Show MEN OF or THE HOUE HOUR somo some are bom born great some ach achieve eye greatness and borno rome have greatness thrust upon them shakespeare CHARLES J FOLGER TILE NEW SECRE rAllY OP OF THE TRE TREASURY the vacancy occasioned by the death detthof of chief justice church of the court of appeals of the state of new york was filled by the a appointment of judge charles J folger of geneva one of tile two republicans elected in 1870 when the court was reorganized who held the position indicated until october last when his nomination as secretary of the treasury was promptly confirmed by the senate he ile is now the incumbent of a p position to which his learning experience energy and jud judgment I esteri admirably r mirt adapt him the ile public of both parties applaud president arthurs choice secretary folger is making such arrangements as point to a prolonged stay in washington was and the country is to be congratulated upon tho prospect of an unquestionably cap capable able administration of the fint finances inces during president arthurs term of office prior to 1870 the new secretary of the treasury was a county judge and sat for several terms in the state senate with i ith the father of governor cornel cornell I judge fol folger er who is a gent gentleman lemal of the highest est legal attainments tain ments and great great general experience was born in in nantucket massachusetts in 1819 he ile has for half a centar century resided in in new york st state ato wile where p he e ii lias as secured a large circle of friends and admirers his promotion to the cabinet makes it necessary for governor cornell to fill the vacant chief in judgeship as the people will not be ca called ed upon to do so by election until november ov ember J it may not be uninteresting on this occasion to refer to some editorial sug suggestions made lately b by y the R S F examiner with regard to the duty of jud judge judo o folger in his new position as finance finance minister of the union when judge folger Folgert the be newly appointed secretary of the treasury enters upon the performance of the duties oi of liia his office it is to be hoped that ho ile will cause an in estimation investigation to be made I into nto tho the condition of loftheim tile im octant or tant department in trusted to his ills charge the records of the in immense immense business trans transacted acted in th alie e treasury lias jim for nearly divent twenty y yeara c passed L d fro from officer to officer ea each ci of W eliom XIO M lias has lind a direct personal political and partisan interest in concealing and condoning the mistakes or misconduct of his predecessor does judge folger labor under such influences fluen ces as will compel him to follow the beaten track of liis his republican predecessors tim examiner I hopes lopes not and is sustained in that hope by the belief that president arthur is 13 by far too clear sighted a man to think that the country will submit to a recurrence of the reckless defiant corruption characteristic of tile grant crant era followed as it was by the joseph administration of john sherman taking office under tha peculiar pecullar circumstances which su surrounded r rounded general arthurs accession to the presidential chair is it too much to expect that he will seek above all things lings ti to hold his administration free and clear from any of the tile entangling legacies bequeathed by the faults of omission or commission of former administrations lie ile will naturally say their sins bo be upon their own heads I had nothing to do with with them and do not propose to share the inevitable penalty thus be he may not prompt or initiate any scrutiny of their proceedings but if it any examination of their records is proposed he lie should if tie lie values liis his reputation bo be the ft last to oppose it grant did so and from that very day the confidence of tho the better class of liis his party passed from him no officer aicer of tb the united states no matter liow how highly placed can afford aird to defy the american people they are his employers and when the servant turns upon those who give him pay and position rion and declare that the they shall not t become acquainted with thy the facts of their own business that man will learn as grant has learned that the wrath of the people will consume him as so rn much uch dry stubble |