Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1889 — What Was His Motive? [ARTICLE]

What Was His Motive?

r lhe First Auditor of the Treasury ought, other things being equal, to be an honest man, and known to be one. There could be, we should say, no more contemptuous insult to the people of the United States than to put in this place of delicate trust and responsibility a man of scandalous reputation, believed by those familiar with his career to be the comrade and friend of thieves and scoundrels. Exactly why Mr. Harrison has named to this office George P. Fisher, of Delaware, a man driven from the district attorneyship in Washington by the exposure of his connection with" frauds of the vilest sort, w r e do not pretend to know. Mr. Harrison would agree with us that it should require a very powerful motive indeed to induce an honest President to make such an appointment. He would not agree with us, probably, that no good motive can be imagined for it. ■ In this situation he would, perhaps, relieve himself of much suspicion if he would frankly tell the public what his motive was. On the other hand, lie might only confirm the belief that this act, like many others, was due to his desire to promote his own political ends, to start a “Harrison machine” in Delaware. —New York Times.