The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-10

would have been everywhere In power
less minority, and their rage must have
expended Itself simply in mpotent yells Of
fury. which would have excited rialcule
against themselves much more effectively
than subtantial popular feeling against
Mr. Hayes: There were at times indi-
cations that some such stroke was medi..
sehurz, iEvarts, Sherman ct al, with whom
the question was one Of life or death, availed
| TO restrain the consunmation Of logic and
Hayes stood stock still while the only oppor.
unity hs will ever have Slipped from his
nerveless fingers. The, consequences is he
finds himself at the beginning Of his second
year In the attitude have described.
His impoteney Is best illustrated by the
THE FEDERAL PATRONAGE OF LOUISIANA
as cornerstone on which to build a party
for himself. He has fooled and ti1aled around
so much with our coleetofship that ne abso-
| lntely does not know what to do next. 1T he
| had nominated Packard instead Of Lawrence
would have been confirmed. But nov. II is
not at all certain that even Packard could be
confirmed and there Is no telling who could
be. He has allowed John Sherman to infiu-
ence him Just enough to eyasperate the DEM
ocrats, without doing enough to meet tho
wishes or secure the support OF the Radi-
calls. He has championed the cause. of
Tom Anderson just enough to identify
| feon withou5 doing the felon any good. To
show how this feature of the situation strikes
the unpreindieed observer, quote the follow
| ing from
THE LONDON TIMES
OF February IA:
Considerable political excitement has been
caused b. the Returning Board prosecutions at
| New Orleans. The President and the Cabinet
denounaee them as violating the contract boz
Democrats, under which the President reeog-
nnized the Democratic State government.
ing the entire Returning Board Tor fraud
ulenslv counting the presidential vote and
viii obtain sentence npoh Anderson, already
ronvtetef. of tvs years imDrisonmsDt SeGr6a
tary Sherman, who Wis ted Louisiana laat VIM
ter to supetrintsbd the cognt, Is very indignant.
leans have sent Anderson telegram express.
log their sympathy, with hope that the L2sls~ II,
sectional animosity. The Cabinet has repeat
edly cousidered the sitnation, end unanimously
syIdsat. Tts r rPresiasnt has ~ lns'4aeted IT, H.
9tS Gens9s ass ss 0ess
officer. declaring that Anderson's conviction
violate, 8, ths Louisana Dernoerato pledges on
opinion disappropes 1tese Ere',are nterfsge,ees.
stating piolation. tef edssial ,deeoy,un ip
ssandeayyorine to inhuegpee criminal trial.
pss e pnsh are tho m eluas nsf ndns
while Tho public generally think the
pantenance Of purity of. eleetions, reauitEes
, subject !, Indictments are also threatened
against Sherman, with others. who visited New
Orleans last winter. for participation In the
fraud.
This is the calm summing up of an entirely
dispassionate critic, and Is especially valua-
bic from the fact that the London Times has
been in the habit Of commencing Sherman's
:, financial policy, and may he supposed 70 pc
, inclined TO give him the benefit of oil doubt
, upon any question affecting him personally.
Add to these emharrassments the fact that
!. Mr.. Hayes has deliberately run his head
, against more than a two-thirds majority In
both branches Of Congress ON the great ma
=, teral Issue now before the American peoples
and you have the picture OF
THE MIsFoRTUNEs or THE FRAUDULENT fEsss-
complete.
Bad and unfortunate as this retrospect il.
, it. is yet infinitely more cheerful than the
outlook that is before Mr. Hayes. His ene-
mics in Congress and throughout the country
have hitherto been merely sullep and silent.
, Now they are becoming ugly and aggressive.
They have hitherto eontsnted themselves
. with snehrs, now they ars beginning to striks
, Three months ago here were not twenty men
} in Congress who could be brought to enter
tain the idea Of ousting Mr.. Hayes from the
!, White House. Now majorty in both
branches would 60 to almost any lengths to
get him out. Meanwhile the poor man
maunders on in his ridiculous way, and
, allows q constantly decreasing mob OF syc04
plants, ilntterers and selfseekers to keep his
eyes blinded md bis ears deafened TO thetrus
state Of affairs. What the end will be 1T Is
difficult to divine. But one thing Is certain:
THE PRESENT IsCERTrrUDE
cannot last much longer and when the break
up begins the mass Of hatred and disgust
that has been accommodating since last Mo-
vernber n year ago will overwhelm the weak
Mr.. Hayes and his feeble Cabinet like q land
slide. A. G. B.