The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-24

in all such matters 1t was his duty TO
keep his hands off. He was reminded
that he was not asked to appoint unfit
men, but that when he made a choice
between men of equal character and
capacity, he hal a right to do what was
asked-prefer Mr.. Morrison's friends to
his enemies as a legitimate means of
serving and strengthening his party.
But the President was not moved from
his position"
.'But where does Dement, come in in
all this2"
Clement was Democrat who in the
long struggle about the Senatorship,
which was, of course. very close, hung
about Springfield, acting, as was in the
end discovered, as secret spy in our
camp in the interest of the Republicans.
You may remember that MIR. Morrison
said to your Washington correspondent
a few days ago, as printed in the Her
aid. Il regard the confirmation of De-
ment as q reward for his treachery to
me in Springfield and he declared t,
what we all feel, AS an outrage on the
Democratic party in Illinois.
MR.. SPARKS INFLUENCE.
How came Dement, to be Apo nted
to Office by the President?"
Il don't suppose Logan openly recon-
mended him, for that would have hurt
him; though naturally, when the ques-
ton of Dement'S confirmation came
before the Senate, Logan vigorously
supported him. We in Illinois under
stand very well that there is no love
lost between General Sparks. the Com
missioner of the Land Office, and Mr..
nd haf 80, = ok
Sparks picked out Dement, because he
knew that would be bitter pill to Nor
rison. And so you see the President, who
was too good to do Morrison the small
favor of selecting, between sew
eral equally good men, friends of Nor
rison to the Senate, yet has appointed
to Office man who played traitor to
the Democratic party, not only in
Illinois, but in the whole country-for,
by MoTison's election we should have
gained a Senator and should have re-
moved what everybody sees now has
been fertile source of discord in the
House of Representatives, and also of
worry to the administration. With
Morrison in the Senate we should not
have had that fight between him and
Randall at the beginning Of the Con-
gressional session, which stirred so
much bad blood in the party and is
still bearing fruit. l think we should
have had a harmonious session, with
the party in general following the lead
of its administration. l can't tor the
life of me see that Morrison's friends
wanted the President to do any thing
wrong or contrary to the stricteSt spirit
of civil service reform. If Morrison
himself had been bad man, or if it had
been asked to appoint bad men to help
him, that would nave been a very differ
ent thing, and the President should
have resented that, OF course But as
he was going to make appointm entS,
don't see why he couldn't make them
so as to help US to put a Democrat into
the Senate instead of making them so
General Logan got back. l don't dislike
Logan, but he is Republican and we
are Democrats, and believe it is better
for the country that the Democrats
should rule. And certainly Mr.. Cleve-
land was not pledged to reward with an
office man who, Morrison says, and
pretty much everybody believes, was
treacherous to him and to our party in
the Senatorial contest, and whose con
duct helped our opponents to elect their
man,
why do you suppose so many De-
AAiOOA obAO OSAoSOAo fOJSO " GOllllIlll De-
mept under these circumstances"
well, that IS not difficult to under
stand. They want to split up the
Republicans on this fight with the Presi-
dent; and so, seeing Logan using his
influence with his own side for Dement,.
as of course he was bound to do, they
just went in and confirmed him. with
the help, as the papers report, of seven
Republican Senators. OF course they
could not have done it alone. But that
seems to me sort of penny wise and
pound foolish policy. They divided
the Republicans on a matter which does
great deal more to divide us Demo
Gratis and keep US at loggerheads. HUI
man nature is strong. and when a
President does such needless thing as
this, don't see how the man that Suf-
fers such a thing can help feeling
resentful."
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