Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-20
SIN IN HIGH PLACES.
Crookedness of Judge Folger-Bibu1ous
Habits of Mr.. Arthur.

of Judge Folger-Bibu1ous
Habits of MI. Arthur.
''Gath,' in letter to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, gives some interesting gossip on
the New York gubernatorial situation, in
the shape of interviews with prominent
politicians of the Empire state. A we'll
known Republican is put down as saying:
Pennsylvania has been driven into revolt
by Cameron manipulating the state con-
ventions, and particularly the delegate
lists for the national conventions. Gen.
eral Arthur had SO little sagacity that
he selected Cameron to be his master
of his national strategy, put into
his hands the patronage of the federal
power in all parts of the country, and
Cameron was going to renominate him.
This had no sooner got out than the Penn
sylvanians made their preparations to
demolish Cameron utterly, and they are
going to do it. Nothing whatever can save
Pennsylvania from having Democratic
governor"
The same person remarked: when Ar
thur was made president I was apprehen-
sive that he would turn out to be drunk
ard. He had been drinking very hard for
years.and he was a cocktail drinker, and
could drink half dozen cocktails one after
the other. After he received the nomination.
however, he became very moderate with
his brandy, and it was apparent by his
clearer skin, more punctilious dress and
some little nicely about his daily compan-
ions. As rule his friends in New York
were not very respectable, and he is almost
the only president of the United States
who has been public drinker at the bars
Of the hotels. Liquor has been used,
guess, BY all the presidents, more or less.
but they have not made public example
Of standing up against the bar to get it.
STEWARDS STRENGTH.
Speaking of the action of Steve French
in forging proxies to the Saratoga cor
vention and the effect of the expose upon
the New York voters, the same gentleman
said: "French's act was almost identical
with that of Cameron, which made the
bolt last year and the present year. Mr..
John Stewart, of Pennsylvania, was elected
a delegate to the state convention to
choose national delegates to Chicago in
1880. When Mr.. Stewart went to the con-
vention he heard another mans name read
out from the platform for his district,
though there had been 10 contest whatever.
What is the consequence? Last year $4,000
votes were cast for an independent Repub
lican, who was not nominated by any con-
vention whatever. This year there may be
10000 votes cast for that same John Stew
art. What design to say to you said the
gentleman in question. lis this: Arthur
viii pay for the bad company he has been
keeping by the loss Of the state OF New
York this fall" Gath here remarks. "This
view is very generally expressed, though I
find some Democrats dubious, who appre-
bend that the desperate necessities Of the
federal administration will make its bench
men work with ten-fold hardness, and there
is vast amount of money the president
can throw into the state out of the big ap-
preparations the Democrats and Republi-
cans alike put into his hands at the last
session.
FONTS AGAINST FCLGER.
IL dwelling on the record of the respec-
tive gubernatorial candidates the CORE
spondent says: There are two points to
be raised against Folger, which he already
anticipates. In the first place he was
elected Judge of the court of appeals by
two celebrated members of the old New
York Tweed ring. James O'Brien and
ment hanging over him for years; but.
through the influence of powerful friends,
he has escaped from under il. and is now
local Justice here in civil causes under
certain amount Of money. Norton was
of cheating the ballot during and after the
10 4, 3D.
held the once lucrative Office Of sheriff at
time when it was worth not less than
100000 a year, and perhaps twice
that amount. O'Brien had large
influence in one Of sthe Irish districts,
similar to that which Norton had in an
other, and these two men allowed Judge
Folger's name, with that Of Judge An
drews, to be served out Of their Demo
cratic boxes, so that all the heelers of
those days in the two districts voted for
the two Republicans, who were thereby
elected by such large vote ove- that of
any others on the Republican ticket that
it made tremendous scandal and Charles
O'Conor, when Tilden was governor. pub
iished manifesto declaring that the
Court of Appeals had been set up by
Tweed, Sweeney & Co., to save them from
the consequences of their crimes, and that
| it had answered its purpose because it re-
versed the decisions of a court below
giving Tweed tremendous sentence in
the penitentiary. 1t is limited that Fol.
ger assisted Legislation which Tweed and
| the ring desired at Albany, where he was
the most powerful Republican member Of
| the state senate for about seven years
beginning with 1861.
ANOTHER CHARGE.
"The second charge against Mr.. Folge,
he cannot dispute at all. He took the of.
fee of assistant treasurer of the United
States at New York city, perfectly knowing
the amount of salary attached to it, which
was $4,000 a year-a very respectable sum
After he left the Office he quietly Instituted
a suit against the government to compel il
to pay him commission on the revenue
stamps manufactured and sold while he
was in the Office, the amount OF which com.
mission would have amounted to several
hundred thousand dollars. This was a
singular suit for one of the governments
trusted officers to bring. The federal cour,
thought so, too, when it non-suited Mr.
Foiger. and the decision unfortunately
came at the very moment when he was sole
ting Gen. Garfield to make him
secretary of the trasury. Garfield caugh,