The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-03-13
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The appointments OF Hon Charles I
Foster, of Ohio. as secretary OF the I
treasury, was a eoiorlessone, and if
Il were designed to have any sig
nifcance, Mr.. Foster himself has
taken care 20 deprive It OF any
meaning by announcing in advance OF
his departure for Washington that he is
in accord with the policy OF the ad-
ministration-' As ambiguous utter
ances, silence when speech was de
manded. and forgetfuluess of uneq uivo-
cal statements when made, have ch2rac-
terized the policy OF the administra-
ton, ." Mr. Foster has put himself on
ground that cannot be supported or as
sailed because his position Is masked
In his personality and factional
standing IN his party in his own state.
Mr.. Foster resemb Ies Warner Miller
more closely than any republican we
have in mind Since the ascendancy Of
Foraker, which was brought 70 an end
only year ago, Mr.. Foster has been
an eclipsed Ohio politician Last year,
TO be sure, he was nominated for con-
gress and the canvass which he con
Quoted was a much more remarkable
one than that which Mai. Mckinley
succeeded in making the center of at
traction in Ohio. But in spite OF this
mOmentary burst into prominence
Foster Is as essentially d political
back number as is Warner Miller.
Probably that was why President
Harrison chose him Mr.. Foster, by
no effort of the imagination. can be re
garded as a possible candidate for the
republican nomination for president in
/ 1892.
The new secretary of the treasury
viii enter upon the discharge of his du-
/ ties under the most embarrassing con
He ar-fs Of 4
/ istratiOn which has Just been con-
/ demned by the people in tones of more
I positive emphasis than they have used
/ before in many years Furthermore,
/ the fiscal policy OF the administration
/ has been the chief cause of popular
Z complaint, and IL is that policy which
/ Mr.. Foster viii be forced to defend
/ He goes into Office as congress, con
/ trOlled by his party, is about to expire
"a congress more thoroughly obnOx-
/ iOus to the American people than any
/ which has Assem- bled since the close OF
/ the war, and his first recommendation
/ viii be addressed TO a congress entirely
/ out of sympathy with those views which
/ Mr.. Harrison will force upon his secre-
{ tary of the treasury. His duty to
/ his party viii compel him to present
/ dOctored statements of the country s
I receipts and expenditures; it viii force
/ him to recommend schemes TO benefit
/ try, and Harrison himself will demand
| that the patronage of his great depart
/ ment be used to promote the reuOmina-
! ton of a president who enjoys a small
er degree of popularity than any presi-
/ dent whom this generation recalls
The prospect before Hon Charles
Foster is thus a dubious one. Virtual
/ 1y a political bankrupt, he is summoned
I to a task which calls for larger
/ amount of political capital and larger
/ amount of brains than any republican
l in sight seems to command For the
/ next two years business viii almost
/ turn upon his word and. for the gener-
al welfare, it is to be trusted that he
will prove equal 20 the position But
he is merely a politician of the Warner
Miller brand, with the additional Ohio
faculty of always keeping in Office
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