, 1881-03-24

tien. Merritt successfully established. tic
Custohl*floilsc nsliters will not b. the COLI
trailing power ct Albany Or nt tic State Con-
nlze any brunch nr faction of the Republican,
rnrty ut tiia rXpGnse Ut my other pnrttbn Of
the party. Willie as IT private citizen, a polI-
licial,, or q nctnner Ut tonRress .W was
lines nf the parsy tho sllccss Ut which lie be-
lteypl most likely tn result in g0Uh to ttio
whole party md to tic connery,
Az PRESIDENT Dr THE LIMITED STATES
he finds tic recognition IT fncttul1s or Ut
rrty{ ney{caSs y;s0: Evie ihs!f " ,s Hsss i sa and noi 5
only In his public utterances. hut h. t1o
course which liz llas taken III regard to New
i9rk, s,, appointments pp themselves. 4 fact
observers hers III washington, III reF,.r.! to
the w!!nlo subject of .npp1lrtnunts In New
scctIons Of uto North. f that two great
tss4tr fssSs viii ~ wde,"s te rsss,[ 's wsG Her. Ss sv
dent to secure cacl for Itself tia
monopoly Of Executiyc patronage, compro;.
he s9 ,sso IN s' er sis s csst ess wns f ~ sf 1 IT If
It's Iennncintinns 0f every candidate put
fnrtli BY iis uppnncnts rs II Wis la1ltlntory Ut
its own ra''ldate. TlIc President las,
therefore, hnl
A MOST DIFFICULT TASK
set before him at The uutset ut l.s Admins
tratIul. since tn fo![ow tliu ndrfce Of either
| ctass would he f1untl to give great DtfensetO
the othnr. III the 1mattrr Of tic New York
appointments, the 1'resl'ient's mast fntlt.ats
| friends shy liz determined III tho Guurse best
calculated to protl,tce harmony in tho party,
| n:lu most consistent viii, his present pnsl-
| tlbn, not to 1leGtt Or III MnS Why encourage
tt,ase who sought to give olrense to Senator
| C0nkling.
| GEN. nApEAu,
7 nr,&sr IN.
lnnatic promotion, hung transferred frnI,l
tic J.uniul, Consult .Guncralshp to tic higher
grade uf Charge Il AIfn!rcs to Denmark. The
present. Minister to Drnnark, Mr. Cramer.
ceiyes promotion, lnfnr transferred fronl
CIiargI u'AtIaIres ut Denmark tn Minister to
Switzeran somewhat higtior rank. 1t
llnd llot beeii expected that .le Swiss Mission
been filied by Minister FISH, sol, of cx-Sce.
rutRry 1lAinllton Fish, wIu llns warcd his
why up from I'LL nrt!er secretary III, the
foreign service tn That of Minister. Antl las
ttIlell every position with greAt credit. There
WAS no tispos5tnn to recu'ye lin, bur It IL
evident tlat l,u Is anxious tn lcayu thu public
service for Iurger fields. or clse to secure
| promotion.
WILLIAM +. CHANDLER.
of New Hampshire. ~ known everywhere MS
statwart supporter 1T DlaiNe. 1t Is nut So
GENERALLY. known thai he Il T. lawyer Of very
tiiie ahilEty. ~ any nne who Watched l!is
!eEai management q the Republican eass IN
Sultcitor-t;euern1, vii! furnish to tile Drpast-
l,lent of Justice TINT Sknlwart element which
solse ot the more l:adicnl Republicans feared
cs Tsf II IT, adn1!sif1i a f te4c IF
IT, be ~ Vigorous pulley with respect to the
administration vi The laws In tho South, the
SolctoT-ticncra[ Is tho ptrst'tl very llkcly to
be imtr!istcu viii! such cases. aild there need
| In "a / IN Mr. jS1I,r
ler'a inndS, tliUse lnwY. which renllttsl ms
tho Inst vestiRes Of war Legislation upon thu
stntuto books " will mt be executed.
Ml,. PHILLIPS,
Of North Carollnn, present SoficEtor-Gencraf,
wG s %es tT1,ssFSes % r IT, Il ~ cDaf q = cs sa,
puinted. ne has decllne.i the position. 1t Is
something remarkable t1r any man " public
ltfo tu leeE Inc 4 g00i life olllcc. This Mr.
hear.i' hi' ot lit its mo,nitati"n. Tiio friends of
Mr. Phillips say Tint llr Is much aEgrlevetl
that ln wAs nut consulted as to the lr:ltls(er.
snS tar that + r "9I'a f lssi. sSS ben t. a1a ~
st ssss ''S iSto nc across 81 tho ''r strrut I 10 !he
Department of Justice to inquire wllether
he would bv willing to aecspt tue ollles;
Such I.recaution. lo Says. would l1nsG saved
what expected to have bcen appointed 1Attor.
legal ability. iie ii.s 6een SolIcit6r-(;u,ieraI
EYER SINCE GRANTS TIME,
nnt hns really t,e.u tim lnw-oftircr of tl,p De-
,nrt,,cut in iii tt1ns., yelrs. I'hc Atturnry.
t;nnrrul hinIsrif Ia tn,,cIl 0cc1IDirti with tic
politicians will, tho cUlirtgsieS M1 social iii
ties of Ills position. e ns lttt!a tne to sttlAS
= CAUSES or to prepare l'rlets. 'rhc grcat n,ss
Ut tho law,work ct tha Dst%st'llei,t =, u
done under the ilnmrdlnte ahperytsioh OF " w
Solic!t0r.ticneraf, Win quite ny oftes as the
Attorney.Gtilernl represents tha G9yeI,lne'li
III nlt c.scs q ln'portance. at. phliItls y
quite unwilling to 1a shclved ~ 4 pett,
.t,tlgestlp ut y low salnry. even II 1t ho f0l
IT, as h. Soli ca'll.'u!fi @ Erester i',en.
Republicans nre disappointed. as they say Il
will be.a great dtSc9l!!1tgenunt' ~ their re
tlon. where they l,ad tully hoped e. n1sanlzs
a new movement under tae Administration
MIL they Ind expected IL return A1F, l'h!llipF
to tnn Oultea olates oe''a'e ~ ulo s"ccessoi
ol Ita'soul'
WILLIAM WALTER r1ElrS'
nominated tn he Minister to Austria, Is
wealthy yni'nE New Jersey ux-C1nEresSs's!,!ii
1lOw travelling III Europe fnr tlis l!en!tis llt
II MI iutfn1ntp ptrsOiln! frlE1itf HI supporter