The Indianapolis journal., 1886-03-30
that point that am coming. This notice ap-
pears in his paper with large heading:

that point that am coming. This notice ap-
pears in his paper with a large heading:
NOTICE.
Having assumed the duties Of postmaster OF this
city of Mount Vernon. Ind, it win be necessary for
me to remain in the postofice during business hours
Therefore persons desiring 20 see me special bust
connected with the Democrat win please call at
the postofice.
Now, Mr.. President, am going to suppose
case. / do not know just what the rules are,
and for fear shall trench upon things that are
confidential, am going to suppose a case. Sup
pose postmaster of the Republican faith had
held and exercised the duties of postmaster for
. long series Of years faithfully. and in way
that brought the commendation OF all men OF
both parties, so faithfully that when his last
term expired and the question of his reappoint-
ment came up, though he had been in office
twelve years, not a man applied for the office,
but everybody conceded it to him. Suppose
that man had been on the Republican county
committee. had been active as Republican
committeeman, but in all his relations with the
Democrats Of the community had always re-
tanned their personal respect and friendship.
My colleague knows that the description am
giving would answer to great many people in
Indiana; for while we have our bitter and sharp,
and nowhere else bitterer, or sharper. or harder,
political fights, he knows right well that the lines
of friendship and good fellowship in Indiana are
not party lines. He knows right well that, after
d
political fighter, who advocates the principles of
his party with all the zeal, and energy, and
force, and talent he has, and yet refrains his
tongue from SANDER and vituperation, wins the
respect rather than the opprobrium of his poht-
ical opponents.
am describing such a man. He would know
him to be such If should mention the name
think of but as this is an ideal character he has
no name. The Democratic congressman, will
say, from that district files charge against
hat man ia val
that he is blatant Republican, an offensive and
blatant Republican My colleague knows just
what we mean by that-it is not a very grave
charge-and the man is put out because he is
stead, because this talk of offensive partsanship
implies something's If you put man out be-
cause he is of particular class and description
of partisan. it implies an obligation not to put a
man in who is of the same class though of the
other side in politics. If there is any honesty
about it. if it is not the, sheerest phariseeism.
that is implied, and know my colleague will
agree to that. Now, suppose the man who Is
put in has been on the Democratic political COM
mittees has been, will say on the executive
committee secretary or president of it. In addi-
tion to that he is the owner and editor of a DEM
ocratic paper in the town, and he has been say
ing just such things as my colleague knows
every Democratic paper is in tho habit of saying
about Republicans. Oh! but it may be said he
is not going to be an offensive partisan in the
future. Suppose there should. be found upon the
records a letter like this showing the ground
upon which he put his application:
It is struggle for Democratic paper to live in
this county. It issa hard row to hoe here
and I think ought to have relief. It is my
ambition to build up paper of which the Democracy
will feel proud and which will be second to none in
the State / will at proceed to do this if get
the Office.
[Laughter.]
If should ask the question of my colleague
here what he would think of the man who would
file that charge and then recommend a man who
put his claims to the Office upon the basis have
mentioned here, that he expected to continue to
run Democratic paper, and to use the emolu-
ments of the Office to run that paper and fight
the Republican party-and if l were to ask him
what he thought OF the sincerity, of the candor,
of the manliness of the man who would make
that charge and recommend that appointment,
am not in doubt az to what he would say.
think | am safe in saying he would not wish to
be the author of that piece of work, because
when he asked the President to turn that man
out on the ground that he was an active Repub-
lican he came under obligation not to put a man
in that Office who would use its emoluments and
advantages in the conduct Of a Democratic pa
per that should from week to week assail Repub
licans and Republican principles.
Let us uncover this. Mr. President. I would
like to have the world know, l would like to have
the people of Indiana know just who it is here or
in the House of Representatives that would file
such charges and ask removal upon such basis,
have named to fill the place. know what our
good people would think Of it I know they
would think it was a base, a cowardly, and an
insincere thing, whoever did it. Let Us
uncover this box The President may not know
this. I cannot but believe, as say, that there
are secrets hidden from him, and that he ought
to know of them that he ought to know whether
he has been trusting men in their recommenda-
tions for Office who are asking him TO turn out
men as offensive Republicans, and to put in men
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ground that they want its emoluments to run a
Democratic newspaper, and on no other ground
in the case have supposed. He ought to know
it. If he is sincere, as / must assume, it would
shake his confidence in some of his advisers, and
there may be more excuse for the President than
many of us are willing to admit in the unreliable
character of his advisers.
But Mr.. President, must conclude these re-
marks. There was held the other day in the city
of Fort Wayne, in the Twelfth congressional
district of Indiana meeting of the Democratic
congressional committee. Let me show you who
was on it.
G. A. Zollinger, Of Indianapolis, the pension
agent, was chairman Of the committee. Will
lam Kaough, postmaster of Fort Wayne, met
with the committee as member. Eli w.
Brown, postmaster at Columbia City, met with
the committee as a member, and Herman Frey
gang, postmaster of Angola, also met with this
Democratic committee as a member.
Let us have sincere dealing about this thing
If this sort of thing, the being on committees,
was ground for putting out Republicans, then if
Mr.. Cleveland is sincere he should also put these
men out.
find in looking over the list of appointments
in Indiana that sixteen Democratic newspaper
proprietors and editors have been appointed to
Office. Now want to ask my colleague what he
thinks those papers are going to do in the next
campaignl Does he think that the effect of their
appointment is going to be to convert those
Democratic newspapers into mugwump organs?
Mr.. Voorhees-I hope not.
Mr.. Harrison-Of course he does not. If'I
could believe that in appointing these men Mr..
Cleveland meant that they should pursue per-
fectly inoffensive course politically, that these
newspapers should not irritate the feelings of
Republicans, should not publish charges against
Republican candidates for Office, should say
dothing offensive to the Republicans--if be-
lieved he meant by these appointments sincerely
to put these sixteen Democratic newspaper ed
itors under those bounds, should have brighter
hopes than have now of carrying Indiana next
time But it will not be so. Here are these