New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16
TO the attitude Of Democracy with regard 10 'no
recent election I'm Maine.

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recent election I'm Maine.
A letter has been handed me addressed to the in'-
tor Of The Tribune which says: "Ihc Tribune uo''
not know what injury II does tho cause OF harr'son
and Morton by its criticisms upon Pension ComnIs
sloner Blackp Tho letter purports 10 have beeh
written I'm Saratoga, " Y, but as II Is NOT slsnod anu
the postmark legole, Il is moro reasonable 10 sup
pose that It written by one OF Genora biach
friends in this city 1t hardly necessary TO inform
the writer of this anonymous communication mat crt
cisms of General Blacks official conduct arc made IT.
respective OF the effect which they may have upon tho
cause of Harrison and Morton II he thinks that the
criticisms have damaging effect, he Is probably tho
first person say For one, the correspondent Oh
The Tribune cannot 10 what sympathy man Is
entitled who Is not willing TO support his mother-in
law out of the 800 month which lie receives for be
ing totally disabled and requiring the constant attend
Of another person; nor out of the 5000 "hlch
he gets every year To prove that no is not totally dis
abled; but who quarters that relative upon the Gov
eminent. First, as she was unable to pass the eXan
naton he had her appointed labOrcr In the Patent
Office from that she was advanced TO clerkshp, and
speedily promoted TO IL 900 place. This OF course
IS the age of REFORM The mohcrinlaw, 1t is satd
IS taken and from her Office by Government horses
and in Government carriage. Apparently, too, this
family Is not easily satisfied, for the motherin-laws
son already drawing salary in the Pension Office.
going In messenger, and rising rapidly 10 S1,2OO
clcrhship, when she was appointed Does the anOhy-
nous correspondent wish greater mercy shown to Cen
cra Black because of such nagrant ncpotlsm, be-
cause maligns and misIeprescns the acts of his
predecessor in official reports for partisan purposes
and to crafty personal sptcl
senator Farwcll gave me an instance tho other day
Of the power Of tho ruling pas,on.p strolllng
through ono II the departments ho accOsted by
man in whom he recognized friend of his youth; IN
fact, they had been very intimate with each other
While young mon out West This was nearly twenty
years ago since that time Senator EarWcl had not
heard from his friend lie greatly surprised to
nd him a clerk OF the depart ents here Ito
remembered that when he knew him he had always
d. played strong liking for literary pursuits, and
had frequently committed the indiscrctOn OF writing
poetry. The fact that senator FarWcH never yielded
similar temptation when young may possibly ac-
count for the success he achieved in after life tho
inability 10 withs and that temptation may likewise
account for the necessity which compelled his friend
10 accept a place a "a clerk In a Government Office.
I.xyereuce does to have cured Mr.. FarwclIj
friend of his weakness for the very next day inter
their meeting the Senator received pOecal eifuslon
describing the reunion OF two friends after long separa-
ton, and recalling in beautiful language, no doubt,
the days when both were very young and very I'M
Sophisticated 1t seemed 10 DO a case like that OF
the poet Nuncz In ." Oil Bias who would rather
starVe and write poetry than live in aiiucnce without
being permitted to crafty the yearnlngs OF his itching
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