The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-12-31
WHEREIN POETIC JUSTICE is
RENDERED..

RENDEHED.
Lewiston Tribune DENY. Tie presi-
dent of the United States and the
titular leader OF the Democratic party
Is receiving a measure of poetic justice
which, we think, will be good thing
in both capacities. A few days ago the
wires reported disagreement as 10
appointments between himself and three
senators-Martine of New Jersey, O'Gor-
man of New York and Reed OF missouri
1t appears that these three senators
made requisition for federal appoint
ments which were not In harmony
with the presidents views and he
therefore appointed other men. The
other men failed of confirmation In
the senate, because objected to by
members of that body, and the presi-
dent refuses to change his nominations
on that account, although ultimately
they must suocumb, since the senate
Is vested by law with the right to be
consulted In making appointments. Up
to that point the general public Is not
greatly concerned in all probability.
As to who shall hold these offices Is
material, in broad sense. The presi-
dent makes as many mistakes In over
riding senators az he does in deferring
erned by considerations that set the
public interest at naught. Neither does
So presumably. by intent. but both do
so because they follow local represent
tations dictated by fractional interest.
One of the indelible stains on President
Wilson'S administration Is that he has
followed the recommendations of social
led "uplift'' interests, when in point
of fact such interests represented moth
ing but the DOWNFALL interests. Poll
teal activity as opposed to political
apathy has constituted the real creden-
tials, and not merit or fitness or virtue
at all, but rather the reverse Of that.
Consequently the president has gone
wrong, and stands to 80 wrong AS to
that, generally speaking, the great pub
lie does not care especially. 1t is hard
to tell just what the rights and the
wrongs of 1T are. O'Gorman Is a Tam
manyite, with uplift tendencies in order
to equalize himself with the prevailing
politics. Reed of Missouri Is a million
aire, who similarly is q sort Of hybrid.
Both, on account of their dual interests,
ought to be useful in the national Leg
isiature as balance wheels II nothing
else. There seems to be no public issue
or lesson in any controversy they may
have with the president over patronage.
One side or the other-we do not know
which-seems to be. standing out for
the appointment of crooks to the Of
fices, and in view of the carte blanche
discretion he seems to give to the or
ganization in one or another section, 1t
liz as apt to be the president as the
''reactionaries" who Is standing out for
the degradation OF the public service
All Of which leads back or leads UP
TO the suggestion Of the poetic Justice
now being visited upon the president
OF the United States. This fellow
MARITIME is the instrument thereof 1t
will easily be remembered that Mr.
Wilson incurred his first serious public
luminosity ON his account. New Jersey
had adopted sort of tentative or adj
visory primary and MARITIME had his
name entered as candidate for the
senate under those auspices, whereas
the serious contenders felt they would
be befittlng themselves by, seeking such
insubstantial endorsement. Therefore
MARITIME received the primary vote and
Mr.. Wilson threw his whole soul unto
having that vote become mandatory.
He won his cause and incurred one of
the most Vital political feuds any presi-
dent has had TO carry. MARITIME, as is
we'll known was a political uphfter al
though q sort Of private degenerate.
according to official reports OF his pro-
ceedings In the West Virginia labor
enquiry, wherein II became necessary
to deprive him of any authority, and
otherwise. But since he was notori-
ously the creature of President Wilson
II became, from his viewpoint, the
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he was not such creature but alto
gether self-made and independent
senator. So, in the matter Of APP
pointments and earlier In the matter
of the Panama treaty Interpretation,
Senator MARITIME has declared his OPP
position to the president and one
which IL to go to the fundamentals. II
seems to be good thing. not a bad
thing. that this internecine warfare
should occur, for one reason as an
object-lesson to Mr. Wilson that moi
all those who say Lord, Lord" are
necessarily. OF the elect, and for an.
other reason that the public, in case
II should be interested, need not fee
that II Is between the upper and ths
neither stones. but can and should nfalka
ats voice heard lest the uplifters O.
the MARITIME class or the downpullera
of the other class according to VIII,
controls the organization'-pro
to work their win in the face Of al
Informed and righteous outcry, whicl
cutlery can make itself Important
1t wishes to do so. as the evidenc
seems to show. That Is to say. tn
crooks need not necessarily be tn
favored class, even II OF upaft en-
dorsement. provided the public care
enough to make itself heard before
hand rather than afterhand
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