Daily globe., 1879-06-16
sHERMAN's GAME.
Garfield Adroitly Plays II and Wins IN
thc House.

Washington Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The revolt against the Sherman scheme
to subordinate the stalwart issue to the
financial one has begun in . quiet way, and
it became necessary to-day for the Senate
Republicans to hold q caucus to canvass the
feeling among the stalwart members as to
whether they should quietly submit to Sher-
mans dictum, or do some lively kicking in
the traces. M
It will be remembered that moro than
month ago it was predicted in these dis
patches that after the stalwart issue, which
was at the time booming under high pres
sure, had accomplished the object for which
it was inaugurated- that is, to bring the
President and his party nearer together.-it
would be dropped, and that Sherman in the
interest of his Presidential candi didacy, would
see to it that in due time it was supplanted
with the financial issue. The original plan
was to live up to the line first entered upon,
and that was to have vetoed all the appro
priation bills in any shape which might be
presented to the President, and force the
Democrats to yield at last, and pass them
pure and simple, without any political riders
or restrictions Of any kind.
The plan would have been successful be-
cause the leaders in the Democratic party
gave themselves away when they announced
after the first veto that it would never do to
adjourn without voting the necessary sup
| plies to carry on the Government. Hence,
all the President had to do was to keep on
vetoing the bills, being assured by the decla-
rations Of the Democrats themselves that in
the end some provision would be made to
lubricate the wheels Of; the governmental
machine.
4 What made the change of base necessary
| -or line of policy, call it what one will
was the action of the Democratic convention
Of Ohio in heading their ticket with two sol
diers. It did not take one of John Sher-
mans political acuteness more than q min
ute to see that the longer the stalwart issue
was Continued the more it added to the re-
nown of Grant and detracted f1om his own
glory. Hence the Ohio Democrats forced
position, and Sherman, as the Warwick OF
the administration, arranged programme
with the leading Republicans by which 8
truce was called.
General Garfield was chosen as Sherman'l
representative on the door5of the House
Garfield consented to aid Sherman-not tina
he likes him, for he does not-3but becaus.
he is afraid of him. Garfield wants Sher
mans Presidential candidacy egged on, TO
; he fears that he might otherwise be antago
nized by the willy financier if the Ohio Re
t publicans happen to have the disposition o
: the next Senatorshjp. It being thus ar
) ranged in advance with the President, Sec
9 retary Sherman indicated to General, Gar
field about the nature of an army and legis
lative appropriation bill the President woul
sign. Garfield communicated the fact to th
controlling members of the House com
mittee on appropriations, and, after brie
incubation, the bills were brought forth.
! /, The Democrats, who were not in th
( secret, wondered why it was that the repo1
= of their advisory committee, which had bee
8 ratified by o Democratic caucus, had bee
9 ignored and a new departure taken. The
o were more than surprised when their leader
" told them that the bills, with the exception (
:. the judicial bill, would receive the supper
y of the Republicans. They were glad Of til
fact, because it lat them out of the very ba
dilemma in which they were, and it let thel
out gracefully, too; for indirectly they a
complished that which had failed in dire
e way.
e The subsequent movement is now histor
.s .s The legislative bill was passed by tw,
= third vote on Monday last, without debat
and for the matter of that without Fl,
,r members of i Congress actually KNOWN
4 what it appropriated. The army bill vi
championed by General Garfield in tel
minute speech, and received, with the exce]
tion Of twelve votes, the united support
IL the Republican members. Sherman had tn,
a. far won, and General Garfield had manage
the secretary's plans much better than !
managed his own, and moro than that, tc
u Secretary Sherman had, through Garfield,
to speak, actually dictated the Democra.
1e position.
O. When the bills were sent to the Senate Il
70 leading Republicans, who have the Pres
N dental itch, saw through the bold game th
II Secretary Sherman had played upon both Il
y Republicans and Democrats of the Hous
N and little storm was brewed, which, Ii
N that of Elijah the Tishbite, at first was
IN bigger than mans hand, but which grew
re proportions until it eliminated to-day in
9, caucus; and lively affair it was.