The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-09
A. FEW CoNsIDERATE FACTS.

The Mankato postoflicc has Witnessed
# late strange and singular spectacle !
If human nature and with II of human
weakness. In the solid phalanx of the
aithful and brave, the editor of the Re
siew, and late incumbent of the seat OF
postmaster, has stood among the most
true, and obeyed the behests of his par
ty commanders with the most serviie
obedience. In the ranks and under the
of Hendricks and Vallanding-
ham he has witnessed with heart OF
stone and nerves of steel, the brave sons
of the North weaken and die on the
mountains of fire lin the valleys OF blood,
in hospitals and in the foul swamps OF
the wilderness, or return emaciatcd to
their homes TO endure their suiierlngs
for few weary years; and endured the
final supremacy of the northern arms
with the same stold and unwavering
devotion to the lost cause. He has be-
held the outrages and nameless atroci-
ties upon the freedmen of the South
with the same approving silence anu
heartless indifference. Since the return
to power of his own kind he has beheld
the wholesale and summary removal
from position of faithful servants OF the
government, upon charges affecting their
official and personal character, IN which
was not the slightest cintilla of truth or
fact, made by the viiest and most impure
of the land with the same cold blooded
and approving smile. Not word has
passed his lips or line followed hls pen
i'm which he has thought that an accused
| Republican should know whereofhc was
accused, for whom there shoHld be u
single avenue of redress for his wrongs,
i'm which his personal feelings should be
in the least respected or the respect OF
his name and his family regarded ol
considered. On this he has been silent
and approving spectator and recipient.
Indeed he has been amazed that Re-
| publican had any feelings, that when his
name and character had been assailed
he SHOULD presume to offer resistance ol
have the audaciiy to ask for a hearing
and Justice. 70 hIm IL is absurd that &
Republican subject of the great Prcsl
dent of the great Bemocraticparty should
presume TO ask why the hee! of an un
paniieljed tyrant should be placed upon
his neck. II must be right or it would
not be there. IL may be a convenient
fiction that the "Queen can do NJ
wrong" but it is too fictitious for thu
American people. That no Republican
oflice-holder or his family had any rights
1t was the duty of the powers that be t.
respect and a wrong done II Reppbli
can ofiice-holder should not he redress
ed, are principles TO which the editor o
the Reriew is thoroughly pledged.
Ia recognition of his devotion to tho
principles Of true Democracy and faith
full remembrance of the lost Cause, thu
editor Of the Refiem was invited by hi
patron saint to seat ut the table o
loayes and fishes. He has tasted of the
wines and meats. Not long since he wa
advised by the U. $. Senate that he mus
vacate, that it was by mistake he wa
there, and into outer darkness he mus
step where there is weeping and wailins
and gnashing OF teeth. The curtain il
lifted and what do we scef The stron.
man is bowed In the dust. Literally up
OH his belly is he groveling In the miro
of political filth. That Mr.. Hunt should
4 be removed, and the reasons for the
same lie Withheld from himself and fami
| " was the fortune his family should ex
pect, and the highest type of Democratic
purity within the province of Demo
cratic chief executive to bestow upon his
subject. Mr.. Hunt should receive this
| without murmur. But the rejection o.
| Mr.. Wise is an outrage beyond all mea-
sure. 1t wiz ruin him. 1t is disgrace
upon his family, Disgrace upon him, &
disappointment, n blasting of the fond
] est hopes of his life. In his desperate
| effort to hang to the public teat, he pre-
sents the unseemly spectacle of hcwail
ing his condition Ia hls neighbors, plead
ing his poverty, pleading his ambition
| pleading the pride, hope and mortified
ton of his family, and urging IN his most
| pitiful manner, his fellow citizens tC
| again present his name TO the President
and plead with him to again go before
the Senate and beg of it 10 give him
seat at the table, and to-day, in obedi'
ence To his frantic empiorings are petit
tons being circulated from the humblesl
shanty To the finest place i'll the city
begging for names to beg the re-nomina,
ton of the great rejected. "Plead with
the President to give me just one more
chance to 90 before the Senate and be-
of it to let lac in" Where in al
political history il there q parallel for
such undying greed for Office? If the
Senate heretofore were entirely without
grounds for its action, the puerile con.
duet of Mr.. Wise since furnishes ample
justification. Broad conception, indeed
| of the duties and dignity Of the Presi'
dent that he has nothing to do but tC
take mp Mr.. Wise's personal grievance
and volunteer an alteration with the
Senate. To re-nominate Mr.. Wise would
be virtually asking the Senate for their
reasons for rejecting him. Grand idea
indeed for the President, in face of his
refusal to give reasons for the suspen-
sion of Mr.. Hunt. The President and
party are equal to almost any emergen-
cy, but this is little smaller conception
OF them than was possible for even the
meanest Republican to conceive, but is
emInently fitting to be the product of n
brain PROSTATE with an insane desire for
office. IT is presuming good deal of
Mr.. Cleveland even that he will say to
the Senate: 81 present again for your
consideration the name of John G. Wise
of Mankato. presented HIM once be-
fore, but you acted either without know
ing what you were doing or made mis-
take. Now Mr.. Wise is the only Demo-
crat in Mankato that suits the bosses and
me, and want you to confirm him. 1t
is none of your business why ] suspend
ed Hunt, but it Is my business why you
don't confirm Mr.. Wise. think the
Senate will hurry right round and do it."
1t should be borne i'm mind that Mr.. Wise
has never been postmaster at Mankato.
1t was In the power of Mr.. Cleveland to
suspend Mr.. Hunt, and designate Mr..
Wise to perform Mr.. Hunts duties as
postmaster until the meeting of the
Senate, then if the Senate confirmed Mr..
Wise he became postmaster, if 1t did