New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-04-12

pointment of Judge Lochren of Mime
apolis as commissioner of pensions. The
praise is no doubt deserved, but the
hope for the future is surely chimera
that is bound to deceive. No man ever
went into the pension Office, who did
not come out of it somewhat distigured.
! It has natural tendency to faint and no
matter how pure and noble may be the
commissioners motives they will be
twisted and maligned by the time they
reach the public mind. Besides, there
is gang of unprincipled sharks and
knaves about the department all of whom
are sure to spoil a mans best plans and
wreak spite in case they are brought to
to light.
when he gave some of them a ticket of
leave, they turned upon him and made
life burden with pleas for investigation
People, it seems, would much rather be-
lieve something wrong of an official than
anything good, and the pension commits
sioner, above all others, is made the vic
tim of this failing in public opinion. And
Lochren will feel it with the same force
as have his predecessors.
In order to give some idea of the man
with whom Grover Cleveland has intrust-
ted the interests or our common county
in England, the Review would like to
quote from the opinion given of him by
Mr.. Blaine who served with him for years
in the senate. Mr.. Blaine's Twenty
Years of Congress has always been con-
: sideled an impartial history and for that
{ reason we feel safe in giving space to his
estimate of Mr.. Bayard. He says:
! Ellis service in the Senate has been re-
markable for one leading characteristics
the power or the accidental fortune, to
create public impression as to his Ca
reer precisely the reverse of its actual
history.
son the Southern question, in all its
phases, Mr.. Bayard has been proclaimed
by his supporters as calm, considerate and
just. In truth he has gone as far as the
most rancorous rebel leader of the South
touching the Reconstruction laws and
the suffrage of the negro. In the Forty
Second Congress, in an official report on
the condition Of the South, Mr.. Bayard
joined with the minority of the commit
tee in the distinct avowal that negro stuff
rage would practically cease, when the
Republican party should be defeated.
These are the exact words in which Mr..
Bayard concurred:
But a0hemever that party (the Repub-
licom) shall go doeun, as go doa0'a 1t qOill
at some time not long IN the future, that
a0sW be the end Of the POLITICAL poauer OF
the negro among eOhate men on this
continent.
"When Mr.. Bayard united with other
Democrats in this declaration the right
of the negro to vote had already been
protected by an Amendment to the con-
stitution. His language was, therefore
a distinct threat to override the Consti-
tuition in order to strip the negro of tho
political power which the constitution
had conferred upon him. This threat
was 50 serious and so lawless that il
should have received more attention
than was bestowed upon it when first
put forth. It was not uncommon to hea1
brazen defiance of Constitutional obliga-
tions from Southern speakers addressing
! Southern audiences for mere sensational
effect. But this was an announcement
made in the Senate of the United States,
not hastily and angrily in the excitement
of debate, but with reflection and deli
beration, in an official report which had
been studied for months and subscribed
to in writing by Mr.. Bayard.''
When the great war came en- Mr.
Bayard gave to the Rebellion the bene.
fit of his silence and on one or two oc.
casions of his speech. Myriads of pa
triots stepped to the ranks of the Union
Army; the people were fired with love
of country; from every loyal platform
and every loyal pulpit rang out words
of faith and hope for the cause and fol
it's brave defenders. But Mr.. Bavards
silence was unbroken even by the thun.
ders of Gettysburg almost within the
sound of his home, or by the CLOSING
and complete triumph of the Nationa
arms. He had spoken words Of SYM.
pathy and encouragement to the enemies
of the Union. He never uttered a wor6
of cheer for its friends. And it is this