The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-31
BRAINS UINTI y ~ THE FRAUDULENT
CtHINEJ.

II had aircndy occurred to me-" said Mr.
Evarts. cXritcdly rising Trom his chair and
walking w and down the room. that the appar-
emily spontaneous resignation nj this iuncture
of ono Of our number would have n good effect
upon the public mind. allaying whatever hos
tlity the policy Of reform may have created in
certain quarters and constituting to all ntcnts
and purposes Il sop to Ccrbcrus, Ccrberus being
here employed in llgurative sense rather than
in the strict construction Of the term. and for
this reason | had personally come to the con-
clusion that it was high tme-otus tempus-
one Of us to sign"
The other members Of the Cabinet looked at
each other. and newborn hope sparkled in
every eye.
Evars." said Honest John sherman. " this
is sudden but 1t is exceedingly noble and patri-
otto in you. Allow me to grasp your hand"
1t reminds me-" said Schurz. taxing out n
pocket handkerchief that had been scorchcd in
the Patent Onicc fire. and applying tho sound
est corner Of it to his trimming eyes" it re-
minds me of the heroic Roman who plunged in
full Gccoutrcmcnts into the yawning gulf for his
native Tor perhaps adopted) countrys sake. 1t
moves me to tears. but such tears. trust. will
not be deemed unmanly."
don't fancy that rapish comparison Of
Schurz's." said blufr Dick Thompson. :" The
city that is responsible for the Inquisitlon and
all the harlotry OF the modern Babylon produced
nothing worthy TO be mentioned in the same
breath with William Maxwell Evarts"
We have all felt" remarked Bunker Hill
Dcvens. in I'm insinuating tone, " that Brother
Evarts was remaining in Office at the sacrifice Of
his immense legal income. and that we had no
rirbt tn nsk him Ia continue ,nnt socrince mucb
longer"
Mr. Fvor,s etonnnJ WALKING mud shool bis
forcnnyor r,,,iil, Ia scnur, nt,cu,iop ~ ob.
,o,t. " said he 40 tho buslv nnd unworron,ed
Inference drawn nv the ,,cntlemon from nv re-.
mari. innsmuch ns have no idea Of rnsigninr
since und.r tbn conditions attached In the re.
tainers which hnvo occeu,nd from certain rnil
runI corunrn,in,s In litirn,ion with the Gnvnrn
mont | cannot prouerly Withdraw from the
Administration ,ro,Le,,ie Ite"
Mr.. Hayes uttered n sigh that was echoed all
the way around the table.
II rccocnize" continued the de fncto
Secretary of state The necessity Of n rc.
organization Of tho Cabinet which bv ron.
son Of crrtnin discordnnt elemen,s-I mon
ton no name or names-is daily becoming
more unnonular with the country nt largo.
and implicitly crcditinr my fellow citizens
with n pruuinc dnsiro f., 500 tho work ~ reforn,
earnestly pushed ON until the expira,ion If the
present Presidential term. to h., taken mn and
| continued i'm 1851 by some comu,tnnt hnnd tNn.
| Knv | don't ollu,e tn Bristnvvp min. thnt
there can be no better time than now To- elimi.
nate from this Advisory Board the ,no,i,,os NAM
l,.es. dead weights. thnt We have been carrying
since last March"
Mr.. Fvarts fixed his eyes with qreot soveritv
Of exprcssion unon Mr. schurz Tha Secretary
of the Interior blushed movnd obont un.osilv
in his chair. and twisted his long. thin logs
around each other until they resembled awhip.
lash.
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