Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-08
THE NEW REGIME.
HOPES OF THE OUTS AND FEARS
OF THE ms.
Ex-COIIectOr Atkins SOIid-PauI
StrObaeh Come TO GrIef-SOme he
cent NepOtism-PremRt JOIIitY
of the Star Route ThieVes-The
White House staff Feeling Blue.

WASHINGTON, October 4-Among the Repub-
licans in Georgia, Mr.. James T. Atkins seems
to be the best equipped man with the Arthur
administration. 1t will be remembered that
Mr. Atkins went to the Chicago Convention as
a Grant man from head to foot, and did all he
could for the "old man" He finally went for
Garfield when the tide turned that way
Garfield was his old familiar friend. When
he came in Mr.. Atkins was on top of the
heap. and would have been given almost any
place he wanted, but he held aloof that Presi-
dent Garfield might shape his course in Georgia
Federal matters to suit the interests of his
policy rather than those of friend Mr.. At
kins was turned out Of the Colectorship at
Savannah just as soon as John Sherman t
back from Chicago, because he did not sup
port the immacula John. then Secretary of
the Treasury, for the Republic n nomination.
but went in for Grant and third term. As
President Grant remembers all of his friends
or at least has that reputation-and as he is by
no means nonentity in the Arthur admins
tration, Mr.. Atkins can safely be put down as
one OF the men who will not be left. Cap
tain Jack Brown, of Georgia, will
man. He was one of the 3O6 who stuck to
Grant up to the very last. l don't think he
wants any office himself. but is content with
kinder shaping things in the Federal deal in
Georgia.
am sorry to say that our old friend, Paul
Strobscb, of Alabama. who has been haunting
the public places for the past seven months, is
further off than ever from the public crib. He
has inVeighed so violently against Grant, Conk-
ling and Arthur. that even with his superabund-
ant and miraculously developed cheek, he can
not longer hunt for place without tearing even
the most common place proprieties all to
pieces.
UPON THE SUBJECT OF NEPOTIsM.
Nepotism has long been one of the very first
abuses that new administration sets out to
correct-that is, omitting the Grant era which
made the abuse so widespread and so odious
to the people. The late Mr. Hayes made quite
flourish about breaking up nepot SIN at this
outstert Of his administration and his Cabinet
followed him. 1t was soon apparent to the
naked eye that the abuse was even if possible
great than it was under Grant or any OF his
predecessors. President Garfield certainly in
tended that nepotiSm should be wiped out as
with sponge, but his Cabinet could not resist
the temptation to put their family connecti )ns
in soft places.
speak Of two members of the Cabinet, they
are Hunt and MacVeagh. Hunt already had a
boy in the navy-oRe Ridgely Hunt by name
weakling of an ensign, and he detailed him
for soft place in the department here. Not
satisfied with that weakling, he poked three
other sors on the public cribs MacVeaeh h
even such a refOrmer as he-could not resist
the tempt alton, and the day before President
Garfield died he had two of his sons appointed
"a C erks in The Department of Justice. His
first act after he returned here with the re-
mains from Elberon was to rescind those two
appointments. He knew he would not be in
Arthur's Cabinet and did not think The ap-
poln5men of bis two sons would stand very
nicely out in public especially as he was such
reform err"
THE STAR REUTERS.
The star route men rejoiced in the death Of
President GARFIELD. They would have decorated
in gay bunting instead of in Grape had
On the night that the news of the
death was received here four of the star
route men, one of them newspaper editor. or
an alleged newspaper editor went into a pub
lie saloon, and, although in an obscure corner
Of il, drank deeply that he was dead
and to the long life of his success
sor. They consumed so much champagne that
becoming reckless, their congratulatory bib
blings were heard by other frequenters Of the
saloon, and the proprietor ha6 to request them
to shut up. They thought that with Garfield
dead they would no longer be prosecuted
They find it different. They find President Ar
thur not only encouraging, but even urging
on the prosecution Of the thieves. They are
taken all aback. Their only resource now is to
vtiate the testimony of the prosecution. To
this end they have employed the celebrated
detective agency Of Pinkerton, in New York
to hunt up something against such witnesses as
they know will appear against them. BY his
means they will attempt to close their mouths
But the chain Of evidence is too strong against
them. All that is necessary for conviction is a
healthy prosecution, and that has been ordered
by President Arthur.
THE WHITE BoUsE PEOPLE.
The chiefs of the different bureaus of the
several de partments, unless they were of the
Grant and stalwart stripe, are very uneasy
about how they are to fare under the new ad-
ministration The employees at the White
House are more uneasy than they. Most of
them have been there for years. Since Presi-
dent Arthur came into the Presidency he has
never paid any attention whatever to the
White House He has had no business what
ever with the house or given any instructions
or work to the employees thereof They
simply remain on duty with nothing whatever
to do President Arthur remains at Senator
Jones, on Capitol Hill and has his own men to
do the executive work, which is yet very small
in amount. This neglect of the White House
wor les the employees thereof. They arguethat
they, who have held their present positions for
50 long, will now have to go. PoToMAC