The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-26
ErnMd EricndlcsS.

In regard to MIR. HAYES, our esteemed
contemporary. the Ne,r York Times, has the
advantage. rare in Il party journal, of
frankly telling a great deal Of truth. Ac-
cOrdingly We are not surprised at reading in
the Times Of yesterday. in a letter from n
Washington correspondent, that Mr..
HAYES has less influence with Congress than
any one Of a score or more Of Senators and
Representatives He has. IN Washington at
least, noparty. Hcis utterly without II party
following" The present occupant of the
White House has less power in the nation
than any Of the men who have gone before
him " lie has absolutely no influence with
Congress. aud it il " probable that he will
bc a. powcrless 10 effect good rs he will hc
To do further harm" lie is a President
without n party, without a warm personal
friend among the Congressional leaders of
the organization that elected him. Those
leaders have little sympathy for him. no re-
gard fui his wishes. he never consults with
them and they act Independently of him"
Even with the few men who claimed TO
represent him in the dark days before the
settlement of the electoral dispute, and who
now profess 10 bee the ardent supporters of
his Administration he is obviously without
influence"
The writer If the 7Ymcs next goes on to
discover just what Senators and Rcprc-on-
tatiVc- have any personal aud friendly rcla-
tions with HAYES. He mentions first " the
notorious senator MORGAN Of Alabama, who
took the southern tour with him, and en-
dorscd the noble sentiment that when
Greek meets Greek it is only a question of
q
Florida also Processes to be n friend; and
in Georgia, with its $4,000 Democratic ma
jority, both senators and Representatives
are for HAYES while Senator GORDON lately
had Union soldier removed from Office As
United States Marshal in Georgia. and an
cx-Confcdcrate put in his place. Senator
DAVIS Of Illinois, and Mr. BURCHARp
are said 70 be friends of HAYES
So are the two Senators from Kentucky. both
Democrats. AT the request Of one of them
certain young Lieutenant Of Marines was
jumped to the position Of Major. and the
son-iu-law of the other was quietly placed
in not Improbable Internal revenue col
lector-hip.' Next como EUsTIS Of Loui~i-
ana, DENNIs of Maryland, LAMAR Of Mi-~is-
Sppi, BUTLER Of South Carolina. all Demo-
Gratis. and DAWES and HOAR Of MaS,achu-
sets. CHl1sTIANCY of Michigan, WADLEIGH
Of New Hampshire. CAMERON Of Pennsyl-
vauia, BURSsIDr of Rhode Island. and PAT
TElsOS of South Carolina are moro or less
friendly according to flvor5 received; but
only BURNSIDE is ever Jealous in his sup
port. Finally, says the writer of the Times
" he is Indeed a President without a party
Why il this soy Why j. it that this mar
has come 20 be- the object Of such universal
d.-tiu-t and contempt The reasons ar,
two First hr occupies an Office to which he
was not elected, and in which he was placed
| by fraud, forgery perjury. and bribery
| This alone of necessity covers him with
perpetual disgrace, and strikes him with
| hopeless impotcncy. Secondly, he ha
neither mind enough, character enough, non
personal sense Of honor and obligation
enough TO make linn fit to occupy any pub
/ lie post whatever, SO that, even if he Ina,
really been elected and had a right to tn,
Office, he would still be regarded with scorl
and derision by reason OF his Stiffness an,
] iutOmUpteupV.