New-York tribune., 1873-05-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

Ex-Congressman George A. HalSey OF the
vIth NeTersey District has returned his back pay to
the United States Treasury. This is the first man IN the
NewJersey delegation that has been heard from Oh he
subject.
The Detroit Free Press has information from
Washington that seuators Chandler and Ferry are TWO
of the hitherto unnamed Senators who have turned over
thir share OF the back pay steal to the Treasury OF Tue
United States
Candidates for the Chief-Justiceship are
multiplying rapidly. The most recent are caleb CusD-
ing Judge Black, William s. GrOesbeck, and Lyman
Trumbull. The Cincinnati Commercial withdra"' uen'
Butler from the field by recommending that he De g'eu
the command Of an expedition to tine North FOle'
In response to the inquiry of friend, senator
Sumner recently wrote that the real purpose Of us Oa
tie flag resolution was not TO enter the GoNernnFD.
Departments and tear from the archives the reeoiS -
the war but to prevent those records from being pa
upon future army registers and the battle nass 70 M
borne hereafter by the regular army Ine senator N
he did not doubt that the resolution would taAe o
itself
Gov. Austin of Minnesota is evidently an ih'
dependent sort of person. Summoned to aPPyA
before the Grand Jury at ST. Paul, recently, 70 'es
concerning the defalcations in the State Iieasu'.
Office he cooly disrosarded the order ana ie'' .
Minnesota is considerably excited by this snow VI IN ~,
fempt for judicial authority and her heSsPaPvtie sPPntieI
inquiring whether Governor has tights anu i"'-''
such as are not enjoyed by private ei'l1ehS' -
NO wonder tuc NoIlA- w Wv 10 N''SN'
trapsportaon especially II IL be so cheap as one Vi Wv
sneakers at the Congressional Convention whcn u'
inst been feasted by St. Louis, would have US oeno
The Hon E. O. staunard, Congressman-eeet from 'a"'
city electrified the Convention with this astohSu"s
tatemept: River transit is 100 per cent cheaper s
canal and nearly 500 per cent cheaper than ,nA
rransnort1tion which carries freight Tor notn nv.
nays the shipper 400 per cent, is liberal enough 4
81, o.-,tov
Treasurer Spinner's assertion that ocnA.v,
Uamrn has not returned his back pay TO the Iroas.
all statements 20 the contrary notwiths'sn"i"N
oropse NE Bangor Commercial whioh speaks lts nm
IN this nertineut way: "on one thing the peop~
rosolutelv determined They will permit no msn
bo,d thar salary grab and be reelected 70 office
Uanin will oing 10 that illgotten gain, let hl ~ ths
nm 40 MT let him. by silence atehpt 10 ,aarey 70
neonle into the idea that he has restored the N'
h. troaS,Sy while he Lolds 1t in his pockets"
The Portland (Me.) Argus says that onl..s
s,a,as Marshal Marble OF that State has been o'iy
an an extensive blackmailing business. hS .d
mehod of procedure Is 10 20 10 some man "no n "A
or given small quantity Of liquor to Sick pciSVA
threaten him with legal proceedings unless ne p'u .
a certain amount OF money The usual price ,I,
IN, Aro1s gives two oases which have oconrre moor
one of tbe victims was bysican ana tho oss0 Aad
hard working man. Neither were lquOr-sehsls, OF
only given small quantity az the uIgSIS Jfer ssS.
sick persons The former paid sVV anu ~, sss tian
me Argus thnks Marshal marble JAS "iN~0 NV
a. Wv IA thls way during the paStio"1