New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-27
WASHINGTON.
POSSIBLE SCANDAL QUILTED.

.yrx ORGANS BLIND zKAL AGAINST SENATOR
c.ssERLY ADMINISTRATION SENATORS En-
.x.yoR TO HAvK THE MATTER HUsHED-rHEY
4 y,n AND THE PRESIDENT SUCCEEDS
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRBUNEI
r,saNGroN. March 26.-Tf one-tenth of the
--ors that have been prevalent in Washing
-, during the past few DAYS are true the
s.asts and the country have barely escaped
s,sher Credit Mobilier scandal the publication of
inch was nearly preopitated by the blind zeal of
sk Ne:iONal Repabh'a newspaper of this city. in
ne pursuit of political opponent II will be re-
,.ambercd that the Wilson Credit Mobilier Com
/ sitsee learned almost nothing of the history or
Management of the Central Pacific Railroad.
fortunately for that corporation all of its books
sud papers and nearly all Of its officers were on the
ther side of the continent where they could not be
sobed before the expiration of the XIIId Congress
Dr. Huntington, the Vice-PreSident Of the Company.
aad its chief manager with the exception of its
Washington lobbyist, who for salary of $4,000 a
yeSr watches the interests of the Company here
Vas the only important witness who was examined
gbe Senators and Representatives who are believed
b be in the employment of this Company. or of that
r.ber great monopoly of the Pacific coast the Bank
4 California were in no way publicly con-
rcted with the few developments that
serc made. and they are supposed to have
beathed freely for the first time since the
Committee was raised, when Congress adjourned on
TIE 4th of March. But on the 18th of this month
TAs NatioHGl Republican, which has been smarting
nj Winter under the scandals that have brought
r-prnach upon the Administration party and which
Il has been bound 10 defend with more OF less zeal
epsned funously on Senator Casserly of California
accusing him of having been elected to the Senate
~ the aid of the Bank of California which il said
r,id the large sum of $4,000 for that purpose 1t
named the man who was said to have managed the
kasness well as several important witnesses. and
Suggested that Mr. Casserly ought to ask for an in
ystgatiOn at once.
Without stopping 70 inquire in regard 70 the truth
n falslty of these charges il viii be- seen how natu-
ri would be for the Administration party to seize
r,On this opportunity to divide the odium of cor
rpton which it has had to bear this Winter almost
sane. The only circumstance that would stand in
ee way of investigation IN this case would be
&c knowledge that Administration Senators would
invOved If the relations of the Bank of California
snd the Central Pacific Railroad with members of
Congress were published Whether such knowledge
existed NAV be cOnjectured from the action of some
a the Pacific Coast Senators Immediately after the
publication referred to. The ink on the paper which
contained the first article about Mr. CaSserlys cleo
Ton was hardly dry before the editor is re-
ported to have received q visit from Sem
si0rs Stewart and Sargent who urged him TO
drop the subject at once. What arguments they
used Is not known, but they were not sufficiently
strong to convince the editor that it would be I'M
wise to make political capital out of the case for
having failed to get from him a promise to print
pothing moro about tho matter, they went 20 the
Esyy Department for reenforcements 1t will he
remembered that during the investigation in 1872
Into Secretary RObesOn's official conduct. Mr. Sar-
ent was much of the time Acting Chairman Of the
Special Committee and interchangeable IN his efforts
b clear tho Secretary For these services the Sec
rtary ought TO be grateful and II was not there
lre surprising that he should soon after call upon
tbe editor ON the same business that had brought
haatOrs Sargent and Stewart to the Office.
Mr. Robson. so the report goes. was no more sue
tssstul than the Senators had been and the next
norning the paper appeared with another attack on
kr Casscrly. 6ercer than before, and ia which was
oged an article from California journal giving
nilihOnal names Of witnesses and making the
ehzrEes stin moro direct. The time had come for
heroic treatment. If this editor was allowed to go
N be would have investigation on foot before
he Caldwell case could be disposed of and the SEN
e. adjourn. The Morton Committed had shown its
lil IN finding out something had 10 be done. The
tsrate and the Cabinet unable to stop this at
bck upon political opponent; but there is power
lat ia greater than either with party organs and
tat is the Chief Executive. This power must have
kenlnyoked. for the proprietor Of The Republican
kayIng been invited to tho White House no refer
lnos has since appeared As TO the accusations
rsde, no opinion is expressed Cor want of knOwl-
size. But the efforts OF Messrs. Sargent and Stew
kr can hardly be explained by the simple desire to
ssye political opponent from disgrace.