The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-05
HI EAX ES.
The Cabinet Mutual Admiration Society.

The Cabinet Mutual Admiration society.
From an interview with - Republican Sena-
tor published in the Philadelphia Timesl
Yes, the Cabinet Is O. sort Of mutual admira-
tion society. Hayes has abandoned the ad-
ministratiOn into the hands of the different
members Of the Cabinet. Each Is jealous Of
the other, but seeing their chief Is such o mild
man and so little given to JAR they fear to
break out. Barnum used to soak the fC od OF
his happy family in morphia. There was
peace ia the cage after every meal. So with
Hayes Cabinet. Hayes soothes them, and
each member OF it is so intent on playing his
place for all there Is In it that they are very
careful not to raise q suspicion in the mind Of
the boss that they are not lm-slngers and
loving brothers. 1t must be very funny to hear
Brother John Sherman tune the lutte and 'sjine
anthem, ct the usual Sunday evening matinee
at the White House. Yes, I think the present
Cabinet will remain until Hayes leaves. If
he were to change any one of them, who
could he get in the way OF q respectable party
man to enter his Cabinet? Certainly no Re-
publican OF sufficient character with any
hopes for the future, and no Democrat Of
standing, because they know they are to have
the government in q little over two years. and
not one OF their leading men would sacrifice
bis standing by doing ta sHGh t, thIng Perhaps @
| work in the South. and "lost all but his
! honor, sab, by the wah, sah,' who would
go ii for the sake Of loaves. Hayes
amt q fool, and he undoubtedly knows
in his Cabinet with q decent man.. Per-
| haps this Is the reason why he doesn't
change. don't think that Hayes will 20 over
to the Democracy. He has all he can get
now. He seems in good health and will last
| twenty years. He will live longer perhaps
| than Grant, SO he is playing to be loved by all
| the people. OF course he wIlFbe laughed at by
| all. There's q screw loose in him somewhere.
| None Of the men who know him Intimately
understand him. The absurd stories about
1Tptfh md FrEtar n q Didn't
| the Anderson case convince you OF that? He
doesn't have any lntimates [ haven't seen
but little OF, him, and only officially at
| long intervals. He impresses me as de-
pointed. The liars who tlattered him
into his Southern policy have most
all disappeared / believe Hayes would
made q square back down i he could, but he
has nobody to help him. The Republicans,
95 per cent Of them, have quit him, and the
Democrats laugh at him There's a little
paper published at Washington called the
Stn', a sort Of court journal" They pub
| lish each evening O. list OF persons who cal on
the President. For the last four months no.
Hill, Gordon and all Of that company of con-
ciiators have shook him. None Of the lead
ing Republicans visit him. A lot of political
beats and place-hunters have taken the place
| in calling on the President of the lead
ers of his party, who were always vel
come with Mr.. Lincoln and Gen. Grant,
The situation at Washington is, as far as
the Republicans are concerned, much worse
| than Johnsons time. Hayes amt SO much to
| blame as Evarts, Matthews and the Sherman
boys. Hayes was country politician of the
ordinary grade, had been Governor two OF
three times of his State, with nothing to do,
no veto, only the ordinary executive routine
Of q State. Well, you see, each two years Or
so the place amt much. He didn't know the
public men OF the country. He was simply q
green country horse on a course that required
| O thoroughbred well-trained and handled
| The Shernans and Evarts and Matthews and
poor Charley Foster made little pool tc
handle him. So they did. They surrounded
him, boxed him up, saw his weak spots, pand-
cred to them, made him believe he was q sec
ond Washington, and scooped him in. A
President never hears the truth from his flat
| tererS.