, 1877-04-29
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=Judge King Appointed to Succeed
Collector Casey,
Leaving the Packard Supreme
r. Court Without q Quorum.
Two Troublesome Birds Thus
~.. Killed with One Stone. ~:
Many Illinois Office. Hunters Likely te
Return Unsatisded.
How the President, by Degrees, Is
Silencing tho Blusterers.
!.
THE. OFFICES.
COLLECTOR OF NEW ORLEANS.


TIE OFFICES. ~
| COLLECTOR OF NEW ORLEANS.
Gp<aol Dispatch to TIC 111oan.-
| WASHINGTON, D. c., April 28.-The President
has decided 10 appoint John King Collector OF the
| port Of New Orleans in place Of James F. Casey,
bsother-in-law OF Gen. Grant, whose commission
has expired. This appointment is one Of very
great Importance. It practically removes the only
remaining obstacle to the success OF the Pfcsf-
dents policy In Louisiana. King ie one Of tue
Justices of tho Packard Supreme Court, who was
commissioned by Kellogg when Governor and con-
drmed by the Kellogg Senate. The Packard su-
prcue Court has always been considered By
the President the gravest difficulty III The
Louisiana case. The best lawyers here,
including it is said Secretary Evarts, are of the
opinion, an abstract proposition, that the le-
gality and constitutfonaltty of the Packard su-
preme Court, appointed by Kellogg, was
ALMOST BEYOND CONTROVERSY.
A good many Of the Louisiana Conservatives,
too, have expressed the opinion that II tho two
rival Supreme Court organizations should remain
in existence until legal Issue could be made be-
tween them which would be brought to the United
States Supreme Court for determination, tho de-
cision of the latter tribunal would be In favor
of the validity of the Packart Court The Presi-
dent has frequently sad thathe anticipated eerous
legal complication II the Nichols Court should
continue to pass upon property interests without
definite adjustment OF the status between 1t and
the Packard Court. The appointment OF King
seems to
-: SOLVE THE DIFFICULTY.
The Packard Court, under the Constitution,
should be composed OF five members. But three
were ever appointed by kellogg..,-John E; King,
Quorum. Without the attendance Of each one Of
those three quorum is impossible, ~ the 't.
mapc ap the Court cau eap never be
appointed, since, even il Packard, assuming to
be Governor should nominate two persons, he
The abandonment Of the Court, therefore, by any
one OF these three members makes it an e1ectual
dissolution King Will accept the position Of Col
= ONLY LEONARD AND LUDEL1Na
in the Court; but Leonard is already elected to
Congress from district in which there Is no con-
that King has abandoned the Court and
that body is destroyed, Leonard will claim
as se seat abandon IL 6e gea ea s sy dhS ht
Ludeling, and destroys the Court. The appoint-
mcnt Of King, moreover, will be satisfactory to
to Pac Keg
Board, and bis appointments 1t Is known, will be
ACCEPTABLE TO PACKARD.
It is eaid King will appoint the co1orcd members
OF the Returning Board, kenner and Cassanave,.
to minor offices in The Custom; House: and and
will be appointed to minor positions - King,
besides, Is. native. Of Louisiana, man
Of ability honesty, and high character, who viii
here who arc aware OF the intended appointment
say. It combines every element OF successful
@ Tie eces w ase Be- ca1e
studied each case. Kellogg Ind on file MI indorse-
meut both as Governor and as Senator Of Gen.
THE BELGIAN MISSION.
There fs reason to believe that Sanford Is likely