Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-14
THE MINNESOTA sENATORsHIP.
THE rRE>IDENE-S MISS sGE.
Opinions Of the Ncu NorS Press

WHAT TI}f =. \. HERALD SANS
NEW l'Hh. January l@.-Ths Erafl3 say.
Grants message - quite "a different .lo..f.
uI"ni nom tn otlr priL iLiUaliy prapa~s 4. watch
would haN" led - ths immediate resignation
of the few members Ui the Cabinet - whom
The country guEc"le> ihr tItic % Statesmen.
" are glad th8t President Grant has ben
constrained tp re'ol>tgIIc, tine mos -a.-H abaa-
don hj> first lu>i ions. ana svcgauc, hi> tone
oi tcaafcf fui pfr az aDs slogk. n - a
NtrA uIh-n.ut message irpm tiic one
Mh.'h iiic pgbhr expected. iu view OF
'n", strong e,ico-Se'ncui sent u Gen
.'3i sheridan bN fhH Secretary al War
instead oI u''i'odiuA and iU>tifviug hiS pra-
ce'dluES fhv President makes an tlaitplltt.
"l~i.SN' Nh'"ln g. shifts the blame, - TAR
a blame can hc imputed. GA g. ~. krllngg
IiI> u e. different message frbm thr one fl>f
prepared. ami which Intelligent Observe.
lh W Ma>hlugt"n and elsewhere believe would
iSNt h'tn ~,Ht io pu-r,>> if Two or three
leading members Ui tIy cabinet hal lot nm
tested and supported their protest ~ a de
lelhlitaii"H 20 resign. ~ their views Wcr.
oN'rrulrt u - clear that President Grant
has r,tIcatet from va position h. assumed
when hc sanctioned Secretary Eelknap'S
dispatch. and the country il - he
congratulated sn hi~ atoptinn o. u1nrr 40
itnsihlc opinions. Whether the change br
HU, Ia the protests 81 certain metub,'r> uf his
Cabinet oT The Nids~lr,aI ,Nprc~Siou> ,f
public indignation. lt IL fortunate for tl,.
President titaj h, u.tS rccouSldcrct his nr>t
dCtcUmlnatiu iun aItd b'-'n induced 10 chang,
hl> mistaken fpilyN. 70 l. hat Silnpip iu>fit,s
To IN" President 10 cuEceig the truth of the
'
gf'>S Ia direct his action in tie Louisiana
ease. anu relieve him oT taa resppn>ibilitN-
w hope tougr''>> wlll comply with Grant'S
perfectly rrte''ilable request. and that it will
take such action - To- a'sNe hi> duties nar-
,ccltN clear iu dealing with the affairs of
Louisiana.
THE TIMES SAYS
Iac message l. "a very m plcrate. strong
and sensible dp'umcnt. and wn b"lt,N. thar
~ viii make q favorable impress ion ON the
country The President fully martS rIt,.
lisc error ~ military Intervention in the
state House WAS upt ht.. nor WAS b. com
mltted und'r H. instructions IL was the
error ul a Wlltarh cplumtadrr placed la a
position at great UUcl rtaIntN. Certainly. in
tht light oi ilctS a. >latel by the President.
ana "N HcN wei established. there *
hp necessity tor the republicans 10 clSi
Themselves in ;hc arms OF the democrats
in despair oi >,'eGrng iu~' policy from their
uWn party. VI Eat We all haN. seen 40 ,l,s-
pipre fn Ihc 4jh pi Jdnuury seems u be- caual-
~ regretted by thC President. The safeguards
against a. recurrence lie in the hands OF the
republican minority IN Gpngrp~-. They can
nov. D. They wiA. define the duties Of
tEe president. AMI require him - Scc
fllai thr utmost powers OF the stat govern
nlclti itr" rN'r;"d Ia maintain itself before
calling '"r federal Intervention.
IUE .TBIEUNE
say 81 tho message: As a history oI
Louisiana politics Tor two wears past 10 il
Curlpu>lN iucNact. A. defence Of the
h'llpg" goa crulncut ID - thorough. la -
bored ANA heavy. hOI without merit being
adroiilN drawn a. au answer to the call OF
The Senate. A. Tor information. ID cDnVeNS
nothing that Was not before known. aud as a
statement o. facts b. l. a failure. Its most
conSpicIouS feature i its abandonment of
Tie position taken by the President upon the
receipt Oi the first int"ilI gcncc OF the invasion
Of line Louisiana legislature. and from whici,
II was said '' he would not back down. The
message throughout i a partisan. oae-sid,d
docuinrHt-a very weak defense Of a wrOne
and Illegal transaction.
TIIV wgpTD
severely reviews fhc mc~>a.n. calling Il a
quilted patchwork.
TIiE SIN
characterize thC message a. lame and inn
Potent.