The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-08
Nominations Proper and Improper.

| Governor FLOWER sent to the Albany
! Senate on Tuesday the nomination Of DIR.
| W. 4. JENKINS as Health Officer Of the Port
| Of New York According to the rule. II was
! referred TO the Committee ON Commerce and
Navigation. which has. Of course. Repub-
lican majority. and is opposed to the Gov
| ernor on political, though not on personal
grounds. Tho nomination is an excellent
| one Dr. JENKINS has shown himself TO be
| faithful and Intelligent officer. alert to
danger. tircless in his ln0ors. as a physician
should he. and prompt in dcvising sani-
tnry measures Tor excluding pestilence.
which has twice threatened the whole
United States through this port. lie
is withal. Democrat, in excellent party
standing: and one additional reason for
making this nomination. promptly at the
expiration Of his term, is that the next
Governor. to be elected in November. may
be a Republican. in which case the people
would probably be deprived Of the valuable
services OF DR.. JENKINS.
In some respects the case OF DR.. JENKINS
again recalls TO public attention the case OF
Mr.. WHEELER Fl. PECKHAsI. a candidate for
judicial. not n sanitary. office. whose noni-
nation has been sent by another Democratic
Official to another Senate. and by it referred
10 a committee. Mr.. PECKHAM is not now,
II is true. the holder Of any public post. and.
except when District Attorney for this town
for ten hGvs in 1858. has never held one.
Unlike DR.. JENKINS. he has never performed
any duty 20 the Democracy. of such
character as to strengthen il in public
confidence. and to cause the voters to
desire more service of the same sort.
But Mr.. PECKHAMs name Is before
committee. as is DR.. JENKINs's. and the
prospect OF confirmation. we should say. is
about equal in both cases.
What, IL anything. will Governor FLOWER
do to secure a majority vote OF the Senate.
which he has on his hands. SO to speak
Will he send for recalcitrant members and
insist upon their assent to the nomination
Of JENKINS? Will he withhold appointments
in the State service from the constituents
OF Senators who are conScientiously opposed
to such confirmation Will all executive
favors be cut oil from members of the Com
merce aud Navigation Committee. who re-
fuse to applaud this choice Will the abo-
lition OF the State Senate. established by
the Constitution. be advocated by cuckoos
on the back stairs OF the Executive Man.
sion? Will the Governor use his influence
with the EreHiH0 Post to have 1t publish
scurrilous attacks upon the faltering SEN
ators Will Puck in his service and on his
behalf. publish portraits OF the malcon-
tents. displayed as animals in a cagel Will
the Stddts-Zeitun0 hold up TO censure. In
sentences Of seventy-seyen words each,
each word containing not less than nine
teen letters. the unwOrthiness Of those who
object to JENKINS? Will patronage be used
as a club TO enforce Senatorial support Of
the popular Doctor Will there be reprisals
against those who do not share the Gov
ernor's well-founded admiration OF his SER
vices and qualifications
We think not. The Governor, like the
manly Democrat that he is. has performed
his full official duty in sending the name Of
DIR. JENKINS to the Senate. He will observe
the proprieties Of his Office and not interfere
in the deliberations OF that body. II the
Committee on Commerce and Navigation
makes. rs 1t should, a favorable report on
the JENKINS nomination. and the Senate
ratifies IL. all will be well. II either fails to
do this. IL is no fault OF the Governors. He
has done his duty. and justified the support
OF the voters of the State. who elected him
in 1891 by majority of 1900. and have
never regretted IL since.