Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-03-08
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In namings Senator White as Justice
Blatchfor1ss uccesso on the Supreme
bench, Mr.. Cleveland has once more
surrendered himself and his party TO
the South, says q Washington CORE
epondent. While all admit Senator
Whites judicial fitness for the high
once to which he has been appointed,
there Is . great deal Of bitterness
amonr the more radical members oil
Congress from the North over the mat
tor. and there are some who attribute
70 the President anything but worthy
motives In the appointment.
The fact h pointed out that Senator
White was one OF the strongest oppo-
nonts Or the tariff bill. and that, urged
b. his constituents he openly declared
his intention Of voting and working
against Il unless sugar was left upon
the taxable list. Recently Senator
whites opposition became 20 serious
and Formidable that the sponsors OF
the blu began 70 question whether the
measure could bs passed unless he was
plocstod in .s0me way. The rejection
Of Pockham, Il II declared, gave Mr..
Cleveland the opportunity TO get Sena-
Tor White out Of the way, and he
ayailed himself Of u with . rapidity
that SURPRISED even the Democratic.
There ID no doubt, either, but that
Ii the appointment MIR. Cleveland In
dulged himself In the pleasure OF 9
little private revenge. i was = hard
slap = New York. which now hnds
ITSELF for the 6rst time since 1906 with
out : Representative ON the supreme
bench. This would seem TO have been
CIsvsfsnd;s csii6ssrs,1 bas /" 1 hnadd the
still rroafor satisfaction Of getting
back III the Republican Senators for
opposing H0rnblOwer and Peckham,
for White 10 d Of the most Southern
Of the Southern Democrats. BY his
own acknowledgment he served In the
Confederate army and was actively en-
gagged In the efforts TO destroy the
|. Union. TO the Northern Republicans
this ID bitter atfr0nt, and they dc
| not hesitate 10 cay 30. This Is the first
| instance In which Confederate soldier
| has been appointed to the Supreme
brench, and Il II not an edifying spec
t1clo.
Not only ore Southern principles in
| the saddle Ct Washington, but the cap.
| ttsl 20 ovorrun with out-at-the heel
Southern o~flce-se0kers. In looking
| over the list Of changes and the names
or porsOns affected - they are pub
| lished In the daily papers, / have beer
struck BY the fact that the clerks who
are reduced and discharged are almost
entirely from the. Northern States
while those who are appointed or pro
[ NOTED are almost entirely from the
South. An investigation from the
records demonstrates that this Is true
In more than so por cent. of the cases
| The old and experienced clerks fDn
the North IRE being turned ont Of the
| departments In droves, and thOst
whose services cannot be dispensed
with are having their salaries reduced
while new aud inexperienced persons
from tho South are being showed int<
their places ~ fast ~ possible. In ths
Ponsion Once and the Treasury this Il
particularly true.
= II II openly charged that Secretary
C~arlisle's entire private establishment
-coachman, fOotman and house ser
vants, his hOrres and carriages, and
even his hoOdod Kentucky thorough
bred, driven by his son, Logan Car
Nsle, on Pennsylvania avenue ARE al
paid for directly out Of the Nationa
treasury. The rotund HOke Smith
keeps ! colOred man on the interior
Department pay-roll 1t e6sO q year Il
secure the services Of his wife O. cool
10 tickle the palats Of the Georgian ep
icura. Turn where you will abou'
Washington and you arc confronted
with Southern supremacy or Southern
mendicancy. It Ii the South again II
tho saddle and ct the trough, and i
hes got there with both feet in TIL.
stirFups and in the fodder.
Evils ~ Dsmocratlc Mlsrule.
a reduction Of twenty per cent. Ii
the scale Of wages within the yea
bears eloquent testimony to the evi
1 influence ~ namnGrnfic aa~eandAncy