Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-24


and he remained in Office tilI July. 1871 rccriy,
inU as eomnensation S5G0 S2I Amoug the
worthy and needy provided for Inv SfnrLweatber
was Nm NJ Tweed who rrrcivcd FIR notbinT
S1O1 q7S
Rnt If Cen Grant has done ,vrouor the rrimc
of others cannot helm him. If has been said
that he has appointed fifty relatives. forty rela
tiyes, thirty relatives. and Mr.. Sumner esti-
mates thirteen relatives 10 office None of
these statements are trne. Since President
Grant came in, but nine ncrsons in nil connected
in the rcmotcSt decree with him or his wife have
held political Office under the United States.
This docs not include a son of the nresidcut sent
as a pupil to West Point lone before his father
became president, nor does il include his broth
cr-In.law, Dent, who has lon.r held a commission
in the army by the same tenure under which
every officer OF the army holds his nlocp or
the nine relatives or connections in office two
were appointed by Andrew johnson. viz: the
Presidents father, postmaster at Coviprton XIV.
aud his brother-in-law, the Rev. Mr., Cramrr,
consul at Lepsic Mr. Cramer was transferred
from Lepsic to Denmark by President Grant
on recommendation of Bishop Simpson. Bisbop
Jayne aud many other well known persons.
Seven instances of relatives in political office
remain, and of these but two Were in truth and
IN fact appointed by the president Orlando Ii.
Ross, Il cousin of the president holds clerk
ship under the third auditor of the treasury
He was Il soldier in the war and
General Logan procured his appointment at
the treasury department without the knowledge
of the president, who never heard of il until he
read it in Il newspaper. This leaves six, aud of
these four hold local offices, viz George w.
Dent, appraiser at San Francisco; James +. Ca
scy, collector at New Orleans one a brother
and the other a brOther-in-law of Mrs Grant;
Peter Casey, postmaster at Vicksburg, brother
OF the brothcI-in-law of Mrs. Grant and George
b. johnson, assessor of the third district of
Ohio, who married third cousin of the pres-
dent. These men hold local offices, and were
elected and put forward, as has been universal
in both political parties for fifty years, by the
local representatives.
Two appointments remain, and upon these
the president did undoubtedl y exercise his own
choice and Judgment. The first is Alexander
Sharp, connection OF Mrs. Grant, who was APP
pointed marshal of the District OF Columbia
This officer is virtually member of the pres-
dents household. He receives company with
the family, introduces visitors, and generally
helps along For these reasons some
relative or near friend of the pres-
dents family has always been found
for this position. The remaining relative is 81.
las Hudson, minister to Guatemala. He is
cousin TO the president Iowa, the state in
which he lives, had the mission to Guatemala
before President Grant came in. Fitz-lIenry
Warren held If, and on his retirement Iowa
claimed ii still, and presented Hudson, who is
described MS an able and accomplished man.
him without giving just offence to the republic
cans of Iowa, because he might have taken a
man from some other state; but he did appoint
him, and thus he furnished the needy liberals
with one awful example as to the presidents
appointments being partisan.
The speaker cited the cases of Adams,
appointed arbitrator at Geneva, and Ey-
arts, who was not his partisan, and Cush-
ing and Curtis, political opponents, as
counsel. The Speaker then, referring to
his relations with Gov. Morgan, said they
had been in the best accord until the advent of
MorganS successor, He then spoke of his and
his colleagues early attitude toward the presi-
dent, and said it had been intmatcd that a
senator addressed the president a letter aluding
to his own aspirations for the presidency and Of
ierng to withdraw and give the state of New
York TO him, provided agreeable understandings
could be had concerning patronage, The sena-
tor then referred TO the Saratoga convention in
1870, the disaffectiOn of Fenton, and attributed
TO him the election of Hoffman by a speech made
in October throwing a wet blanket over the
party. He instanced Greeley's letter to Cornell
declining to take part in the proposed reorgani-
cation Of the republican party in New York, and
using these words: clad little forbearance
ana concIl HI oeen eylnced by the appointing
power at washington, thlnk thlS might have
Deel inherent, 40 snow tHat dlIlerehceS were
inc result ol dissatslacton win the appointing
power, tLS senator i siiu that only one oil Fen
ION lrlenuS hau oeeh removed except Tor cause;
Iliat NOT SIN po"tlaSlerS nad Deeh appointed IN
lhe stare at inc speaker instance, while Fcnton
seCuteu TWO huuurGu appointments, not one OF
whom hau peen ulSturoeu except lor OlIlclal
GShllquenGy' hclerIlng 10 the appointment OF
lholnas NiuIpny as coliector2 nc sald II was not
naue at Ms SoiIcItatioh' ahd tllaG lhough MUIR
Pny was hGIu up as u Scouiurel, yet records
snow tlat ne Increased tne coheciion Of revenue
ana diminished Tue percentage OF cost.
hcloilih7 10 tuo cuaiSe tudt tuc pIeSlueht was
surrounded WIN nllitary ring, ConklinS sad
tuls Ilhs cohsIStS ol thIee peisohs' VINO write
t I lno PieSlucuI "i'uout auy eApensc 10 inc
treasury.
concerning tne preSldehts seaside lolterlngs,
inc III, speaker sad nc was ohly elght hours from
Washington! ana hothluS can occur de-
nianuihg ms immaculate attention without
us oelnS Wltnln immaculate call
was tne praGlce ol rulers IN all countries to
larry aulStahce lioln inc oinclal residence por-
'l9 H9. Oh inc me year.
MI OohNlihS theh referred 10 the foreign pol
10y Vi ING ADMINISTRATION, aud apPIauded the
S S Vi lhe Washington treaty negotiations.
hlnahceS was inc next SUBJECT taken up, which
tiie speaker Sho"cd 10 oe III satisfactory con-
uIiIoh
Speaking of civil service reform, the senator
said this was the best administration of civil
service the country ever had Delinquents and
delaulterS had been 1erreted out with the utmost
vigOr, and when caught nothing has protected
them from punishment.
The senator then took IN the charge of CEN
tralism. He said the cry was mere fetch"
Horace Greeley and others who most loudly
applauded the kukluX law are those who dis
cover the centralizng tendencies of the govern
mcut. The speaker thought the real danger
was from decentralization which means state
rights in the secession sense All the central
ism we have now, he said, is a strong and stable
government, under which the nation prospers,
with safety TO property, labor, liberty and life.
Referring to the fourteen Investigations or
dered by both houses, he said the only result
was TO strengthen the administration. Am
neSty, he said, was now a dead issue
He then proceeded to examine Greeley's fit
ness for the presidency, and claimed that the
very talents he has shown unfit him for the
presidency. The republican party had been
blamed for not gratifying Greeley's ambition for
office, but the mass of the party, though appre-
ciatng his eccentric genius believed him er-
ratio and not possessed of practical
wisdom, moderation or business cana
city to make useful or safe official,
His course in the constitutional convention was
a series of peevish attempts TO do everything,
and resulted in his prematurely leaving his post
after pouring upon the members voleys of
oaths. His affiliations with men show him to
he a poor Judge of human nature The worst
men have stuck to him like barnaelcs, and his
management of every business except editing a
newspaper has shown him wanting in business
capacity As editor he lacked a balance wheel
to keep him from Inconsistencies. His invest
ments of money, his ventures with Tweed, and
lending his name to men unworthy TO trust.
nyinnnd uncound Indictment Tho onitb.ts