Show Mr Elaines Own Postofflee One of the most remarkable contests over an office that has occurred since the inauguration of Mr Cleveland is that which is still going on relative to the postmastership at Augusta Me The office is Mr Blames own for it is in that city that the late candidate has his permanent per-manent domicile Early in the spring Mr Elaine asked of Mr Cleveland as a favor that one Morton who was an aspirant aspir-ant for the place should not be appointed It so happened that the Democrats of Augusta were unanimous in the support of this same Morton and there the matter has rested and still rests Mr Morton is the individual who published pub-lished the Elaine family scandal last summer and pursued the matter so far that in spite of the original assault in the same line on Mr Cleveland decent people peo-ple were shocked and disgusted The President has repeatedly condemned that style of political warfare and though he was first made the sufferer by it he manifests man-ifests no disposition to encourage it even in his own partisans Mr Endicott of the Cabinet has said that tho President would not appoint Morton under any circumstances cir-cumstances and the indications are that this is true The incumbent of the office is one Manley who has been a most offensive of-fensive partisan a personal attendant and lackey of Mr Elaine and who doubtless doubt-less was as active in circulating the Cleveland scandal as Morton was in giving giv-ing currency to that affecting the Blames Mr Clevelands magnanimity and his toned contempt for the muck del vcrs oven when they assume to labor in his own interest will be commended everywhere every-where but it would seem as though it was hardly necessary to keep one of these creatures in for the purpose of keeping another out Morton should not only be kept out but Manley should be thrown out Probably there are Domocrats in Augusta who did not go into the scandal business so heavily as to unfit them for public office Chicago Herald |