New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-30
A MAINE STATESMAN IN TROUBLE.


he GOT OFFICE FOR HIMSELF, BIT NOT FOR HIS
FRIENDS. AND THEY DON'T LIKE 1T.
Washington. Jan. % tSpecIan.-Fourth Auditor
Morton. OF the Treasury Department. is getting
himself very much dislked by his Democratic
friends I'm the state Of Maine. lie Is the man.
Fl, will BE- remembered. who IN 1881 ransacked
pravcyaydc In order - find filth and mud with
which To- besmlrch Mr. Blaine. President Cleye-
land appreciated his services greatly that soon
after taking possession Of the White House In
$3.50 ne sent for Morton and appointed him
Commissioner Of Navigation. though Morton
knew nothing about ships and couldn't have told
the difference between dingy and a sloop II
he had tried.
Ills administration o. the office Of Commits
sloner Of Navigation WAS a series OF petty scan
lals varied b. decisions which would have MADE
a Dogberry blush. Bu, he had captured the
Presidents fancy. and FOR once the patron found
It convenient II not easy. 20 practise the virtue
IL gratitude toward tho protrgc. MT. Cleveland
didn't forget h,s graveyard bower. elmer LOT no
sooner had h.. entered the White House Tor
second term than h" gent FOR Morton again. ana
This Tine made him Fourth Audltor. Npush
why Fourth Auditor ana not Secretary OF the
Treasury no one can tell who IL able 10 measure
the Presidents appreciation of M'rtohs as
ungtished services. . ,
Iut Morton as has already been said. IA getting
himself dlsliled. and for the following reasons:
Posing "A did CarnOt in the days or the frrnch
Revolution "a the "OrglniIer OF victories
though the "vctorics'' were mostly defeats IN
Mainc-he assumed To carry the bem"crauc
uariv 81 his state around In his trousers pocket
This WAS not "A hard task al first. but II proved
irksurne after Il Will" Ia those In the pocket.
The Democratic State Committee. following the
advice. ~ Morton. had. soon after the elections oi
last wear met In secret and parce"d out all the
patrnuag, among it's members. Each member.
i'm fact became 4 candidate for "A lucratiN" or
no. and each 81 course. Endorsed the other
application Incidentally the committee hsS'SHed
OUTSIDE candidates $40 head. no matter VIVA;
the oi'lc@ sought. ana determined That II" one
should be- appointed except upon its r"conrnda-
ton .
Norton whose pull with the old man In
Washington WAS wen known, was To serve ~
aren't FOR procuring the offices. For tim" THIS
conspiracy OF plunler worked very well Nor
ION got himself taken care %. and so did Il few
Of the committeeman The rest. however. that
wcr. lcft out I'm Tn" cold are now comparing
notes and the chances are that there VIII be- Il
big row before long among IN" Democratic br"th-
rem in Maine Committeeman Jones. Of Water
VILE has already resigned In "A caustc commune
cation to Secretary iraue. and ex-governor PlaiS-
ted in his paper. The New Age Of Augusta, ~
on in a srathing arra!gnincnt If Morton and his
methods Among other things he Is unkind
enough To rcsurrcct Mortons written words two
years ago:
Il prefer defeat 81 the Democratic party In ."
70 victory II Il means four years more Of ClcVe-
lands administration. THIS Is unf"ring or
course on the eX-'iov"rnor's part. but II may
Ice news To the President. The "OrganiZer OF
Victories will have to bcstir himself if he would
retain his patrons favor and IT the same time
keep the peace with his political friends IN
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