The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-10
COLUMBUS LETTER,
The latter End of Predetermined Le-
gislature-The Policy of RecOncllia-
ton and its Backers-Mr. Bard's
Great Victory Over Popular Govern.
ment In Cincinnati.
Special Correspondence ofhe ENQUIRER.

Special Correspondence Qfhe Enquirer,
COLUMBUS, May 5. 1877.
To-day was practically the last day of
the existence ofthe feeble minded Legis-
lature, and if Mr.. Hayes, from his lofty
perch at the head of the Government,
happens to think of it he will breathe
long sigh of relief when it occurs to him
that the boys have concluded to go home
at last. 1t ought to be load off his mind
to think thatthey are really ready to get
away, Less than two years ago they
we're elected with Mr.. Hayes. When
embarking in his cruise for the White
House, he decided upon third term in
the Governors Office as a lighter to bear
him into the channel of public notice as
Ohio's favorite sonny. They may have
been of some little service to boost Mr..
Hayes into the Presidency, butthey have
since done much more to create distrust
in his heart as to the sincerity Of the sup
port he can expect to receive at home.
General Charles Grosvenor says that
fully ninety five per cent. of the Repub-
licans of Ohio heartily indorse Hayess
Southern Policy. Yet scarcely two weeks
ago when the Republican Central Com
mittee had called meeting of the party
leaders here, it was adjourned by the ad-
vice of General Grosvenor and his friends
to keep these very men, who are repre-
sented as being so loyal to Hayes, from
getting up in their place and denouncing
him. AS the late Mr.. Falstaf once re-
marked, "Call you that backing ones
friends?" On the other hand quite the
reverse.
If Hodge had got the position of Col.
leCtor of Customs at Cleveland, and Stone
had been made an Indian agent, and
Dalzell had been given place in the
dieter Office, and Wiltsee had been
put in the dead mems shoes of William
E. Davis, and MCLain had got frst-class
consulship, and Rowland had got to be
Congressman vice Garfield, and Faxon
had acquired place as revenue collector,
and Leonard had got a clerkship in the
Treasury Department, and DempCy had
been appointed Postmaster at Cleveland,
and score of other ambitious men here
had been made foreign ministers and
attaches to the Administration and whisky
gaugers and the like 1t might have all
come out agreeable and pleasant, and re-
bounded to Mr.. Hayes's great glory; but
none of these happened to come to pass,
and there is consequently sensation of
lily defined disgust What signifies his
policy of paCifcation to the South and
good will to all, SO long as he overlooks
the claims of members of the Legislature
to the sugar.plrms Of Federal appoint
ment?
Imet Duncan, the author of the new
Registration Law, the other day, and
asked him what he thought of Hayes's
policy by this time. "Very Well" said
he, $50 far as it has been adopted. 1
think he means to do the fair thing by
the people in the South, and his policy
may be the best up to this time. 1 think
it likely that it is. But then there is dam
ger it is hard matter to change front in
the midst of a battle, and is likely to
bring about confusion, Still 1 am Hayes
man up to this time" If had asked
Duncan to indorse Hayes's Administra.
tion for thirty days he would have closed
his mouth like steel trap, and politely
asked to be excused, remaaking that he
never went security 1or anybody, even
on thirty days bill. And Duncan is a
very lair representative of the average
Republican legislator at this particular
juncture.
Bard's cup of happiness was filed to
the brim this afternoon by the passage of
his bill to reorganize the Board ofAlder-
men in Cincinnati. He had set his heart
upon that bill.as the crowning act of his
legislative career, and bent all his ener-
gies to make it law before his term of
craftsmanship should expire. So he in
voked the aid of the Committee of Safety
and marshaled his forces into line for the
final charge. John Pattison acted as Ad-
iutant in the engagement, and Peter
Stryker came in at the last moment as
the reserve corps. 1t got just fifty six
votes, including all the Hamilton dele
cation but Dir. When the Republican
Board of Aldermen of Cincinnati wake
up some pleasant morning to discover
that Mayor Moore has concluded to abo-
lish them from the face of the earth, and
to place in their stead new Board elect
ed on non-representative principle, they
will please remember that their cup of
bitterness was forced upon them by
strict party vote in Republican Legis.
lature. Then Gabriel DIR may be ex-
pected to rise superior to party and
again become candidate before his fell
low-citizens for the position ofAlderman
at Large, with fair hope of being chosen
to office undera law that he himself voted
against. Time has its revenges occasion.
ally in this way, CAIIBAN.