Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
| WASHINGTON.
Timothy @. Howe Nominated
and Confirmed as Post
master General.
Something About Judge
Gray the New Chief
Justice.
John Sherman Skulking and
Trying to Avoid the
| Investigation.
He has Made Himself Obnoxi-
GUS to Arthur and Must
Suffer.
A Plaster-Cast of Guiteau's
Head and Face
Taken.
Something About Sec. Folger's
Policy.
Possibility of a New Trial for
0ulUGdu.
Report of the Commissioner of
Agriculture.
a Big Batch Of Combinations by the
Senate.
Something About Sec. Folger's
Policy.
Possibility of a New Trial for
Guiteau.
Report of the Commissioner of
Agriculture.
a Big Batch Of Combinations by the
Senate
WasllingtOn.
NOMINATIONS AND coYFIRNATIC

The president has nominated limo
thy o. Howe, of Wisconsin, as postmas.
ter general.
The president has also nominated
VIM. III. McClearey postmaster at Pitts
burg.
The senate confirmed ex-Sen. Howe
as posmater general, and Judge Gray
associate justice of the supreme court;
also Thos. G. Acton U. S. treasurer of
New York city.
JUDGE HORACE GRAY. THE NEW SUPREME
COURT JUDGE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Judge Gray,
who was nominated to fill the vacancy
on the supreme bench of the United
States, occasioned by the death of
Justice Nathan Clifford, is at present
the chief justice of the supreme bench
IN Massachusetts,, his native state. He
is a man not over 55 years of age, if he
is SO old, and was appointed associate
justice Of the court of which he is now
chief justice perhaps fifteen years ago,
receiving his promotion to the latter
place ten or twelve years since. His
immediate predecessor as chief Justice
was chief Justice Bigelow, jurist of
wide professional fame. Chief Justice
Bigelow's immediate predecessor was
Joseph Story, who left the posi-
ton, as does Judge Gray, to accept one
On the bench of the supreme court OF
the United States. 1t is said of Judge
Gray that he studied law with the sole
object of becoming judge, and that
during all his career he kept that goal
constantly before him. Being man
of large inherited wealth he never
sought practice as lawyer, and con-
sequently made no great figure in that
line. He is of the bluest blue Beacon
street blood, Of aristocratic tendencies
and associations. Heis bachelor and
a generous liver. In appearance he is
more imposing than any of his new as
sociates, being at least six feet four
inches in height and proportional ac-
cordlngly. In distinguished personal
appearance he is compared with
Charles Sumner, whom he is said to re-
semble in many respects. He has al
ways been esteemed as fair conserva-
tive if not brilliant judge.
sHERMAN's sKULKING.
WASHINGTON. Dec. Ex-senator John
Sherman has fortified himself against
the treasury investigation which is now
pending. The whole affair has been
placed in the hands of the senate APP
preparation committee. The first point
Mr.. Sherman seeks for himself is to
have the investigation conducted with
closed doors. Two members of the
republican branch of the committee
Senators Allison and Logan-are op-
posed to star-chamber investigation,
and advocate taking all the testimony
in public. Mr.. Allison, the chairman
of the committee, is especially vigor-
Gus in favor of opening the doors.
Senator Logan also takes the ground
that, if all the charges made against
the management of Mr.. Sherman are
true. even a portion of them, it will
not do for the republican party to at
tempt to shield the perpetrators of the
wrongs charged Messrs. Dawes,
Plumb, and Hale represent the old ele-
ment in the republican party that was
IN favor OF
wHITEwAsHING ANY POLITICAL CRIMINAL
providing he was member of their
own party organization. Naturally the
democrats of the committee are sup
posed to be in favor of an open investi-
| CATION. Those democratic senators are
Davis of West Virginia, Beck, Ransom,
and Cockeril, making nine members in
all. Davis of West Virginia and Cock
eril of Missouri are men who can not
be influenced by any of the Sherman
crowd; but it is thought that Beck and
Ransom might be persuaded by the
Sherman people to vote with three of
the republican members in favor of
closing the doors. Davis has had a
great deal of experience in investi-
eating the treasury department. He
understands too well many of Sher-
mans peculiarities, and as he has quite
deal of influence with Mr.. Beck it is
hardly probable that the latter would
dare to vote against opening the doors.
This investigation promises TO be
THE POLITICAL SENSATION
of the winter. There is much more in
it than the mere ordinary investigation
Of department. There is debt to
pay, and presidential candidate to be
disposed of. Mr.. Sherman has made
himself very obnoxious to Mr.. Arthur
and his friends. He made very Bit
ter war upon Gen. Arthur when col
iector of New York. He has stigma
tized Gen. Arthur's management OF the
custom house of that city as corrupt
and dishonest. Now the presidents
turn has come. Senator Logan, who
is perhaps mis- most intimate represent
alive in the senate, is the one repub-
lican senator who is most in earnest in
favor of open investigation, and it is
reasonable 70 suppose that in this he
represents the presidents wishes.
When the fact is taken into considers
ton that the head of the treasury de-
partment itself is In sympathy with
this investigation, and that he has al
ready broken up the ring in that de-
partment, il will be seen that the in
vestigation that is to follow will be
swift, sweeping, and thorough.
THE PLASTIC ART Is sUoc EsFUILY
APPLIED To THE ASSASSIN.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 20.-There
WAS peculiar scene at the jail to-day.
Clark Mills, the noted sculptor, with