Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07
The New Administration.

A week ago the presidential successio
was undecided Since that time the declal
ton of the result of the late election ha
been made. and Rutherford B. Hayes
president and William A. Wheeler, vice
president.
The last two days of the count were G
such a nature that we care to give no de
tailed account of them. 1t is enough t.
say that II majority of the democratic par
~ in the house tried to plunge the countr.
into anarchy, but were defeated by th
speaker and that portion of the part,
which has honor left, acting with the re
plblicans.
South Carolina was counted "Wednesday
and no objections were made till Vernon
was reached. Then the democrats trieC
10 get in return" that Aldrich had sen
10 Hewitt, but Mr.. Ferry refused to receive
i and the case did not go to tho commits
son, Thursday the democrats who were
trying to defeat the count made twelve
hours fight over Vermont, and the house
was much of the time more like bear
garden than delibcrative assembly. The
obstructionists obtained their highest vote
on the question Of stopping the count I'M
less Ferry opened the bogus certificate
from this state, but were defeated 1i8 tc
1l6, the republicans following the lead Of
Fernando Wood against the extremists.
Thursdays session of the Joint conven.
ton lasted through the night and at twelve
minutes after four o'clock Friday morning
Mr.. Ferry announced the election of Hayes
and Wheeler. They had received 1875
votes to 1874 for Tilden and Hendricks.
Thursday Gov. Hayes left Columbl Is for
Washington where he arrived Friday fore
noon. That day lie visited the White
House and the Capitol He was the guest
of Senator Sherman. Friday and Salur.
day the men who want Logan and Gamer
on in the cabinet began work upon him
and he had his first full experience of
Washington politics.
Meantime Gen. Grant in the outgoing
days of his administration gave the con-
tending factions in Louisiana to under
stlnd that United States troops would he
used there only to keep the peace, and not
to build up or pull down either state gov.
eminent, and that he intended to rccog-
nize neither Packard nor Nichols. lie
said he had become satisfied that the coun-
try would no longer sustain the policy of
maintaining by arms state governments
that were powerless without the bayonets
of regular troops.
The president speaks for himself in his
inaugural so plainly that there is no re.
view necessary. 1t is his letter of accep-
lance emphasized. Extreme republicans
in Washington are reported to have said
that while johnson waited IL year before
botraying his party, Hayes did it with his
foot on the threshold of the white house.
Democrats who have been denouncine
him as man who would have no mind of
his own Say that he cannot do the good
things he promises. The every day udg-
ment of the people as Il whole says MIR.
Hayes is right and it will be well for the
country if the principles he lays down be-
come those Of the government.
The cabinet appointments will be sent
in to-day. Of course in naming his cabi.
net the president gives u more practical
illustration of what he means than can be
done by words. The latest advices are
that William NJ. Evarts of New York has
been offered the place of Secretary of
State; John Sherman of Ohio, Secretary
of the Treasury; Carl Scllurz of Missouri
Secretary of Interior; David NJ. Key of
Tennessee, Postmaster general and Geo. w.
McCray, Attorney general The secre-
of war and that of the navy are in
doubt.
If the new president has determined to
appoint the above named gentlemen it
means that the men who meant reform at
Cincinnati got their man whether they
knew it at the time or not. 1t means that
by serving the country well the republican
party will be so we'll served as to work out
its own salvation--if it has only the wit
to know it, The indications are that Mr..
Blaine proposes to oppose the alministra-
ton in the course. it is likely TO pursue,
and while Morton would have seemed the
more probable leader of such opposition
it is yet unknown what course he will
take. That be will follow Blaine's leader
ship is not probable, as the ominous reply
he made to the favoritG son of Maine in
the Senate yesterday indicates Blaine
said he had been in the Senate lust long
enough to find out how troublesome a
record was, and hoped that the Indiana
senator would be consistent with his record
Whereupon Morton remarked that he
thought he could take care of his own
record perhapsl quite us easily us the SER
ator from Maine could of his.
1t will be known in day or two whether
the above surmises us to the cabinet are
true; and whether the men in the Senate
who have thought to run the present adj
minlstration are strong enough to prevent
the confirmation of Schurz, Evarts and
Key. That they are distastcfu to them
there is no doubt, and the new departure
is so pronounced that if Mr.. Hayes is not
to control his own administration com
pletely, the men who want to control it for
him must act at once.
Justice Davis has announced his resic-