The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-05-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

MI. ocCIStdIN IslSht'hStCoAi1 WV =" 49,
on short trip South for rest, has re-
turned much invigorated, but the gen.
e1al opinion is, that he will not be
strong enough to hold on upon the
Treasury, as Gen. Grant has certainly
offered the place to Drexel, and to +.
B. Washburn. Washburn was little
too crafty to take the load just now,
for he is locking to the Presidency,
and they are not making Presidents
out of Secretaries of the Treasury
this year. In fact they never did to
any extent. Mr.. Chase had strong
impression that there was good ma
terial in that line which would work
mp we'll if the people would only take
hold of it right, but they wouldn't.
Mr.. Boutwell, built up a very fine rep
utation by four years Of hard labor,
and got away with it before the panic,
but it is very narrow standing ground
for him as a presidential candidate,
and his smallest sins appear against
him now, and loom up larger than his
greatest virtues as Secretary. Nobody
has accused Mr.. Richardson OF enter
tanning presidential aspirations, and
his chances we need not consider.
There has been some talk OF Schenek,
who has been lowering about here Tor
some time, but it is now conceded
that his aspirations are matrimonial,
and not fiscal, except so far as the
possession of rich widow may be
counted in that direction.
Senator john Scott is pointed to by
many, as the man for t he place. he
has ability and character, and if his
health is sufficient perhaps no filter
selection could be made. Bristow OF
Kentucky is here, and as he was
named by the President for cabinet
position when Williams was nomin-
ated for Chief Justice, some think he
may be the lucky individual. Mr..
Delano is not unwilling to accept the
arduous position, but many Republi-
cans are emphatic in opposition to
him, and declare that he could not be
confirmed.
The Court of Claims, after some
weeks of deliberation, has refused to
allow Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood to
practice as an attorney. The opinion
was given by Judge Nott--the reason,
because she is not man. The Court
made discovery, which is, that the
law is not profession for the means
of enabling person to get a living,
but an instrumentality for securing
/ justice, and Justice could never be Sc
cured if women were permitted to
practice. This is illustrated by sup
position. Suppose the wife of the
presiding judge should appear with a
case" says Judge Mott! This is a
good point; for every ono sees that
in the Court of Claims very knotty
complication would arise, even if no
domestic scenes should be repeated,
of which there would be, to say the
least, not little danger. Judge Mott
intimates distinctly that m such a
contingency it would be very unsafe
to predict that justice would be done,
as lie is the man who should know
the perils of the situation if any man
does. And that was not an extreme
case. Suppose the judge unmarried,
and sutton for the hand of the fair
counsel, and she as facinating as
Phoebe Cousins, who then would guar
antee the sanity of the judge7 The
appalling results conceivable in case
of this kind, have been happily avert
ed for the present, and the integrity
of the Court of Claims is safe for a
time from temptations which the
Belva-dears, as Don Piatt calls them,
might subject it to. The judge was
more prolix than Shakespeare, who
summed up the case in a single line
Woman thou troublest me; am
NoH-in the vein." These judges get
pinned some times, bat they are de-
terInined not to be hairpinned.
On Tuesday the Senate passed a
bill to establish q commission of five
lawyers to distribute the Geneva
award. The insurance companies
are to come in and have their portion,
and pay is to be in gold.