The New York herald., 1873-12-18
PRESIDENT GRANTS CHIEF JUSTICE.

The Council Grove Qowa) Democrat says:-
President Grants appointment of Attorney Gen
eral Williams to the Chief Justiceship ofthe United
States Supreme Court is meeting with general dis
favor, and there Will be a heavy pressure made
upon the Senate to prevent the continuation OF
the appointment. Grant can appoint more OBJ
scure ana incompetent men to high places than
any President we have ever mad
The New Orleans Ptcayune says:-
The nomination was, all things considered. per-
haps tie greatest ptca a staRe winch fres es
very severely the allegiance Of the friends or the
administration. Nobody doubts that better nom
fnation might have been made, and the country
Justly, held the President bound to secure, II pos
sible, tine services OF the man most fitted for the
place. He did not do IT, Will 1t be said that he
exercised his own Judgment and did not consult
popular preerences2 Does he really think, then,
that Mr.. Williams is an ADLER jurfSt than EvartB,
Cushing or GrOesbeckf
The Utica Observer says:-
1t was a shameless thing on the part OF the Presi-
dent to make IT, and 1t would be an indecent thing
tors are not so ignorant OF their duties as they
sometimes seem to be. II they confirm Williams it
VIII be not @ because tney ha na Kit II proper and right
withstand the threats OF Executive vengeance.
The Norfolk va.) Landmarks, speaking OF the
nomination, says:-
The idea OF General Grants sacrificing the wishes
OF friend for the reputation OF the nation for
dignity and intelligence is entirely absurd. As
long as the dominant party chooses to bow down
before him he is content 10 receiveits homage =
and while, apparently, he has never made any ex-
traordinary EFFORT to secure the once Of President,
he has certainly turned the lew advantages placed
ut his command to strict personal account,
wherein he shows that he is fully aware of the
value Of mutual admiration society, ofwhich he Is
the CHIEF.
Nebraska correspondent of the Dubuque Uowa)
Herald thus describes an adventure OF Mr. Williams
at C.ncnnat:-
In the autumn of 1914, then young climb OF the
law hailing from onondaga county, New York,
he came to Lee county, Iowa. to enter upon the
seat was at West Point prairie village in the
INTERIOR where the young man drst made his ap-
pearance, the Court then being in session. He at
unfortunate dilemma he had fallen into BY
human nature. At Cincinnati, while waiting
for steamboat to descend the Ohio River,
large bill changed" He was asked to step aside
to do SO; he did as requested; still further and
further did he follow the stranger. until remote
part OF the city reached, when, taking out his
wallet to make change for the stranger, confed-
crate snatched It, leaving him without dollar
with which to prosecute his Journey 1t is not now
remembered how he got through to Iowa, but,
true 1t is his story excited the sympathy OF gener
fession. He found friends and through a long and
dangerous sickness which soon followed he was
well cared for and the means furnished for his CON-
tort and recovery.
The Boston AdUerttser-well known as an influ-
ential republican paper-does mot endorse the
nomination OF Mr.. Williams as Chief Justice Of the
United States Supreme Court. 1t says:-
The nomination OF Attorney General Williams for
Chief Justice has again been considered in Execu-
tive session, and again postponed. In quarters
most entitled TO respect the feeling strongly
prevails that the Senate should give the
President opportunity to send in more
suitable nomination. While giving Mr.. Williams
credit for good sense and ability perhaps above
the average in pOtlcallfe, his nomination has been
received, both by his own profession and by the
country at large with profound and general disap-
pointmenr. We believe 1T is the opinion OF all that
portion OF this community which has any interest
in upholding the honorable character and tradi-
tons Of the Supreme Court-tbe most powerful
tribunal in the word-that the appointment should
not be confirmed.