Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-11-25

srrayed himself against President Gar
neld's Administrations o. the 2Sth o
March. 1881, Jointly with Postmaste
General James and U.S. Senators RIOS
coe ConklIng and Thomas c. Plat, h
signed Q paper addressed to,the Preslden
demonstrating against q change In tn
Cohectorship at the port of New Yorl
uy the. removal Of General Merritt ant
the appointment Of Judge Robertson
The President declined to withdraw Mr.
kobertson's name. ~whereupon Messrs
Vonkling and Plat, on the i4th Of May
1881. after having exhausted their re
sources in q vain attempt to prevent con
1rmation. addressed a joint letter 4
Governor Cornell resigning their Senator
ships In the long and unprecedentl,
bitter struggle, which followed at Alba
ny over the vacant Senatorial chairs
General nArthlN, tsred ~zeaiously 10
the yindicatien reelection OF Messrs
Conkling and ria1E A few days after
ward he repaigs 10 Albany with Mr.
Conkling, aud ial brought his official
political and personal influence 10 bea
on members Of the Legislature on behal
OF the reelection of the resigned Sena
tors. BE remained at Albany, for sewers
weeks. On the evening proceeding tn,
day on which President Garfield wa
shot he returned to New York, comm,
down as he went up w ". Conkling
nearrd ~ Mar \, M an
one cs,isJ rprs .n,s. suu.'
ths vhers ~. Co., hsn.
as-sassinsssd SaeS M !.
-trIecram -. ,i.,.J ~ ;ar.ss
hana conermgnr shs ,orcr, pn,,st,n.
81 The prssiSsrT. nnrd,,irn. s.nts ].
him AZ shors ;.s.va,s an.;nr ssu
and AZ rsSn;rns
tor .Jones 81 Nsvsds he .ool : ,ra;r
for WASHINGTON Ths Gsrsrsi rsma;rad
AT the canitsl mill s%srs was .ocd raa
sons n hen.va shss.Sa pro.u. ma.
slowly hnf sr,s,v r.oav.rins and ,na.
came hscr ~ N.v Vorh Umon ~.
death of C.rs,si C.rea,d REyh.son
nj 1O.s5 r. N Sentemhsr 10 1881 stai,
egram WAS jn,,srf,w ssr. - nsna,.i AZ.
thur. annonc;nr ths rsws ,;cnsd nv a,l
The member, ~ ths Cs,se,S Cabinst
This message reached him ~ nj. hnn.s
and a few minutes later JnSce Rradv N
the Sunreme Conrt accoSnan;.j ~
District Attornev Rcuins ;a;nsd him
there The Jrd,o IN ,ha rr..oao. =,
Mr.. Rollins F6l;ce comm;s.,prer F,ench
and Alan Arthur Tho Gsnarsi.s oniv
son. administered Tho oath Of m. and
thus Chester Alan Ar,hnr bscama Pres;
dent Of the United states. Two dav,
later. President Arthnr AGAIN toot ~
oath of ofics This time r ws, odm;n
isterd 70 him At Wash;n1ton IN shs Mar
BILE Room MT the Can;toI nv Ch;af IMs
tice Waite IN tho nrosorcs - mnmSos
of the Cabinet .Just,csS .of h Smnroms
Court Generals Crsn, onS sbarm.m
half a dozen tt g Ssna,ors and Eon
cressman and a few o,hara oomasnr
Of about forty In ali.
Shortly after the President had hoo,
sworn in At Washinrton ali IN. msmha
of the Gar6sld Ca6;nst tsnJoraJ ,Ia;'
re,ienations n vr,t;ng Tha $1,000,
In reply said IL wonId ,;k. to have then,
retain their portfolios until after the or.
g~anization Of Congress in December. On
the oath Of October he sent to the Senate
the name of ex-Governor E. D. Morgan.
of this State, to succeed Secretary Win.
dom, who had been elected United States
Senator for Minnesota-in the Treasury
Department, but Mr.. Morgan at once de.
clincd. T~hereupon Chief Justice Charles
j. Folger, of the New York Court Of
Appeals. was named for the place. Mr.
Folger accepted and was promptly con.
firmed. President Arthur made NO othel
changes 10 the Cabinet until December
Y. when frederick T. F4eliughuyscn. Of
New Jersey. succeeded Mr.. Blaine as
Secretary III State. A little later in the
month Attorney General MacVeagh gave
way for Benjamin Harris Brewster, OF
pennsylvania, and Postmaster General
James for Timothy 0. Howe, of Wiscon.
sin. During the ssme month the Presi
dent appointed Chief Justice Horace
Grey. OF the Massachusetts Supreme
Court, TO be Justice of the Supreme
Court OF the United States in the place Of
Judge Clifford, deceased.
Early In the following year 1895 tho
President Produced a decided aens,t;ou
by sending to the senate the nama =,
Roscoe Conkling for the Sunreme Cor,,
Bench In the place Of Ward HINT ~
signed. The appointment. for ressnns
which It is unnecessary now to cons;dar
provoked much criticism. Mr. Conli;no
wrote the President a letter In March da'
clining the Judeeshin. which was thon
rendered to Senator Edmunds. who also
declined II. The President then offered
the position 70 Judge Samuel BIatchforJ
OF New York who accented and wo.
promptly Confirmed. In EnriI Pres;d. nt
Arthur COMPLETED the reorran;zat;on ~
his Cabinet by making Senafor Teller ~
Colorado. Secretary Of the Int.r;or n
place Of 8. 7. Kirkwood and W. u
Chandler Secretarv Of the NAVY IN nion.
of W. II. Hunt, who was oivan ,ha P"0
sian missIan' President Arthn,,s W" oorsso
during the Wear M mart of tbs law maS
ing part of the goyernment wos rsrv rom
eralfy Commended nv III. host s -,
both parties Tn March = voconnu o uos y,
made In m Cabinet nv IN. onSJan vas
of Postmaster General Hnws uI pras;Saut
Arthur filed The vscancv . se,r dars t io,n.
by Inc annointment - IL aays la.r
O. Gresham of Tnd,ono uIsS a,, na
winter came n IN and T. haran ls .ne
ported ayonnd WssS;ma.on IN ~ pe re-
ident was No, .,o,i andon sna' .ne res,
""' NV "oii anu stoou III sore neeQ