St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-12-21
President Hayes Nominations Reject
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THE SENATE FOLLOWS coNKLING.

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executive session of nearly six hours to
the New York custom-house nomina-
tions, two of which, namely, those of
Theodore Roosevelt to be collector in
place of Arthur to be removed, and L.
Bradford Prince for naval officer, vice
Cornell to be removed, reported from
the committee on commerce unfavora-
bly,, were rejected, yeas 25, nays 81,
and the third, that of E. A. Merritt to
be surveyor Of customs in place of
| Sharpe, whose commission has expired,
reported with favorable recommenda-
ton, was confirmed. No opposition
was manifested to the latter, but the
contest in regard to the two proposed
removals was extremely animated, and
took very wide range, covering a
discussion of the rights, powers and
duties of the president in regard to re-
movals from Office, and the subject of
the civil service policy in general.
FEATURES OF THE STRUGGLE AND THE
WAY THE RESULT Is RECEIVED.
| MIR. Nordhoffs Washington Special to New York
Herald.l
The victory of Mr.. Conkling over the
president is the town talk this evening.
1t is evident that the struggle has ere
ated great bitterness between the fac
tiOns in both parties, and it was proba-
bly, the most exciting executive session
remembered. There is good authority
for the statement that the president
will not let the matter rest where it is,
but will send in new names in place of
those rejected. 1t is said in admins
tratiOn circles that the fight is by no
means ended that the president will
stand on his constitutional right to
name his subordinates, and that he has
great patience. 1t is thought tonight
that he may send in new names before
the end of the present week, but this is
not probable. He will be more likely
to wait until the reassembling of Con-
gress after the holidays. The attitude
of the l3 democrats who, either active
ly or passively, opposed confirmation
was surprise to many persons this
evening. To them the president owes
his defeat, and their course is mainly
attributable to a feeling of disgust and
disappointment at the seating of Mr..
Kellogg by the votes of the admins
tration senators. This act of the ad-
ministration was keenly resented, be-
cause it was generally said among the
democrats, on the presidents own the
ory the admission of Mr.. Kellogg was a
gross and deliberate wrong, and those
who suffered it to be done, when they
could and ought to have prevented it,
lost their sympathy.
Correspondence of the New York Tribune.
Something Gen. Gordon said against
the republican party brought Senator
Blaine to his feet. Mr.. Blaine made a
ringing speech of about fifteen minutes
in length. He said he could not let the
opportunity pass of confronting the in-
situations of the senator from Georgia.
He proceeded to speak in behalf of the
republican party and against the dem
ocrats. He compared -the history and
record of the two parties, and illustra-
ted his remarks with telling facts and
figures. He said that he was in favor
of civil-service reform. "But," he said,
"Mr. President, is it civil-service reform
to remove good, capable, honest and
experienced officers and to put in their
places inexperienced men, however
honest, who do not represent the peO-
pie or the party 2" He said that the
removal of Gen. Arthur and Mr.. Cor
nell is not reform. He had known Gen.
Arthur for long time, and had his
personal regard and confidence. No
more honest and efficient officer is in
4 the service of the United States, said
Mr.. Blaine, and his efficiency has been
vouched for by the whole of New York
city. He said that he reads the New
York papers, and journals from other
cities, and he is sure that both Gen.
Arthur and Mr.. Cornell are the choice
| Of fha Of Nav Var1y
Correspondence of the Boston Post.l
The presidents friends say that he
will at once hand in new names to take
the place of the rejected nominations.
A leading republican senator says to-
night: "Within two weeks after Con-
gress assemblies, following the holiday
recess, Mr.. Hayes will either make
terms with the republicans who antago-
nize him, or he will be forced to make
his bed in the democratic camp" Said
he: "We are done with trifing. We
must either say to the democrats, Take
this man whom we repudiate in Office
as yours, or force us to abandon him
whom you said, before he was inaugu-
rated, was fraud, and whom you still
believe to be one, but use for the selfish
purpose of gratifying your own desire
for office. We repudiate him. If you
want him, take him, and be responsible
for his acts.m
Correspondence of the Boston Journall
In explaining his vote, Senator Burn
side said that he would gladly vote for
his friend from New York against con-
firming these nominations, but he would
never go back ON an old soldier who
had served under him, meaning Presi-
dent Hayes.
| Correspondence of the New York Heraldl
When Judge Edmunds was asked to-
night if he was not happy over the re-
suit he replied: mo; my congratula-
tions go rather to the President, mas
much as if Mr.. Roosevelt had been
confirmed, my belief is that he and all
of us would have regretted it within
| few months"
From the New York Tribune.l
| The custom house struggle, at the
last, was short, sharp, and decisive.
Those who encouraged the President,
at such a political crisis, to insist on
making the fight, will do well now to
consider with some care the result.
The Presidents forces were mustered
and led by Gen. j. B. Gordon of Georgia
and his supporters consisted of twenty
democrats and five republicans. His
opponents numbered all the senators of
his own party, five only excepted. The
situation is unfortunate and embarrass-
! ing for a republican President, who
must be supported by the republican
party, unless his administration is to