The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-15

had heard OF the objections and that
the President had determined TO take
the matter under consideration. They
did not wish to embarrass him. They
would retire and save him the trouble
Oh considering the objections.
He had already considered the objec-
tions," fs0tto v0ce, he had CONSUMED
about minute and o half In consider
ing them, and he had decided TO let
the nominations stand. He said the
constitution imposed upon him the Te-
sponsibility OF selecting his advisers.
The Senate was charged with the duty
of confirming or rejecting them. He
had discharged his duties. He pre-
snmed the Senate could discharges its.
He had no suggestions to offer to the
Senate about confirming or rejecting
his nominees. And the Senate had no
dietation to offer him as to whom he
should nominate. 1t was the pIainsst
case In the world OF separate and dis
tinet duty and responsibility. Is case
OF conflict the country would bejudge
and its judgment would be final.
THE TERRoRs or THE CAUCUS.
Such was the cool, passionless atti-
tude OF Hayes when first confronted
with the terrors of the caucus. Itwas
q rebuke to the barterers OF politics, q
slap In the face TO the truck.and dioker
system that will sting for many day,
to teach the bargainer5 and ths back
stairs statesmen that their day Is over.
Now, Hayes might have put on heroics
aud torn around. He might have adopt
| cd fine frenzy and raised hi. Or, he
might have had q confidential interview
with those fellows and agreed to do
this In consideration OF their agreeing
| ing to do that. This last would
| have been the approved Radical
method. But he did nothing Of the
sort. He simply stood his hand pat and
bet his money without making any
fuss-and the other fellows passed.
They didn't care to come In. They were
raised out. tt makes no difference to
the historian whether Hayes was bluff
ing or not. He may have had four aces
and he may have had jack high. what
ever he had, or whatever he did not
have, he made the boys lay down their
hands and raked the board It strikes
me that that is very good sort OF man
for President, barring the trifling fact
that he was not elected.
| sCHURz.
| Now his Cabinet is in, we shall see
what we shall see. T, for my own part,
have no apprehension except as To
Schurz. should not have selected the
Interior as the department best calcu.
| lated for the favorable development OF
MIR. Schurz's ideas Of civil service re-
| FORM. The Treasury was the true place
for Scburz, both as to his general capa-
city and In view OF the objects which he
designs to accomplish. There ~ less oil
what would come, under the Schurzian
definition OF civil service, In the Inte-
rior than In any other department OF
| the government in proportion to the
amount of the public money that is dis
| bursed through it. It is full Of plain,
prosaio business details, Ia which there
ID very little opportunity for the display
Of craftsmanship. Zach Chandler is not
much OF statesman but he Is q first
class business man, and he has been
one OF the very best Secretaries OF the
Interior who ever held the place. Schurz
will find himself confronted at the OUT
set with vast mass OF book. keeping,
which is foreign TO his genius; he will
be called on to tackle O. dozen rings
the land ring, Indian ring, patent
ring, pension ring, and their dependen-
cies. He will be distracted with charges
and counter charges every fellow will
assure him that every other fellow 10
trying to swindle the Government. In
his dismay, he is liable to fly TO the
arms and advice of
DIfs. agosvENoR,
and then--well, 1t 10 not difficult to-
guess where he will land when once the
"fierce light that beats upon throne
is brought to bear upon the advice OF
Bill Grosvenorl
hope the learned DR.. Preetorius oil
the Westliche Post will permit me to say
that I am anxious to see SchuTz sue-
ceed as an Executive officer. But 1
know Bill so well; / realize SO keenly
the strange hold he has upon Schtrz--
who differs from him In instinct as ut
terly as q woman differs from high
rately what will be the consequences OF
/ Bill as a power behind the
throne, as q silent critic OF men
and concealed or confidential
adviser OF policies; all these things,
say, are so patent to me that have
many Ynisgivings as to Schurz. IL
Hayes wants to assist him In conduct-
Ing the Interior Department TO the satis-
faction of the public and with honor to
| himself, his Grst step will be to send
drosvenor as Minister to Hayt or
at liberty and have abundant oppor-
tunity to Indulge those gentle instincts
which erstwhile cost him hfs position In
| the army, and where he cannot enjoy
opportunity to repeat that advice and
counsel which has already twice defeat
ed Schurz, and, which, IL 1t ruins him q
third time, will ruin him forever. Schurz
has more to fear from the friendship OF
Bill Grosvenor than from the emnity of
all his foes combined.
NEW GRENADA.
The War Between the Two Parties.
| PANAMA, March 6.-The victory OF the
liberal army over the Conservatives at