The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-03-15
Making a Cabinet.

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cidents connected with the appointment
and tardy confirmation Of the new Cab,
net of r. b. Hayes.
WASHINGTON, March, e. The inter
party war upon Rutherford b. Hayes has
begun Blaine threw down the gauntlet
in the Senate to-day and served notice on
lIaNes that he would not be allowed to
carry out the Southern policy indicated in
MS inaugural and ignore the claims OF
men who made him President The op-
portunity was the question OF swearing
| in Kellogg as Senator from Louisiana
Blaine, without waiting for COnkliny to
get over his suiks, and throwing aside the
mock modesty he assumed last session.
and striking out as Of vore. impetuous
and impudent, seized the opportunity at
one stroke, warned Hayes oi the split that
would follow any indication OF his inten-
ton to johnsoni2e. and notified the Senate
that he proposed to lead there rs in the
House. II do not pretend to speak for
the Administration, he said. but ! do
say most positively that if the Admins
| tratlon recognizes the Nichols Govern
ment in Louisiana, it will proclaim to the
world that President Hayes and YOU, sir
| (pontng to Vice. President Wheeler).
hold your high offices by bold usurpation.
The uneXpectedness. the impudence and
vigor of his attack fairly took away the
| breath of old Senators accustomed t. pro
lixitv and prosiness. and brought every
one to instant and earnest attention
Wheeler, hastily calling lloal to preside,
fled his seat. Conkling was startled from
his customary imperturbability for Il mo-
ment, but soon turned his back on Blaine
and sat IN attentive listener As Blaine
Went on to affirm again that ;nasmuch AS
the Legislature which elected Kellogg Was
counted in bv the same Returning 'ioard
which counted Louisiana for HAYES and
| Wheeler. and lnasmuch as the constitu-
| tionalitv of the acts Of that Returning
! Board had been affirmed Ivy tie Electoral
Commission. Hayes conld not repudatc
| lis count OF the State vote without rcpUdl-
ating his own title to office, and that OF
| Wheeler Blaine got Oft his second ~
tllmatlon OF Bold usurpation. sir" with
even more Junction than at first, ant. again
waved his hand at the Nice~presidcnt's
desk Whereat Hoar, its occupant. blu she'd
Ike a maiden, and the galleries roareA
The symptoms ri the gallery applause
melted Blaine to attempt HIS customary
House tactics, and he proceeded To "bull-
do2e" the Democratic side hy declaring
that they, having tathered The Electoral
bill, could not repudate its action by vot-
! ing against Kellogg. This woke up Thur
man, who. after badly tripping up Blaine
| by showing up some oi his Measurements
OF facts, proceeded to protest that the mi
nority OF the Commission had not affirmed
the legality Of the Louisiana Returning
Boards aclion. Blaine retortcd by re
markn" that the majority had n:,,ir such
affirmation, and in laW Ii majority was
the Commission lie demanded. further,
whether it wa to be affirmed that the
Louisiana Returning Board was good
enough to count IN 4 President, bat not
good enough Ia count in {; state Iegisli-
ture? Wh~reupon Thurman turned tie
laugh by declaring that his individual
opinion was thar hat Returning Board
was good for nothing except hanging
Blaine tried to get cut OF the corner Nv
suggesting that Thurman OF course had
the same opinion OF the Commission which
sustained the Returning Board. bur only
made 4 bad matter worse, tor Thurman
promptly replied that he most certainly
| did hold the same opinion Of majority Of
clusion of Blaine's speech the Senate, on
Thurman's motion, adjourned, and the sen
ttors tell 10 discussing earnestly Blane's
first move. Al agreed that he meant mis-
chief unless liayrs came 10 terms. As
| BaNard expressed it, he demanded that HE
new Administration SHALL settle in one
night what the Ola Administration could
not settle in tour months. VIZ, which is
| I,, !. H..
was noticed that lust before the KELLOGG
| case was taken "p Blaine and Morton held
Il long and earnest consultation. and all
are awaiting with interest 20 see whether
the two will make the fight together. kel-
logg's ease comes up again to morrow,
and some sharp talk may BE expected
iayes's friends say he has backbone
enough to stick 70 his policy aud indeed
it is difficult 10 see now he can now draw
| back, as he Is committed in writing
The entire time OF the Senate to-day.
WAS spent in considering eases Of new
Senators The fight against Lamar proved
4 tlzZie, us there were only two Senators
who opposed his swearing in--Wadlcigh
and Spencer-and only one negative vote.
Wadleigh'S. Spencer being paired with
Merrimon. The opposition WAS made AN
! opportunity ny -Htl ION u Dtidtt lilOSH ttt-
publlcans who voted against the confirm.
alton ol Pinchback, whose title he said,
was better than I.anlal''s; and he also
worked III hack-han,ed Slap ut The Dem
ocrats for what he was pleased TO call their
somerset" III the two cases But he voted
for Lamar.
WAsnlNGroN, March T. The following
nominations were received by the Senate
from President Hayes at go 7. NJ -
William NJ Eyarts Of New York. Secre-
tarl OF State; John Sherman OF Ohio, See
Rotary Gt the Treasury; George W. Nc
Crazy of Iowa. Secretary OF War; Rich
ard M. Thompson OF Indiana, Secretary
of Navy; Charles Devens of Massachu-
sets, AttorneyGeneral; David NJ Key
of Tennessee. postnaster-t;entrul Carl
SchurZ Of Missouri, Secretary Of Interior.
The names Of the Cabinet Slate were re-
ceiyed with dismay by the Republicans
generally 1t had been limited that HAYES
| intended to take into Ills Council Il South
ern Democrat Ii has been hoped that he
would MOI. 1t was this latter hope which,
even to the Very moment the Cabinet was
hnnounced, kept back the Setnbiancc OF
| disruption which followed When Con
| Rodgers. Il tonSumptir" with attenlated
form and liery head. appeared at the
| threshold OF the Senate. the Vote was ust
ready to be announced that kellogg's ere
| dentals as Il Senator from Louisiana be
| tabled until the Committee on Elections
was appointed. Vice lresident Wheeler
checked the announcement OF The vote to
receive the message. Then Rodgers. with
| the coyiSh nervousness Of Il budding belle
| announced message from the President
| of the 'nited States. Ii was the Cabinet
| slate he held IN his thin, white hand. A
buzz of excitement was at once manifest.
| and the message was sent to the ice
| Presidents desk. In almost II wink ling
| an executive session was moved, and the
rabble were driven oat OF the galleries
| 1t is said that when the Cabinet slate was
| announced in the Senate it was received
with leers of laughter Morrill, Of Yer
| mont wanted immediate action on the
| nominations. but to every name there was
| objection. Then, under the rules of the
| Senate, there was but ore thing to do,
| ard that was to refer the entire budget to