, 1875-12-21

ANOTHER ALLEGED OFFICIAL aoANDAL.
Tho Now York SIM is not tho sort OF news
paper which ia entitled to much credit in
clnrgos made against Con. GRANTS Admsns-
tration which aro not fully s,1bstantiased out
silo Of tho Suns allegations. Tho nnlice Of
It's editor Inns betrayed that newspaper into
the most reckless charges against tho Presl-
don't md every person connected with him in
either personal or official way. We should
not, therefore, refer 10 the latest official
scandal put forth by tho Sun, If it had not
already been given currency by part OF tho
press Of this city, where the chief parties In
interest reside. Tho charge is, In brief, that
Senator LOGAN, Col FIRED GRANT, md II. II.
HoSonE, Col. GRANT's fntller-in-1Aw, used
their influence with the President to secure
tho removal of a United Statee Judge in Col
oralo, md appoint another person III lis
place, for tho purpose Of securing decision
favorable 10 certain silver mine in which
these persons lad mn interest.
Tho Sun tells tho story about ms follows:
The Pelican Mining Company was working
silver lode on ono sido Of o mountain, nenr
| Georgetown, Col, aud tho Dives Company
began operations on the opposite side. Tho
latter run cross-cut into IL vein clai.ned by
the Pelican Company, whcrenpon tho Pelican
| Company sued out m injunction against tho
Dives Company. Subsequently tho Dives
| Company secured MI injunction against tho
pelican Company's going beyond q certain
line. 1t tho trial Of thets suits the Pelican
Company il said to havo bcsn successful.
But it seems that tho cs.sc WIS reopcnea md
is still pending. Meanwhile tho Sun charges
TINT sIessrs. LoaAs, 1IoSonE, and FRED
| Gnaar secured an interest in tho Dives Mine
Oh condition TINT they would use their infu-
enco to Aavo tho President remove Judge
BELrom and appoint q man named STONE in
his place. Tho 2un further clinrges that
since STONE Inns been appointed he has
granted au injunction preventing tho owners
Of tho Pelican &l;no from operating their own
property, und llas also givou one Of tho Dives
party possession Of mine belonging to an
English company, Which paid $500,ooo
| for it.
We nro in rosscssion Of no information in
this case except the statement Of the sua,
but in that statement we find serious dis
crepnncy, which considerably diminiRhes the
probability Of its correctness It is tlat
Judge DE1EonD, whose place has been taken
by STONE, did not grant tho original injunc-
tions nor Try the cases, but that these pro-
ceedings came before Chicf-Justice 1IA1LErr,
who still holds his place. II thoro had been
combination to remove anybody on account
Of these cases, it would havo been against
Chief-Justice HA11E1r md not ngainst Judge
EE1ponp. III the next place, It Boe.ns that
Judge BEDFORD wn8 not removed, but that,
when his tima expired, ho was not 70.
appointed, but Judge sToaE WINS appointed
in his plaoe. For the rest, the caao scems tG
bo one Of those intricate mining litigations
which has not yet been concluded, SO TINT II
is not possible to assert with any certainty or
which sido the Justice is.
It is possible TINT SIessrs. LOGAN, 1IoaoRr
and FRED GaAxr 1nay bo jointly interested Ii
Colorado silver.mino, and wo know Of nj
law, written or unwritton, that forbiss Bucl
business association. But this fact, alonf
} with the othor fact that Judga SroSE succeed
etl to Judge BE1Eunp's place, does not carr,
with it any presumption that thoso gentle
) men influenced tho President to bring abou
this change for their own purposes, especial
~ as another Judge had presided over tho lit
igation in which they wors Interested. Mr.
1IoaonE, who is resident Of Chicago, ca1
probably explain tho exact relations Of him
self md his associates in this u.atter, and i,
Justice to the President he ought to do 20.
r The French Government has isaued
! aprightly little pamphlet OF 800 pages on til
t English purchase Of Suex.Caual stock. TIL