New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-05
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TENSION AGENT-AssAY COMMIssJosea.o
IHI PHILADELPHIA MINT
fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRfBuNz,
c,.... an, "As"fsGros. Feb. ga,
Ihere ~ a Dill now pending ia the senate to nro..,
."o rc'rcheD' OF Judges OF The supreme Csur -
Hon age OF otner Cause become incspaCitateA
performance OF the iaborous duties OF their os.e.,
saiares 10 continue a. " they remained upon the ~
There ia little doubt that the bill Will he na..nt ~a
the present session. Under Its provision, IL
that Chiefs-JuCtice Chase and Justice Nel.on ,u
Tho eyes OF number Of Senators and other n,kl,.1
are fixed upon the prospective vacanoes In n.s
vailing greed for place. it il natural that Do.,.
those OF the Federal judiciary. where the @no,
flee Is for life. should be eagerly sought and scben,..
worked for long in advance OF the actual Occurrences,
cancies which there Is reasonable prospect will so.
cur Senators Howe, COnkling and Edmunds are reo,,
10 be all longing to put the ChefJustces gown r..
plenty OF people unchartable enough 10 say th,s
ator Howes remarkable conduct in the Custom hs,..
investigation has been occlsoned by hs belief t.,1
acting like the paid attorney OF the suspected Official,
could best recommend himself 10 the President,. ~,
and favor, and advance his chances for the cov.,,
place The superserviceable zeal n defense Of the IA
mnistratiOn Of Mr.. Conkling and other Senator, du,
the present session IL also generally attributed Ia A..
lar motives and aspirations their part. HEby..
means hopeful sign Of the times that men yho has,
spent lives IN partisan pDltlcS should
fair prospects OF success the highest Judicial posha
in the cOuntry-positlOns 10 which none but enisn
urists of large experience the bench and unap..
toned purity OF character ought 10 be appointed IN.
this should be the shows that there Ia a necsssa
that the muchtakedOf and little practiced Civil sev
Reform should reach higher up than % depas,msa,
clerks, pOstmasters, and revenue officers.
II would be great mistake 10 suppose that thsh
dorsemeDuwhich the House gave 20 the legality Of NJ
BoutwelI5 Syndicate bargain can be taken a. an e.
preston Of the views of tho majority the wisdom Or
proprety OF the transaction indeed is beyond qua
ton that a great number OF Republicans who supported
Mr.. Dawes's resolution did from conviction Assz
passage .was party necessity. entertain
ing at the same time serious doubts abou
the strict legality OF paying double intere.,
on portion OF the public debt for several months Thsy
would havo much preferred that the whole subject
should have been quietly smothered in the Ways All
not been for the persistency OF the DemOcrstA BIZ
when the resolution was brought before the HOas aM
made party question. there was nothing for ihemto
they Thought but give the Secretary vote OF ooRa
dence If the resolution had been voted down they a
might have followed 3d. to have declared by vote y
the House that the law bad been violated in the sale
the new bonds would have been to strike Dl0w AKA
national credit by casting doubt upon the VALIDITY
the bonds thus unlawfuy disposed OF, Wnlle u soai
have restored TO the Treasury not dollar OF the pm
90 of profit the Syndicate got for their three moas
work II any doubts that 1t was Win tls view tns
DaWes,s resolution, it would be easy to test u.
question by getting the sense Of the House upon
luton recommending Mr. Boutwell, 10 renew DIS bargain
with the Syndcate and allow them 20 subscribe
other nstament of the new loan upon the same terms
they made for the sl15OOOVO' such reSoiuuon would
not get 20 votes
The Clayton Investigating Committee met again yes
terday and examined James Story for the prosecution
This witness that he was OF Southern birth, Rs
publican and never was Ofceholder 8 candiisn
for Office is editor of The Magnolia F0rer, Arkans
Republican newspaper. He testified that between ca
and 700 men had been dsfranchised in his county
by Clayton registers, many OF whom were Republicans
but opposed to Clayton ClaytOns agent in that section
was Collins, notorious character, known 10 have bess
aKuKlux Collins showed three different pardOns from
Clayton to him for oenses and also showed cheek ff
$50 favor of Collins from Clayton The Wnesssors
that the public printing had Deeh TAKEN nOm
him by Clayton after the state election.
and when witness asked Clayton about t he replied hs
it had been taken from him because the Legislative de
cation, all Republicans, from witness county, wasp
posing him tCIaytonl Tor the united states Senae wv
ness swore that Clayton was generally regarded a. beng
yet the actual Governor OF Arkansas and cited an 10
terview he had had with Acting Governor Hadley ms
subject OF the restoration Of public printing To wDs
Hadey replied that he would act in the matter whss
Clayton returned from Long Branch; witness sSs
yearly nearly $4,000 and that it had been taken iron Mn
because he opposed Clayton and given to papers sup
porting him.
The appointments OF Assay Commissioners for thu
Philadelphia Mint have been completed The following
is the list
Prof John Torrey. United states Assay once. N z;
The Rev. f. A. r Barnard. Presden, Columbia Cpt
lege, New-York.
Prot. Fairman Rogers, Philadelphia.
The Hon. Geo. ii. Stuart, Philadelphia.
John Jay Knox. Deputy Controller Currency. Washing
ton, ID. C..
Col Robert j. stevens, late Director Mint. San Pan
cisco.
Prof. ". p. Blake, New-Haven. Conn.
Samuel A. Green. NJ. d., Boston, Mass.
Prof. George Davidson. IT, 5. Coast survey
Col D. c. Cox. one OF the principal officers in thss
retarys Office of the Interior Department and msba
of the Civil Service Commission. Will to morrow nsosr
the appointment OF Pension Agent in this city Ia Place
oi Collins. defaulter. resigned