, 1881-01-30

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Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune.
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 2.-RailroaG
people say that, after the Supreme Cour
shalt be re0rganlZed By the appointment o!
| successors to Clifford and Hunt, a new test
| case will be made as to the constitutiunality
| Of the Thurman Pacific Railroad bill, and
| they think that there IS some reason to
believe that the Court would change
| Its decision. The decision in the test
case which has been made stood Eve to three.
Since that time there have beer great changes
in the Court, and some Of the new members,
if they stand by their records in the past, 1t
is supposed. would look at the railroads
with more leniency. Stanley Matthews, for
instance, If he should be confirmed. might
not be as severe In his construction of the
Thurman law as some other appointees
might The confirmation Of Stanley Matthews
Is
BY no MEANS ASSURED. ~.
While his friends insist that he Is certain to
be successful, it is becoming daily more eyi-
dent that the President may be obliged to
make some concessions to secure the con-
frmatlon Of bis friend and favorlt Mr.. Mat
,thews' name has gone to the Senate In a very
unfortunate time for him. The number OF
be counted, and are rapidly diminishing.
Meanwhile. In the closing weeks of his term,
the old New York fight is renewed in man
ner which Is considered in the Senate Us
A DELIBERATE CHALLENGE TO MR.: coyk-
LING. ..
No appointment could have been made more
offensive to Conkllng and his friends than
that Ut George HaForster, who has Just been
H. $n+{n
Stewart L. Woodford. Forster Is the New
York State Senator who opposed the NOM
ination OF Platt In New York, and, In caucus,
refused to vote to make his nomination unan-.
imoas, after Platt had triumphed. He is a,
bitter, hostile, and aggressive anti-Conkllng
man. Alr. Conklng. does not like =. the
challenge, and .. there Is a mani
fest disposition to delay this and
other New York nominations, in view
OF the fact that Gen. Garfield is so soon to
become President. -
A GOOD MANY REPUBLICAN SENATORS
are very reluctant to hare Hayes make new
appointments for four-year terms: which
begin just at the close Of his Administration.
The Albany Postmastership, the Buffalo
Coilectorship, and the Marshalship for. the
Northern District Of New York, adding now
q United States District-Attorneyslaip for the
Southern District, make four distinct chal-
1enees which Mr.. Evarts, through President
Hayes, has given Mr.. Conklfng. The Presi-
dent has overlooked the fact that the fol-
lowers Of Conkling are not less numer-
GUS OF earnest than they were three years
ago, while Nr. Hayes supporters are more
lukewarm, and have less to expect for their
labor. The contests In the executive session
Of the Senate over these and other uouiaa-
tions
DURING THE COMING WEEKS OF CONGRESS
will be interesting, and 1t Is BY no means
certain that the Administration can vim 1t |
vii! require all the strength that the Admin
[stration can bring to bear to secure the con-
firnat1on OF Stanley Matthews. and the way
to secure this strength, Republican Sena,
tor said to-day, was not to permit William !
II. Evarts to satisfy some ancient grudges |
by using the Administration as |
q catspaw with which to assault Conkling, !
There are some Indications, even, that |
Matthews friends are SO much alarmed at !
the prospect that pressure may be brought |
to bear upon the President to induce him to !
TIE THREE PENDING NEW TORE APPOINT
AENrs,
which are SO offensive to Conkling, in the
the hope that, BY some attempt at conciliat-
me- o1 that sort, new strength may be gained
tor Stanley Matthews, the greatest fayorjt.
fhe President has also succeeded in securing
he united opposition Of the Pennsylvania
md Kentucky Senators over some nomina-
IONS which he has recently made, and, Alto
5ether, has not placed himself In good posl-.
ion to win votes for Stanley Matthews. ~