St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
PECKHAM AS JUDGE.

Cleveland STAYS In the White house the
more Democratic harmony will be COLI
spicuOus, by its absence, in New York.
Cleveland Leader.
The Cieveland-Hill battle is on. Gen.
Cleveland's first strategic movement has
been to send his suayiter in modO TO the
rear and bring forward his fortiter i'll
re.-Chicago Tribune.
His chief distinction being that of
opposition to the regular ID emocracy of
his state, Senator Hill will doubtless
feel called upon TO resist his cOnfirma-
tion.-Chicago Herald.
What If MIR. Peckham goes the way of
Mr.. Hornblower? Will the supply Of
anti Tammany nominees mold out be-
yOnd the endurance of Mr.. Hill's patient
and untiring mialice?-ChIcago Record.
Mr.. Peckham has long been known
throughout the legal profession as
great lawyer and in two eminent in
stances as bold, aggressive. and sue
cessful refOrmer.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
There is just one time when Grover
Cleveland appears to advantage in the
eyes of the decent people in the United
States. and that is when he is fighting
David Bennett Hill. Milwaukee Wis
conSin.
But whether the nominee is beaten
or not the fight has only just begun. 1t
is likely TO wage through three years to
come, aha to be one of the most inter
esting encounters in the history of
American politics. Chicago Evening
Post.
The appointment of Wheeler H.
Peckham, quite as offensive to Senator
Hill as the appointment of Mr.. Horn
blower, is more creditable to Mr.. Cleve-
land. Mr.. Peckham is not only an able
lawyer, but one whose ability is widely
kno wn.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Ii Mr.. Peckham shall be rejected, as
is probable. it will behooye the presi-
dent to rise TO the responsibility and
dignity of his office and seek "a man
whom the senate will have no reason for
rejecting. An end should be put to a
national scandal.-ChIcago Herald.
President Cleyeland's selection of a
second candidate whose success even he
must know to be doubtful, is natural
expression of irritation But irritation
III such a case, against such reptile
as Mr.. Hill, to use the language of Mr..
Peckham, is eakness.-Milwauke
Sentinel.
Perhaps the senator from New York
may circumvent the president. He
may possibly prevent the confirmation
of Peckham. But if he does this Mr..
Hill knows he is crystallizing the OPP
position to himself. an opposition which
needs nothing but a rallylng cry to
make it all-powerful. Chicago Record.
If HornblOwer was gall to Hill, Peck
ham will be NORWOOD. 1t was Peck
ham who, commenting on Hornblower's
rejection, breezily said: ''Such things
were to be expected when a reptile like
Hill wallowS in the dirty politics of the
day." Peckham is an anti-Snapper and
has hpQn fhta lpadar nf of
the Hill machine for the last five years.
Chicago Tribune.
President Cleveland has nominated
another prominent anti-Hill Democrat
for the supreme bench, vice Horn
blower, kicked out. The president is a
great prophet of civil-service reform,
but he is going to down Dave Hill if he
has to turn the United States supreme
court into kindergarten in order to do
it.-Chlcago Times.
Who the deuce is Wheeler D. Peek
ham? The only thing that the country
knows about him is the fact that he is
New York politician who has been pc
culiarly active in his opposition to
David B. Hill. Perhaps this alone is
sufficient to qualify him to adOrn the
United States supreme bench. Per-
haps not.-Chicago Dispatch.
Mr.. Cleveland has carried the warinto
Africa by nominating Wheeler II. Peck
ham for associate justice in place OF Mr..
Hornblower, turned down. AS battle
against the New York machine, Mr..
ClevelanPs course is creating some in
terest in that state, but the country at
large is becoming decidedly weary of
the whole business. = PittsDurg Dis
patch.
We can construe the appointment only
in the light that President Cleveland
does not propose any policy of concila-
ton toward the senatorial combine that
lately united in rejecting Hornblower
and Harrison, of Missouri. There will
probably be music all along the line. 1t
is improbable that the senatorial COM
bination can hold out against the re-
sources of the president. = Plttsburg
Post.
1t is not at all creditable to the presi-
dent that he should step out of the way
in a matter Of high executive duty to
crafty petty revenges. The business
of the supreme court is suffering be-
cause the vacancy is untitled. and there
are many able men, even in New York,
who would be acceptable to all factions
If the president was disposed to make
the appointment OH its merits rather
than out Of resentment towards HILL
and Murphy.-Plttsburg Commercial
Gazette.