The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-10-26

field ard Foster, they each Jahis : tne
position that the President 8 intent was
not to prevent Office holders irc!l tax
ing properly active part il the Cain
paign alter conventions had put tick
et III the field.
Gen. Cox, OF Ohio, defended the
! President. and Indicated his cordial
support of his entire policy, and aTgu, d
that The Presiden had simply carried
into practical effect the principles enun
ciatcd N the Republican platform AID
III Lis letter of acceptance.
at this point he was in erTupted by
Hr. Frye, of Maine, who asked Gen
Cox to point to that plank in the plat
form or to that clause in the letter OF
acceptance which foreshadowed the
appointment of an ex Confederate and
life long Democrat to Cabinet posi-
ton.
Mr. Crapo, of Mass, at once indicated
his support of the President, both in
his Southern policy aud his civil ser
vice order.
Or. Frye spoke in very strong terms
il condemnation OF the Presidents
Southern policy aud also Of his civil
service reform.
Mr.. Hale directed his remarks chiefly
to the subject before the meeting,
namely the treatment OF the antioipat-
ed Democratic resolution.
Neither Mr. Garfield nor Mr. Foster
had much TO say in reference to the
! Southern policy, AMI devoted them
selves chiefly TO the discussion o. avoid
lug split in the party upon any vote
the Democrats might force.
Martin Townsend, OF New York, said
he had felt very kindly toward the
President, and had desired to support
him cordially, but that he had become
impressed by reports which he had
read from time to time that the Presi
dent regarded members of Congress
as a set of scamps, and not exactly
reputable people, and as he was con-
sidered a tolerably honest IN respects.
BILE man at home, he did not care to
intrude himself at the White House,
where he could not be certain Of the
standing which he received.
Gen. Butler spoke with great earn
estness in regard to the Importance 10
the country Of uphoiding and continu-
ing the Republican party as the hope
of the country, and his remarks in re-
gard to civil service reform were par
ticularly pointed, and directed chiefly
to Gen. Cox, and were filled from be-
ginning to end with sneers at this por
ton of the policy.
To that Part of Mr.. Cox's speech in
which he declared that the President
was in full sympathy with the party.
and only desired its good, Mr.. Danfo-d.
of Ohio, asked what evidence there
was that the President sincerely desir
ed the good of the party, in view of his
selection of Cabinet, in which there
were at least three members who did
not care straw what became of the
Republican party-allusions to Eyarts.
Schurz, and Kay.
Mr.. Cox, in his reply to this, declared
it to be unfair to assume that these
gentleman were not in accord with the
party, and that they did not desire its
success.
Mr.. Thornburgh, of Tennessee, said
that the Republicans of that State and
of the South were Utterly dishearten-
q
lican organization in the South; that
they had no representative in the Cab
met, and that they were obliged when
seeking anything in connection with
the Postoffice Department to go over
the head of that department. to the
Pre3ident himself, and that Southern
Republicans would not confer directly
with the Postmaster General.
At this point, Mr. Blair, of New
Hampshire, inquired of Mr.. Thorn
burgh, whether, when they had visited
the President, they had receivad any
satisfaction from him, and whether
they had been able to attain what they
wanted.
Mr.. Thornburgh said that they had
always failed to obtain satisfaction.
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, reported
that there was a very general eling
among the Republicans of his State
that the President had not properly
cared for those to whom he owed his
election, an1 that there was very great
di; satisfaction in regard to his treat
lnent of Southern Republicans.
Mr. Dunnell stated that the Repub-
licans of his State were not cordial to
word the President.
Mr.. Conger expressed the opinion
that in Michigan the Republican feel
ing was that the policy of the Presi-
dent toward the South must be &C
cepted as a matter of TACT, and as
something which it WIS now impossi-
BILE to remedy; and that in regard to
to the civil service order at least nine
tenths of the Michigan Republicans
dissented totally from it.
Last night most of the Massachusetts,
delegation met and agreed not to vote
in case the matter took the shape of
full Endorsement from the Democratic
side.
The Illinois delegation held a meet
ing last night at the rooms of Senator
Oglesby. There Yves much bitterness
toward the President manifested by
severel of those present. The general
opinion expressed was that it would be
best for the Republicans to sit silent
provided the Democrats tried to-mor-
row to force vote on the policy.