New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-05
The men chosen by Presi-

son. was disqualified. The men chosen by Presi-
dent Harrison for the same offices both served In
tho Union Army and are well-informed In puohc
affairs. None of President IIarrison's diplomatic
appointments, happily, furnishes basis for COM
harrison with Mr.. Clevelands discovery and Sc
lection Of "Bad-penny" Kelley, or the refined Huo-
bard and Special Envoy Sedgwick still remains
without q peer in the history OF American di-
plomacy.
In other branches of the public service the
appointees of tbs Administration compare or con-
trast most favorably with those of the last one.
President Cleveland appointed as First
Controller Of the Treasury for example. Judge
Durham, Of Kentucky, who sternly frowned upon
and disallowed the accounts of United States
MARSHALL Supervisors and Commissioners for fees
and expenses incurred in the enforcement OF the
election and internal revenue laws, but who passed
and approved many suspicious and dishonest
claims some OF which had been rejected and
others suspended for years by his Official prede-
cessors His successor is man whose ability
is conceded, and whose official integrity are above
suspicion General Shelley, Of Alabama. who
occupied during several terms seat in Congress
tn which he never was honestly elected, has
been succeeded in the Office of Fourth Auditor by
John r. Lynch, one of the ablest colored men In
the country, man whom the " Mississippi Plan'
approved by Democratic majority In the House
of Representatives, had deprived OF the seat In
that body 10 which he was entitled Inc place
which knew the fragrant Higgins knows MN no
more Supervising Architect trerct mas oeen
succeeded by a real architect Fisher has de-
narted also and with him have disappeared the
scandals and abuses which had brought tlat
office into disreputc and contempt. Chenoweth
and Dav and Williams and McConville have peeh
succeeded as Treasury Auditors by gentlemen
men OF ability and reputation, against whom
nm wbisper has been heard Captain Bates, man
,f National reputation in his speciality now nus tne
Office of Commissioner of Navigation, to when
President Cleveland appointed pohticai suiNei'
who knew little and apparently cared less aoouu
the duties of the Office.
Mr. Thorn, man cen1esseoly oee'i-
tute Of the requisite education or Train
inc. has vacated the important ONCE OF ou-
perintendent of the Coast and Geodetlc survey,
which is now filed by Mr. Mendenhall. man o!
conceded ability and fitness. For the ONCE VI
Solicitor General, one barely second In lmpol-
lance to that of Acknowledgement, freSoen' |le'e
land selected John Goode of Virginia. man OF
u,.d;Srre ability. a lawyer Of small attachments
and limited experience, and persistent once
s..Ler and oflce-holder, who had sat three terms
in Congress though never once honestly elected
snd whose career as Solicitor General was chiefly
d;stincuished by a remarkable legal opinion ana
order nlacing the power and machinery of the De-
nartment of Justice in the hands of the fan-Ecc-
,r;c consnirators To the same Office Presioenc
Harrison appointed the lamentcd Chapman. q law
YER of experience. whose attachments and aplh'y
commanded the respect and confidence not only OF
LAWYERS at the bar of the Supreme Court. before
which he represented the interests OF the Govern
ment but of that high tribunal as we'll AS Com
missioner of Railroads President Cleveland APP
ponted President Joseph +. Johnston Of the Pan
Electric Company. His successor is man whose
appointment has given universal satisfaction In
dian Commissioner Adams was another fan-tiec-
trio statesman who filed the Indian service Win
his impecunious and impoverished friends
But why go into further particulars ana
why should Democratic newspapers invite such
comparisons and contrasts