The daily gazette., 1877-03-12
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

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THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
WASHINGTON, March 11.---As several
versions of alleged differences in the re-
cent Senate democratic caucus have been'l
put in circulation it may be proper to
give the facts. The question was brought
before the GAUGES as to what should be
the status of the democratic Senators
toward Gov. Hayes as the occupant of
the White House. Some fthe Senators
advocated that there should be a systema-
tic resolve to abstain from all personal
intercourse with Gov. Hayes, or from
any action which could be constructed to
recognize him as the rightful occupant
ofthe White House. This gave rise to a
lengthy and excited discussion which in
dicated profitless result. A motion was
then made by one Of the Senators present
that the debate be limited. - el7.s. 4
4 Judge Thurman, who had been doing
good deal of the alking, took um-
bragg at this and denounced it as an at
tempt to gag. The Senator who had
made the motion withdrew il, but another
Senator, who had just come in, renewed
it, and 1t was carried, to the great dis
gust of Judge Thurman, who does not
like to be cut of in his remarks. After
this Northern democratic Senator, in
commenting on the new Southern policy
indulged in certain stran of remarks
which was construed as Indicating sus-
picion that the old wings of the South
would be captured by the loaves and fish
es and sell out the democracy. This
brought to their feet in indignant contra
diction half dozen ofthe Southern Sena
tors who, in the ante-bellum days, were
classed as old line wings. They resented
any intimation ofwant 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 for
NAL decision as to what should be the re-
lations between democratic Senators and
the occupant of the White House, as it
was thought perhaps more proper and
expedient that the determination of such
question should be left to individual
opinion and Judgment. So far, however,
with but single exception, their circum-
stances of which are such that it can
scarcely be so denominated, ,Ino democrat
ic Senator Senator has put his foot inside
the portals of the White House, since the
fourth ofMarch. r.''--
MoeBy AT THE WHITE HOUSE,. q
Among those who had interviews
with Gov. Hayes yesterday was Col.
Mosby. Col. Mosby called merely to
pay his respects. During the warLGov.
Hayes was at one period engaged in
the campaigns in the Valley of Vir-
ginia, and he and Col. Mosby exchan-
ged some jocular remarks on the al
ternate games of hide aud seek in
which they and their respective CONF
mands had indulged. 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 war or to
have peace, and and said that he inten-
ded to go in for vigorous a prosecution
of peace. Col. Mosby said to him
that in his belief his policy would be
heartily responded to by the Southern
people, that the ice was beginning to
crack, big thaw was coming, and
in the course of few weeks, under
his beneficent policy, the "solid South"
would dissolve and break up. Gov.
Hayes, with much animation and feel
ing, replied, 81 hope So"
DON CAMERoN's DOWNFALL.
Had Gov. Hayes been disposed for
personal reasons to retain Don Gamer
on in the cabinet he would have found
such retention incompatible with the
carrying out of his new Southern poll
CIV. Don Cameron took the most de-
cided stand of any member of Gen.
Grants cabinet against the slightest
relaxation of the federal grip on the
South, and even declined to sign the
modified orders sent by Gen. Grants
direction to Gen. Augur. Gov. Hayes
was made acquainted with these facts.
and realizing the necessity of his cabi-
net being q unit in accord with him,
he withstood tho immense pressure
brought to bear on him by the Gamer
on interest.
TIE PROGRAMME OF CARL scHURz.
In conversation tonight Carl Schulz
stated that in the administration of the
Interior Department he should endea>
vor to act with the utmost impartiali-
ty. He said that while he should aim
to carry out the true principles of civil
service reform he had no gIudge
against any of the appointees OF Zach
Chandler, and should make no war on
them because of that fact. He said
that he had always been republican
and was a republican still, and deve-
ted to the maintenance of the princi-