New-York tribune., 1885-08-10
DECEIVING HE PRESIDENT.
AN UNFIT MAN FOR JUDGE RECOMMENDED
THE APPOINTMENT MADE-THE PRESIDENTS ANGHR
WHO THE MANI
IRY rRLs0RAPu TO IHa rRtBuNE


THE APPOINTMENT MApE-TuE PRESIDENTS ANGER
WHO is THE MANI
Ipr TELEGRAPH 10 rHs rRisssEl
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Frends of the men
who have received judicial appointments at the hanas
of the present Administration begin to snow
able curiosity IA certain correspondence published last
week under Cincinnati date lue. The matter In ques-
ton comprised letter to the President ana the repT
thereto.
The name OF the correspondent was supprcsseaas ALSO
were the name the person whose appointment 10
udgeship was the subject OF his letter and the names
of two supreme Court judges who recommended inc
appointment OF the latter The repentant writer o 'no
letter who signed the petition, says:
Itbin, not man whose on II had the remotest
idea that his appointment was possible Not QUE ulo
He is not qualified morally or professionally Ire Is
scarcely lawyer az all while the place w snh,pS pr
vate letter but at the ssino time would prefer una .na % ~
name be not sen @ be- 10 9boucht necessary to do
The letter is dated July "a. The Presidents reply h
dated August l. In 1t he accuses the writer of perhdy
and charges him with the commission oi
an "unpardonabie crime" lie says that
tbe d" confession comes too late to be OF
immediate use the pubic service From us language
IL is fair to infer that the Presidents letter was dictated
in the 4 flush OF Indignation aud therefore that he
mus have received the letter dated July "A on the day
on which the reply was written III VIII DO ooser'ou
that the dates the letters are eight days apart
latter mailed at san Francisco, Cal, or fortand'
Ore on July "a should have reached the Presideh' on
August l. letter from Cincinnati mailed Juiy "a
,xould have reached him within thrty-six hours The
letters were Published August L. threc days aier
the Presidents letter wnt;en and hence couu NOT
have been given out for publication by per-
son on the Pacific Coast. II has been declared
at the White House the publication that the corre
snoudence is genuine The recipient OF the Ptesdehts
letter would undoubtedly be the last mau IN tho word 10
make its contents public. Tho correspondence
evidently made public py tne made nd hy The
President in July were those OF James ~ nap v.
consn to Chief Justice OF Idaho Icriiof' anu anu , 60,
ward j. Dawne. of Oregon, to be United state ~,
Aaska As Wisconsin representative III ,he ,apine
ia lawyer and is personally acquainted WIN henpcl
~ the leg nj that State II would he suiu
"a believe that Judge Hays the man referred 10 IN
the correspondence. The only 1niicisai hpP",n ,
MADE In June that OF william H. f'em'nE' = ~. .
nent and well-knOwn lawyer OF Kentucky 10 DC AHs"'
c,sfe. Imstice I'm New-Mexco As the publication pur
norts 10 emanaie from Cincinnati so near inc nome ."
Judge Fleming. II IS perhaps ha,l 80, ~, m mo in,D
nation upon what might be regadeh as t,o
him, aud vet nobody who kno"s any J, ,,anv m In
Fleming's standing personally ana pioIe ~
Kerducky ought 10 suppose for moment that ln was
the subject OF the correspondence for aush. tnat -
known the public Judge Dawnc may s'anu % ~ r, w.
aud personally IN oregon as Judge fien-
ing does Kentucky; but II inc io'' ,e W =,
and the President believes ,hc", rhv " saws
that tbe comes late to be of INN odate
service Thc appointment OF judicial onscr .lne
Of any other civil officer commissioned D' tho
| is iucompcte until confirmed by the schht" oI 'uo
| United states. The President may withurew sn ="
appointment even after II has ocen se. ~ Is.,ei
! during "A vacation of the Senate bcsuch .nc
appointments already mentioned frcsineh, ,n -, ,
has made the following: W. II. Brinker OF Missour'
Associate Justice OF NcwMcrico; Orlando W"
OF Michigan Associate Justice OF Utah; " - hcoon s,
nell. Associate Justice oI Dskol"' W. n ''''''' 1870
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