Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-10

1De most ulsOpefaDle Anu CuipaDic
act yet committed by President Grant
was reported in our columns by our
correspondent at Cincinnati yesterday.
Capt III. G. Stoms was an Assessor
Of Internal Revenue in that city, lie
was appointed by Andrew johnson.
and after several other nominees TO the
Office had been rejected by the Senate,
he was confirmed because he was a
satisfactory Republican. When Gen.
Grant became president, Stoms was re.
tanned in Office, as Jesse II. Grant, the
Presidents father. gave out, by his in.
fuence Through tho action Of Stoms
o certain gauger lost his situation be-
cause he was found to DO uufaithful.
Jesse X. Grant urged Stoms TO recon-.
mend this gauger for restoration TO his
place, saying: He has offered
me $500 for reappoutment as gau
ger. He is a rascal; but II you ieiH
recommend him, ! iriH take ms money
aud oipe you One-haJ" Stons refus 4
TO do this and then he was waited up
on by the Rev, Mr. Cramer, the Prs,
ideni's brother in.law, whom Ger.
Grant has recently appointed Minister
10 Denmark. Cramer also earnestly
eudeavsred to persuade Stoms to re-
store the dishonest gauger, telling him
that if be did not comply with this re.
quest he could no longer count on the
support Of Jesse u. Grant at Wash.
ington.
This base proposal was also made
by Jesse X. Grant to the father of
Capt. Stoms. who was urged tn in
duce his son to accept the offer and to
secure a place for the gauger already
mentioned aud another one. Grant
said that he kneg these gaugeFs were
rascals, and that for that reason he
would take their money and divide
with the Assessor if he would secure
the appointments for them. Grant
also told Mr. Stoms, in the presence
Of the Hon. George Crist. that if his
son did not comply with his wishes he
would soon be punished for IT, Soon
after this, President Grant turned
Stoms opt Of office, as jesse X. Grant
had threatened.
The first duty Of the new house of
Representatives should be TO impeach
President Grant for his share in this
transaction.
Tbs y. !. Mercury does not show
much love for life insurance comps
uies. II says:
Cases are constantly coming mp in
the courts where the relatives of the
deceased policy-holders in nearly all
the different Life Insurance Compa
nies are obliged, in consequence of the
refusal of the companies TO pay their
claims, TO resort 10 legal measures To
obtain them. The cases which are
never henri Of and whirh are stttled
by paltry sum ia consequence Of the
of the claimants by reason of
poverty to obtain justice, are far more
numerous. The reason assigned by
Inc Life Insurance Companies for non.
payment, !. the assumed discovery of
'raud on the part ofthe insurer. They.
iowever, do not in any case object.
raud or no fraud, TO take his premium
While living. The whole present sys-
EN- Of Life Insurance is rotten to the
,ore, aud until law is passed render.
ng life insurance policy absolutel,
neonleslable, thefe ls realty no secpFh
y for the insured, and he Is paying
way money for nothing. Let the
ompan!es scrutinize an applicant as
harply AS they please before his poll.
Y ~ sigped but oace signed, under
Q circumstances whatever should
'ophoIe be left for them to creep out
its payment.
The fashions are now coming from
'rqs:sls and Vienna instead Of Paris