, 1877-10-26
A DIT or HISTORY.

A DIT OF HISTORY.
THE WAR on me rRAAipEKT-lIow THE cABI-
NET CANE 70 Ill CONFIRMED IN DEsr1TE
or OPPOSITION.
Disp1tcA to .stp i'ort Htra'd tinf-).
WAsuiaaros, Oct. 2l.-Thcre is a BIT Of his
tory which may some day before long "rcpcat
ITSELF" u the sayjng's
When tho new Cabinet OF President Hayes
WAS announced In tho Senate last sfarcl tho
anger OF thu Republican Senators WAS unbound
cd and undlsguisc1. They had heard strange
and unwcleome doctrine preached teoM the
purtlco OF tho Capitol 10 tho Inaugural discourse
hut they had been willing to overlook that
They did not know VT. lIaycs; very few Of
them Ind ever sceu him. lie arrived tn Wash
ington only on the morning Of the B! Of March.
Iie saw, OF course, great many people imtncii-
atcly, but they mcEcly saw him, and those
Ut them who went to adylas Rnl fu-
struct him found him politely receptive,
to the wall. They dtd not know that ne had
male up Ills CablHet some thur before he left
Columbus. Indeed, the great guns of thu ScE,-
ute did no. nelcye tiis possible: Thy Cabinet"
then In forre;-but were gently repulsed every
Tho dFet desperate anger ot the 6cuators soon
settled tnto tlctern!uattou = reject the whue
l
now Secretary vi tho Treasury ~ soon "a pos.
ttolc, nnl It f. Maual to confirm Senator uained
to q Cabinet office a. onss. but motion was
made 70 refer even Nr shernaaa name to a
.sr,aAh the whole slate" To this surprise Of
tic leading tcealr!trants. they were unable TO
carry their motion to refer linn. 1t Il said that
nueet OF egSas t.ouSa not 'uS''sa xs.
oI,pused his rvfercnte. TheFeupon The Rcpuh.
licnus conflrtuel thu Secretary at tue TREASURY,
the Icast objectionable Iaan to them TT. th9 list.
bn. .he re- xe19 a rs'eF,Ta: na !! vas ,r1 de.rz
and Key wete particularly 'latefu! to the mutt
nrcrs; they would have compromised on tho re-
n.a1udcr, although nonc OF them were 70 their
tastc. A consultation Ut some pf the leaders In
%the % %tnusinY was l.oiI, aud They made W theit
mtnd4 that they could carry out tLetr aims u
tlry ct,lli iaake sure Of tho Democrats. How
thcso Houli act vas not known. but they were
known to be very aora over thtlr defoat, AUD
negotiations wuru very privately. opened nc,
tween soulc leading Kplhlscan senators and
sosne Democrats. Tbs lsttcs wcTo caused ta
understand that II the Democratic Senator!
would Join lA defeating this Cabinet they should
have 4 yuive t4 tho formation ui new QUE.
Their wishes should be consulsed-"anythlng to
beat Hayes"
10 tho iTritatcd condition Of mnd la which tho
Democrats iouIld themselves Ut the end Qt the
Efectosa! strugglu this suggestion struck &oHe
uf them a. EuOti, hut When the matter waa
brought Iefofs private 'ncttIng o! the leading
| Senators 1t Old not Eako lAcM Hlole th&st tctl
minutes to come 10 the conclusion that such 9
bargaln was not pruper to be made; that II
wuulu not tlonorahly be entertained; that tht
ueW President hal right tu such Cabinet II
be might select, suppostuR I hem to bs tlonor
able Iien; and that whcsher the Republican,
chose to oppose hiiu OF not In this Matter th'
plain duty Of the Democrats MIA To he'll
tue confirmation. THIS conclusion was 5uad
knawn to tho.e Republican Sen
stors from whom oyertufea lad eom
| IL tho Democrats, au4l the immediate result wa
tbs rompletu downfall Ut the Republican rabal
| t}n The liext day tae Republicans made haste Il
csntiru. the whole Cab!nct. aud It ts belieYes
that every Republican Senator. except one u
Two. voted for every 1uelnbcr ot the Cabinet.
While lhc struggle was still going on, an
when TIC determination had been xonle to T.
reject the Cablnek, nc@a u thus ELECT va
brought tu the President at the White HOUSE
| liz sEowfd Gu that ocraston the csolneas IL
kelt.posaesslon which are his characteristics, 10
he repligt Ut oocu to tue 6euatos who bFou2h
bus tue lntoEu.ation:
ut ID Ut III consequence. They will not u
atlc IL agrec; 1u not alarm youIsc!t.n
lie Lad thcu been tor several days under = y
; | yere pressure from mani sources. Gen. Lozau
i friends asked Tor him tha War Department, m
it wa4 understood that Logan went 70 lar - I
signify that hu was ready 10 alhsre ~ tho ne
Southern policy. Slr. Frye, Of Maine; II
: Craxiu, Of New Hampahiss; Ar. Rice, Of Mass,
. | cluasttS; Ar. AIrolu. Of mississippi; JudG