The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-15

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au Indian police, should ever be pass.
led. The interference, of the troops in
/ regulating, State Governments. has
been disgraceful fact for eight years
Iipast, and the country is now called
upon TO consider whetner that scandal
will be gosd thing TO continpe.
otE DEMoCRITES.
i7s pf-,1->e-.-------------a as .f.s
p" .suil5Ir The Cabinet.
s The Pittsburgh Post accompanies its
announcement of Hayes cabinet ap-
pointment with the following COM
nients: ~ noiIaslIr s4Etoi To
! mot on the principle of rewards
! for persOnaI service, il is difficult to
determine on what principle of Sc
lection the he b'dct0 constituted his
Cabinet. The appointment OF Evarts
is simply the old way to pay new
debts made familiar to the people by
! Grant. 1t is Mr., Evarts' contingent
Tee for professional services rendered
before the High-join,s in maintaining
the great principle that he only thing
sacred i'll our Government is forgery
and fraud when tricked out i'll legal
1orm and phrase. In such case il
Eyairs' ci,,l,i iiad been 4 wealthy corr
lJo:.t,iop like the New York Central
Railroad, his lee would not have been
less Than fifty; ihousa;Id dollars lie
accepts from the Returning Board
President the State l'ep., ,ment as a
1nitta ce. Hayes geis off cheap, aud
-UDcle .i,arciis rd's ioItune will remain
intact. .,4-i4.,ar g-tf f.4.-
So loo with John Sherman, the
Secretary OF The Treasur,. lie in-
vented Iialee as Il Presidential candi-
d,.. ia, 1870, .nd he has his reward.
Sherman, Is cold. blooacd and selfish.
and ranks next TO Morton in his con-
tempt Of consist eucy. His hatred of
the South has been intsiise, and rs 4
Tvisitin < s. d csIii an no fathered Eliza
pink~ton 10 The disgust Of decent peo
pie generally. lie has a certain smart
ness III financial discussion, but be-
cause ~ his sbutlling aud iiicomsisten-
lry i1.is3nopin on carry no weight.
When the idea WAS the rage, Sherman
took strong sroun,is t;at govc rnment
bOmis were edeeina bic in greeubacks
but Wall street cOnyerted him To the
opposi,e siieory OF the eDomd holders.
a o. sum up .i,is qualities, he has becone
= lniliioCairt on u senatorial salary.
10 appointing ShernIan, Hayes will
als., pay Ills debt To q field or Stan
ley Maigiieavs, one Ut W hon: will pro-
bai,lys sUcceed him in The Senate.
., The apL ointment OF Carl Schuiz is
also in the discharge Of q personal
debt. 1t is the price paid for the re-
I,u,iiatioii OF tiie FiIiii xvenue confer
ience and subseque'iL service ON The
STUMP among the Germ ms. The ln-
terror department, 10 which SctuIz is
named. is the most corrupt branch of
the guvernineilt. What lie will make
out Ot it is in tue future.
d Ey Senator Key, OF Tennessee. APP
pointed POsimasier-t;eneral. voted iur
T'iIde,i, and mas been 3 Democrat all
his lite. II tiiis is a sop thrown to
fcOIciiLate5 the IO"- and halt million
Of democrats w,o voted against
Hayes aud elected Tilden, we don't
think its effect wiil be visible TO the
IN ost InierOscopic vision. liz is al in
'suitiraihcr IIIam a acOmpliment.
Z Judge McCrarJ of Iowa. Secretary
of War, is II Congressman OF cunsid-
ei able experiences, ana one of the three
or tour Leading Republicans of The last
House. Putting ci, iliam in the War
office, Hayes look Il Iniiitarv man for
ms law adviser, in General Devins OF
Boston, who ! Ose TO be u division COM
lnander in the army of the Potomac.
Last and least, comes "Dick" Thomp-
son, a IIoosier Politician. who is APP
pointed Secretary Of the Navy to rep
resent Governor Morton's interests in
the Cabinet.
We cannot see the strength of this
Cabinet, either as a political or re-
machine. Three of its six
mcmbers came from States that gave |
Tilden majorities aggregaing one
hundred thousand. Evarts is con.
temut of machine politics, while |
Sherman is an advanced professor OF I
the art of politica! duplicity aud man.
ayenenr. Schuiz is all erratic adyen-
urer, brilliant as an orator, but of no
business capacity for the vastly com
plicaicd affairs OF the Interior Depart
lneni. The others are ciphers Key,
who is assigned TO the Postoilice De-
position requiring bust
ness experience and capacity is a
tennessee lawyer, whose
only claim to prominence is that he
held seat by Executive appointment
in the United States Senate for brief
lime. lie seems to be the only Dem
Dcrat OF any prominence at the South
who would consent to take Office at
fue urgent request OF the Returning
Board President. This speaks well
or The Southern Democracy.
GARFIELD, at the urgent solicitation
If Hayes, has withdrawn from the
Senatorial contest and graciously con- I
cnted to reaiain in his present posi-
ion to champion the cause of his
in the House. u