The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-19


want TO be called hlthsr in midsummer and be
preopitated into q lang Tipperary fight for The
apeaksrsbip under ths broi1nE sun of Washing !
ton July. You must know that il is the intention
10 smash the caucus Ia the next House. The
Senate caucus is ss good as smashed already and
among the pet projects OF Mr.. Hstes ia TO have
both branches OF Congress free at least from sb.
soute CAUCUS rule. He regards The caucus sss-
tenn as snbsgoniatio to his scheme Of
CIVIL sHhv1oE REFORM
aud is desirons tbab members and Senators
should be fres at all times to act upon individual
conviction instead of being bound by d etum
resolved upon III caucus star chamber. He bs.
lieyes that by n xt December the policy he has
insugurstsd will hays so far broken the party
lines in the B0uth that il will be impossible for
the Democracy to control The organization Of The
House on tha caucus sysiem aud that ii will be-
come possible to organize hat body upon q COM
posite basis, after the fashion of his Cabinet
which, by tho way, pleases him exceedingly thus
far. For these reasons Mr.. Hayes IL anxious to
avoid
CALLING AIN ExtnA sEss1oN,
But there is difficulty. On the most econom-
ioal basis possible II will cost t5 600 900 to run The
the first Of January next, making all due allow.
ance for The supplies OF clothing, ordnance and
oommissariat stores already on hand, and Mr..
Hayes feels little uncertain as TO the wisdom OF
e1pending that large sum Of money without duo
warrant OF law. particularly as the outset OF I'm
administration which, to say the least Ia strictly
| on Its good behavior before the country. There
would be no precedent for such action in the am
| mails Of The country. except precedent set by
Morton when he was
"wAB GOVERNOR n or INDIANA.
Now, Mr.. Hayes who lie o cautions man, hest.
| tates at tho proposition which pome of his ad-
| visers afs urging upon him, to tide the army
over till next January on deficiency, which can
be currently met only by either borrowing money
on Treasury warrants unauthorized by Low. or
by drawing on appropriations voted for other
purposes, which would be equally illegal and
| revolutionary. And Mr.. Hayes is man OF too
sound sense and too cool judgment not TO discern
| that his administration exists under auspices
peculiarly unfavorable to any action admitting
| of construction revolutionary or high.banded;
even were he naturally disposed to such meas-
utee, which he is not.
In view OF these conflicting considerations our
President, who WAS counted In is as said before,
| in
PROFOUND STATE OF MIND.
On the one hand he thinks that 1t would be moth
ing moro than business-llks and practical TO
| carry the army over upon the general resources
| of the Treasury, and then have Congress kindly
| allow his little deficiency at the beginning of
! next regular session. Bat, on the other hand be
| ia perplexed by tho troublesome question, Gould
| the people be made to understand the patriotism
Of bis motives, and appreciate the honesty Of his
intentions Or would they not be disagrseably
whooped up by the opposition press TO believe
| that he had been guilty Of illegally causing the
| funds of the United State to be diverted from
their authorized uaes and OF maintaining o
standing army la time of peace without the con-
sent Of Parliament" a crime which once cost an
| Ensish king bis head and which subsequently
cost another his throne. For my own part
| I think Mr.. Hayes might try the experiment Of
| expending seven or eight millions on The army
without due process OF law, that 10 to say, pro-
vided he wants to test the sense OF the country
on that point. He might wake up next Decem-
! ber to find that the handful OF hummer poli-
clans who are advising such o policy merely be-
cause it suits their personal convenience, do not
accurately represent the temper OF the country.
That Is good deal OF money to spend on an
| array in time of peace, without sanction OF lsw.
But perhaps the experiment is worth trying.
There are signs that among the expert ents to
be introduced In tho way Of Civil Service Reform
by this wonderful regime Ia that OF reforming the
patronage OF the State Of New York. That IL to
say, the friends of MIR. Conklirg are to be re-
formed out and the adherents of Mr.. Fenton-or
| 4 o..I a. Lnad ~
adherents-are to be reformed in. And this,
am told, is to be done at the statesmanike in
sAnce OF Mr.. schurz, who, by the way, DIES sot
like Mr.. Conkling, and who is enamored OF hr.
Fenton. ] think can understand the secret OF
this preference. MIR. Dana calls Mr.. schurz the
''Flying Dutchman" of politics; aud everybody in
New York knows MIR. Fenton as the
great political peddier of Yankee notions
and wooden Dutmegs. But there is this
essential difference between schnrz aud Fenton :
schurz always makes bis great flying LEAPS in
pursuit OF an idea--with an Office attached, while
Fenton taxes his long political pigrimages in
pursuit of an Office, without any ideal attach
ment. Now, as g native OF New York, and as an
original Republican in the politics Of that State,
can give his Excellency few hints. Mr.. Fenton
has frequently slid into OFF, through the back
ooor of caucus, and by virtue of patronage.
The people of New York have frequently woke up
in the morning to find that Fenton had
slid into Office lks q creased eel
over night and unbeknownst to them. Then, as
soon as the people of New York have discovered
that Fenton has stolen in upon them they have
gone to work TO
/ RAILROAD HIM OUT.
And they have always succeeded In doing it.
/ understand the object of this peculiar develop
ment Of Civil Service Reform is TO enable Mr.
Fenton to capture the Senatorship at the expra-
tion of Mr.. Conkling's term. Also that il is .
scheme of Mr.. schurz, as aforesaid, and Miss
Whitelaw Reid, the mistress Of GAY Gould. II
/ viii probably succeed 10 far as transferring