, 1877-03-07


privately accepted the offer nj a cabinet poAi.
tlon. There may bc q slight rcasntgntntnt of
those thus far e!aosen, but this Is not certain.
TWO GOOD sTpEIKs
arc told tn connection With tho pressure lot
Cabinet sPpolutf1tentAt which show that frcsl.
Aent Hayes Is something of u wAg. A crowd Of
Cameron men called o him to ufgcthc retention
t'en' mi i,A'l been Il Che Cincinnati Convention
ns delegates, and they look pnins To lntorm
Hayes thnt he owed ills nomination. wholly TO |
their support. 1t required great deal Of nerve.
constituents ind vote for him, and they were |
afraid after Tho Convention to return t9rae and
fare i',c anger of their people,. " Did under
snsaea sts {e { wf.e. IL 'af y yta3 a eo5s.ue" sa
nskc,l tho President IN his most grastouIs,
replied tho CMtncron. delegation. ''Tl,cn !
said 1laycs dryly As he dismissed thcs1l. ;.
Tffr OTHER ANEcnoTE
Is that of New England deeEatton Who vtsit-
ed tue Whitc-forlse last evening to bring Z
ot tho Navy. After hearing them patiently
through their fulsunc prclnlnatics, when they
ean,s % to i,ame eleir candidate tho Pfss!dens
sat'l; ~. "ufaFal ,Ctax!4! let MD ssc, 10 ho
uES. HAHLAH, or KENTUCKY.
1oy,sv;Sss. s' e., s'Is hs;s 1{ 11ls s'i very
int prcsscnt sayes 1 VII! selsst u st,o u lis
Cabinet Gen. JOHN 81. itnrlsu, Df LuutsrilIc.
THIS thought gained confident expression lli
political circles here to-day. leading to belief
TINT m fntimatton Of Gen. iIaF1an's selection
has been received by some ont. lie 10 tho 1aw
associate OF urlstow, and Ina for years been tho
leader ef h!s party In Ksntueky, twice Funntug
LOT ooyernor, Gen, Harlan lar east M Tug bftstoT
herc'now that Bnstow and hls friends strongly
adyoeatc hls appointment to the Cabinet Of the
new President
PRESS nEronrs.
wA.nrraTox, 70 St.'c j. G. % Mareh %d"The Cabinet
sceucs hare shifted somewhat to-day. Tonight
1t Is decided tia. Gen. charles Dsyens. of Mass-
peusesansai7o Se IN ~ the se IL @ WIFI
ca.c he Will probably be Secretary OF War, al.
though the relative position Of none VI the
| proposed nppotntccs arc definitely flxc.l other
s 'Gis se fa hssa sfF1s" fhasoa 9ssss
p'eGss Gs2 ssss ssss T. ii. III? certain asp''f Il
= Cabinet appointment, kut may haye T, some
hc has lhthcrto been assigned. Gen. Key ar
| rived tonight from Tennessee, and Is In com.
,nuplcation with tho President
TIE OLD CABINET.
| The members OF the Cabiuct who met with
| the President to-day remained at the Executive
Mansion Two hours. Ths session was devoted
altogether to tho presentation Of the Affairs of
t1ef rsspeetisc tcpartments snd thorough &.
F!nuALsoA run thc oAtttEt 4ntuucta
| o1 tue eondltton ol Pubic matters
| !ntrustea 70 their cona1dernti1n IN
the ordinary routine. secretary morrill,, repre-.
sen.l5g tnc aticasury nepalaI1ens, p1I1 P.ssea. P.iaa
| finances, and spoke Of tho Increasing Aisposl-
ttom abroad for Investment In our securities:
There was loug eonfcrencc bctWren prcti.
dent tinycs a1l' the Fostmsstcr-Gensrai upon
9,
postmaster-qcneral 1yncr. remained ~ consul.
tatton Will tho PRESIDENT Tor some limo attcr
Other me;n!'ess hsa retired,
for the purpose Of glsfng tho presidentt
q thorough insight Into thc condition o1
puhltc affairs. rrcatdent Hayes was not
backward y stating iits appreciation Of tho
the members Of the Cabinet for the Information,
Afforded him. OF which he tlade note Tor LIS
guidance.
At tn no oe's o. c ca1
4 was regarded a. alnost absolutely certai,, i,,
that tito next regular day OF meeting would
Witness an cntlrelS TIC" assctnolago OF thla
'hHsasts' Fss9s aro many rnmors this afternoon o
opposition to the natncs tltat have been promi
nently mentioned III connection "itn the Cab!
net Offices but nothlng lct dshaeo. anl
probably Wil! not 20 until tho nominations afs
JUDGE KEYS PLATFORM.
cn.cAao, Alssel, ,S-lseat!!ng ia M to,day's TH.n
sos so - reea a &c q Il T. f{ s{ter 1sf wtan Hae g
Xfliet i this so%!,aua1sation a, hy Judge Ky q
s aa W. 1o;' p-tnt u q,
III man Iha. thc iiberts W takenE With tbc contsnt, M
q p!l,snate !et'sr may Me'i g. o'ef!noKGt! .,
t1e public. to whom the instRht into JndEt
aS;y.:.6lee &sys 6leh character ~ statesman will b
AZ the date OF the letter, Judge kcy had beer