Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-02-27
EASTERN DISPATCHES
The New York 'rribune" on Conk'
ling.

IInSs
New Yonk. February 25.-Ths Tribune
OF today has the following upon the
appointment OF Conkling: Guitsau has
made q Supreme Judge as we'll as q Presi.
dent. 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 position in the gift Of the Prssi.
dent IL q cold.blooded assassin had not
Hrst murdered the President whom the
people elected. For that horrible muir
der NO man living is thought BY the
American people Of the United States to
be more responsible than Conkling him
self. President Garfield gave him Ave.
sixtbs Of the important patronage Of this
State. He demanded II all. On the
nomination Of o single man whom hs
disliked he declared war upon the ad-
ministration, fought It in the Senate till
be found the struggle hopeless, then be-
trsysd his party and threw the Senate
into the hands Of the opposition BY re-
signing. and then bssoueht the State Of
New York to return him with latters OF
marque a. Q licensed privatesr upon his
own people. Meantime. on the day alter
his resignation his disciple Guitsau
bought his pistol. and the very physi.
clan who vas afterward called In to
probe the Presidents wound went about
saying that Garfield deserved to be
shot. Conkling was beaten In his
own State In o contest which no
invited-overwhslmingly, hopslessly and
disgracefully beaten. A Legislature OF
his own creatures dared not re-elect him.
The people Of the Stats were as q hun
dred 10 one against him. When he re.
turned defeated from Albany hs could
not have been elected Road Supervisor
or Justice Of the Peace in the strongest
Republican county Of the State. Then
Guitsau stole up behind Garfield and
fred 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 bis.
toric facts, known to everybody and dis.
puted by nobody. We recall them now
merely 10 set this appointment in the
light OF attendant facts. II the nomi.
nation WAS otherwise Q at one. some
thing would DO pardoned 10 the personal
friendship and personal gratitude Of the
late Vice President. But tho nomina-
ton is on other grounds VIGOROUSLY I'M
fit. Conkling has NO standing Of the
bar to enable him to be even thought Of
In connection with the Supreme Bench.
| He has had NO considerable practice
| since his youth. He has been retained
| 10 no cases rave those which came In the
way OF pay for political influence. The
appearances be made In Court have been
such as 10 provoke the contempt and
ridieale Of real lawyers. On this
point. In spite OF the high POSI-.
| lion and great influence he had, there
has scarcely been divided opin.
ion. No doubt be might have been
q good lawyer. but he chose to devote
| his active years to something else,
and he IL now too old to learn. Mr..
Conkline is unfit for the Supreme Bench,
or for any Bench. because be Is not o
man OF judicial temper. Everybody,
friend and foe, knows him as an In
tensely hot partisan, who never sees or
can SEQ more than mi side Of o 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 be OF good service 10 some
places, but be Is no more ht for a judge
than be is to be q banknote engraver or
o Sunday. school Superintendent. This
nomination is grossly unfit, because !. Is
so tlagrant an abuse Of tho appointing
power to use the Supreme Bench to PEN
sion q broken down politician who has
made himself to tho last degree odious to
the people. II he must be provided for
ct the public expense, II should DO after
tho manner he himself recommended.
This is what he said about Collector
Robertson to Mr.. Garfield: "Ssnd him
abroad to some second. class Consulship
and / will 60 into the lobby and hold my
nose while hs IL confirmed"