, 1880-12-23
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
Brigndier Whitthorne Defines
;. His Strength and Weak
ness,
And Declares That He Was Honestly
Elected and Will Be Peacefully
1naugurated.
Difficulties Of The Few Administration Com.
missioner Of lnlian Affairs ttlssing-
Colorado and Tho Cabinet.


From Our osvn Corrsspondtnt.
WASHINGTON, d. T., Dec. is.--ltcppscnta-
tive Whitthorau, Of Tennessee, wns the first
uf thu ex.Cnnfetleratu brigadcrs WIN pub
llcly denounced my efforts to crcate trouble
1t, connection Will. tho Electoral count, niMl
who Ind tho manhood to say that lie believed
that ien. Garfield WIS honestly elected, md
tlIat lie should use every eIF0rt to sec TINT llo
WIS peacefully lnnuguratet.
Speaking If tho general political outlook
Of tic next Administration tho other day,
Mr.. Wh!ttl,orno also sattl
HA1FlEL, ANn' JErrEIssoN.
"f'arlleld Inns the opportunity to do what
1t hns been posslbsn FOR no President since
the .lays Ut Jefferson. lie can Iay down tho
chart whlch will be tile guide Of tic future.
lie owes ,'uttIng to the politicians. lie Is
capable Of such course. l always said OH
tic stump during tlo catnpnfgn That lic was
| the lnrgcst-braEned n,nn thnt knew In pub
lie life. llo ought TO make himself free Of
NIL GntanglinE alliances. l doubt whether
| lie will do IT,"
WHAT slo you consider will DO Ills great:
est tr0ublu p
0.ARFrELD's DANCERS.
"f1ls dfnlcHty lies. III the ftct that he Is
full Of tile milk OF human kindness. lie Is n
man Of strong and generous Impulses. lie
does not like IL Auy no, ntMt le hutes to quar-
rel. l1o Is like strong nun that ca, be
ruled by Il woman. lle will surrender rather
than have fight. That may be the trouble
with him. The politicians will bnlldozo
him. rhey will orgn,Iize very strongly
agaihst him. They will make endless de-
mands upon hin. They will want to run
their own States. The 'bosscs' will
want nil tho patronage. We sllnll sec
whether they get 1t or not. But.
M I have snid, Garfield has tho
chance tlmt Jefferson had / doubt whether
ho will, however, avail himself Of his op-
pottunity."
"Do yo1l think there IS Il disposition OH the
part Of the Democrats to make my trouble
III connection with the Electoral countY'
"Thero may be few lIurrow-gnuge mon
who havo some sucl, notion, b,,t they will not
l,ayo tic control of things. Con. Gnriield
was honestly elected, In my opinion, and lie
will be peaccably Innngurated,-he certainly
will be lnaugurated."
/ ONE DIFFICULTY TOtt THE NEW ADaIIN1sTHA-
TIOS.
| 4 Congressman WHO Inns Ind a great denl
to Ito with business before tho Interior De-
partmcnt said to luo tho other slny: "One of
thu lrst and greatest troubles of tho Gnrlleld
Administration will DO tho condition Of pub
lie business III tho Departments, nntnbty III
tho Interior Department. Everything Is very
mues, in arrears. md public service l,ns
been neglected, and, while this has
been IN tho Interest Of economy, 1t
Sss e' essetea H sis hspo tEq ss ss bes ssss os
nialy attempts in nll tllb Departments at
economy, fn order to meet the llow!a of the
Delnocrrltc CGngress. Estimates have been
public busiacsS, aiNi li,o l;ovsff!nient il s,if-
farng for it. This Is particularly truo Il, tho
Department, which las especially, come
under my observation Interior Depart-
lsS' .llas serviec. Scr 0 Te Tn,te' contiItton ' Of Il
business before tho pe,,sioii. Onlce. is
Me Ycsrs R9n " rraars @ est"Y tna reat mGr
Is mot question Of the propriety Of tho pres.
ent pension system. It Il /, question OF oxecut-
Lug eytst!nE law. rl,e l,eilsi9n laws are
ciai@ to M pesion ' u,ior % them cerlnly I; E ave
II right to knnw, soIlo time while, they yet
rooNin on Gartl', whcther the!r clal'ns aro
well founded. At the present t!mo fully 81
Pension bureau Is devoted to answer
ing Inquiries as to the condition
Of ~, yariola r J., cases, nMl T., only 20 peT cont
the fSrsn Is occPe II ry tas,atns
II the Garfield Administration undertakes to
bring up tho arrears, tho proportions must
necessarily be increased, nlMl tho Democrats
Tho shine Is true, to less extent, III tho Laird
Utlice, md certainly to MI equal oxtent III
tho 1ndun Ohlcc. There Ia
A MAN NAMED TIlowuRIpGR,
who holds Il commission as Commissioner Of
dndlan M AIalrs b''t h"ye @ scarcely eyer see
flee in0ro t!tnl q week during the year Ut Ills
n0lnlnnl period OF service, He hns been
III all tho time: lle was appolnte.i, So far lis
3aTYfpy 3 fy keWS s sssn spy esens sSpst q w y @ AZ
sort, Of President Hayes. There Il some sort
Of licpotisna, or personal friendship, eou-
nee!etl With iiu'1 a'ltl he holds an oilice the
regularity. Those Who claim 10 know about
his caso sny, tiat. there is.. not tho
slightest probability, that l!e will over DO
atfabet Ut wl,tcl, he Inns not learned. So 1t
hnplM,,s that tho great Indian Bureau Is
practlcah!y without = heGt!, i.lld the head Of
bre"n Mose n4 aatieH arc yery *
slonar ot ln4ian Affairs. Tho acting COM
missioner, Of course, does not like to assume
tl!e resspo,isibIlitiss WI,lci, properly deyolvo
10 u Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, anu
tl'at important oiilce ought nut to bo used, 10
pension d prominent illtIvitltIat beeallso that
inliylann! happens to be friend Ut tho Ad-
I
Judge l}elfortl, OF Colorado, Is making M
nct!ye eslliyass ln tho Interest ot Gov, John
l.. lloutt fnr a Cal'tnct position. Speaking
awe whit u Cal,!liot Minister, al,t wa l,ayo
a lllull III the Centennial StAte fitted by nx-
perienco who IL cnut!ous, industrious,
honest. nll1 alIle. true representative OF our
growing population alnl increasing Indus
lrles. alitl every ,wny worthy ut tho high po-
sti0n. | lneail Gov. J0hM l.. ltoutt. Coming
froln Colorado, thu cei,trn! point Of tho Krcat
aisl wants Of TINT rnpl.lly developing portlull
Ut our c0ltll0n country.
"llols Identified With tho great Interests
Which arc thern sprln.ln0 t0 the trout aud
challenging tho attention Of tho world,
"lIu IL fn,nllar With. the great population
now building cities, railroads, nlNl homes III
tllAt bright laIll; knows ,tllelr. wants, ard
TINT tlley are entitled to tllD kindly protec
tlon alltl fostering caro- OF tho General Gov
. erM1llent.
"'rho Increase In wealth AMI population
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