Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-17
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Inevitable Blaine - Personal, etc. etc.

speeu'auous - llumors ami Prophecies - Tie
Inevitable Blaine - Personal, etc. etc.
Washington, d. c., Mar. 8. 1877.
That restless politician Blaine,
hastens to put himself in opposition
TO ue policy which has becn fore
Swallowed. in Southern alf'irs. hv the
new Presidents friends. He cham
pioned Kellogg yesterday who was
elected senator from Louisiana by the
Republican Legislature of that State,
and demanded his admission to tn,
Senate on his credentials, the question
as to his right to the seat to be
decided hereafter. The significant
portion of Blaine's speech was his
declaration that the Presidency of
Hayes rested on the same vote and
the same state of facts as Kellogg's
Senatorship. There is an evident
attempt of Blaine TO seize the leader.
ship Of the Republican Senate and
"bulldoze" the Republican President.
Whether Hayes will be frightened or
Blaine squelched, remains TO be
seen. The announcement of the
Cabinet expected to-day or tomorrow
will show whether or not the bull
dozers have already succeeded in
capturing .he President. If Evarts
and Schurz and Key are in the
Cabinet it is not likely that Hayes has
consented to make an extreme parti-
san administration out of one that he
has promised to make national, 1t is
just to say that his personal friends
claim that he has plenty of backbone,
and will not be driven an inch, neither
will Blaine, who is truly great in
opposition. "Let us have peace"
Senator Lamar was admitted yes.
terday, there being but one vote
against it. Republicans voted favo; =
ably, hoping thereby to secure votes
for Kellogg.
Except in the cases Of Messrs,
Evarts and Sherman, Republican
opposition has been strong against
every man mentioned as likely to
receive Cabinet appointment from
the President. Bitter and persistent
opposition to any conservative men
from the South has been put in
writing and placed before him. Par
ticularly was this the case as to Gen
eral Johnston whose appointment as
Secretary Of War was urged by Gen
eral Sherman and promised by the
President. 1t is understood that
Secretary Chambers resignation was
prompted by deep disgust at the fact
that such an appointment was thought
of.
They are not few who believe the
best policy for Mr.. Hayes would be to
continue the present iLcumbents of
various Cabinet positions for awhile,
bridge over his Southern difficulties
by appointing Packard and Chamber
lain to Federal offices, thus seclriI g
new elections in Louisiana and South
Carolina, and then be guided in his
Cabinet appointments by the turn
those elections take. If fair and free
elections are held and the States elect
conservative officers, that result can
be taken as proof that a conservative
national administration is desired
1t is not unlikely this idea would have
received executive consideration il
promulgated earlier.
LATER.
The Cabinet, just sent to the SER
ate, embraces the three conservative
gentlemen named above, and also
Messrs. Thompson of Indiana
Devens of Massachusetts, anC
McCrary Of Iowa. The extreme
radicals have no representative among
them, except Sherman.