The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-16


Roscoe Coakling tho Third Choice.
The Presidents third choice for Chief JUS
tice is distinctly stated to have fallen upon
Senator Roscoe Conkling, of this State. and
the Senator is reported to have accepted the
profEered honor. After all the surmise
about his intentions General Grant has
gone straight back to the bosom of
the republican party for his Chief
Justice, and II is doubtless true that in this
case the President has only returned to his
first thought on the matter The ability OF
Senator Conkling to fll the position with
credit has been admitted pretty freely,
and the greatest objection to him that
can be brought forward is his fierce,
incorporating craftsmanship. As, how
ever, this lies on the side which possesses
the majority in the Senate it is not hard to
prophesy that it may prove an advantage to
him. The temper of the Senate on the pre-
vious nominations points to this. 1t would
seem that Senator Conkling will have
received the nomination as pleasant
surprise, for it is scarcely week since
he was reported to have prepared bill for the
abolition of the Office for which he has accepted
the nomination. 1t is not improbable, unless
the Senate confirm him ct once, that, when his
name has been before the country for few
days, the maligners of republicans will open
their batteries upon him as the
maligners of old-time democrats fred
upon Caleb Cushing. The public will
then know all about Mr.. Conkling. For the
present it may be sufficient to state that he was
born in Albany. in this State in 1928; re-
ceived fair education adopted the profess
sion of law; in 1S49 was appointed District
Attorney for ONEIDA county; in 1858 he
was elected Mayor of Utica to which
place he had removed in 1916, and
was elected Representative from New
York to the Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh
and Thirty-ninth Congresses He was re-
elected Representative to the Fortieth Con-
gress, but in January, 1867, was chosen
Senator in Congress for the term ending in
1873. He was reelected Senator in 1873, and
must resign this position before his name is
submitted to the Senate for confirmation. 1t
is withal q nomination not to be gleeful over.
More International Trouble for SPAIN
A Pro-spa nish British Vice Consul.
The letter of our Havana correspondent,
published elsewhere, gives us details regard
ing another case of obnoxious interference on
the part of the Spaniards with our mercantile
seem that the overhauling of the Virginius
and what flowed therefrom has in nowise en-
joined caution on the Spanish officials in their
action towards vessels sailing under our flag.
Captain Blakeneys protest against and refusal
to comply with the orders of the Spanish officer
worthy of an American ''salt;" but we are
decidedly anxious that the matter be not
allowed to rest there. There is nothing to
justify the visitation" of the Margaret by the
Spaniards Every case of the kind must be
diligently inquired into and the proper salts
from such overbearing conduct. They are
perfectly aware that it is to American forbear-
ance they owe their immunity; let them be
taught that we are vigilant as well as strong,
and that every act OF the kind entails greater
or less punishment.
Another case, which shows the willy despera-
ton of the Spanish officials, and which reflects
most discreditably upon an English official
Vice Consul Crawford-is that of young
Cisneros, whose arrest was telegraphed some
days ago. 1t may be worth while recalling
that the despatch which the Spanish officials
Ill b ho u,h roJ hot
Cisneros "landed of his own free will" This
now appears to have been, in a certain sense,
the case; but the details furnished by our
correspondent show that the phrase was only
mean piece of Spanish special pleading.
The young man was inveigled ashore by two of
the Spanish police, who professed to be friends
of his, and was then pounced upon by them and
imprisoned. The vessel was British steamer,
and whether the act of the Spanish police was
one which England can silently condone is,
of course, an English question. Bpt, from
what came after the arrest, there is
every reason to believe that England
must take decisive action upon the
conduct of her Vice Consul We can
hardly believe that it is any part of q
British Consuls duty to play the part of pur-
veyor of evidence to the Spanish police. Yet
Vice Consul Crawford went so far as to give
them an order for the baggage of young Cis-
neros, which was upon the British steamer
Elder and which they could not obtain with
out his order. This officer, it is understood
has such commercial relations in Cuba that he
must perforce take Spanish views on all inter-
national questions; but it is worth know
ing whether England will be salts
fed with such on official. 1t now
becomes the question whether England
will sustain this Spanish craftsmanship of her
Vice Consul. II, as seems probable, the con-