, 1881-06-17


.iaubIc-ea.|s nid stnlcs, although, l,o ,lny
exhibit ii nlorc serious hI0oh towards thnse
III cl,urge Ut Ills palHr whu permitted suc1,
fnylngs 10 appear III thu columns Of the
Iimcs.
8ENAT0R1AL COURTESY AND THE SIN.
MONS CAGE.
Il few days ago TltE Tribune recountctl
tho history Of tho appointment nj WIltiam X.
Simmons rs Collector Of Customs In fS0stOll.
The p,lrpuae then was 10 show litlw greatly
mistaken Gen. Grant was In asserting "ltlias
invariably been the custom that where tho
Senators FROM any State objcctGtl to Tresl-
dental appointments III that State. tito up
p0lnttI1eilts were always withdrawn" md to
proye tl,ut t'cl. Urant himself llatl refused to
recognize any such rule. but tho Simmons
cttse not 'nsruly exposes tho Inconsistency Of
the support ten. Grant now gives to Con1s-
ling OIL tho basis OF II c,tstom which lle
tt;rnnt} refused to recognize wl,un lls WIS
President; It alsn Ias direct benrinr upOit
tile Cnnklfng ease, md exposes tile ex.Scl,-
ators i1ls[,ceslty rs well as tho cx-Iresltlent's
Inconsistency.
Tho story OF the Simmons caso lnay bc
briefly retOll. This HAL was one Ut Ben But
lur's blowers and strikers aru was appnlntctl
Collector BY Gen. Grant ut Buffers aoitcita-
tion. Butler wanted the patranmso OF tho
CustO-llouse to ussfst him to sccnre
tho Republican nomination for Gov
erndr OF Massachusetts. Tile npmilia-
ton Of Simmons WIS received with
dsapproynl OF. nll Sides. Memorials and
delegations wore sent froin Massachusetts to
President Grant, representing tho pelBt}nal
nni'tness OF tic noniIico and asking tint Ills
naulc be withdrawn. The DostOn Chamber
Of Commerce protested against the nDlnlna-
tLo,. All tho Republican members Ut CON-
gress from Massachusetts except one OBJ
pused Simmons. What Is more to tho pOint,
both the Massachusetts Sonators-Susnner
and Doutwe1l-resEstetl tho confirmation IT
this appointment III the Senate, and tie
Commerce Committee, Of which Boutwell,
was Chairman, reported against 1t. III spite
Of nil this opposition, Simmons was con.
tis1hel.
Tile nomination of Simmons was very
generally recognized 10 bc, not merely R
Rrntulty to ben Butler to the .tctrlnent OF
the public interest anil the Injury OF the Re
| publican party, but also n deliberate eilDrt
Ill tic part Of tha President to insult and h,,-
| lnl[iato Senator Sumner, WHO had dared tO
| sttlfer will lin. OIL the San Domingo annex
| ation projact- Nevertheless, Senator SUN
| ner, and Senator Boutwell,, who noted with
Sumner In this matter. did not resign their
! seats md abandon their constituency; but,
Satisfied with having loilo their duty, pro-
cecdol 10 discharge their functions IA Sell
| ofexa frxtt,t fhc Etnfa NJ Nfucuno1,1,aotfo +te
they Ind been doing before.
| 1t should now be stated tint ex-senator
C0nklng wus tho leader Ut tue Ad,nfnistra-
tlou Senators ut that tl.ne, defended tie ap-
pointment Ut Simmons, advocated his coll-
tirMatiol>, declined 10 recognize In the oppo-
sition Of the two Massachusetts Su',ators any
reason for hls REDUCTION. and succeeded III fast-
e,ling t,pon Senator Sumner the "fnsult "
which President Grant hal put up0n HIN by
accepting the obnoxious Ben nutler as En-
ec,ltlye ailylser In Massachusetts atfa!rs.
The parallel between the appointment Of
Simmons by President tirant anu the mp.
| p0Intmcnt Of Robertson by President Cur
eld Will he readily recognized. lint tho
ppilts OF difference should atso he nnte.l.
Tho opposition to SlIilnl0lls was bRsed upon
the grDll.lsl that h0 wus MI unit nlall for the
pIaco tn wlllcl, lte lia.l been appointed; tho
tltness Of Isobertaot for the position to whicl,
ho was appointed waa universally cnncellntl.
The appointment vt HilnIuons hnA been pro-.
cured by III Intriguing and offensive ,,ol!.
tIelah, that Ut ltohortson originated with
the Administration. The opposition to Sim,
polntnlcnt received the unanimous approval
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