National Republican., 1877-12-28
KEULOa0 Talks.
Louisiana's senator Tells n Chicago "Timcs" I"
Reporter How Hayes is Making Fool Of

Louisiana's senator Tells n Chicago "Times" I"
Reporter How Hayes Is Making q Fool Of
Himself.
Senator william Pitt Kellogg. Of Louisiana. Is
staying at the Grand Pacific Hotel for q few days.
lie Is shaping his arrangements to be In New Orleans
on New-Year's Day. III isabout seven months since
he was last In Louisiana Senator Kellogg says that
his constituents arc all heartily In sympathy with
the Texas people regarding the border troubles.
What the policy Of the Government Is to be toward
the marauding Mexicans Is beyond his knowledge
He was asked by Ttn,es reporter what question.
In his opinion, WIS Of The most moment TO the pub
lie Just now, and the Senator replied that the hnan
cial question was of surprising importance to the
masses He had voted " give the silver bill prece
dcnce over the Matthews concurrent resolution for
the reason that he desired to bring 1t broadly be.
fore the Senate IN order that the arguments might
be heard. lie thinks that after the holidays Con
grcss will have got at the spirit of public sentiment
aud members Will then vote with nn understand.
ing and degree Of intelligence that may prevent
blunder He has
NO SETTLED UNALTERABLg CONVICTIONS,
as yet, regarding the financial question, and he be.
occupy a similar posiiiSn. They arc searching
AFTER public sentiment Senator Kellogg thinks the
President went astray in his New York appoint.
ments. The case was that OF Hayes vs. Hayes. 1t
was thrust at his civil lservce policy. IL seemed
like contrayening his own order. NE fails to ds
dissatisfaction In the NORTH and there Is no evil
dence that the party has been strengthened in tho
South. He argues, therefore. that as body, II Is
weaker to-day than Il was before the last Presidcn
tial clection-at least the reporter understood
him. He says there Is more Vitality In the party in
Louisiana than in any other two States in the
South. All that rs needed, he says, TO preserve the
organization In that State Is for ths President put
THE MACHINERY OF THE PARTY
in hands Of men who enjoy the confidence Of the
public, and mentioned Packard sample Of the
class of leaders he referred to-. In speaking Of
party machinery and patronage, the Senator ex.
pressed himself with great yehemencc. He said
there were few men who had been thrown TO the
These men decrying the practice Of employing
party machinery and Federal patronage for secur.
Ing partisan results. This was. he said, the most
bare.faced, the most fragrant hypocrisy. Il know"
said the Senator that every cog In the party which
was well fabricated and then set I'm motion, and
that the machinery and patronage OF the party
were put TO tho best possible use and but for this,
these men who are now decrying the use Of any
such means would never have been able to warm
Ing names understand but In view Of all the cir.
cumstances, say II is
DEvILIsH dad TASTE
on their part to run down the 1se of party ma
| chinery." Senator Kellogg added that II the Demo
crats should go into power one OF these days they
would reward the captains of their tens, their
twenties, their hundreds, aud their thousands &C.
cording to the service they performed and, said
he, they will be doing right He wound up the
conversation by again expressing his contempt for
the men who so blatantly and hypocritlcally
RnathematZe the very means employed TO boost
them into places Of power and emoument