Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-03
PlLLSBURY AND CHASE.
Their Nominations Rejected by the
Sesate-Their Connection with the
s'COunt Out'' Clearly shown.


WASHINGTON, March /.
The answer of the Senate to the message
of the President was the rejection of Eben
+. Pillsbury, nominated to be collector of in
ternal revenue of Boston, and of Capt Chas
II. Chase, nominated to be collector of in
ternal revenue in Maine. The vote by
which this was done was overwhelming The
solid republican vote was cast against these
nominees, together with some democrats
There was for a while some doubt about a
few republicans, but after the Presidents
message was read the republicans were in no
humor to confirm nomination against which
all the republican Senators from New Eng
land protested. The opposition to Chase and
PIllsbury was of a two-fold character. 1t re-
lates to their joint connection with the Garce-
Ion "count OUT in Maine, and, as to Pills
bury, to his war record, in his speeches. which
were explained with much earnestness and at
great length The report made by Mr.. Hale
as a member of the Maine Legislature which
Investigated the count-out was the basis of
the serious charges against both Chase and
Pllsbury. The excuse of Chase that he only
acted in accordance with the advice Of his
lawyer was not accepted as a justification.
The statement Of Pillsbury that he had no
connection with the count-out was denied.
One of the most forcible points made wa.
that none of the democrats who were con-
nected with the Garcelon movement have
ever received any local recognition from the
Maine democrats. The case of Fogg was
cited. 1t was shown that although he ran
for Congress against both Frye and Dingley,
he failed in both instances to have a full party
vote.
1t was shown that Maine democrats have
given no support to any one connected with
the count-out yet Pllsbury and Chase and
Mark Harden, who was fer three months the
messenger of Governor Garcelon, have Sc
cured offices from the administration. As to
the latter it was shown that only recently he
was obliged to ask former treasury agent
to go with him to the custom house and show
him what the difference was between an in
voice and bill of lading. For" said Hsr-
den,"I am utterly unable to find cut the diff
ference from the books" In this connection
it was suggested to the democratic senators
that there were democrats of character and
ability in Maine and Massachusetts who
would be confirmed for the offices without any
hesitation or delay, as was the case with
Harmon, just appointed marshal for Maine,
who was confirmed within very few days
after he was nominated.
Arguments of this sort had their effect.
More attention was paid to the connection of
I
ment than with the war, but reference was
made to Pillsbury's career as editor of the
| Franklin Patriot, published at Pennington,
| Me-, during the war. A compilation from
| the editorials of that newspaper was attrib-
uted to Pllsburv. Among these editorials
was one charging Abraham1 Lincoln with
| deception and ialsehood, one denouncing the
| draft as IAN unconstitutional law of Abra-
ham the First" one chsracterizing Lincoln
and his cabinet as apostates to liberty, an
other indorsing the description of Lincoln as
"a cross between an Andalusian jack and a
sand hill crane" These references were re-
garded as not answering the claim of hi.
friends that Pillsbury was always loyal to
patriotism. This was in the outline the ar
| gument that was presented by Mr. Hale and
Mr.. Frye. The case was so strongly put that
the advocates of Chase and Pillsbury, Beck
and Voorhees,, were placed st great dIsad.
vantage. Their only effort was to make il
appear that neither Chase nor Pillsbury were
in any way connected with the count out. No
one attempted to justify that movement.
The democrats even all discountenaced it.
1t was noticed that the usual signal to the
committee rooms that there was to be roll
call was not to be given before the vote was
| taken which determined the result. There
was no roll call before the vote was taken
Several democratic Senators announced that,
as the case had been presented by Hale and
Frye, they should be compelled 70 vote
against the nominees if a roll call was order
ed: so the nominations were rejected by a
| viva vOce vote.
1t is decreed by the United States Senate
that no one connected with the Garcelon
count. out shall be confirmed to Federal Office.
The stigma which the State of Maine has put
- v.A k,-s b.
| Senate Tabulator Chase sat all the after
noon in the Office of the Clerk of the Senate
awaiting his fate. He seemed to think tina,
| the document which he had presented to be
read by Beck or VOORHEES, would help him
and that the Senate would believe his person
al innocence or want of responsibility for hi
connection with the count.out, or that the
| Senate, at least, would have pity upon him
But the Senate knows no pity, and when thu
fatal news came out to Chase be left the Sen
I ate corridors . deeply disappointed man