, 1881-04-24

Congressman having bevn connected With tne
alleged Irregularities appear to be without
foundation. 4 h;si! authority III the Post
Office Department states that nothing yet tit
yeloped iucuIpates any member Of Congress.
EMERY STORRS.
WHAT he THINKS AFTER STAYING IN WASH
INGTON 4 FEW DAYS.
sptcta, Dispatch to Tho Cntcd2o Tribune.
WAs,uxGroS. D. c., April 23.-The Ion.
Emery 4. Storrs left to-day for Chicago. Be-
fore leaving ne gave his views for The Tis11'-
uNE upon the political situation here as seen
By him. Speaking Of tile deadlock. he said:
..These difficulties are, 1 think, In fair way
ofsoiutiou. II II vote could be had to-day
there is probably but little doubt that Judge
Robertson would be confirmed The repeat
cdly-eSpressed discrimination OF the Presi-
dent that the Cus1oln-House shall not be cul-
ployed rs q political engine agailst either
Senator Con]llng OF Ills friends, md tile belief
rapidly gaining ground that he will BIZ able TO
carry ont ITS determination, has III my judS-
uent aided very much to reconcile the ac-
Tive friends of Senator Con!,fing throughout
tile State OF New York to Judge kobertson's
appointment, and | am of opinion that, while
there will be doubtless s0u1e thren.enli'Ss
and m1trmuring5, there will be no substantial
division Of the purity in that State growing
out Of Judge Robcrtson's appointment.
THE EUMoK Is RAPIDLY GAINING BELIEVERS
that Judge Robertson, as condition for cast
inE his vote and that OF his friends for Sell
ator l'latt, was assured by the
latter that no objection should be
made to his confirmation by the
Senate to any place to which the President
might see fit to appoint him, and it is said
that the President is in possession Of written
evidence Of that understanding. II this be
50, it certainly must relieve the President OF
all obligations SO far as Senator ConElin@
is concerned, however uncomfortable might
be the position IN which Senator Platt was
placed. This. so far rs Know, however, is
mere rumor, and it is d"e to Senator Platt
to say thet lie positively drnies that any such
understanding between himself and Judgo
Robertson ever existed"
do you think that
FRYE's SPEECH
represents the Administration as regards the
South?"
1.-THE effect of 2lr. Frye's speech in the
Senate was. for Il time at least, to mite the
Democrats in hostility TO the Administration,
bur understand that yesterday tle plcSi-
dent In consultation with several represent
aiiye Southern men, assured them that Mr.
Frye's speech could not he taken rs EXPRESS
Ing the views Of tho Administration III its
treatment Of the South. However much OF
doubt there may be upon other points
merely personal in their character, no
one seems to be III doubt Us to
the attitude Of the Administrator upon
matters Of principle and doctrine. Concern
ing this, the President is rs stalWart Us tie
most stalwart. There will be 10 triling
with the laws, and no halfway measures in
their enforcement. The South will be treat
ed fairly, but the Administration understands
tile South to nieail the entire South. There
must be Il free ballot and Il fair count. No
one thinks now, so far rs doctrine is con-
cerncd. that we shall to compelled to pass
through four years Of
THE -ABJEcr CE1SGISG
Of the last Administration"
"What about Civil Strvice:"
''TI1E CIVIL SERVICE.
will not be used as Il subject for essayists to
experiment upon, nor will appoitltnlcnt to
Office m1lzzle the nlan appointed. Every Re
publican appointed to oilice-.nd nOne Litt
Republicans will be appointed-wiIl not
thereby be deprived OF the privilege Of enter
tanning and expressing his own Republican
convictions, nor will he be deprived of the
privilege, after bnsines hours, Of doing lis
best to defeat the Democratic party"
"The President, III his inaugural, sahf he
should recommend some law upon the sub
jcct. Have you :ny Information as 10 the
nature Of the contemplated proposition ?'
.' l think the scheme for 4 lifc-tcnure III
office will meet but little, If any, encourage
lnent from this Administration, and the
scheme Of appointing our political adyer-
saries tn office in the hope OF conc;lating
them will meet with no consideration what
ever.
SOMETHING NOT QUITE SO PRETEETroUs,
but much more practical, will Be attempted,
doubtless appointment tn office for fixed
terms established BY law. It will not be re-
garded rs covering the entire field of practi-
cal Civll-Scryice reform to devise scheme
BY which men can get into office without
having some method adopted to determine
how they must behave themselves while in
Office, and how they may be got rid OF if they
do not behave themselves"
'Do you learn that there will be an exccu-
tive session soon?''
p. ''As to the deadlock in the Senate, it will,
doubtless, so far IT'S coniirnati0ns are COIL
cerned, he broken within 4 week. do not
mean by this that tho contest is to be- abdfi
doned, but, from all that can gather, I Il
of the opinion that CAUCUS wall soon be
called for urging some method by which the
most esscntia! combinations, at least, may be
acted upon and disposed off,
''IIoW ABOUT ILLINOIS APPOINTMENTS i
~ hear but little with regard to further
appointments in the State Of Illinois, and pre-
sumo that no important changes there will
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