West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-04-07
Bridgeton, N. j., April 7th, 1881
JUDGE ROBERTSON'S NOMINA.
TION.

President Garfield having nominated Hon.
VIM. b. Robertson as Collector of the port
of New York, the senior Senator from that
State has become exceedingly wroth. Mr..
Robertson is one of the best men of that
great commonwealth He has served as a
Judge of the Courts, been a member Of
Congress two or more terms, and is now a
State Senator, to which Office he has thrice
been chosen by large majorites. No one
doubts his ability or integrity, but simply
because he opposed Gen. Grants nomina-
tion for third term at Chicago Mr.. Conk-
ling now demands his rejection And, to
accomplish this end, he appeals s'to the
courtesy of the Senate" Judge Robertson
had right to oppose the third term, and he
did the country good service in the bold
stand which he took on the floor of the Ma
tional Convention. Through bis efforts
principally the nomination of President
Garfield was made possible, and to him tie
present Administration owes much. I'll
President. therefor did the right thing when
be rendered one Of the first offices in his gift
to the Judge. We have always admired the
great abilities and the neutrality-suspicious.
of Senator Roscoe Coukling. He is q re
markable man, and both as an orator and
politician has but few equals in this or any
other land, but with all his power and ac
knowledged talents he is not yet king,
neither must he be allowed to dictate the
policy and the appointments of each and
every Republican administration There
are hundred of Republicans in this country
who are just as stalwart and good as the
Senator from New York, and whose Repub-
lican principles are just as sound, and in the
selection of appointees have the same right
to be heard. When, however, the Republi
cans of the nation elected General Garfield
President, they did so with the distinct un-
derstanding that he should be Chief Erecu-
tics. If they meant that Mr.. Conkling
should have been President that gentleman
would have been nominated and not the
present incumbent. The wisdom of their
choice was apparent in the Inaugural ad-
dress and the Cabinet appointments The
new President has started we'll. He has di-
vided the offices between the 'tstalwarts"
and the independents, and setting aside
cliques and rings he has sought to harmon
ize all the wings of the party. In the
great State of New York Mr.. Conkling has
no right to complain. The U. 5. Marshal
ships, the District Attorneyship, and many
of the most valuable State appointments
have been given him. The Collectorship of
the port of New York was left for the Inde-
pendent Republicans, and in this selection
the President has acted wisely and we'll.
VIM. B. RobeItson's nomination is the best
under all the circumstances that could have
been made. He is just the sort of man to be
at the head of the Custom House through
which flows three-fourths of all the revenue
which enters the country, and which has at
tached to it so great power of patronage.
1t is a high position, and one which ought
to be filled with bushes ability and capacity,
and not by a mere politician. Judge Ro-
bertson's loyalty to the Republican party is
unquestioned. His nomination meets with
popular approval, and President Garfield
can afford to stand by it, with, or without
the consent of Roscoe Conkling.