The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-29

other person. ana aliege that Hunt Is not O
true representative of their section. A del
egation called on the president Saturday
and asked change. The southern republi-
cans are hard to satisfy" We do not pro-
fess to know the sentiments of the southern
republicans in this matter, but if they are
accorded representative in the cabinet
they should certainly be permitted to name
the man of their choice. We have no re-
collection Of any distinguished service that
Judge Hunt has rendered the republican
party in the south, and it is for this reason,
perhaps, that they desire some one else to
take his place in the cabinet. For some
time on the bench Of the court of claims,
Judge Hunt was not situated so that he
could render his party either in the
south or in the north much service. A
southern man by birth and by education,
We believe he has been u republican all the
while, yet there are other republicans in
the south who were laborers in behalf of
the Union and in behalf of their party
principles, during and before the war, and
TO him who has done longest and best
service, it occurs to us, ought to belong
the spoiS and the honors. There is Mr..
Chauncey |. Filley of st. Louis, who has
been an ardent republican for years and
years, always in the thickcst of the battle
in presidential and state campaigns and
having as postmaster at St. Louis displayed
wonderful executive and administrative
ability, his friends have repeatedly urged
his name for postmaster-general In the
last presidential contest he did most
eminent service in New York and in
Indiana, and, indeed, the success of the re-
publicans in Indiana has been a number of
times ascribed to his management and or
gani2ing skill. He is certainly repre-
sentative southern republican, and his
friends can reasonably urge with zeal his
claims for cabinet place. Ex-
Governor +. J. Davis, of this state, has
since the commencement of the late war
been an ardent republican, indeed most
partisan worker in behalf of his party. lie
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Union army, and while it is true that his
regiment was but horde of border Mexi-
cans, Of that class denominated greascrs,
differed by white Texans, still lie claimed
to have Texas regiment in the federal ser
vice, and he risked his life and gave his best
efforts in behalf of the Union and has never
ceased to labor for his party. He has abil-
ity, and although bitterly partisan and full
fprejudice, we have always believed him
an honest man, and if devotion to his party
and unremitting efforts in its behalf in this
state, and on the musings in the northern
and western states in presidential cam
paigns are worthy of consideration, he GER
tainly has claims. All the republican party
III the south can have is the patronage the
federal government under republican
auspices and control, can give it, and it
seems TO us that its wishes as to whom
should be selected for the honors and
the offices should be respected.
1t Is not our fight; we are
cspouslng the cause of no
man, opposing no man, incumbent or as
pirant, but as the Chicago Inter-Ocean
Knows very little about the southern repub-
licans or the south itself, we take it upon
ourselves to say that it would be more he
coming in it to keep silent on the subject
and not be obtruding its opinions where
and when they are not wanted, especially
as it has not the proper information upon
which to base an opinion, Judge Hunt is
gentleman of honor and integrity in so far
as we know and in so far as we have reason
to believe, and he has first-rate ability is
dignitied and respectable, and although we
have seen it charged that he has conducted
tho affairs ofthe navy department in some
what arrogant and dictatorial way, vet we
have no occasion to find fault with him. or
to feel any interest in his removal. We
have only said what we have because we
think the lnter-ocean is making itself un.
necessarily conspicuous and cflicious.