Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14
Good Government.

Good Government.
Before holding his great Office ten days
the president has in some way convinced
the great body of the people of the United
States that his administration means both
nm attempt at good government and clear
ly defined principles on which the attempt
will be based. In some way Mr.. Hayes
has in n remarkable degree won the conf
dcnce of the plain men ofall parties, of the
business men and all who do not allow
partisanship to run away with them.
Some frantic democrats, of whose ideas
the New York San may be taken to be The
exponent, are still cursing about a fraudu-
lent president, all unconscious of the fact
that other folks are aware that the presi-
dental campaign is a thing of the past and
that it had wearied the country by its too
long life.
But the better minded of that party to-
day not only give the President credit for
good intentions, but are much less inclined
to talk of him as n weak man, rs an amia-
BILE gentleman without backbone, who
would have to yield from the beginning
to the men that made him" When the
five names we gave last week were pro-
posed for the cabinet, and the muttered
Indignation of certain republican leaders
made itself heard in Washington, demo-
Gratis said, they will break that slate. :"
When the nominations were sent IN on
Wednesday and many Senators were dis
pleased thereat, it was deemed certain
that some names would have to be with
drawn or rejected,
Between Wednesday and Saturday the
feeling of the country towards the new
administration and its policy was learned
by senators, and the nominations of Schurz
Key and Evarts had but two votes against
them. The president had kept his temper
under the unprecedented course of the
Senate in postponing the confirmation of
the cabinet and the threatened revolt van
lSIleu Ill Inc ar.
While the democrats were astonished at
the course things were taking, their sur
prise was shared by nearly all republicans.
That portion Of the party which had been
in favor of " Bristow and reform were
surprised at the completeness of the vic.
tory won by them in Cincinnati last June
without their knowledge.
The managing politicians in the Senate ,
were disguised there is no doubt. Simon =
Cameron didn't intend to resign his seat
and forsake politics ten days ago, and the
kind of men that he is the type of are the
most thoroughly Astonished of ALL They
are ut present however powerless TO do
anything more than their old leader has
done-resign. In fact the collapse of the +
Senate rebellion against the new cabinet '
last week is not as complete commentary :
on the new departure as is the simple
resignation of the old Pennsylvania auto
crat.
The cabinet as finally made up contains q
MI McCrary us secretary of war instead j,
OF as attorney-general the position to {
which he was assigned in our columns last fC
week, while Gen. Charles Devens of Mass
lchusetts is made attorney-gcneral and
Richard w. Thompson of Indiana, secre (
tary of the navy. u
This cabinet, like the inaugural means u
m effort to have peace between the various p
sections OF the country, 10 have good will 1t
rs WE'LL and to have these founded on a
acknowledgment that citizen =
Of tho nation is entitled TO all the rights of ~
citizen whether he be ne gro or an ex- P'
ebel or any other man. What the partjc- '0
liar means will be that will be taken is Il "
question for the future but we anticipate Wv
nat before the year is out there will be ~,
more honesty and intelligence in govern :"
ng and less bull-dozing in elections ~
outh.
The meaning of the new president in r.,
mother respect is that the national gov "
shall be conducted on business =
is, we take it, about NJ NJ
what civil service reform " means when of #
'ou get at it. The president will keep the OF +
eople with him on these issues. NJ NJ
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