The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-26
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Judge Robertson. Confirmed.

his confirmation was received with great sat
isfaction by his personal and political friends,
and in New York city, Brooklyn, Albany and
several other cities salutes of 100 guns were
fired in recognition of the event. At Albany
Judge Robertson was serenaded by large con-
| course of political friends, during which sew
erai distinguished gentlemen made speeches.
Commenting on the action of the Senate in the
confirmation, the Chicago Times says:
s'The result must have been surprise as
well as disappointment to Conkling, for it
| shows that his following in the Senate after
all the bowling in which he has INDUCED about
senatorial privileges and the Presidents bad
| faith, is ridiculously small. The nearly llnani-
nous vote mus be accepted as substantially
ali emphatic censure Of the course COnkling
and Plat have pursued in leaving their seats,
and of the infamous assaults they and their
organs have made upon the President"
The Tribune of that city, in its editorial on
the situation, concludes as fellows:
"The triumph of Judge Robertson S confirm
office of collector of New York, though there
is every reason to believe that he will admins
ter that office honestly and efficiently; but his
confirmation also signalizes the triumph Of
two important principles, viz:
| First-The vindlcatiOn of the rule of district
|
tions..
Second-The executive appointments with
out first submitting them to the approval of
the two Senators from the particular state
where the office to be filled is located, or
where the man happens to live.
The unanimity with which Robertson has
been confirmed Is further significant of Conk-
llng's decline and fall. The country is not
likely to be troubled for some time to come
with the fallacy called the courtesy of the
Senate" through which Conkling tried to
feast his personal grudges upon the country.
With Conkling's fate in mind no Senator will
care to lead forlOrn hope in the interest of a
vicious practise. As to Conkling himself, 1t
will not be surprising if it turns out that he
has committed political harikari. Robertson,
as collector, will probably be more of power
in New York state, than .Conkling as ex-Sena-
tor"
The New York Telegram, gives the
following sketch of the new Collector Of the
port of New York: ....
Judge VIM. Fl. Robertson, the new Collector
of the port of New York, has long been promi-
nent in New York politics. He is native of
Westminster county, and is fifty-eight years of
age He was educated at Bedford, West
chester county, and was admitted to the bar
in 1847 He was elected as superintendent of
| the Bedford common schools soon after at
tanning her majority, and retained that posi-
ton for many years. He was first elected to
the Assembly in 1S49, being then but twenty
! six years of age, and served for two years. He
was elected to the state Senate from the West
chester district in 1854, and was a senator in
| '52, '72, '73, IA, rs, '76 and III. He vigor-
ously supported the bill which established
free schools throughout the state. He served
in the Senate as chairman of the committee
on commerce and navigation, and of the COM
mittee on rules, library and judiciary, and as
president pro TEN, in 1875, rs, ZIG, and ~. He
was county judge of Westminster county for
twelve years, being cOnsecutively elected for
three terms. He was chosen as presidential
elector in 1860, and was then elected to a seat
in the Fortieth Congress He was delegate
to the Republican National Convention III 1864
and 1876 and 1880, and he has been repeatedly
sent as delegate to the Wing and Republican
state convention. He served as member of
the Republican State Committee for six sue
cessive years, and was made chairman of the
gan in 1862 to raise and organize state troops
in the Eighth Senatorial district. He was
the commissioner appointed to superintend
the draft in Westminster county in the early
part of the war, and was the brigade inspector
of the Seventh brigade for six years. In 1876
he received from Williams College the degree
of ILL., D. He was elected to the present
Senate by majority of 147 over his Demo-
cratic competitor, Mr.. Richard Lathers. At
the opening of the session he was reelected
president pro tenn. of the Senate. For more
than thirty years Judge Robertson has been
in public life, While the anti -third term feel
ing was aroused in the Empire state, judge.
Robertson, as a delegate to Chicago, became
the leader of the independent Republicans, and
in the national convention fully carried out
the determination which he had previously
openly declared, and led the anti Grant forces
in the revolti in the state delegation. He was
for Blaine, but when the break came he went
| w for 10
action at Chicago he was most savagely de-
nounced by the Conkling organs and threaten
ed with political extinction. With reference
to party principles he has always been a
straight and incorporating Wing, and
afterward Republican.
The Pail Mall Gazette of May IS,
commenting on he late deadlock in the United
States and the designations of Senator's Conk-
ling and Platt, says that an incident of high
ly disagreeabe symptom as showing the i'm
portance which patronage and place has at
tracted to themselves in the republic. I here
seems to be no longer any craftsmanship in
the American Senate. The men in power in
the republic seek no longer great and lofty
aims, but give their talents to the ignoble
work of rewarding their friends and furnishing
their enemies, in order to prolong their own
| OHlclal power. Inc PGU lHGH Gazette draws
from this the reflection that healthy political
life is impossible in the United States, and that
grave perils await the country in the future.
Commissioner Of agriculture.
The new Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, the Hon. Geo. B. Loring, of Massachu-
sets, has given most of his time for the last
twenty years to such work as will fit him, in
an eminent degree, for the duties of his new
position. He owns magnificent model farm
in Massachusetts, is the author of various
works on agricultural subjects, was, for a
long time, editor of the agricultural depart
ment of the Boston Globe, and is universally
recognized throughout New England as stand
ard authority ON agricultural matters. He
was, for several years, President of the Massa-
chusetts Senate, from which position he was
called to take seat in the national House of
Representatives from Buffers old district
Before the war he was a Democrat. He is an
eloquent speaker and man of profound learn
ing.
Bogus Diploma NIL.