New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-27

Roberta and outsiders ike Rnfus Andrews
Hugb Hastings and the present Governor Cornell
The same Legislature contained Smith M. Weeo'
Jarvis Lord, Harry Genet, Jimmy Irving ana bon
Wood.
For bis assistance, Senator Folger was made Sub
Treasurer of the United States IN 1eo9' aiter
Friday had made vacancy, Grant appointing hin'
some sav. on Morean's backing. In few months ne
was mt on the Bench of Appeals by the popuia,
vote and by the active help Of james Obnen anu
others. who ran Folger and Andrews tickets out OK
the;r boras The reorganization of the Court Oh Ap-
r..Is as in pursuance Of Article VI of the new Con
st,,uton of 500 which constitution was relecteo
- tho aons Of the State with the sole exception OF
A,t;cle VI referring only to the Judiciary, which
n.ssad nv a majority OF less than
? oOo votes in nearly 2SSOOo. linus
the Court of Appeals was reorRani1eu
with seven Judges to hold for fourteen years. tno
neople voting for only five OF them 90 tnat TWO
hound to be of the minority, or KepuDiican pafty,
The new court to take all cases oelore 'no o,u
conrt ont of the hands Of the latter. In the consul
tut,nno, convention had been sitting as members
EoIoor and Andrews, the two Republicans who LED
,bo;r tickets ma we'll as Sanford E. Church, who be.
came Chief Justice After serving nearly MS 1uii
,orm (;overnor Cornell appointed Folger Chief-Jus
,ice in place of the deceased Church, and at the
election TO replace Church. Folger greatly outTan
his ticket The article making the present
Bench of Appeals contains this sections The Judges
of the Court of Appeals shall not hold any other
office of public trust All votes for any of them for
any other than judicial Office given by the Legis-
lature or the people shall be void" Some critics
have limited that the first part OF this article is a
disqualiier even of Federal executive place.
The story of Judge Folger is therefore of man
with the clear intellect and worldly wisdom OF
Franklin, studying law in Western New York.
spending several years the civil bench, six years
in the State Senate. year 80 in the ub-Treasury
of the United States and eleven years
on the highest bench of the State, and
finally made the head of the most i'm
portant American judiciary next to the Supreme
Bench of the United States. The Chief-J of
Nev7-York stand IN the highest line Of statesmen,
led by John Jay, and containing the names of Gov
ernors Yates and Lewis, aud of the great cOmmenta-
tor, Chancellor Kent.
Senator Conkling's family stock came from a place
analogous to FolgePs-from EasthamDton, at the
tin of Long Island, which was settled by Massa-
chusetts people from about Lynn. There Judge
Alfred Conkng was born in 1888. nine years before
Lyman Beecher was made minister oil Easthampton
Church. Conkling and Beecher have always kept
up the friendship in recollection OF their parents.
Alfred Conkling moved to Montgomery7County be-
tween Albany and Utica, and there Fred Conkling
was born. while his father was District Attorney.
De Witt Clinton, also resident OF Long
Island, made Alfred Conkling United States
Judge and the following year Roscoe was born at
Albany. Frederick married Miss Lorillard, sister OF
Pierre Lorilard. Roscoe married Miss Seymour
sister of Horatio Seymour. Fred was brought up to
merchandise Roscoe to the bar. Mr.. Conkling
says there is some Scotch in bis composition.
MI .l,Nu hon tRaa nj
Grants simplicity, is related Of Folger and Conk-
ling. When the formers name came up one day re-
Gently in Grants presence. he asked:
"what Folgcr Is thatT
ut s the man, General, answered n covert friend
the United States"
what. Charles FOlgeri" exclaimed Grant.
"Why he is fit for any place in the gift of the Gov
eminent! He is fit to be President, Mr. COnklng y
And the silence was like music, to Grants sur
Prise.
POLITICAL TRADITIONS.
Having a word with Mrs. Montgomery, the
daughter Of Governor Phelps. of Missouri yesterday.
who is also the niece of the wife of Mr. Emo. owner
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel property-he having mar
ried Mr. Phelps's sster-sho told mo little incident
of her fathers long and useful career. He was
chairman of the Ways and Means Committee at
Washington before the Rebellion. and General
Nathaniel Lyon, after being killed at Wilson's
Creek, was barred in his garden by Mrs. Phelps.
only father said Mira. Montgomery. was prob
ably the first man to bring out the Methodist vote
distnctvely in politics. though not for himself.
There was an old man named Trusten Polk whose
family went, like that of Mr.. English OF Indiana.
from the State of Delaware to the West In 1886
this Mr.. Polk was nominated for Governor. running
against the great Colonel Benton as the
Independent Democratic candidate, and against
Robert Ewing as the American candidate. Ny
father met him Que day and said: slr. Polk. con-
graduate you on your prospects for being Cover
nor You astonish me- SAID Polk, have not had
one word Of encouragement from any politician in
the Statep / think yOur chances ere good said
my further. Let ME give you n suggestion. You
are o Methodist, / believe. Now, there il no neces-
sity of being Methodist and politician at the same
time, without calling your Methodist friends to
give you political help. understand that the Con-
ference Of your Church is going to meet 1T Columbia.
Missouri in a few weeks Why not have yoursel (
elected lay delegate TO that Conference 1t
will present you to tho people Of your
Church at an important moment thousands
of whom, perhaps. do not know you are Metho-
dist Polk thanked my father for the suggestion
and when the Conference met there he IA dele
gate. All the newspapers IN the State referred to
the fact all the Methodsts got to know it. and he
beat both the other candidates aud 1t was poor
Colonel Benton's final overthrow. Ever since the
Methodist Church has been recognized in politics"
Dir. Montgomery has just built about ninety miles
Of railroad in Oregon up the Willamette Valley.
Henry Willard. who is making quite a figure in
finance. IS also building railroad IN Oregon. and
he and Montgomery were both newspaper core
anondents i'm aarlier il m Tradition I'm
ngton that old Vice President Henry Wilson.
who never could make cent for himself
but wanted to zee the boys in the
newspapers pay their board bills and feel rdepen
dent. used to tell Henry Willard. Adam Hill, Horace
White. Sam Wilkinson and Others about tho taxes
to be imposed under the war tariff, and several OF
those Young u en-. taking the hint. canitalizcd the