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Show j SCHAEFFER AHD C3ASE. The interest ia the warfare upon 1 Chief Justice Scbaeffer has by no meam decreed, though little has bean beard of the matter during the past few days. The fight has in a measure been left to the management of the agent of his honor in Washing- ton. and the representative of the bar in the capital oily. The information irom Washington baa not been reassuring re-assuring to thoie who desire Sshaef-fer'a Sshaef-fer'a removal; indeed, the news baa been of a character eomewhat shocking. shock-ing. First came the word that Chase, the special agent of the department eent out lo investigate the charges against the judge, had traveled to Washington with the attorney who went from this city for the purpose Ot trying to hold Schaefler in bis position. This had a terribly bad loot about it. Chase gave the bar hero to underitand that his report ; would be unfavorable to the judge, i and asked for some papers from the lawyers to sustain him in bis finding, I as he expected to be attacked by tue judge's friends, and especially by the one who had gone to the capital in the interest of his honor. In view of these facts, we Bay, these two men, leaving here on different days, oue waiting for the othsr on the road, and the two traveling together to Washington, had a bad appearance. No one will chnrge that it was any- thing more than a coincidence, but: people who felt ttie impraiiiou left by Chase will "assert that bis mind j changed during the journey, or that he practiced deceit and duplicity while here. The best that can be said of Chase is that he is a "queer" man. When it was known that he was the agent appointed to make the investigation investi-gation asked for a general feeling of i disappointment and distrust pervaded the mindB of those who were working against Schaefler. Chafe's character . ! 1 1 I,- r. , 'nnkpH 1TB IlUll Ul iuc ucai, -uu upon as a trickster, having a bad reputation. Irregularity of conduct j was alleged against him, hence his1 assignment to the work here was not at all assuring. He came strongly biased in favor of Schaefler, and made his prejudices so apparent aa to dia-J gust those with whoa be-talked. ' HoweveF, when incontrovertible proof , - sustaining the charges against the judge was presented, the agent bad to yield, but it secmi from eubaequent events that he only assumed a character. char-acter. His report was squarely in favor of his honor, though the proof of everything alleged as cau;o for removal was overwhelming 'and could not be conUoverted, As to the other federal officials investigated by thi3 fellow, we have reason to believe tt.at he assured Borne, n net ail u inem before he left the city tiiat be re-. yarded the charges againa'. them as; trifling and the result of perioral 1 Bpite rather than from a desire ! to conserve the public welfare, j It was perhaps foolish to place any confidence in him or to eipei'-t thu he would bo honest in hid invistina- tions. He is the agent of a fr-iud, and a representative of political dis j honesty, roguery and trickery, hence it would have been against nature fur ; him to deal squarely. After making hia report no one knows upon what he based il he hied him to Europe, leaving the field, as bethought, effectually barricaded against aDy esiauit that could bs made. However, Borne of his barriers have already been overcome, and there is a fair prospect that the sue cess that is so necessary to the welfare wel-fare of the territory will ere long be achieved. The fight has been waged too long to permit those engaged in it to retreat short of victory. The cry in California is, "The Chinese mutt go;" in Utah it is "Bchasfir must go." Hia honor has so far withstood the siege, though suffering greatly; but in the end he must yield, when tho defeat will be doubly humiliating to him and the victory more highly prized by the bar and the public. |