Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-01
Reforn and the camerons.


 large because he is not politician. He is acting wisely Tn not trying to build up an Administration party in Congress. Such party might, just now. hold the balance of power: but it would be oniys faction after all. What the people want of Mir. Hayes srto represent them; to adr minister tlie government honestly; and to leave the politicians severely alone. This he has been domg tosuch an extent as to arouse the ire of Congressman who have been in the habit of peddling out the of' fees of their respective districts in their personal interest A meeting of the '.ma- chine politicians at secrstaryy, ,, sherman's Sga recently resounded ,i.with complaints against the eiAdministration; and the bur den of those complaints was thatthe Pres idsnt had not asked their advice in the matter of appointment. Itwas conceded that the civil service had been improved, but they, l1hs representatives of the peo- ple," had been allowed no part in the re- forms which MT. Hayes had been carrying out. Secretary sherman. who is a thorough politician. advised them to call on the president and state their views freely. The machine" took courage, and was busy day by day urging its views on the administration, not altogether with out effect. it would seem. 1ss~ 2e-.1@ iq MT. Eyarts IS not bred-in-the-b bone politician like Secretary Sherman. but he too, started little filtration with, the gen. tlemen of the machine, with very curious results. Our readers no doubt remember the claim of Simon Cameron to a seat in Che Cabinet for his son, last spring; how, failing to get the place demanded he op- posed the continuation of the present Cabinet; how, in wrath he resigned his Senatorship: and how, at his dictation, the subserYient Republicans of the Penn sylvauia legislaturs appointed Don Cam eron United States Senator to complete the unexpired term of his father. As a conseqnence of this ''unpleasantness, 7 Pennsylvania received none of the great appointments to which. on the mischiev- GUS precedents of machine politics, she was entitled. In pursuance of the concil- iatory policy which certain members of the Cabinet seem desirous of pursuing to- wards the politicians, Mi. <Evarts told Senator, Don Cameron that the president wished to appoint some Pennsylvanian to the English Mission, and suggested a meeting of tho Republican Congressional delegation from that state, with view of uniting on some name. Don Cameron ioyfully put his machine in motion, and it promptly ground out the name of ,Si- mon Cameronl4 Here was g dilemma for a Reform administration MT. Evarts might, indeed, tell Senator Cameron that when he asked the Pennsylvania delega- tion to name some person for the English mission, it was with the implied if not the express understanding that the person named should be a fit one, and that Si. mon Cameron is not a fit person; but such an answer would hardly conciliate the machine. as Messrs. Sherman and Evarts 50 greatly desire. What, then, are they to do? g bAe eng 1ol ea.d 4 s5 :. ss r
 For our own part we cannot regret thil disreputable' issue of a disreputable at tempt to reconcile the worship of Goo with the worship of Mammon. Mir. Haye cannot be reformer and have dealings also, with the Camerons. They are th ripe fruit of the very political tree he i bound to cut down. A generation since Simon Cameron bought his way into tn United States Senate by corrupting fe' Democratic members of the Pennsylvani legislature. Then he became MT. Lin coln's first Secretary of War, and his jot bing, corruption and incompetency ha much to do with the reyerses with whic the war opened. Instead of being i'm peached, as he deserved. he was sent O to Russia. On his return he so manipu lated the machine" as to be restored, t the Senate, and under his skillful manage ment the most effective Republican Rin ever known has obtained complete COT trol of Pennsylvania. The treasury of th State has been robbed, the false countin of votes has been the rule in Philadelphia as it used to be in New York when Twee was at the night of his power, and the DO iticians of the whole state cringe befol the autocratic power of the Cameroni Evll as is tho system by which Senate Conkling has obtained control of the R, publican machine in New York, he is
 patriot and statesman by the side of S mon Cameron. That ancient oorruptioni bears the same relation to American pol tics that the jobbing old Duke of Nel castle bore to English politics in days the elder Pitt. 4E
 But what, then, is MT. Hayes to d. Finding the Senate full of Ring polit cians,-Blaines. Conklings and Cameron what course is he to take with then He must let them alone. or let Refor alone. The only advice they can give hi is bad advice. The machine can man facture nothing better than machine pol tics. Mr. Hayes was nominated at Ci cinnati, not because he was greater DC itician than Blaine, Conkling or MoFto but because it was thoroughly understot that no Republican politician could elected. He was not nominated over b1 against the machine. and he cannot vie to it without breaking faith with the pc pie. p k.
 The one great difficulty under whi
 Mr. Hayes now labors is in the compo
 tion of his cabinet There are men in
 who mean Reform and there are men in
 who mean Politics. Mr. Hayes must ma
 up his mind which to pursue, politics
 reform. He cannot pursue both succe
 fully. He can never satisfy Republic
 Congressman except by dismissing K,
 Schurz. and probably Evarts from his ca
 inet. We do not believe he Gan ever ma