The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-04
THE WAY rHE RING SENATE DOES IT..

| Mr.. Cleveland nominated Mr.. William l..
| MarbUry, of Baltimore. for United States
! District Attorney for the district of Mary
| land six months or more ago. BY common
| coEs cnt of the people OF Maryland no
| nomination for the place could have been
made that would have been better from
| any Point Of view But Mr.. Marbury has
| long known all about the Infamous hing
Government that German has fixed on
Maryland, and he has been its steady and
consistent enemy for years. This fact
| was enough TO insure Germans best ef-
| forts TO defeat Marbury's confirmation.
| lie kept il in committee for a long time,
| but it was finally reported favOrab!y
! few weeks before the Senate adjourned.
| We find i'm the Washington Post the fol-
| lowing account of the way I'm which Cor
man prevented his confirmation by the
Senate:
one Of the nominations by President
Cleveland which failed of confirmation or
rejection by the Senate was that of WI
liam l.. Marbury TO be District Attorney
of the United States for Maryland. The
manner in which rnal action was taken
on this nomination. or rather was not
taken is rather interesting. Senator Hlll,
OF New York. as member OF the COM
mittee on POSt-Of1ces and Post Roads,
has charge of the post office nominations
for Massachusetts. About two weeks be-
fore the adjournment OF Congress. when
everybody knew that the adjournment
was coming Senator Hill reported for
confirmation a Massachusetts, postmaster.
In executive session Senator IiOar said
that he had received some letters about
the man, and he would ike TO look INTO
the matter before the Senate took any
action. 800,
do not want to be b0VeTed with with It 6od fT9m
time when action viii be taken" After
a pause ne said: "Mr. President, I move
that action on this nomination be post
pOned for thirty DAYS.
There was no objection, and the motion
was carried.
Senator German Immediately arose and
! said i'm his quiet way. as II there was no
particular importance In his remark: MT.
President, let the same order be made
| ON that Maryland case-the Marbury
nomination" This last with wave of
the hand.
man passed out into the cloak-room, be
slowing on Senator Hill wink full Of
marvellous meaning. or course, the Con-
gress adjourned before the expiration OF
the thirty days. and the nomination Of
the man so Objectionable TO the Maryland
senator failed on that account.
We may be a little old-tlmey. but we
must lie permitted to exclaim again. as
we did when Judge Harris told US what
sort Of senator we were going TO have.
| God forbid! Old fogy as we may be. we
nevertheless like the old-fashioned, hon
est way of meeting our enemies face TO
face and having 1t out without stratagem
or disguise We don't like Germans
mole methods. nor do we think "a wink
fun of marvellous meaning is good
substitute for an open. manly statement
of his objections TO nominees con-
nrmation.
In connection with this kind or peanut
nolitics the following from the Baltimore
sun is interesting
The fact that Senator Gibson was UNI
successful in his efforts 10 name the
CentreVille postmaster was nolsed about
| this afternoon, and led prominent ofh-
| cIal who is said TO be in the confidence
| of president Cleveland, TO speak as fol
| lows: Neither Senators German nor
| Gibson can expect any further i4Vors from
this Administration IN view OF their at
especially of Mr.. German, Tor MT. CID
| son is nothing more than his shadow.
| OF course, there are certain departments
of the Government with which Mr. Cor
man is very strOng-the Treasury, the
War and Government printing Office. In
the last named he is especially strong,
because he is chairman of the Senate
Printing Committee. and in this capacity
ne is in a position 10 embarrass the
pubic printer Mr.. Benedict If his wish
es are not respected. And yet, in this
same Government printing office there are
over seventy-nve Republicans from Mary
land, as legacies of the Republican Adj
ministration. whom Mr.. Benedict is will
Ing and anxious 20 discharge with Mr.
Germans permission. lie dislikes TO take
action Independent Of Mr.. German. be-
cause they are competent employees and
because he does not like TO interfere in
appointments affecting Mr.. Germans own
State"
In view OF Mr. Germans position before
the Democratic party and the American
people generally, we think it is in order
for Judge John T. Harris 10 qualify his
declaration about Mr.. Mnrfin