Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-03
TWO KINDS OF APPOINTMENTS.

The Democratic free trade or
cans are printing labOred articles
claiming that the course OF the
present Administration in respect
TO appointments is proof that II
has definitely abandoned its re-
form professions. They base this
accusation on the number and not
ON the character of the person
selected for office. Ofthe fitness,
honesty or capdbility OF the men
chosen by President Harrison and
his advisers the Democrats have
been unable to find any just cause
to complain, so they fall back on
the nun Der Of appointments made
as the only possible grievance in
sight.
They are very plain reasons why
the present Administration has
been called upon to make a large
number of appointments. The first
reason is that most of the changes
have been made IN the foreign
Iegislations and heads of bureaus
and departments, where they
would have been made had any
new administration come into
power. The other reason is OF
nearly the same character as that
which compelled a clean sweep OF
the offices in 1861. When Abraham
Lincoln became president he found
the offices filled with dlslOyal
Democrats, and when Benjamin
Harrison became president he
found an almost equal number OF
Democratic rascals and incOmpe'
tents IN office.
If the Democratic free traders
want to make comparison of the
appointments of this and Cleve-
lands administration, let them
make it on character. Let them
search through the lists of foreign
appointments made during the
past six weeks and fluid, If they
can, an Anthony NJ. Kelly, who
was sent to Italy and rejected, and
then billeted to Austria but refused
recognition there also. Let them
find three such disgraceful selec-
tons as Edward o. Buck, sent as
minister to Peru; George w.
Bryant, the minister to Liberia,
and James II. Morgan, consul at
Melbourne. Among the home APP
pOintments letthem name a Eugene
Higgins, the Baltimore tough and
gambler a Morris Thomas, the
proved embezzler ; or an Eben +.
Pillsburry, the leader in the at
tempt to steal the state govern
ment of Maine.
Instead of moaning dOlefully
over the number of pOstmasters
being appointed, let the Democrats
put their finger on an ex.convict
appointed by Mr.. Harrison, like
Samuel horley, whom Mr.. Cleve-
land appointed postmaster at
Bridgeport, Ind, or a saloon
keeper like p. T. Klnian, made
postmaster of Valley Falls, K. l.,
or defaulter like Postmaster
Dalton, of Lincolnyille, Me. Final
~, let them name a Republican
paper that has become as dignified
with President Harrison's appoint.
ments as the Indianapolis Sentinel
was with Clevelsnd's nominations
and which has been compelled to
call "balt" aud exclaim, in the
language of the Sentinel : ave
confess to our inability 20 make
out any sufficient reason for the
selection and appointment OF
thieves, highwsymen, bribers, dead
beats and the like. Give honest,
competent Democrats chance :"
When the free trade organs can
point to such a disgraceiul record
of appointments, of which only
few specimens have been given, 1t
will be time enough for them to
moralize on the abandonment OF
reform Meanwhile their crlti-
cisms of the present Admlnistra'
ton, sickled over as they are with
malice aud disappointment, are
gagged at their proper hypOcritical
value by an intelligent public
Philadelphia Press.