Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-12

| hca'ion, disqualification OF oh arscter. Unless
| the commonly-r received estimate of Mr.. Cush-
ing is grossly Inaccurate and unjust, unless ira
| dtion and contemporary report have combined
| 70 do him gTieyOus wrong. he has hitherto held
| his brains as Captain Dug@ld Dalsetty did hi.
| sword-very much at the service OF the highes'
| bidder"
The Springfield Uaioa says. "He is abb
enough. certainly; in fact, is one OF the hes, Law
| yers in the country. Bat his record does no
| show him 70 be a man of those high aud pare
| pTinciples and genuine convictions which shOGl'i
| distinguish the Chief Justice, the officer H.
| whose hands IL the guardianship of the const'
| tuition. But We have the satisfaction OF think
| ing that he is better man for the place than
| Mr.. Williams"
The Lewiston ,NIe.) yoHrarl GOV. Dingley'.
| paper says" The principal fault which will
| be found with this nomination is based on party
| grounds. Mr.. Gushing has hardly deserved o.
| the republican party the highest app0intiy,.
once I'D its gift His record is that of life long
| democrat. But while this fact will constitute
| cause of objection with the strict partissns, Il
| must be regarded as evidence that the admins.
tTauon needs the call OF the country for the Sc
lection OF legal ability and high attanments for
| THIS ohce, irrespective of political creed. The
| appointment takes position alongside the San
| Domingo recession, as a graceful acknowledg
| ment OF error on the part OF the President. The
GisaPprobstion of the people has been expressed
IN TINS case, as In that, in DO doubtful words.
The opposition organs which have been clamor-
ing for this very thing, can now retract at leis-
ure their assertions that Mr.. Grants official
nrmness consists chiefly in obstinate indi fer
| ence TO popular demands Ii ever a nomna alton
was made on the ground of personal capacity
ana htness for the place, this is certainly one
The late appointment of Mr.. Gushing 10 the
| Spanish mission gave occasion for a brief re-
| view OF his life and characteristics, and it T.
haidly necessary 10 repeat II now. Suffice IL to
say, that If the estimate formed by the public OF
his intellectual capa0iilty and moral stamina be
not wholly at fault; he will be no un worthy sue
cessor OF Marshall and OF fancy on the Supreme
bench"
| The Philadelphia Press saws: "If Presiden,
Grant did not come up TO public expectation il
nominating Attorney General Williams for
Chief Justice, he has touched the right chord
IN sending TO the Senate for that high position
| the name OF Caleb Gushing, just confirmed a.
| American minister to the Spanish Republic
Caleb Gushing will be "A January Il, 1874, and
has selection as Chief Justice (fOr we cannot
doubt that he will be unanimously confirmed by
| the Senate seals and crowns a long and honor
able career: General CushiDgs orthodoxy upon
| questions that may possibly come before tins
! nigh tribunal cannot be questioned. He has
| mace no ccmmittns against any OF them. He
| is Lot quoted, like the brilliant but bitter ex-
| attorney General j. s. Black, OF this State.
against emancipation and the currency; and
| will. therefore, scarcely ne troubled by what
politicians call record In fine health, not.
| withstanding his great age, Astounding in intel
| lectual vitality, an OmniVerous reader. clea5
| thinker. and Passlonately attached to his pro
| tessiOn, he Will be one OF the most agreeable.
ana, ar the same time, industrious men on the.
bench"
The Baltimore .4laericGa says:-"AIthough b
Is man of good personal character, (at least
VT rave never nC8ru anything 10 the contrary.
he has no moral or political standing in the
country. There is an impression abroad that
he has carried the professional habit OF being
rgi0lRea INTO his public life. and that he has
always acted from policy rather than c0nyic
ton. II there had been a vacancy in the CHIEF
lusticeship when the democratic party was in
the zenith of its power, Mr.. Gushing would not
nave been appointed. His scholarly accom-
plshments and fine legal abilities were appre
GATED then as they are now, but he was not
trusted; he had 10 place in the hearts Of his
n hot h.. n
done anything since then to entitle him to anv
larger share OF the public confidence"
EX SENATOR PeMERoY says in reference to
the forfeiture of his bond in Kansas last week
that It was Occasioned by oversight on his part
that he did not suppose a new bond would be
required in case the trial was postponed, as he
was led 10 believe it would be. He has for ward
ed new bond to the amount OF fifteen thou and
dollars to appear for trial when wanted.
1T WAS THE IMPRESSION at the Capitol to-
day that Gen. Gushing would be confirmed At
the next executive session of the Senate II
was claimed that 20 out of the p democrati,
ana liberal republican Senators would vote for
The confirmation, and that at least Is ont of th.
% republican Senators would do the same, thus
tns uTing majority.
PROTECT ION OF PASSENGERS RAILWAYS
In the House to-day Mr.. Hoar, of Massachu-
sets, introduced a bill to further ensure the
safety OF the lives of passengers on railways
which provides that every railway corporation
shall, on and after January LIST, 1875, cause
every passenger and freight car by them used
10 be provided with proper and suitable guards
sufnclent to prevent the wheels from getting
out CT position in case the axle shall break
and prescribing a fine OF SO for every car
otherwise used for each days neglect.
PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF THE INTER
NAL REVENUE BURRAU.-The bill introduced
in the House to-day by Mr. Randall providing
Tor the reorganization Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau provides for one Commissioner, with a
salary OF SO, 800: one chief clerk, with a salary
OF 200; Is clerks of class four, 50 clerks
OF class three, 30 of class two, 80 of class
one, Sc female clerks, messengers, 2
assistant messengers and ten laborers. t at the
office of supervisor of internal revenue be
abolished; the Office of deputy commissioners are
also abolished. The bill was refe FRED to the
Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to
be printed
REPRESENTATIVE KsLLrY's FINANCIAL
PRoJEcTs.-The House Committee ON Banking
and Currency this morning took up Mr. KEEL
leys resolution Looking to the issue of q con-
yeItbe bond and, IL promises to bring out a.
extended discussion as Ii did before the Com
mittee on Ways and Means. To-day the House
resumed consideration of the resolution offered
by Mr.. Kelley last Monday, declaring it to be
the sense of the House that taxation should NOT
be Increased, bnt, that it necessary to meet a
present emergency, the funds should be raised
by temporary loan at a low rata of interest
which was lost by a vote of yeas iS5, NAYS 81
IL requiring two thirds vote TO pass it.
The VACANT DEPUTY CORRESPONDENCE
Notice has not yet been given by the board o.
civil service examiners for the Treasury depart
ment for parties to present applications to be
examined Tor the vacant Office OF first deputy
commissioner CT internal revenue, though the
board is making its arrangements TO hold the
examination at an early day. Under the rule.
all the subordinate officials of the internal reye-
hue ONCE, from a twelve hundred dollar clerk
to the second and third deputies are eligible TO
compete for the Office. How many will Or s,pt
themselves for the ordeal is not yet kno va; but
It IS pIobsble that several ardent aspirants for
the plare will permit their lights to remain hid
under bushels rather than run the risk of com
ing out second and third best in the ace for
h0nors.
PoLYGAMY AND WOMAN SUFFRAGE At
the meeting OF the House Committee on Terri
tories this morning, Mr.. Cannon, delegate from
Utah, continued his argument against the anti.
poiygamy bill. At the commencement OF the
session MT. Mckee, chairman, stated that Mr.
j. h. II. Wilcox, delegate from the New York
Woman Suffrage Soriety, was present ana
would like hearing on that part Of the bin
which abolishes woman suffrage. "a memorial
on this subject from that society was presented
by Mr.. Mellish and read to the House on Fri
dayD Mr. Carey, District Attorney Of Utah.