Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-24
The RevolutIonist.land the senate,

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That it should do so may fairly be set down
as proof of the justice of the structures it
contains. True to its instincts, the TIMES
congratulates itself that my letter is AT
evidence of the Conservative reaction In
! the Senate. Nothing so respectable even
as our conservation can be set down to the
credit of the Radical traders in patronage.
merest dregs or corrupt intent is at the
bottom of fl cir action. / am not writing
for the sake of rhetoric-not ranting mere
lfustian-when say that the majority of the
nominations sent in since the present ex-
traordinary session began, have been the
land Senators. Take an example. One
Western Senator, prominent as Radical,
sent an Illinois politician here, supposed
to be in good standing at the. White
House, to tell the President that he would
oppose summer session of Congress,
provided he received certain offices. The
Senatorial barterer did not get the offices.
but did most strenuously oppose the propos-
ed summer session. Gen. Garfield, of Ohio,
was smarter than 1,7; the Senator.
for he got his pay. Perhaps the
| General was considered worth more for
future purposes than the judge. After the
adjournment, as the story goes, the Ohio
| to represent to the President that he, Gar
field, so acted as to materially aid the defeat
of the sumner session movement as first
proposed by Gen. Schenck. "A certain post
| office was the reward wanted for this SER
vice, and Gen. Garffeld's man was nomi-
mated and confirmed. The character of the
service for which postoffice was consider
ed fair reward ought to be known. When,
on Monday preceding the adjournment, it
became evident that the advice of high Of
| ficials againstan adjournment without day
was having its effect in the House, Gen.
Schenck offered resolution providing for
| four days between the day to be fixed and
the regular time for reassembling, on which
Congress could meet and adjourn over, if
no cause demanding session had, in the
meantime, arisen. Gen, Garfield voted
and worked against the demand for the pre-
vious question, and when that was sustain
ed. left the hall, thus dodging the final vote.
That was one way of sustaining the
President; another was when, on the pre-
sentation by Sidney Clarke, of Kansas, OF
preamble and resolution setting forth the
action of the House on the impeachment
question, and requesting the Judiciary
committee to report at the reassembling of
Congress in j July, Garfield killed the pre-
amble by cowardly criticism on its Ian
! guage, as committing the House to the inn
parchment of the President. There were
other services, as for instance the very
coarse attack made by the General on Thad-
/ deus Stevens during the debate on the
original Military bill. But the illustrations
/ have given are surely sufficient to entitle
the Representative to as much sbread and
butter" as second class postOtfice will OBJ
tain for an ally.
4 Among the traders Simon Cameron is
conspicuous. He has entered into combi-
nation with Buekalew, Cowan, Randall,
Boyer & Co. The latter do the outdoor
business-attend to the White House and
! Departments, while Cameron and Bucka-
lew run the Senate. Judge Kelley's, Thad-
deus Stevens, Koontz's and Covode's dis
tricts have been the especial subjects for
/ Senatorial trading. Let me mention an
other illustration of CameroIr's manage
ment. Everybody here knows that Isaac
Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture. is
uncommonly incompetent for his position.
With all who support him it is a question
not of competency, but of how much they
can secure from his Department for their
support. / am not in any of the rings"
for or against Newton. The President has
nominated Colonel Capron, of Illinois, who
is very generally pronounced fit tor the
lplace, good soldier and a reliable Repub-
lican. Cameron is chairman of committee
on Agriculture. Only four members are
present, Cattel, of New Jersey, uniting
with Cameron, agreed not to report on the
nomination., so it is killed. Newton made
great many promises of places and seeds
to accomplish this. III
The New York Senators are in the trading
ring. The Brooklyn offices have been the
great bone of contention. Conkling wanted
the postoffice for State Senator who
voted for him. Morgan wanted the Asses
sorship for the Sd district for another who
voted for him. Let US see how this works.
Gen. Roberts was nominated by the Presi-
dent for the postoffice of the city of
churches. l am assured by prominent
Radicals that Roberts has always been an
anti-slaVery man, and was an excellent
af ho 10 faA % 81
trade agreed upon. The two Brooklyn
Representatives, or the Johnson cliques,
were TO have the balance of the offices, pro-
vided che Senators got the two they desired.
Was Inot correct in declaring that the rule
was, :" so much for so much," and that no
principle governed either nomination or
continuation?
Morton, of Indiana, is another prominent
trader. The list of his barters would ill a
column. He was especially active in the
support of both Rousseau and Meredith
Support of the latter was quite in keeping.
since it is a well understood fact in Indiana
politics that Meredith has always had the
support of the Morton influence in his at
tacks on George w. Julian, not even eX
cepting his brutal assault on him by ruff
ans hired for the purpose. sEs Saz
Governor Yates is not free from censurP,
and even Ben. Wade voted for Steedman'S
confirmation. This latter was engineered
by Sherman, Fessenden and Sprague, and
doubtless an understanding was arrived at
for support of Presidential spirations by
such Conservative Republicans as Chase
and Fessenden.a The former will never
make the Chief Justice he is capable of be-
ing while the Presidential bee buZzes un-
der his bonnet. He ought to get rid there
of at an early date-for nothing is more
settled in the peoples mind than that he
cannot be removed from that bench.
fol- Of 1xxyifh
assiduity. am Informed that some eighteen
members OF the Sherman Ewing families
are in Office. This is nepotism on a large
scale. Charles Sherman, the Senator's
brother, is United States Judge of the
Northern District of Ohio. His son Henry,
IS deputy clerk therein. Gen: Thomas
Ewing Jr., the Senator's brother-in-law, is
a lawyer here. He gets a good deal of
profitable business thrown in his way by
the connection. General Hugh Ewing,
his brother, is Minister to the Hague
His tituess for the position is demon
strated by his chronic condition of intem-
perance.. Charles Ewing. another brother,
has commission in the army. Hamp-
ton B. Dewman, a brOther-in-law, is
Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Ne
braska, Dakotah and Montana. The SEN
atOr himself is reported to be member
of the firm of Jay Cooke & Co. The i'm
portance, therefore, of being Chairman of
the Senate Finance ecommi6teeis very easily
to be seen. Fessenden has about as good a
thing of it as any Senator. He is always
ready to defend McCulloch, and is known
to be opposed to Impeachment, much pre-
terring to have Andrew johnson remain
where he is until the term expires. He
can get all he wants at the Departments.
Adjourned.
The Legislature of Ohio adjourned sine
die Yesterday morning at nine o'clock, thus