly for the Dem
Ocrats, and Call asked why it was that the
Republicans were pouring out the vlals OF
their wrath on two poor and deserving men
Edmunds replied that the Republicans pro-
pose to stand out against every man who
was known to have been concerned in any
form of outrage on free elections and an
honest count. This aroused the aged Sauls-
bury Of Delaware. He took up the gauntlet,
cation conveyed, and trying to show
that the Republicans are not immacu-
late in that regard. This sally from
Salisbury, who never sees any harm IN
Democrat nor good in Republican, aroused
Senator Frye, who up to that time had taken
no part. He addressed himself to Salisbury
and while not chary in his remarks about
Pillsbury and Chase, he took the occasion to
speak his mind about the still greater frauds
in elections in the South, which are condon-
ed and defended by the Democrats, At
times the tones of his voice could be heard
outside the closed doors. He did not leave
the Garcelon affair without showing how
groundleSs were the boasts of Pillsbury that
he would not be found voting against con-
frmation. After he finished, nothing more
necessary by the Republicans to make the
slightest reference to Pillsbury's copper
head record. When the vote was taken,
the response was, as New England Senator
termed it, Overwhelming, and the Demo-
Gratis who voted did it in a half-hearted way
They were satisfied that the case had been
fairly stated, and they saw that it was the
best policy not to make a prolonged tight.
The question now is whether the President
will nominate their successors right away, or
allow them to hang on until the END OF the
session. A number OF Democratic senators
will urge him to take the former course and
not invite criticism by keeping Chase and
Pillsbury in.
Mr.. Chase said in conversation this after
noon "The rejection of my nomination
does not hurt me at all. The questions
raised in the objections to Pillsbury and my
self were tried in Maine and decided in our
favor by the people. They cannot be tried
and determined here The rejection of our
nominations has been ordered by Blaine, and
his humble servants, the Maine Senators,
have simply carried out his wishes at the ex-
pense of their own conviction, and in disre-
gard of the advice of some Of their most in
fiuential political friends. There is no rea-
son why Pillsbury's nomination and my
nomination should have been considered to-
gether; no reason, except that Blaine wish
ed it so. But, as say, it does not matter to
me- l am taking it very coolly. would
not have come back here but that some OF
the Democratic Senators sent for me, think
ing it well that | should be on the ground:
Eugene Hale cannot injure me at home. =
He intimated that he could, however, injure
Eugene Hale, and that in the contingency
that Reed should contest with Hale for sena-
torial honors next year, he would pay off the
score he has against Hale.
1t is denied at the White House that the
President proposes to appoint either Pills
bury or Chase to any other office.