The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-04-19

" heu snOWeu LIT oCralt the lSt-
ter from Congressman Taibert
containing the above statement,
The Doctor tod me, in explana.
ton of his action, a very plausible
story which l then accepted as
rue, and l wrote Congressman
Talbert that DR. Strait had exs
planned the matter to me to my
satisfaction. 1 also stated to Mr.
Talbert that l should be glad to
have his endorsement, as prom>
ised. These first.suspicions as to
the genuineness of the protesta~
tions of friendship and advocacy
by Congressman Strait having
been healed by his plausible ex-
plantations, still believed that
the latter was sincere and that he
intended to do as he had prom
ised my friends and would in good
faith advocate my appointment
as Marshal. Being under this i'm
preston, on the 30th day of March
last. i was astounded to learn that
DR. Strait had suffered himself to
be bambooz ed into 60. called
Primary Election in Senator Ir.
by's room at Washington held by
few Of the Congressman from
this State, and had suffered my
name TO be submitted for the po-
sition of Marshal to the determi>
nation by vote Of men who hardly
knew me, three Of whom I have
no knowledge Of eyer having laid
eyes on, and who favored another
candidate for that office. DR.
Strait had absolutely no authori-
ty from me or from any one for
ne for this action, and had no
intimation from him that he in
tended to adopt any such course.
He must have known that this
course could not result otherwise
than in sacrificing me, so far as
these Congressman, three ot|whom
never knew personally and had
only a slight acquaintance with
the other two,were concerned. He
disregarded the wishes and en-.
dorsements of the people as expires
sed in the petition for my appoint
ment and instead of presenting
and submitting those petitions to
thePresident who is invested with
the power of appointment to this
office, he allowed himself TO be
tricked into an attemp, 20 smoth
e. the voice of the people and to
substitute therefor the will of a
majority of portion Of the Con-
gressional legation from South
Carolina. The Doctor was sent
to Washington to voice the wish>
es of the people Of this Congress.
sional District. and he should
have presented the petition of my
friends and advocated my appoint
ment, as he promised 10 do. be.
fire the President, whose duty it
Is to consider the pc itlons of the
peop'e and make the appoint
ment If, after such presentation
1T should have been found by the
President that any one of my
competitors for this office had
stronger endorsements or for any
reason should be chosen rather
than myself, my friends would
then have had no just cause for
complaint. AS it is, however, the
effort to defeat the wishes of my
friends throughout the State, by
submitting the prayers for my ap.
pointment not TO the President
bu. t. FIVE or six congressman out
of the whole number from this
State, has not been and will not
be submitted to by my friends,
who justly condemn the action of
DR. STRAIT in making that atr
tempt"
"Did not these men offer to
endorse you fur another position 7"
"lhey did. but tha' was merely
tub to the whale. They tele-
graphed me that my endorsement
by them for Marshal was prevent.
ed by Geographical considera.
tions." whatever that meant
and that they would endorse me
for the position Of Collector of
Internal Revenue. if | would
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