The New York herald., 1877-10-24
Ex-senator Simon Cameron and
the English Mission.
SECRETARY EvARTS' DIPLOMACY.
Progress Of the New Treaty Under
Negotiation with Mexico.
CONKLlNG ON The LOUISIANA QUESTION.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

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THE MACHINE POLITICIANS AND THE pEEsI-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WITH THE CABINET,
THE POLICY AND THE ApPoINTarENTs-
GREAT ANXIETY FOR TIE PARTY.
By whichever avenue you approach the sources Of
republican discomfort with the President you come
at last to great central grievance and this Is the
Cabinet On the other hand, however, various may
bo the methods proposed by tho discontcnted by
which they think the President might purge himself
of his supposed contempt toward 'the party,n mean
ing the machine politicians the last, but the
conclusive and the moet insisted on, is always that
the President shall change his Cabinet. sia
For instance, It Is suggested by several republican
Senators. that tho President gave needless offence
to tho party leaders by neglecting to
call thcm into council before his accession
and telling them what his policy would
be- 1T is all Hayes Haycs," they cay, ''snd
the party. and he does appear repose confidence
in u.s. II he would now, this late day. call the
leading Senators and members OF Congress to him and
discuss with them his policy It would do much to
'pnatc u.s. We would then tell him our vicws'' al
: "But what would boyour views9" 'ssl 's'aN ti
s'Weli, are disposed to oppose the President
We do not want to mako troubles ho have our sup
port for his policy If he Will explain and tnik It over
with us; ihero is dinculty unless no makes IT, II
would find IL easy even to reform tho civil service
He has somo foolish notions about that which he
would get over II he surrounded by practical
mon as his constitutional advisors IL absurd to
think that Senators and Representatives. want to
recommend improper men. He ought,to consult u.s.
and then he would get on harmoniously. But ho will
never do that while he has such Evarts schurz
aud Key about him. He ought to allow Evarts TO
resign, dismiss schurz and kick out Key; then he
would get on" t.tHAt' g tu& stas.itAs e@}
You may hold any nufn3cr Of conversations on the
prevailing topic my number or Che dscontonted
and every case you win always nnd at the close
THAT what is needed TO make everything lovely is
change ir the Cabinet. Nor is this singular. What
they all want Is change in policy, and the Cabinet
represents the policy they have, The Postmaster
General besides being rebel Is a constant embar
rassment TO tho machine politicians who must talk
about appointments to man who looks first 10 tho
good OF the country and not merely 10 partisan Oh
ects AS for the Secretary Of the INFERIOR going
with sundry and various invcsa OF the most
monstrous and upheard Of character some of wh.oh
w1ft Tssuss ~ ts fcxred IN andng a. number OF
good republican workers In different State prisons.
Tue Secretary OF State, who Is vigorously counted
into the general condemnation, would seem to DO
sufficiently harmless AS OF his predecessors
once said, the Secretary Of State scarcely bo a
formidable politician, for II no rewards any OF
his friends Is by sending them out 0. tho country,
where they cannot help him. But the machine men
complain that Mr. Evarts is a singuary obtuse man !;
he never understands them; no seems to know moth
ing of party mana cement, more than child. They
say no lives the clouds and talks about serving his
country and looking for the best appoint to Of
hce, though that going TO help the party its
legs again. Then, at tho bottom, shrewd OBJ
here remarked the other Day there Is the great
embarrassment that tho state Of New York. like tho
French gourmands turkey, though little too big Tor
ono man, 10 certainly too small for two In short,
there is not room for Mr. Evarts g6r a
But when you talk these views with friends OF
tho President they only laugh and reply that ho will
not change his Cabinet because he Will not change
his policy; that the grumbers will have 10 make tho
best OF II, and ndccd already preparing submit
for the simple reason that they have nowhere else
go that their threats TO break the party absurd
because they would DOT find home among the demo
Gratis and that, however thcy may stand out and
threaten and pout nothing certain than that
by and by thoy Will all file into the procession again
Dnly good many OF thom will then ind themselves
near the all OF II.
There is a complaint just now that the Prcsi-
dent has not sent In certain nominations which tho
machine politicians particularly Interested as tho
Custom House nominations In Baltimore aud some
other places There is threat, too, that any re-
movas madc by him without waiting for the expira-
ton Of tho officers term shall not be frmcd by
The Senate. II this threat is carried out, and IL
Tho machine men really mem to resist tho Prcsi-
ients right to removal of subordinate, there will Of
be trouble at once Tho ioroian appointments
ent in somo days ago still rest In committee ana are
1t is said, to no closely scrutinzed. They
include those OF General Noyes Paris Mr. Lowell TO
Madrid and Mr. Kasson to Vienna.
some OF THE INTnIcAcrEs OF THE LouIs1-
ANA SENATORIAL QUEsTIoN-PAcKARD PRE-
PAIRING TO REAssgRT HIS cLA1M-sTRoNG
ARGUMENT FROM CoNKLING IN FAVOR OF
sPoFrohD.
Tho argument for Mr. Kellogg before the senate
Committee on Elections developed point to-day
which may have decisive influence when tho qucs-
tion OF Sporord Kellogg before tho Senate
Mr.. Kcloggs counsel spoke Of the existence OF de
facto and OF de jure government Louisiana, and
when MIR. Spoford at declared that there but
one governments in that State Mr. Kcllogg's counsel
proceeded TO say that this question which Con-
gress would have TO decide, and that 1t might declare
the President to be In the wrong in this matter his
action might be set aside II Congress thought him In
tho wrong. This hint would seem to confirm
rumor that Mr.. Packard Sill considers himself the
dc Jurc Governor anG that ho s disincned TO
scrt his rights II tho Senate should seat Kellogg His
prctens Ions may also DO intended TO meet a point
made last March by Mr.. Conkng in an able speech
the Kellogg case in which no explained the precise
qualities which make a prima facie case. az prima
face case" said Nj. Conkng "is one IN which there
Is state in the Union aud that Stlte is in practical
relations with the Union, which there is Lcsisa-
turc-an asccrtaincd constitutional Lcgslat urc-and
necessarily but one because there be In one organ
ism but one Legislature az ,imo the samo State
and which the state has Governor--an ascorained
and actual Goyernor-aDd only one Governor because
the constitution will not brook dual executive in
any State" Under this definition Mr. Conkng
would probably be expected to for the admission
OF Mr. spoord prima iaclc entitled to the seat un
less Mr. Packard should set up sort Of claim to
be Governor also But In that caso somo iorthcr
remarks by Mr.. CopkIing. on tho occasion, bear
hardly against Kellogg, who comes forward with
rackards certincIte. Mr.. Conklng said:--
.'Dc iacto iurc, there must be Governor, and
tho present alleged Governor rcfcrrns 10 Mr Pack