National Republican., 1877-04-22
President Hayes as . work

So now In the matter Of the less exciting contro-
house, he announces his intention Of making no
changes In the various ofices until the commits
sion has made Its examination and Its report. It
Is In this simple way that tho President carries
the people with him ss he does. The reasons are
not made public to bolster up tho action; the 40.
tioa 10 seen to be the inevitable result Of the rea
sons.
Our New Minister to spain.
From the Chicago Tribune; rr
The nomination Of Mr.. John A Kassoo, Of
Iovs, to the Spanish mission, succeeding Mr..
Cushing, who hss resigned and Is on his way
home, is proper recognition Of excellent public
service and will be in every way oreditable to the
the Ssss Minister to SPAIN tSe Untea STATE. STAT % has
Ae hs. large sxperienee in public .hAir., has
twice visited Europe In an offieial capacity In
eoanss.ioa with postal Affairs, having formsrly
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ninistsrs, and 70 which M. Kssson is especially
acssios ey treaty of the ccmmsrcisi interooSrse
bstvesn the two nations. Mr.. Kasson is entirely
f..iii.r with the sros, isiu,.Ice dens 70 ths
levied By Spain upon American exports 10 Ouba.
rhs people Of the United States are the chief
Psrssassrs q C.o.s products. and, being The
than any other country what Obs BIZ must stiSE SuEy
abroad, International comity and mstssI interest
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tssfst % sseount OF the extortionats revenues
forced ffom Cuba from duties, but Mr.. Kasson,
Srins ssross T pr,ssars upon the spanish n as1sru @ n
ment In more ways than one.
spsss sad snsaks In ths Treasury Depart
From the New York Evening Post.
When ]. II. Maddox testified before Mr..
FieldS committee In relation TO the alleged ne
gotistions for the sale Of tho electoral vote Of
Lssisiana bv the Returning Board Of that State,
vas not forthcoming, and MADDOX may be re.
garded as disabled witness. His letter, which
% nov psblished for the nrst time, bat which
against Secretary Bristow, Solicitor Wilson and
NJ. Ccnsnt. IL .hows very clearly what means
.:.n. he n e. MIND .nS
even q lsss srsdulous persons than the late
The letter. besides. he's certain value which
10 altogether Independent Of the crediblity Of the
writer. II shows what nest Of low gossip, petty
Important Department Of the Government may
become under civil-servics system which II not
eonduetsd upon butiness principles, but which
There i no doubt that spies And snesks had q
footing In tho Federal service which they never
system. MaddoSs letter, at least, shows how
much the system needs to be reformed.
he Next Speaker.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.
The Republicans are losing their confidence
In the programme Hayes conceived OF having
Republican Speaker elected in the Forty y-nth
House. A Washington special to the Cincinnati
Gssefis says: "SenAtor Dorsey, who has Just re.
SOUTH says ths. ha doss not seSro shss sns
southern Democratic Congressmen will vote for
As dsass, sismons, Of Arksnsss, and .6sssy %
Young, Of Tennessee, who are almost Repu oil.
cans, have published cards to coneiliate their
not intend to vote for . Republican Speaker. Mr.
Dorsey Is eonseG1entiy Of tho opinion that the
Twsed's Confession.
Prom The Chicago Times:
The confession OF Tweed Is probably "the
beginning Of the end" Of tho Tammauy Ring
villainies. Though II has not yet been pub
inperieot md inaccurate as Il doubtless % Is, Ia:
given the public some foreshadowing OF the
startling character OF the document. It has
party managers, for It has revealed that some
men still high In public trust foul and rotten
nn With this Tammany ieprosy II has revived
versal opinion that at last the bottom Of that
S sn1 .ss b p S
look forward to the publioation Of tho actual
statement Of Tweed with vast interest
Our Consular Service Abroad.
From the Cniesgo Inter-ovean,
Our consular service abroad has not been
generally credited with the highest sinciency or
representative calture. 1t has In fact, with some
exceptions, been very much Of . byword for the
very opposite qualiAcations. An admirable op.
portunity is nov Afforded the Government for re-
ss.Ss and The S h0s tnn Not
The Ss:s ca.s mem q Ss Ssa 4
BEEN n Already a .as.H.s @ sna a.srassd
aIsnfsa rosd!iss sins tAst sns: the s:r.iss ses
1t an honor, and not . reproaeh, to q country
which has every need Of the very best representa-.
tion among the nations Of the earth.
The President Of the Turkish Chamber Of
Deputies.
From the New York world;
The President Of the Turkish Chamber of
Deputies, Ahnst Venk, Is q model Spea ker. ,He
makes his own rules, and instead OF ressrving the
parliamentary power, he promptly puts down
obnoxious members BY shouting out "Essek ~
which being interpreted ID ''thou assw II this
falls to produce the elect tho vigorous old man
does not hesitate to leave his chair, and rushing
AZ the bore to seize him by the throat and stran.
s% ,' ,s Ta Sa GS
up to IL no doubt by medaling Europeans, are
beGinnpg TO object TO this sort OF adminlstrAtion
And yet who will not wish that Ahmet Venk
might make . little disciplinary tour Of our own
legislative bodiesf
The Extra session OF Congress.
From the New York Times:
The 4th Of June appears to be tho time most
likely to be nxsd for the assembling Of the Forty.
afth Congress In extra session, and all attempts
to md authority for the maintenance Of the army
without an appropriation seem to have been absn-
deaed. The Wild story about anegotiAtion by the
Administration with Mr.. Randall and other me IN.
bers Of the opposition to avoid an extra session ID
essentially sbsurd. II Involves the notion that
the army can be maintained BY funds raised out.
aide OF which 10 not To be entertained
by any reasonable person for moment Such Z
MEASURE would be opposed to every principle oi
representative government, and would be precs
dent Of the worst possible ohArsotsr. Thst tho
President 10 capable Of bargaining Cor exemption
from criticism Tor such proceeding 70 Incredible
because no one would know better than he thai
the bargain could not hold. Nor 10 there any
thing TO be gained By dodxfng an extra session In
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