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The Chief Justiceship

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
January
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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A Washington dispatch of January 5th aays : The four Republican Senators who were to cali on the President to-day to urge the withdrawal of Williams' name were saved the trouble by his Excellency, who paid a visit to the Capitol. He took up his position in the President's room and sent for those whotn he wished to see, not notably the inembers of the Judioiary Committee, bat, as well, all others of the dominant party in the Senate. The reault of the efforts of the President of the United States as a lobbyist remains to be seen. When the President reached the Capitol he was in an unamiable mood. He was sour and cross. The Senators who were summoned to his presenoe saw tfcat the time had come when there must bè plain talk indulged in that a definite understanding might be arrived at. They accordingly gave, without hesitanoy, the reasons which moved them to oppose the confirmation. To many of these reasons the President listened apparently in utter surprise. The Senators succeeded, evidently, in giving hiin many facts of which he had been hitherto entirely ignorant. - The result of the visit was that Grant went back to the White House convinced that he had made a inistake, and before he left the capitol he stated that the nomination would be withdrawn to-niorrow morning. Aecordingly when an effort was made to go into executive session this afternoon to confirm the nomination of Caleb Cushing, Messrs. Morrill and Cameron objected, urged a delay until to-morrow. That Caleb Cushing was Grant's tirst choice for Chief Justioe will be reniembered, as will be also the fact that Senators have expressed their willingness to confirm Williams to a foreign appointment. No positive information warrants the conclusión that suoh a change will be made, but it is in the range of probabilities.

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Michigan Argus