The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-13
CALEB CUSHING.
How His Nomination is Re-
ceived by the Press.
A Very Largo Majority Of the Papers
Approve the Choice.
Tho Opposition Chiefly from the Democratic
and Independent Journals.

the tone OF the press Of the country be any IN
dicatiOn OF the manner in which the nomination OF
Mr.. Gushing for Chief Justice win be received the
last selection OF the President meets with decided
| favor. From one days mail the following CON-
ments are selected at random. They show 20
journals in favor and u against the nomination.
Favorable Endorsements.
The New Haven Journal ana courier tadmns-
tratOnl says that "the Presidents nomination,
this time, ls magnificent one; and we hope that
the jealous aud dissatisfied Senate may be COM
firm it.H
The Boston Traveller 1epubiican, approves the the
for the past i've or six years been In full sympathy
with the policy Of the republican party, aud at the
| Wilson electoral ticket He made the acquaint-
| ance OF President Grant during the y ANican war,
Sna has always had high or him. tns IN
and that general knowledge which ats man Tor
positions OF great Importance, Mr.. Cushing has no
The Albany Journal (republican) has word
for Cushing when 1t says :-"BuJ though Mr..
Gushing Is "a years old, he is intellectually as
robust ana vigorous Tor present service as ever,
and. surprising as 1t is In some respects, much can
be said 10 approval OF the designation"
| The Lyncnburg ywgt,.tan tlemocrattcl is en-.
| laurel from Massachusetts, and 'has the honor OF
furnishing another Chief Justice. and what vir-
| gilman will not rej0lces"
ned that Gushing Is diplomatic anu lawyer, rather
than politician, and thinks that the appointment
| Is so much better than was anticipated that the
| matter has been satisfactorily solved"
lit Is quite needless" says the Pittsburg COM
nercsas republican,, "to say that the nomination
United states, announced IN another column, will
| be favoraby received by the Bar and the people.
| To some his somewhat advanced age may seem an
objection, Mr.. Gushing being in his eventy fourth
year; But ne Is stilll9 the lp yigor OF physical
The Cleveland Leader, supporter Of the govern.
ment, is quite enthusiastic. 1t says "rhe offer Of
ment to such man in the ripe fulness OF his busy
and hOnored years will atone for whatever mis-
take the President may have made In nominating
for that position man intellectually inferior as
General Williams. That the nomination will be
promptly ratified by the Senate there can be no
serious doubt"
The Cleveland Herald independently is in doubt,
and damns with faint praise when it says:-"In
professional point OF view Caleb Cushing Is very
preme Court. But his age Is very serious Obiec-
ton, and the peculiar eccen rictles of MIR. Cushing
are also Objectionable. MI. Cushing is not sale
man,
The Boston Ne,os (prohibition) is delighted with
the selection and says 1t believes "his administra
ton of the duties Of tue office Will be eminently
honorable and successful and furthermore, we be-
Heve what may De cold comfort to his competitors
for the chair that he has many years OF useful SER
vice in MIN yet"
The Troy wing would prefer younger man, but
says it has mo objection on the score Of fitness.
Ii Caleb Gushing does not make good Judge. then
we shall know that great talents, great learning
and unequalled legal attachments do NOT suffice to
qualify man LOT Judicial position"
The Boston transcript (repubncan) likes the
nomination, but fears Cushing Is not sound on the
civil rights question, and remarks Mr.. Gushing
| has not what Is sometimes called the judicial mind,
/ although as Chief Justice we have no doubt that
his decisions would be sgnalzed not only by varied
| and extensive learning. but would possess a far
calmer tone than attaches to many Of bus pub
The Providence Journal Gepublican) s satisfied
| this time, and remarks 1.-The nomination was
referred, as usual, to the judiciary Committee Of
the Senate but no doubt Is expressed OF MS con-
| hrmation The most disagreeable feature OF this
change Is the loss OF Mr.. Cushings diplomatic SER
vices at Madrid"
The Hartford Times (democratic) says 'his ap-
potntment Will be well received by the public The
country will rest easier under such Chief Justice
than 1t would with such person as the unlucky
attorney from oregon at the head OF the Court"
1t pieases the democratic Enquirer of Cincinnati
which believes that ,Mr Gushing Is an able Ia wyer
| Will shed fustre on the Supreme Bench"
The Hartford Courant Governor Hawley's pa
try, and especially the United states senate, BY
| sending IN the name OF Caleb Gushing for Cher
Justice. The press has hardly got done commend
| as the ability OF Mr. Cushing Is concerned the ap-
| polntment is OF the highest merit. He knows law,
| he is familiar with AFFAIRS with political history,
| and he Is generally one OF the best informed men
IN 5he county he mas neen or some years safe
now confidence which was not felt in him some
years ago He WIN be an able man on the bench
he will make an excellent Chief Justice. Ten years
ago. however, II could not have entered into the
dreams OF anybody In Massachusetts that he would
| ever come to this great once"
Governor Dingley, OF Maine, in his paper, the
! Lewiston Journal, believes that "the appointment
takes position alongside the st. Domingo recess
| sion, as a graceful acknowledgment OF error on
the part OF the President. The disapprobation Of
the people has been expressed in this case as in
n "a hot
| II the estimate formed by the public OF his in
| tellectua capablty and moral stamina be not
| wholly at Iault he will be no unworthy successor
| of Marshall and fancy on the Supreme Bench"
The Cincinnati Gazette republican, does not
condemn the selection, although 1t appears to
escing in the nomination. it does not ike the idea
| OF having him IN the ONCE for life.
FOrney's Philadelphia Press is so pleased that
1t INDUCES IN u little pleasantly as follows 1.-THE
Capulet and Montagu OF the New YORK Tribune and
| New York Times denOunce 1t, and one OF the ad-
ministration organs at Washington. the Chronicle
| grlnds out growl In angry harmony. But the
| veteran lawyer and soldier is not embarrassed,
unless by the embarrassment OF riches. II he is
confirmed he can glide down his few remaining
years in the ermine OF John Jay and John Marshall
and II he Is not he can sail OF to the land OF the
Cid and repose and study in the galleries and
libraries OF the Spanish capital. Happy General
| Cushlngl"
The Buffalo Courier (democratic) says:-"The
| appointment indeed Is positively respectable
one. Comparatively speaking it Is much more
than that While William N. Evarts would have
been more acceptable 10 the country, Mr.: Cush-
| lug Is vastly to be preferred to Edwards Pierre
| pont, Roscoe ConkIing, Morton, or any Of a dozen
prominent republican politicians from among
| whom there was danger the choice would be
| made"
The New Haven Register (democratic) comoi-
ments Grant on doing much better than the public
mad any right to expect and iavors the nomina
| tiOn
The Nashville Banner independently says
Right at last Caleb Cushing was nominated for
the Spanish mission not great while ago. the
| Senate promptly confirmed the nomination. and
tne press OF the country was delighted over the ad-
mirable selection
senator Carpenters organ 1.-THE Milwaukee Sen.
tneg believes that "the appointment win be gem
erally regarded as an excellent one. IL h not ex-
trayagant to say that Mr.. cushing has more