Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-03-19
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, March Is, 1877.
So far as conclusions can be drawn
from anything present on the surface,
your correspondent must report ev"ry
rnlng as politically quiet-almost stag
nant-on the Potomac. The rupture
predicted few days since as certain to
occur between the President and leading
Senators has not, apparent
ly, taken place; and Democrats who
had contrived to make their defeat less
bitter and humiliating by the entertain
ment of this hope, are growing terribly
anxious for its consumation. But aside
from the opposition manifested to some
of the Cabinet nominations when first
sent to the Senate and Mr.. Blalne's We
hement protest against the meddlesome
efforts of certain over-oficious gentle
men who seem to have acted unadvised-
ly and without the shadow of authority,
there is no evidence of the disturbance
of friendly relations which have been so
assiduously inculcated by interested
parties at this point.
So far as can be gathered from the
political gossip about town, whatever of
distrust there may have been, was
founded largely upon nisapprehensiOns.
There were undoubtedly both personal
and political reasons for the disinclina-
ton at first shown to vote for the con-
frmation of some of the Cabinet selec-
tions Init thoy ror0 nut OF sufficient
weight to induce any very active oppo-
sitiOn and there was, very likely, and
very naturally, some disappointment
over the radical character of the 'new
departure" policy adopted by the Presi-
dent, both as regarded the politics of
the new appointments as we'll as the meth
cd of their selection. Further than this
there seems to have been no ground for
the thousands of absurd kilograms sent
broadcast over the country, relative to
the quarrel between the President
and Republicans of the Senate. 1t is
reported that the case of South Carolina
and Louisiana will be submitted to the
first Cabinet meeting; and that every
means will be exhausted to arrive at a
just and equitable decision as to the
proper persons to recognize of those
claiming to have been elected Govern.
ors. These are likely to prove the most
embarrassing matters that the new
Administration will have to deal wiut
which were left over as an inheritance
of General Grants Administration. Il
is not known whether the Senate will
make decision in the case of Mr.
Kellogg now, or allow it to go over til
the next session, nor has it beer
definitely ascertained whether the Pres
ident will call an extra session, or de
eide that he has authority under ex
listing laws to provide for the army til
next December. Removals from offic
and new appointments, except to fiji
vacancies, will be very gradual it is an
nounced, and the swarms of Office seeker
who have besieged the President eve
since the first hour of his arrival are be
coming more and more attenuated as hi
finely expressed purpose to make no re
moyals among subordinates, except 70
cause, becomes better known and NOR
} implicitly believed. While Mr. Mon
tagh's attack upon the gamblers an
their alleged confederates of the polio
department, provoked an investigation
} that didn't hurt either gamblers or pc
lice officials very much, but wrecke
him in character, some Of the seed b
7 sowed fell upon good ground, and ha
/ already borne fruit. Saturday night
7 raid was made upon one of the wors