New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-25
HAYES AND HIS PARTY.

MERELY TEMPORARY REACTIOS"-CoNrI-
DENCE AND QUIET TO FOLLOW THE FALL
ELL CrONs SERENITY OF THE PRESIDENT
WHAT HIS CABINET NUMBERS SAY OF THE
CRITICISMS OF PARTY LEADERS.
tFROM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUNE.l
WASHINGTON. Oct. est must be agTayatIng
to the disconnected Republican Congressman to
observe the serenity that reigns at the White
House. They came here at the opening of the
session denouncng the President for breaking up
the Republican party, and they doubt think that
he ought to display a becoming consciousness of his
| offence and to "a humble and a contrite look.
They find on the contrary, that he is in excellent
| spirits and that he is not willing to admit that
anything is broken. He tells them that differ
ences of opinion among themselves, and the in
evitable reaction of the oif-year have lost them
a few state elections, which great matter;
and that when they the next quadrcn-
NAL contest aud the question is again put plainly
20 the people whether they will trust with the
National Government the party they have so long
distrusted, the Republicans will forget their differ
ences and once more stand together When he Is
told that be is suspected of an intention to cut
loose from his party, he asks his critics to point to
any specific acts which Indicate such purpose.
" hen informed that the Republicans in Congress
are cold and distrustlul toward him. and fear that
he is no l0r ger identified with them, ne inquiries in
the pleasautest way possible, without trace Of
resentment in his manner, whether the fault Is his,
and whether he not trying to carry ont the prin-
cIples the party put into its Cincinnati platform.
And then he quietly adds the assurance that there
is intention his part 10 quarrel with tine parry,
to cut adrft from it, and his conviction that time
and silence will heal the dssensions now exist
ing If they are not too much discussed and magnl-
fed
Comparatively few Congressman go to see him.
During the sessions IN President Grants time there
were almost always score Of Senators and Mem
bers at the White House # uornir &, waiting their
tUrns for interviews. Now it is rare to find more
than two OF three there Those WHO Ia with Pcs
ident Hayes about the political sitratlon say that he
is not the least alarmed an that he pats aside their
gloomy fortbod.ngs abou. tie future of the Repub-
lean organization with a counteuance ful of sun
shine, an eye rs clear as June SKY, and with such
cheerful philosophical talk tia, it is Impossible not
to take away Gom tIe interview good opinion OF
him, AID "a hopeful view Of the future Of pol
lies. Nobody can quarrel with him, be-
cause it takes two 30 make a quarrel, and
he VIII not be one of c parties IL Is easy for Con-
ere.smen to sulk lr Che G1ah-rooms at the Capitol
aud pile mp theif Gi 'vauc,s against thc Admusila-
tom as Ind au burial mounds were formed by each
passci-by adtiIga stone. The pile from accuuula-
ton, vi h,c material assumes formidable proper
lions but when amy one natof or Representative
takes few sample complaints M TO the White
flouse b" is usually convinced that they are not
the sort of stones nc would like to be- seen throwing
al tie President IN public some Of the complaints
are really at the inevitable couIse OF events and
cannot. with Justice, b, broulht against the Admin
is,raton az all others are shown by lit!le expa-
nation to have little OF no substance in them.
\ member of the Cabinet talking the other day Of
the common criticism among Republican Congress
men, that the President does not consult with them
SAID that it was their fault and not Mir llayess
They have leen away from Washington for SIX
months. and now that they have returned, instead Of
going to the White House for a frank coaycrsatlon
about affairs. many OF them hold aloof and talk
about the Presidents being estranged from his
party. Ii these gentlemen would take the trouble
f. find ont tor themselves the Presidents real scutl-
rnents towards the party, they would soon get rid
of the abs al notion that he - ont of sympathy
with it, Another Cabinet member spoke IN
this way. Il do not quote his exact
wordS.l The Congressman who indulge IN COM
| plants against the Administration do not know
what they want themselves. Tney ar not agreed
mon any line of policy different from that the Adj
,pipi,tratiou is pursuing As to the old southern
.esfion they all acknowledge that It Is thing of
bo past. wholly settled and impossible to be re-
| opeutd Most of them will admit that any other
course than the one the President pursued towards
the South would have damaged the Republican or
! ranizaton more than they assume it has now been
damaged They dislike the Civil Service methods but
toev know the country demanded reform, and will
not deny the President the right to carry out the
rr;ncplcs Of the partys platform. Besides, If we had
| dsrepardcd The platform and gone on under the old
! snoils system every man of sense knows that the
uortv would be worse of than It Is, for II would
have forfeited public respect and lost the support Of
| it., hest elements. We can do nothing but keep on
m fin. way we going, and try to give the country
~ GOOD an Administration as we can. II the RepuD-
cnn party goes pieces we shall be sorry, ana we
.ball not be to blame. No amount of tinkerng
from Washington, and no system of dividing
| patronage among politicians, will help the party
If il Is destined To survive, that when
| viii aid II most in future struggles VIII DC 10
i,ayo tbe National Administration attending strictly
10 the business OF the country getting the best men
!, on find Ia fill the offices, and carrying on the
| Government honestly and economically. oabandon
| al ,a,rt at the improvement of the Civil Service
a,d ~ attempt to stir NJ new strife in the South
,yould certainly give the party its death blow. #
the Rennblicans will cease their complaints and con-
| to,t,ons. and come together upon the Presidents
| rltform of Pacifcation, Civil Service Reform and
| p.sumptlon there will be nothing lacking to make
. strong party. well equipped for future contests.
snu another Cabinet officer, discussing the same
suhiect IN conversation speaks of the attitude OF the
dissatisfied Republican CongreSsmeh as eXtraor-
! Jiror, in view of the general Endorsement of the
work Of the Administration by public opinion. The
President. he says has done in six months what
seemed impossible lie has stopped the cry OF
fraud. and has obtained from both parties, and from