The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-21
WASHINGTON.

Washington, 20.-The important
nominations sent to the Senate by
President Garfield to-day have at
tracted much attention, and are the
subject of extensive comment in
political circles this evening. The
resignation of Assistant Postmaster
General Brady is well understood to
have been compulsory, and but for
the delay in selecting his successor,
would have been demanded cOnsid-
erably sooner. 1t is said that posi-
tive evidence of corruption on the
part of Brady, in the matters of the
Star service business, has been in the
hands of the President for some
time, but his being allowed to resign
would seem to indicate that the evil
dence was not sufficiently conclusive
to warrant his formal removal, al
though more than enough to create
a strong suspicion in the mind of
the President and to lead to a prompt
decision that change was neces-
saTy.
Richard A. Elmer, who has been
nominated to take Brady'S place, is
friend of Senator Platt, of New
York, and of Postmaster-G General
James, both OF whom speak of him
very highly as practical business
man, who will conduct the affairs of
the department Of which he has
charge with honesty and ability.
He IS about AZ years old and is now
president of the Waverly, n. Y.
National Bank. The transfer of
Third Assistant Postmaster General
HaZen, to the position of law officer
for the department, was made, it is
said, at his own request, but excites
q good deal of unfavorable comment,
as he is not lawyer; while, on the
other hand he is thoroughly quail
fed, by training and long experience,
for the performance of the import
ant duties of his present office. 1t
is therefore generally believed that
the purpose of the transfer is merely
to make a place for the very
respectable, middle aged gentle
man, Mr.. Grier, who first
voted for General Garfeld's
at Chicago, and who
now desires to relinquiSh his bank
ing business in the little PennsyI-
Yania town of HaZleton for an
official position and enjoyment in
Washington.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, and
Farley, who have been spending
s)me days in New York, resumed
their seats in the Senate to-day.
Editor Gorham has q column
editorially in the Republican to-day
on the subject of Congressman Jor-
gensen and the Virginia campaign
but takes no notice of the personal
attack contained in Jorgensen's
published letter, except to say "the
only portion of his letter interesting
to the public, is that in which he
states his opinion in regard to the
political situation in Virginia" This
portion Mr.. GOrham copies, and
comments upon dispassionately and
argumentatiVely, and calmly en-
deavOrs to show that a thorough
fusion of all anti-Bourbon voters in
the next Virginia election cannot
unfavorably affect the interests of
any political party or element, other
than the Bourbon democracy. He
asserts that large proportion of
the white republicans of Virginia,
ex-senator Lewis, the
chairman of the republican state
central committee, are in hearty ac-
cord with General Malone and that |
the colOred people of Virginia, con-
Stituting eleven-twelfths of the re-
publicans of the state, have already
spoken in their state convention |
with substantial unanimity for Gen |
eral Malone as their leader. He
says, that although it is true that |
the readjusters polled only $1,000 |
votes in the presidential election.
they were more than twice as nu-
merous in 1879, when there /
were only state issues in
yolved. The remaining essen
.ial portion of his argument |
IS as follows: "The principles of the
of democratic antece-
lent are, of course, the main reli-
ince for success this year against
.he Bourbons. They are-fair cleo
ions, free schools, repeal of the
,apitation tax, abolition of the /
ost-which is an engine
or disfranchiSement-and the best
settlement of the debt.
They could not be enlisted in be-
lalf of a republican ticket; they do
lot ask the republicans to accept a
Icket at their hands; they invite all
Who will support the readjuster
icket to aid in its formation. This
makes a genuine union of anti
Bourbon votes possible, and there
an be no doubt now that it will be