The Palatka Daily News

A committee of prominent citizens, says an exchange, will give a complimentary dinner to ex-Senator Pendleton at Delmonico's on the 28th instant. The invitation was arranged without distinction of party, and with the conviction that what Senator Pendleton has done in the work of reforming the method of appointment to the civil service has conferred a lasting benefit upon the whole country. Among the members of the committee are John Jay, E. L. Godkin, B. H. Bristow, Carl Schurz, Everett P. Wheeler, Oswald Ottendorfer and O. B. Potter. It should not be forgotten that President Cleveland, in appointing Mr. Pendleton minister to Berlin, disregarded the prayers and threats of the managers of "the Ohio political machine. The men who defeated Mr. Pendleton for re-election to the United States senate were determined that he should hold no public office. The president, with characteristic courage and wisdom, singled out Mr. Pendleton for recognition, and bids the Ohio machinists take notice that, although they may control a state convention, they cannot deter the president of the United States from conferring honor where honor-for the conspicuous service rendered to the country-is well and justly due.