Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-26
THE NOMINATION. CREATES A GENUINE
SENSATION.
SENATOR HoAR's OPINION OF
CoNkLINC.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.

SPECIAL 10 The sESIlHEL
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Tbe New York
Tribune has the following remarkable arti-
Gle Guiteau has madea Supreme Judge
as well as q President, and he is not hung
yet. There is not q human being in the
country 30 ignorant as to believe that
Conkling would have been awarded the
highest Judicial office in the gift OF the
President il the cold blooded assassin had
not first murdered the President whom
the people elected. For that horrible
murder no man living is thought by the
people Of the United States to be more re-
sponsible than Conkling himself. Presi-
dent Garfield gave him five-sixths Of the
important patronage of this State. He
demanded it all. On the nomins ton Of a
single man, whom he disliked, he declared
war upon the Administration. He fought
it in the Senate until he found the strug-
gle hopeless, then betrayed his party and
threw the Senate into the hands of the op-
position by resigning, n then besought
the State Of New York to return him with
itttoIb VI ulhTuucy u . llCCubcu pIlthtccI
to wage war upon his own people. In the
meantime, the day after his resignation,
his disciple Guiteau bought his pistol, and
the very physician who was afterwards
called in to probe for the bullet went
about saying hat Garfield deserved to be
shot.
Conkling was beaten in his own State in
Q ontest which he invited-overwhelm-
ingly, hopelessly and disgracefully beaten.
The Legislature Of his own creatures
dared not ~re-elect him. The people Of this
State were as q hundred to one against
him. When he returned defeated from
Albany he could not have been elected q
Road Supervisor or q Justice Of the Peace
in the strongest Republican county in the
State. Then Guiseau stole up behind Gar
field and fired his shot, and now the man
whom Guiteau made President makes
Conkling Q Judge Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States. These
are simple historic facts. known to
everybody and disputed by nobody. We
recall them now merely to set this ap-
pointment in the light Of attendant facts.
II ths nomination was otherwise a fit one,
something would be pardoned to the per-
sonal friendship and personal gratitude OF
the late Vice President; but the nomina-
ton 10 on other grounds VIGOROUSLY unit.
Conkling has no standing at the bar to
enable him to be even thought OF In con-
nection with the Supreme Bench. He has
had no considerable practice since his
youth. BE has been retained in no cases
save those which come In the way OF paw
for political influence. The appearances
he has made in Court have been such as to
provoke the contempt and ridicule of real
lawyers. On this point, in spite of his
high position and great influence he had,
there has scarcely been . divided opinion.
No doubt he might have been Q good law
yer, but he chose to devote his active
years to something else, and he Ia now too
old to learn. Mr.. Conkling 10 unfit for
the Supreme Bench, or for any bench, be-
cause he Is not q man Of judicial temper.
Everybody, friend and foe, knows him az
an intensely hot partisan, who never sees,
or can see, more than one side OF q ques-
ton. There was absolute accuracy in
Curtis description of him, as q person who
divided mankind into two classes; his
slaves and his enemies. Such q man may
DO of good service In some places, but he
10 no more ft for Q Judge than he Is to be
q bank-note engrsver or q Sunday School
Superintendent.
This nomination IL grossly unfit, be-
cause 1t is SO fragrant q n abuse Of the ap-
pointing power. to use the Supreme Bench
to pension q broken down politician. who
has made himself to the last degree odious
to the people. II he must be provided for
ct the public expense, IL should be after
the manner he himself recommended.
This is what be said about Collector Rob-
ertson TO Garfield: "Sspd him abroad to
some s~econd-class Consulship. and I will
go into the lobby and hold my nose while
he 10 confirmed"
A Genuiue Sensations In New York,
NRw York, Feb. 25.-Ths nomination Of
oonkling to the Supreme Bench. has Great
ed q genuine sensation, and considerable
space lie devoted to IL In the morning papers.
The weight Of opinion on the street and in
editorials il, that the appointment 10 q
commendable one in many respects,
though not free from criticism. Doubts
are expressed of his acceptance. The idea
prevails that his acceptance would inevita-
bly, remove him permanently from politics.
His friends are gratiied that the office has
been offered to him, and whether he &C
cepts or refuses it. they are sure that the
fact Of his nomination will iuure to his
benefit. and place him on Q better footing
with his party. His opponents interposs
. few objections. Is they are willing to see
his retirement from the political arena
thus emphasized.
The nomination OF Sargent for the Ger
man mission d criticized by most Of the
A Disgraee 70 the Judicial Ermine.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 25.-when the nomi-
nation Of ex-senator Conkling was read in
tha Rvanuktva gasofoo - sha Qa..u.-
day afternoon, . motion was made to take
1t mp for immediate consideration. Sena-
tor Hoar Of Massachusetts thereupon took
the floor and warmly said that while he
conceded Conkling's great ability. and that
no man since Webster had surpassed him
In intellectual force. he believed that Conk-
ling had used his powers for bad purposes,
and he did not believe him honest. "His
elevation TO the Supreme Bench" said
Hoar with great excitement OF manner and
pounding his desk with emphasis, " would
be Q Disgrace to the judicial ermins." He
I~nterposed An objection to the present con.
OF the nomination. and insisted
1t should take Its regular course Of
reference 10 the Judiciary Committes.
Ex-Governor Palmer's DenfaI.
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.-A Timss' Springfield
(Ill.) special reports Ex-Governor Palmer
saying with regard to the statement that
had received from Samuel j. Tilden q
letter to the effect that. he (Mr. Tilden)
would be 9 candidate for the Presidency in
1884 provided Palmer would run for the
Vice Presidency 81 have received no
letter from Governor Tilden on that or
any other subject, and I would not for o
moment entertain . proposition Of that