Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-03-16
THE FRESH START.
INTERESTING POLITICAL ITEMS-BLAINE
sIMMERED DOWN IN HIS OPPOSLf ION TO
HAYES-sIMON CAMERON RESIGNED
FROM THE SENATE--HAYES' FIRST

&C., w., w.
President Hayes and his Cabinet are
working smoothly since poor Blaine broke
his neck in the Senate. The carpet-bag.
gers have gotten up a new dodge, for the
President t. order as if he had any author
ity to do such a thing) new elections in
South CaroiiLa aud Louisiana. Mr. Hayes
so far, does not seem to take to that new
phase of dictatorship which Grant would
have jumped at. Old Senator Cameron OF
Pennsylvania has resigned and his son Don
is TO take his place. Morton has given vi
the ''blocdy Shirt" surrendered to Hayes
aid taken the Craftsmanship Of the Con>
mittee of Foreign Relations. We give he
low the news OF the political world undei
It's fresh start
HOW BLAINE CANE TO MA KE WAR ON
HAYES.
1t appears ii at Hale of Maine, Blaine's
man WIS offered ii pace i'll the cabinet
but Blaine wouIdn't let lin take it, need
ing him in the House, and wanted Hayes
to take Frye Of Maine instead. Blaine,
Hamlin and Hale all went to urge Frye's
appointment. The Cincinnati "Gazette'
says
They had a very interesting interview.
MT. Hayes signiied what his feelings were
in regald to Mr.. Hale, but did not put the
offer at all ON the ground that it was made.
in acknowledge ent OF any obligation to
Mr.. Blaine. They urged Mr.. Frye's ap-
pointment as skilfully as they could, but
Mr.. Hayes frankly told them that if Mr..
Hale did not go into the Cabinet he would
probably look outside of TIL e State of Maine
in New England for an officer to represent
that section Of the country.
Thereupon, they asked him whom he
was considering, or lad thought of, in New
England for the place.
The President took from his pocket a
card bearing a number of names, from
which he pro, eeded to read. He first read
the name Of John M. Forbes of Boston.
What do you say to that name ?" he
asked of his visitors.
Mr.. Blaine promptly replied: II see
nothing about him. Mr.. President, except
his nose, that would be prominent in the
Cabinet"
"Well," said Mr.. Hayes, ''there is Gov.
Rice of Massachusetts. What do you say
to him ?"
"Ee was buried five years ago." answer
ed n of these precious gentleman.
"Well," said Mr.. Hayes, reading on,
"there is ex-senator Cragin of New Hamp-
shire. What do you think of his name %
"Oh, well, he belongs to the past, 200.
lie would not do" answered Mr.. Hale.
Nnvf fhn prnctInnf 1.nn1 f,or, Ifn oorI
the name of Senator Edmunds of Ver-
mont. "What have you got to say of MIR.
Edmunds of Vermont: gentlemen 2"
This was toe much for the venerable
Hamlin, who could not restrain himself
longer and broke in with Mr.. President,
go into some graveyard, for Gods sake,
and take your man."
The Presit emit took all these criticisms
with entire calmneSs, and did not allow
himself to be at all offended by them, and
the interview closed without the slightest
sal isfaction being given to either of the
three.
Mr.. Frye is reported to give as a reason
for his not going into the Cabinet that he
did not feel that he could support the
Presidents Southern policy; that Packard
he believed, ought to be recognized as
Governor of Louisiana. But the truth is
GIdu He Who utFot ollcleu d pldCo dt oil,
and neither was Mr.. Blaine offered a place
at. all. Mr.. Blaine and his set now pre-
tend that the offer to Mr.. Hale was made
merely as a sop to Zach Chandler. and not
at all in acknowledgment of any obliga-
ton which MI. Hayes is under to MI,
Blaine.
THE OLD LINE WHO'S"
There was some sharp talk in the Demo.
cratic Senatorial caucus about how they
should treat the President. A motion wrs
made 10y one of The Senators present
that the debate be limited. Judge Thur
man, who had been doing a good deal OF
the talking, took umbrage at this and de
nounced it as an attempt to gag. The
Senator who had made the motion with
drew it, but another Senator, who had just
come III, renewed it, and it was carried.
tn the great disgust of Judge Thurman,
who does not like to be cut off in his re-
marks. After this a Northern democratic
senator, In commenting on he new SOUTH
ern policy, INDUCED in a certain strain OF
remarks which was construed as Indica-
ting a suspicion that the old wings OF the
South would be captured by tie loaYes and
tlslleS and leave out the democracy. This
brought tn their feet, in indignant contra
dictlon, a half dozen of the Southern Sena-
so;s who, in the ante-bellum days, were
ciassed as old line wings. They resented
ANY intimation of want of fidelity to the
democratic party by those with whom they
had been allied. Here the whole subject
dropped.
The caucus did not arrive at any formal
decision as to what should be the relations
between the democratic Senators and the
ooounonkc ut thu HNhifa Honco 30 If uroe
thought perhaps more proper and eXpedient
that the determination Of such a question
should be left to individual opinion and
judgment. .
MOsBY, AND H BREAKING UP OF THE
"soLID SOUTH
Among those who had interviews with
President Hayes Monday was Col. Mosby
Col. Mosby called merely to pay his re-
spects. During the war Gov. Hayes was at
ore period engaged in the campaigns in the
Valley Of Virginia, and he and Col. Mosby
exchanged some ocular remarks on the al
ternate games of hide aud seek in which
they and their r spective commands had
INDUCED. In conversing on the political
situation Gov. Hayes remarked that the
question presented to the country was
whether it was to continue in a semi-State
of wal or to have peace, and said that he
intended to go IN for tie vigorous pTosecu-
ton Of peace. Col. Mosby said to him that,
in his belief, his policy would be heartily
responded-te-by the Southern people, that
the ice was beginning to crack, abig thaw
was coming, and in the course of a few
weeks, under his beneficent policy, the
''solid South would dissolve and break
up. Gov. Hayes, with much animation
and feeling, replied, Il hope so.''
HE PRESIDENTS FIRST ENTERTAIN-
MENT,
On the 9th inst, President Hayes and
wife gave their first social dinner, The fol
lowing is an account of it.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Heron, Miss Foote,