The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-05-27
CABINET CHANCES


country surprise on Tuesday equal TO Il
cap OF thunder in clear sky, by sending to
The senate several important changes in his
cabinet. Pierrepont, the present attorney
general, Is sent as minister to ENGLAND in
Schenck's place, Taft, late Secretary of War
is put into Pierreponts place, and Don Cam.
eron, Of pennsylvania, son OF Simon Gamer.
on, is made Secretary of War. Besides he.
ing surprise, the changes excite no little
disgust. Pierrepont as minister to England
may be change for the better though as AT.
torney general he was failure; and Taft in
MS place will doubtless be an improvement
but The appointment Of Don Cameron to the
war once is simply an outrage The remov-
al OF Taft from that position was clearly the
result OF his cutting down Belknap's estl.
mates some SGOOO,O0O, thus rendering neces-
sary the dismissal Of an army OF cormorants
and bloodsuckers whose services during a
presidential campaign are Indispensable. As
attorney general he can make no such blum.
der But what Taft lacked as partisan Sc
cretary OF war Cameron will more than
abundantiy make up. ale is" as the Chlca.
go ltmes trulbtullY says, "the perfect embod.
iment of all the vices OF the most corrupt
school OF American politicians. If at any
period OF his career he has given vote
which was not intended TO subservc some
personal interest he has never even been sus.
pected OF II. tie will be the ruling power in
the war department, of course, and il is with
the intention that he shall be that a mere
puppet is put in the office With genius
Tor intrigue, and thoroughly trained by long
experience in Pennsylvania IL all the arts by
which voters are corrupted and elections
merciless IN politics as a Modoc,
and with no more conscience than gorilla,
Cameron is the man of all others to WELD
the army as an effective electioneerinr ma.
chine. Under his rule, there Will be TO veal,
scruples about points of law or constitutional
restraints; and the confederates IN the south.
ern states may as we'll realize at once that the
purpose of the installation of the CameronsI
in toe war department is te carry those states
in the presidential election"
~ - universally CoNCeutu mat the price OF
Cameron's appointment to the war office is
the vote of Pennsylvania in the Cincinnati
Convention for Conkling. With tho two
great states of New York and Pennsylvania
hus in his pocket, and the whole Grant of.
ice holding gang on hand to help him, the
nomination of Conkllng at Cincinnati is re-
5arded as settled, and then it will be the bust.
lcss of the War Department under the Cam.
IRONS to see that he is elected.
Should Conkllng thus be the nominee,
t is said other changes in the Cabinet will
It once follow, Bristows place will be Civ.
N to Washburne, Harlan of Iowa will proba
'ly get Jewels place in the post. Office de.
and more energetic eectioneerer
han Robson will be placed over the navy.
The "sentimentaists' of the party, says a
Washington correspondent, "are to be shown
ha. Grantism has still the spirit to hold out
nd summon its old forces for the campaign.
With these changes IN the departments, and
'onkling put at the head of the ticket, Grant
md his friends declare the campaign half
ver. The weak and hesitating will be sent
o the rear and the workers put TO the front
This excites great comment, and the devol-
pments are watched with curious interest"