Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-21
EXECUTIVE BooRIsmNEss.
Farther Slices of Cold Shoulder
from tho President.


From Dom Platt Washington letter.
was told of rather good thing
that came off yesterday. You can
rely upon the facts, for the same was
given me by an eye witness--who,
In picturing 1t to the little crowd,
was not aware that two of the same
were professional pendrivers, ever on
the lookout for the strange or anus
ing.
1t seems that It was thought best
that all the gentlemen not In Office
who happened to be at the National
Capital from the Pacific slope should,
in view Of the proposed change in
the Cabinet, whereby AttOrney-gen-
eral Akerman would be rotated out
and Senator Williams rotated in, call,
in u body, on His Excellency and ex-
press their approval of the choice,
and their confidence In every body.
To this end a subcommittee inter-
viewed the High Custodian, etc.,
General Dent, and secured an ap-
pointment for the enthusiasticS To-
pers.
At the hour indicated, eighteen solid
looking, tall, handsome men filed
into the reception room of the Ex-
ecutive Volcano, that seems to be in
a perpetual state Of smouldering in
activity, and did erupt on this Occas-
ion and were duly presented by ex-
Governor Wood, OF Oregon. After
the expectant Slopers were seated,
Ex-Governor Wood opened as spokes-
man. He said that they had called
as representative men, from the Pa
cific slope, to express their high con-
fiGence In Senator Williams, and to
express the hope that, at last, the
Just claims of their wide region would
be recognized by Cabinet appoint
ment.
At this point, and before the Gov
ernor could finish his well-rounded
sentence, the President removed lis
cigar from his mouth, and broke out
with
"Hold on there-hold on, gentle
men. You're speaking now about
my private affairs, and on my private
fairs j don't allow no man To inter-
fere."
The interruption was so abrupt, the
voice and manner so Internally rude,
that the ex- Governor was completely
dumfounded. A dead silence fell up
on the crowd, and the younger aud
more timid moved uneasily i'm their
chairs, casting longing eyes at the
door, as il wishing to escape imme
diately.
"In selecting my Cabinet" con
tinued his Excellency, 81 advised
with no one"
", he country Is well aware of that"
dryly remarked all old fellow from
Montana.
at Is family affair."" the Chief
Magistrate went on to say, and eight
cen gentlemen had flashed through
eighteen representative skulls the
thought that it was ia id sight too
much so."
"Well," said a representative man
from California, "it is a great regret
to maiiy of your best friends, Mr..
President, that you don't advise with
some one when it comes to filling
offices in California. We are saddled
with a gang of carpet-baggers who
neither know our politics nor care a
cent for our country"
To this the Administration made
no reply, other than scowling at the
speaker.
ar hope, at least, Mr.. President,
that our well meant demonstration
will not iniure Senator Williams In
your estimation" said Judge Dunn.
"If anything could, this certainly
would" was the churlish reply.
"I can assure you sir" continued
the Judge, "that Senator Williams
knows nothing about it,"
~ should hope not-and / don't
believe that he docs" said the Presi-
dent, dryIy.
A long, awkward silence followed.
Some were alarmed, some disgusted,
and all were mad. The snub was so
pointed-so Internally rude, that
being administered to men who had
roughed IL In the wild West, and
heard in their time lions roar, a per-
sonal encounter would have been a
natural consequence. A promiscu-
Gus rump kicking In the Executive
Mansion would have been delicious.
or course the Grand Master of Cere-
monies, General Dent, would have
sounded the alarm through his trum-
pet of q nose, and all the livcried
fiunkies of the White House would
have sailed in to the assistance of
their royal master. ] would have
bet heavily on the representative
men in such a scrimmage. They are
not good in u civil demonstration
such as they attempted, but in row
on this occasion helive they would
have given the Administration the
healthiest sort of "hist f"
AS 1t was, after long, awkward
silence the Slopers rose and sloped.-I
They took no order on their going,
but went promiscuously and Mt once.
Some are of the opinion that the
had taken drop too
much; Others that IL happened to be
in devil of a bad humOr. L suspect
that the Administration had, but a
short time previous, read Orville's
tender epistle i'm print.
Certainly the selection of Cabinet
is a delicate matter, and such demon
stration was not exactly the right
thing to engage in. But then 1t was
not the proper course to insult the
well meaning gentlemen engaged In
the affair. They will all be I'm the
next National Nominating C0nven-
ton, and n sweet lot they will prove
To be for Grant to meet.
Our Representatives 10 Congress.