New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-21

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Republican ard Chronicle On Casey
and West-Casey Hopeful.
| WASHINGTON, March 20.-The following
nominations have been confirmed by the
Senate: Spence, az assistant attorney gen
| eral for the Postoffice Department.; Parker
a. marshal OF Eastern Texas: Badger, as
| district attorney for the eastern district of
| North Carolina: Reeves, as collector for
the fifth district OF Virginia; Lewis, as col
hector for the ninth district Of Virginia:
Smith. as collector for the third distrIct of
Virginia: Duvall. as collector for the first
district of West Virginia; Harris, as col
,ectGr fer the fourth district of North Caro-
| liL... and the following as collectors of GUS
toms: Minat at ApllachiC"la, Collins at
Brun."ick, Georgia. and Booth at Balti-
NOR: kcuGIlck Is postmaster at Chtttn-
no0gi:.
TIE following ncm:natiaus were made
:. ,tay: /. +. King, as naval officer at Bal
,lmr =. ..ni 4. IL. Smith, as collector oi in
t,I:.., :..,,u, 10: the tiIlri district Of N!r.
gln.a.
.4nut-'rar Cal,:"r.. ease occupied ne
day.
.ae new secretary Of The Treasury Hr.
iti,h .dsonj ~.yS he vii! have little or 40
Ii, 81. or "In..,ts: these cenlleIn.n are
Tci,rr,,i to IL" President for new. 0! the
operations Ol tha treasury Department..
M. k.,haldsoh regards the !ettcr Of
.,.!rnt Grant - hir. Boutwell, is ilau.
dator, upon hlm To pursue Mr. BoutwelIs
policy.
Mr. Johusion, mother of Senator John
ston. of N.,G.AEt, died at Abingdon to-day.
aged seventy.
I ' ~g
from Georgia, ha~ made arrangements for
an interview with the President to morrow,
when he expects 10 burst the ring nomiEa-
tious of Whitley, Stone and Belcher for
tIat State.
VS.. Lusk, United States district attor.
new of North Carolina, has notified all par
ties, witnesses and others, that they are re-
leased from bonds to appear IN the ku-kluX
gases.
Senators are becoming uneasy. Flanagan,
having paired off with Hamilton, of Mary
land, ON the Casey question, has departed
Casey is confident OF his confirmation by
respectable majority. The issue is q sharp
uno between the Seuate aud the President.
II is, TO some extent, :. personal matter with
his eXcellencV.
Some Democrats will vote for Casey under
the apprehension 'hat his Rejection will
tuist a tlisag man upon the business
community of New Orleans.
The htDUb!ic0tl Of this morning says: 1T
is p"sa,b bic that Colonel Casey may be III
imcsl to the interests OF Senator West. or
that the Senator. through failure to Sc
cure all the patronage he desires be-
licvrs mselltntitled to, may think that Mr.
Casey is not as tiienGly az he might be.
But the statemen, that Casey s continuation
Will not conduce to the best interests OF the
party III that State is entirely void of truth.
Ii is well known that Colonel Casey has
been one of the most active and Jealous Of
the leaders nf tho Republican party in
Louisiana, and when Senator West was
wavering between Grant and Greeley.
Casey was actively engaged organizing the
Republicans of that State, and to-day en-.
Joys the confidence and respect OF the
masses of the party as one OF It's most
trusted leaders.
"It is matter OfrccOrl that Senator West
was elected to the Senate entirely through
WarmOth's influence, and in fact it was
claimed before Scoted's Investigating com
mittee that Senator West was the after egd
OF Warm 9th in the Senate of the United
States, and that WarmOth had his resigna.
ton in his pocket. to accept at any time lie
tWestl failed to represent him as he de-
sired. This statemcnt, il Is true, was con-
tradicted by Governor Warmoth, bu. Gov.
ernor Flanders and other equally respon.
tible gentlemen, testified 10 the fact that
blank resignation was a Cond ton precedent
to an appointment 70 any important place
III WarmOth. gift.
"Now il Warmoth and his adherents are
to Dc considered tho Republican party Of
Louisiana, II IL very certain that Colonel
Cd-cy'- confirmation viii not III any v,av
conducc to the promotion Of their interests.
But wc think the Senate has had enough
o. Governor NarInuih and his friends, and
is IN no humor 10 enter now into an invest
CATION of the L"a!-i Aha troubles"
The Chronicle says Of Senator Nes: and
hr. Casey: ''It i said that the former will
eppOs" the confirmation OF the latter on the
ground that the nomination is not only un.
just 10 him. hnt offensive to the people Of
Low Orleans"
Charles CAsr has been appointed receiver
of II" CreScent C.ty National Bank. New
Orleans.