The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-27

Yesterday HAYES sent ia TO the Senate the
name uf ALASsoS w. BEARD to he Collector
Of Customs at Boston, ia the place of VIII
LIAM a. SIMMONS.
There is no occasion for saying much
about BEARD; indeed. there is not much TO
be- said. lie is the sort Of man whom Boston
sums up in the word respectable snug,
moncycd. and as like all the other Bus-
tonian- Of his kind a. one pea Is like other
peas. He has been Chairman of the Rcpub-
lean state Committee, and when the young
Republicans tried to nominate CHARLES
IHNNcls ADAMS for Governor of Massachu-
sr,ts. be- was one Of the politicians of Bos-
ton who rallied around that opulcnt paper
makor MIR RlcE. He was GRANr man
when GraAtism was ia fashion, he 10 now
HAYES man.
The discussions in executive session and
the press will not turn upon the merits
of BEARD. the question L., Why Is Collector
SIMMONS g. bc displaced and it challenges
the attention Of Senate and public alike.
II Is not pretended that SIMMONS has
shown himself either incompetent or neg
ligout. A. a matter OF fact. he s the most
efficient and satisfactory Collector Boston
has had for many a day. On this point the
evidence is abundant and convincing The
heavy Boston merchants who led OF in the
! original opposition To his appointment have
been fOr years his warmest admirers and
stanch"~t supporters. Three Secretaries
of the Treasury have successfully borne tcs-
timony to his ability and fidelity. Mr..
! biySiow. whose word ought 10 have
some weight in the ca-n. commcnd-
ed his administration of the Boston
Custom Huus" ~ Il model for other
Collectors. ions SHERMAN, the present de
fdciD Secretary. has colohorntcd this t"sti-
mony. The request ~ the Boston business
men for Mr. SINiNfoNss reappointmcnt has
been echoed and enforced by the ma orty of
the Massachusetts delegation in Congress.
Such CLOSE personal friends Of the Fraudu-
lcut President rs CHARLEY FOSTER Of Ohio
have urged him to comply with this request,
If only out of respect for his own public pro-
feSsions If civil service reform. Only day
before yesterday WILLIAM A. WHEELER
told him plainly that IL refusal to do 81
could not Ice roconcicd with those profess
sons 1t is reported in Boston that HAYES.
some time since. gave his word to n Meth
od'st Bishop pre-umably GILBERT HAVEN
that SIMMONS should be retained in the Col
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sends in the name of another man.
The explanation given in advance by
Hayes mouthpoccs Is, that SIMMONS il
not at heart a believer either in HAYES re-
form on in HAYES himself. They admit that
he has scrupulou-ly obcy"d HAYEs's rules.
and enforced obedience upon his subordi-
mates; but at heart, they say hc is not
sound in his IInyc-i-n. Hence his disriacc-
mrnt.
We presume IL Is true that his npn.,on Of
HAYES and Ilay'-.-m does not differ matte
rally from that OF other nen who know
frauds and shau- when they see them But
the chances are that he would have been let
alone ii senator GEORGE FhlsBIE HOAH had
not made his expulsion from tho Custom
House a personal matter Collector SIM
MONS has lcn iur many years a friend of
Gen. ltrLrn, AMI senator HOAX Is a vic
tim Of Butiolhobia IA IT. most acute form
IAYIsS Personal obligations TO HuAR
probably explain what would otherwise ne
an ineNpiicdhlr Inconsistency and folly.
The Senate should refuse to become
party 10 this performances 1t j., oil course
barely possible that BEARD may be con-
iirmci by Democratic votes In that event.
look out for 1ommotion IN Massachusetts,
politics.