Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

likely to be his advisers, think that he vii
ask the present Cabinet officers to remain an
til the 10th or 18th of March, and that in tn
interim, before he selects their successors, h
will listen respectfully to the views Of al
| prominent party leaders; that, at least, ont
Southern man will have place, admits n
scarcely any doubt The temperate ant
sensible conduct of the Southern delegation
in the House in the face of the revolutionary
attitude Of their Northern associates, mus
be won the respect of the President elect,
| aslt has of all his friends here. If they had
entered into the conspiracy proposed by Ran
dall, Wood and others of that ilk, Hayes
could not have entered the White House on
the 4th of March with clear legal title, and
probably weuld not have reached it at all
without bloodshed. In what manner the
recognition is TO be given to the South No one
pretends to be able to state definitely. Th' re
is difference of opinion on this subject.
some thinks Cabinet portfolio will be offer-
e,sto,a moderate man of Wing sutecedents,
who has not been identified with the Republi-
can party, with the purpose of dividing the
white vote of the South, and building up a
new native Repubublican organization there.
Others do rot believe that Mr.. Hayes will go
further than to select some prominent South
ern Republican, native born" whose respect
ability is not assaiied, like Judge Settle, of
North Carolina, for example, or Senator AL
corn, of Mississippi
1t is doubted by many Republicans whether
any Southern Democrat would accept posi-
tion until the new administration had devel-
oped its friendly policy toward the South.
With this bdsis of the theory as to the
philosophy of selection, the guess only as to
men does not take very wide range. The
State Department, it is oonjectured, will be
offered to Mr.. Evarts, in spite of the course
of the opposition of Senator Conkling. Sensi-
BILE people fad it difficult to understand how
Conkling can claim any influence with the
new administration. During the campaign he
said not a single hearty word in favor of
Hayes election, and since Congress met he
has only once, and then in qualified way,
expressed the opinion that he was elected,
and on the occasion of the vote in the Senate,
which really determined the result, he was
absent from bis seat, although in the Capitol
building and occupied position SO equivocai,
that the Democrats counted confidently upon
his assistance.
Either the Postoffice Department or the
Attorney Generalship will probably be offered
to Southern man. Representative Hale, of
Maine, is most spoken Of; in connection with
the Navy Department, becauses his appoint
ment would be pleasing to both Mr.. Blaine
and Mr.. Chandler, and would give repre-
sentatioa to the young, active element in the
party. Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, will un-
doubtedly have position if he desires one,
but his friends hope he will contest for the
seat in the House, of which he was deprived,
by now proven frauds There are suggestions,
too, that he may go upon the Supreme Bench
in the place of Judge Doyis. aa -ss.
The Secretary of the Treasury will, it is
generally believed, be Western hard money
man. John Sherman win be urged for the
place on the account of his consistent financial
record, and his intimate knowledge of the
government for the past twenty years.
The War Department viii, no doubt, go to
a prominent Northern man, of good war
record. Half a dozen men are talked of,
among them Gen. Ben. Harrison, of Indiana,
and Gen. Hawley, of Connecticut. It is sug-
gested that the united front presented by the
three Pacific Coast States of the election and
the important services rendered since by the
Oregon Republicans give that section of the
country claim to Cabinet Office, which will
be recognized. The position, if any, would
be that of the Secretary of the Interior. No
man in particular is spoken of outside of the
Pacific Coast circles. In connection with the
Attorney Generalship, Wayne MacVeagh, of
Pennsylvania, is much mentioned. He is
son in-law of Senator Cameron, but belongs
to quite different element in the party.