The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
wIsf?s CONFIRMATION REJECTED
BY THE u. 8. SENATE.
The Pioaeer-P Press of yesterday con-

The Pioneer Press of yesterday con-
tanned the following SPECIAL telegram:
The senate to-day rejected the npmi-
nation of John &. Wise as postmaster at
Mankato, MINI. He was reported adj
versely by the committee on postotlices
and post roads, on the ground that he
was unfit to hold the Office. 1t was also
reported that during the illness and after
the death of Gen. Grant he published I'm
the Mankato Review, of which he is the
editor, articles of a shameless character,
i'm which he maligned the dead hero and
spoke of him in the most contemptuous
manner. Senator Sabin made II speech
i'm which he said that he was personally
obnoxious To him and to Congressman
Wakefield, of that district, and he has
been waiting for several years To get an
opportunity To punish him for the attack
made upon him i'm his paper, and hcas
ed his fellow senators, as II personal Ia
vor, To assist him in inilicting that pun
| ishment. lie appeared To have no
| friends on the Democratic side To defend
him and nothing was said in his favor,
but he was rejected unanimously with
out call of yeas and nays.
In the words the Pioneer Press, "Wise
has been brushed aside as a malignant
insect, and not a voice was lifted up to
defend him." Yes. he has been brush
ed aside, and with entire Justice. In the
first place he was selected for the posi-
ton by the Minnesota Bosses, 'and not
with the sanction or consent of any con-
siderable number of the respectable citi-
zens of Mankato. His abuse of good
men and eminently respectable Repub-
licans has brought this just retribution
upon mis- head. His course during the
many wears he has resided here has been
such as To condemn him in the eyes OF
the better class of our community. Dur
ing the war and just preceding that ter
rible conflict for personal liberty, and a
unity of States, he was the vilest kind oil
a copperhead, as the paper he edited al
that time proves. After Gen. Grants
demise he admitted to his columns words
and sentiments that any honest and pa
triotic citizen would be ashamed to own
lie has never lost an opportunity to heap
opprobrium upon such eminent men as
Blaine, Logan, Sherman, Edmunds, and
host of others of national repute. His
dastardly attacks upon Senator Sabir
and Congressman Wakefield were made
without the slightest provocation, and
his outrageous assaults upon the "sus
pended postmaster" were made with III
reason or justification. In this matter
Wise has been taught Il lesson that car
be used with profit by others of the same
stripe. 1t does not pay to traduce hon
orable gentlemen.
Not single voice was lifted up in de
/, Tense of his appointment! Not one L
this is not crushing, please excuse us.
Senator Sabin is perfectly justified il
his efforts to defeat the contirmat ion
He had received large number of let
tiers from both Democrats and Republi
cans, residents of Mankato, solicitin.
him To use his influence to that end
Wise's otiensiveness as 4 Democrat is :
= matter familiar to everybody. and IN
rejection is received with degree q
satisfaction by the people generally
: Mr.. Wise, in letter in to-day's GtoJe
!, !. saws he is sure his criticisms of Senato
Sabin have been misrepresented. Thu
is not true. Mr.. Sabin is in possession
of lust what the Repieog editor has SAFE
of him and therefore relies not upon
hearsay.
Mr.. Wise certainly had no just rea
: son to expect that the L. $. Senat
f would confirm his appointment.
/! The Minnesota Bosses will need a Ger
. tificate Of character if they expect to b
2 respected by the L. :. Senate.
\ petition is in circulation for the up
r pointment of Capt. James Cannon, Jas
p Shoemaker, VIM. Iioerr, and Geo. Max
field, while Major Clarke is still in tin
:, field.