Show tier reward HARRISONS MINISTERS criticized criticised at logger heads with quay correspondence of the harrison has rewarded another insignificant son of an illustrious father by appointing robert todd lincoln minister to england it is certainly a queer appointment when the delicate relations just now exists between the united states and england are taken into consideration it would naturally seem that a man of great experience and ability would have been selected as our representation at the court of st james robert lincoln has neither he is a lawyer or rather has been permitted on account of his name to join a firm of chicago lawyers and imagined that ho was by legal work earning a living for himself and family his ability was tested from 81 to 85 when he was secretary of war and the general verdict of the great majority of those that had business with him was that he was a regular chump suffering with an case cabig head the only reason that I 1 can see for his appointment is that blaine prefers a nonentity to represent us in london because in case of any complications he will have a better excuse for personally taking things in hand and harrison in making the appointment was doubtless actuated by sentiment to associate the name of lincoln with that of fred grant who had already been appointed to office and besides can never forget how much he himself owes to being a grandson of william henry harrison murat halstead editor of the bloodiest of the bloody shirt organs the cincinnati commercial gazette has been nominated minister to germany let bismarck beware now how ha discriminates against pork alien thorndyke Thorn dyko bice editor of the orth american Revie iu has received his reward for publishing tho notorious arthur richmond attacks on ex secretary bayard by being ap pointed minister to russia its pretty big pay for very small work blaine has paid off some of his irish debts by having pat egan who i was once president of the irish na appointed minister to chili it is to be hoped that there will be no more guano claims brought against that country george B loring who was a conspicuous failure as commissioner of agriculture has been appointed minister to portugal the army ot office seekers here is beginning to thin out considerably finding that they could not hurry matters by remaining here the most of them have filed their applications i and gone home to wait ast patiently as they can for the office that may never come the old old story of a man suddenly trying to become greater than his creator is being once more enacted here wanamaker who was made postmaster general by senator quay has dared to recommend a pennsylvania appointment without consulting quay foolish wanamaker does he think that quay and dark son propose to allow him to monkey with the big offices under the fice department such frivolous ideas may have wandered through his cranium a few days ago but it is very safe to say they are now all gone glimmering never to return again wanamaker actually had the impudence to offer the of philadelphia to a highly respected citizen of that staid old town who had been known in the near past to vote against the ring nominees of the republican party wanamakers Wana makers selection was applauded by the business interests of philadelphia irrespective of politics but when quay heard of it he got don cameron and together they read the riot act to poor wanamaker and demanded the position for a machine politician wannamaker bravely stuck to his friend in spite of all threats from the senatorial pair the war was then carried to the white house and harrison was assured that if the nomination of Wanna makers friend was sent in it would be rejected harrison having more political exper ienco than cheap john saw that a compromise would have to be patched up so wanamaker was sent for and told that the best way out or the whole trouble would be to get bis friend to decline and then to confer with quay and cameron as to who should be selected this was not at all palatable to cheap john but he finally agreed to have his man decline if quay and cameron would withdraw their man and tho standing of the muddle now to ube the language of a sporting man the newspaper men of the be publican party are playing for big luck washington march |