The New York herald., 1878-01-18
THE NEW ORLEANS COLLECTORSHIP
A General Feeling Of Anxiety
for Packard.
Tile COMING VOTE ON The SILVER QUESTION.
Commissioner Raum on the Proposed
Tax Reductions.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WAsuIS6Toy, Jan. II, 1878.
THE STRUGGLE OVER THE NEW ORLEANS coll
LEcron-EFFEcT OF THE PRESSURE IN FAVOR
or PACKARD.
When Mr.. Hayes became President 1t was fondy
anticipated by many sungulne people that the fury of
flee seeking would DO abated by his firm resolve to
1t the Office seek the man, his determination to
achieve permanence OF tenure in the subordinate
Offices, and his purpose to appoint men only for fit
ness and not for partisan ends. With such
programme carried out II was thought that
certain words and phrases such ''pressure," ''n-
fuence" and Stalking care ofyour friends' would fall
out OF the dictionary OF political slang and that the
selection OF a Collector OF Customs or Postmaster
would no longer be the occasion OF ridiculous strug
gle in the White House. But the millennium has not
yet come us Is shown by the struggle over the New
Orleans collcctorship which has become some OF
It's features Of tho oldashioned scramblcs
!or place. II IS curious tale. When 1t
gas determined to remove Collector King Senator
Kellogg, faithful TO his ally, at once bcgansa move
nent to get the place for Mr.. Packard he enlisted in
This the potent influence OF Vice President Wheeler,
who urged the President strongly to nominate Puck
ard, and came succeeding The President was
inclined to sonAin his name and that he did not is
mainly attributable to the injudicous zeal OF Mr. Kel-
logg, who got up petition for Packard's appoint
Representative ana by Of the republican
Senators. When this paper presented Mr..
Hayes remembered that the Cincinnati platform
condemned such interference and made up his mind
10 send In the namo of Efflngham Lawrence. Sir.
Lawrence's name did not come up for confirmation
the extra session for lack Of time, and the Packard
men, with renewed hopes continued their ''pressure
and by various influences the President was per-
suaded tnat ho had any better not send in the
name OF Lawrence again. That OF Mcmillan
was suggested to him; and while he still
hesitaed, Mr, Lawrence wrote him that he
understood that he an embarrassment
10 the President that he desired his name not 10
be sent in again therefore. On this McMillan was
determined on, but now came somebody else and
suggested that General Williamson would also mako
good collector, and here the Presidential misery
began anew. For soma days Mr. Hayes has been
hesitatng between McMillan and Williamson, but 1t
now turns out that, In part, his uncertainty arises
rrcm another cause He wants to do something
Tor Packard. He does not want to make
him Collector Of New Orleans. and ho does not know
what else Packard will take II is said that his desire
Is to softon Packard's Kelogg's disappointment
by sending In the Of Packard for some pleasing
office at the timo that he In the name of
some other person for the place ON which poor Pack
ard has his heart 1xed Packards friends arc as men
not without hope, and thore people who pretend
belief that the Louisiana question is not yet finally
aenationalized.
THE SILVER QUESTION IN THE sENATE-A.
TEST VOTE TO BE TAKEN ON SENATOR coNK-
LrNG's RESOLUTION.
The spirit Of the silver will he tested to.rnor.
'ow in the Senate when the motion OF Senator Conk
ling comes up to turn tho resolution OF Senator
Matthews into joint resolution. concurrent res
oluton does no: require the Presidents signature
and has no effect except a mere expression of
opinion. joint resolution goes to the President
and, signed, has the force OF law The resolution
declares that the national debt and the interest are
payable at the option of the government in silver.
There is likely to be lively debate on Mr.. Conk-
lns's motion, and tho vote on 1t, which may not be
reached Tomorrow, viii be test vote and Will show
the strength Of the Bland bill