Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-04
PartIsanship TrIumphant.

Hayes and Roscoe Conkling, Phe men
 and their ways are not only utterly differ ent in themselves, but circumstances have exposed that difference in the strongest possible light. Mir. Hayes has disgustsd the politicians of both parties by playing
 what they sneeringly term the part of the sentimental reformer." He has had the
 assurance to go among those who were lately his .bitterestenemies and to talkatO them as though he beliyed them honest men not devoid of patriotism who might possibly administer their own state gov ernments justly, and assist him in, reform ing the evil service of the nation, now grossly inefficient partisan and corrupt.
 To the increasing disgust of the '.practi- .cap politician, the people whom MT. H Hayes addressed. seemed to meet his ad- vances, half way. They not only put faith in4he man, but they seemed ready to sup port his measures. in spite of the epposi- ton of the politicians of their own party who distrust and q hate him with 8 viru- lence only gequalled by the distrust and hatred with which MT. Hayes and his Cabinet are regarded by the leading poll. ticians of his own party.
 Hitherto the dislike of Mir. Hayes, his Cabinet. and his measures, by the pohti- cians of the Republican party, has been kept studiously 4 inythe background in the party conventions, which they stili control. There was such an obvious i'm ? policyln auarrelipg with the power which could turn everyone of their henchmen out of office that Senator Cameron who controls the Republican party of Penn. sylyanla, and Senator Blaine who controls the Republican party of Maine, contented themselves with sort of armed neutral ity in their treatment of the Administra- tion. Senator Conkling has gone a step farther; and, in the New York Republican Convention of last week. has frankly de clared war on the presidents policy of re- form. ~, ....,... .-..+.,.s ..l s,
 We are not sure that MT. Conkling's move. viewed in the selfish light of mere personal interest, is not good one. Tax ing advantage of Gen. Grants personal liking, MT. Conkling organized the Re- publican party of New York into Conk- ling party. His appointees fill the New York Custom House. The entire force of federal officers in the state are his retain CTS, and obey his personal bidding ln all political emergencies. Itis evident, there fore, that MT. Hayes idea of reformed c,yil service is precisely the opposite oi Senator Conkllng's. The one organizes in the public interestNhe other, in his private interest. The success of the Hayes plan implies the downfall of the Conkling plan. .,...'.. ..r,, ~4 When MT. Hayes was inaugurated. the prominent Republican Senators evidently expected to nominate his Cabinet and thus to assume substantial control of his ad- ministratlon The Cabinet which MT. Hayes did nominate was an intimation to these Senators that they had best mind their own business, and hence the delay Tn it's confirmation. At that time MT. Conkling was not particularly forward in opposition to the President SMr. Blaine,
 his personal enemy, had assumed the lead.
 ershir of that.-nnuositian eN3 GtsnklGGge
 York Senator seems to have taken the or. der restraining federal officers from inter.
 ference in conventions as an intimation
 that MT. Hayes meant to break down his
 premiership of New York Republicanism.
 No donbt by MT. Conkling's direction,
 Naval Officer Cornell defed that order; and, foreseeing that he would be at issue
 with the Administration as soon as Con-
 gress, assembled, MT. Conkline has deter, mined to force the fighting and to obtain the strongest possible enlargement of his own course and the strongest possible cen sure of the President he could, procure, from convention packed with his parti- sans and devoted to his interests. His. de nunc ation of Mir, Geo. ", Gurus. the leading representative of Independent
 Republicanism R ill the Convention. was a spart of the same program. His plan of campaign against MT, Hayes is undoubt- sdly this: Taking issue with the Presi- kent's order, he defes him to remove Mr. Cornell. and others of his. friends who have disregarded it.. If Mr.. Hayes takes up the gage of battle be throws down, MT. Copking will appeai to the long standing practice and the esprit du corps of the Senate, to ensure the rejection of the nominations the President may make in place ofhis own psrtisans now in office, The modified Tenure of Office Act would enable him thus to, defy the President fl he can persuade majority of the Senate to participate in his opposition, Can, he do this? The Republican majority in. the
 Senate IS very slender;a few friends Of the Presidents reform policy. with the support of the Democracy, would soon
 put an end to the Senatorial blockade. One shrewd result, however, Mir. Conk-
 ling has now accomplished. He has cap.
 tured the leadership of the Republican Opposition to Hayes from Blaine. The lstter's issue with the Presidents South. etn poliey is to give way to the fight of the Senate with the President to retain control of the federal appointments. and, on that
 .e
 issue, Mr. Conkling and not, Mir. Blaine
 will head His Excelleney's Opposition. '' In short, having concluded to oppose the Presidents reform policy, MT. Conkling ccntriyes to, raise an issue in which he will have all the preiudices and all the sel. fish interests of his fellow Senators .on his side; and he contriyes also to, oust r rival from the leadership of this Republican oppositionsto a republican president.,a s6 l. The difference between MT. Hayes and MT. .Conkiing is the difference
 between, the politician and the patriot; De; tween the man whose chief aim is, his owu aggraDdlzement, and the man whose chiei
 aim is his country's good. No doubt DO. litical na rties had their oricin in the hon.