Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-22
WASHINGTON,
From our own CORRESPONDENT.

Ihe 1eeilng against the nominations
of President Hayes, for Cabinet posi-
tons, is rapidly disappearing and to
the credit of the Republican party, not
a Republican Senator voted against the
confirmation of any one Of them al
though several senators declined voting
at all, where their own personal feeling
against the nominee prevented their
concurrence with the Presidents selec.
ilon.
Endorsements OF the Presidents
policy are being made in all portion of
of the country and from sources that
generally do not take any part in po-
litical matters. Even those who think
the President has made a mistake in
selecting portion of his Cabinet, cant
help concerning that his course is ia
ken with an honest endevor to carry
out the principles enunciated in the
platform adopted at Cincinnati, and
desire to adopt such policy in the
Southern States that will give that Sec
ton of our common country peace, by
destroying the distinction between the
races and thereby make division a
nongst the landholders of the South,
so that it may not be necessary to ar
ay solid North against solid South.
Every one comedies that President
Hayes is an honest, earnest, and true
Republican, even though they do not
agree with him as to his selection of
some of hi, Cabinet officers to carry
out the principles of the party but cor
rectly concluded that to him attached
the responsibility for the selection and
not to them, and therefore did not OPP
pose their confirmation.
Now that the Presidential battle is
oysr, 7 think it we'll we should not
lose sight of the contrast between the
two candidates.
Not Republican in the land but
can point with pride to President Hayes
past record and to the course pursued
by him during the canvass what a
contrast is the past record and course
pursued by Governor Tilden and his
immediate friends.
Commencing with his sham canal re-
form in New York, when it was per-
fectly understood between himself and
the Republican Senators of that State
that he was to appoint a nonpartizen
f. Investigation committee In order to
have the Senate confirm them, he ap-
pointed as one of the Republicans a
man who he kneU did not vote the Re-
publican ticket the fall before and there
by obtained one of the most partizen
, committees that was ever created un-
der any circumstances, and the result
of their investi cation has not resulted
in the conviction of even one of the
guilty parties, but have cost the State
large sum of money. But it did ae-
complish the object of its formation,
by giving Gov. Tilden the name of re-
former and by the free use of paid for
laudotory notices, secured him the nom-
ination, when at once commenced the
plan of the free use of money to carry
the elections. Gov. Tilden'E first sub
scription to this fund being Five hun
dred thousand dollars, and there is no
doubt but his subsequent subscriptions
were more than double this amount.
His effort through his nephew to
secure an electoral vote in Oregon, is
enough to make every honest man hang
his head ioT shame, tc think that a man
who would tolerate such a course could
secure the nomination for President.
and come very near being elected; and
through this same nephew should do
his best to defeat law of congress pass
ed by his party friends. You can not
expect party to be better than it's
leader, which may account for Col
Pelton being unable to tell what one of
the Oregon dispatches was, because
he had left the Key to the cipher des-
patch at home, and that led Senator
Kelly to endorse a cipher despatch
without knowing its contents. This
may also account for the entire concur
ance of the Democratic press in the
course pursued by Gov. Tilden in his
efforts to buy his way into the White
House. If there is any thing that
will convince the people which party
is the moral, honest, w-abiding party,
it is the contrast between the two lea
ders Of the late presidential contest.
Yours,
Xxx x.