New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-21
THE CADETSHIP SALES.
CLOSE OF THE INoURY-CAsES REMAINING TO
BE REPORTED.

tee are evidently sick Of the business and mean 10 get
of their hands possible and the House sa
fed with having found two or three scspegoa 10 dNe
ont saddled with the of the whole flock and would
he grateful 10 the committee If they would pigeoh-hole
the evidence In the cases they have still on hand or so
vbitewash II in their reports as to make 1t appear That
no action is called for on the part OF the House luz
men remaining Congress whose hands are not ceah o
this dirty cadetshp traffic ought TO be exceedingly thank
ul 10 Mr. Butler for wearyng the patience OF the com
mittee with his prolonged and puerie defense ana
keeppg them from looking into other transactions |
that would otherwise have received their attention. MI
Butler managed with the shrewdness OF hrst
class criminal lawyer, for while he kept the committee
day after day hearing evidence TO show how lie hdu
tried In vain TO give away his cadeshp to some one ID
Tennessee and how much urging 1t took to make nun
receive the $500 for it aerward and how he had USED
the money he hard at work with his friends making
horou Oh canvass Of she House. aud using every means
10 prejudice members in his favor In iact' lie hau
argued his own TO the jury, one by one
before the indictment read the testimony pre-
scented There were few members who had not made
up their minds the merits Of the case week before
the Committee presented their report If the report had
closely followed up the action in the House IN the
Whnemore case land all the material evidence had been
taken at that tme Mr. Butler could have escaped ex-
puson only by resigning and he would to-day be just
flying his course could to his constituents In East
Tennessee OF occupying seat from which nearly
two thirds the House have declared he ought to be
expelled.
The anger OF the House has been greatly appeased since
its wrath fell like thunderbolt and crushed poor White
more Frequent contemplation Of the oense of credit
selling greatly lcssened its Nervousness In the eyes OF
Congressman. In Difference TO the manifest desire OF
the House the Military Committee will probably report
on Monday Tuesday all the cases In which they
have taken testimony, except one, that OF Mr. Churchill
which is delayed for a witness who will not arrive for
some days give below the facts in these cases as far
as have been able to ascertain them.
TIE HON JAMES BROOKS OF NEw-YoRK
Some four or five years ago Mr. Isaac Smith, wealthy
man living UP town NewYOrk desired TO SEND his son
10 West Point, and applied his member Mr. Brooks
for an appointment Mr.. Brooks regretted that nc hau
already promised the place to the son OF Mrs koDin
son. who had abroad for some lme. ana had Just
returned place her boy In the Academy Perhaps Mrs
Robinson might be induced to withdraw II so' MT
Brooks woud be happy etc. Mr.. Smith inquired where
he could find Mrs. Robinson, and was told by MI
Brooks that she was not in the city, but had an agent at
No Is Park-rOw whose name was W. H. StansDerry MI
Smith accordingly looked up sansberry, and learned
that Mrs Robinson for the sum OF $1,000 would return 10
Europe and forego her claim upon the cadetsmp. MT
Smith paid the money, informed Mr. Brooks that Mrs
Robinson had withdrawn andl received the appointment
for his son. according TO promise After TINS evidence
had been given there naturally demand for STAINS
berry. The Committee wanted to find him, and MI
Brooks wanted to find him. but unfortunately for all
parties out that he died year ago, SO the re-
mainder OF the will be told Was there Mrs
Robnsonl and If not what did Stansberry do with the
s2OOO3 are questions which will never be answered
Mr.. stansbcrry it appears. was connected for many
years with The Express and had a desk IN the office
OF that newspaper when he negotiated the transaction
with Mr.. Smith.
TIE HON. JOHN CovoDE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Mr. Covode's case older than Mr. Brookss. In 1862,
having vacancy West Point from his District TO FILL
he gave the appointment the Hon. VIM. Millward OF
Philadelphia, former Member Of Congress- to dispose
OF he thought f with the promise that the boy APP
pointed should 90 and live for time in CoyOdes District
could sign the necessary certificate to his resi-
dence Mr. Mlward communicated to Horatio Ftzger-
aid the fact that he controlled cadetshp and Fitzgerald
found customer, Gustav Remack, who paid Milward
$1,000 a sealed envelope through Fitzgerald. Mr..
Remacks sOn.stayed week or two in Westmoreland
County, and in due time got his appointment Mr. Co
vOde knew nothing about the payment OF money, ard
gave the appointment to Mllward TO obge old polit
ical friend.
HON. c. c. BOWEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mr. Bowen, it appears appointed TO the Naval Academy
of VIM b. Elliott, Collector Of Internal Revenue in
Philadelphia. They strangers to each other, and
the arrangement made through common friend,
John Mccarthy Washington claim agent TO whom Mr..
Elliott paid 81 900 Mccarthy that Mr.. Bowen got
of the money. and allowed him make the appoint
ment out Of friendly motives solely The boy went down
TO South Carolina and stayed fortnight in Charleston
g. L. HOGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mr. HOge appointed the son Of Mr.. Baldwin promi
nent resident Of his district to the Naval Academy. Be-
fore the boy admitted Mr. H0ge approached by
NJ D. Landin as agent of Commander Upshur of the
Navy who urged him to appoint Upshur's If young
Baldwin should fail to pass the examination. Az
ter beng importuned a good deal, Mr.. Hoge
finally told Admiral Porter, in the presence OF Landn.
that II young Baldwin should fall he had no other
candidate and had objection to the Department ap
pointing Upshurs son to the vacancy Landn
Annapolis when the examinations came off and induced
Baldwin to withdraw his paying him $500 for doing
So The Secretary Of the Navy then appointed young
Upshur Iandin got 81 300 from the Commander so he
came out Of the affair with $500 profit The Committee
will report that there nothing improper in Mr.. Hoges
conduct in the matter.
The Hon. j. Francisco Cbaves Of New-Mexico appears
TO have BEEN like Mr. Bowen manipulated for the benefit
of a claim agent Another Mccarthy figures in this
Observation-Disclosures j. who wheedled Mr. Chaves out OF
the appointment and filed up the blank with the
OF boy living IN OswegO, New York. from whose parents
he received about $4,000. Mr.. Chaves stretched his
science so far as certify that the boy resident
OF a certain town and county in the Territory Of
New Mexico, although he knew that neither
the boy any OF his relatives had ever
the Territory. 1t would appear that he
should have had recompense for signing this false
certificate Mccarthy that he did not pay him
cent. He kept all the money himself / have not
learned what the Committee have decided 10 report in
this case but in view Of the action Of the House in the
Butler case conclude that Mr.. Chaves mill get of with
nothing severe than mild expression OF disap
prevail in the report OF the Committee.
THE HON. 6. n. GOODWIN OF COLORADO
appointed TO West Point Of Mr. Brooks Postley Of
Hew-YorK with whom he was associated in a mining
company. The difficulty about the boy not being resi-
dent OF Colorado settled way much easier and
cheaper than "cOloDzng" Mr. POstey prepared legal
documents making Mr. Goodwin guardian OF his son, and
as the OF is legally that Of his guardian, the
boy became resident OF Colorado without leaving his
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