The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-12
THE sTALwART OPPORTUNITY.

When Blaine said the other day
that after December the cabinet twill
be Grant from top 10 bottom" be
apparently knew what he was talking
about. The New York Tribune's
Washington correspondent, whose
Telegram appears in another part OF
the HERALD, states the situation with
apparent correctness, and gives the
names of the men who are to go into
the cabinet to be organized next
month. All of them are stalwarts,
and not only this, they are ardent ad-
mirers of Grant. The general, IN
talking With a representative OF the
Philadelphia Ledger, emphatieally
denies the truth of the Tribune mans
story. He could scarcely do less than
say somebody had been misrepreseDt-
ing him. To admit the correctness
OF the Tribune's tale would be to place
Mr.. Arthur in the rather unpleasant
position of being q mere automaton
manipulated by Grant. The EXPIRES
ident does admit, however, that be is
interesting himself in the matter OF
certain foreign missions in which be
Is anxious to place personal friends.
He asserts his interest in these on the
ground of patriotism, saying that in
his tour around the world he learned
what was the proper policy to be pur-
sued by this government at thoee mis-.
sions. Undoubtedly this is true, but
no more 30 than that the Grant inf1u-
ence is making all calculation to
''run" the Administration while Gen
eral Arthur shall remain at the head
the nation. Whether this will be
wise In g factional sense, or in party
sense, can only be told after the trial
has been made. One thing, however,
Is plainly trauspsrent-the stslWarts
had to pursue this course or 60 into
political retirement. With two success
siTe administrations using their
power against the stalWart element
in republican politics, the latter was
being crowded very closely to the
wall. 1t had been defeated in the
Cincinnati convention, which nomi-
mated Hayes, and while it must be
admitted that the four years
warfare which followed made
the President and those surrounding
him in the administration, appear
very small in the eyes of the nation.
it did not leave the stslWart element
stronger, or in a better condition to
proceed with the strife. At Chicago
last year it was demonstrated that
all other interests and factions cf tie
republican party were united IN op'
position to Grant and stalWartism.
Garfield was nominated because he
was not a stalwsrt. His election
naturally and almost necessarily
continued the war that had broken
ous into open hostililies with .he 10
auRuIalion Of his predecessor. TO
make matters more desperate Tor The
stalwarts, their leader got mad, Lett
tue Senate, and brought upon him.
sell a severe rebuke at Albany; sDd
it now transpires reputation 10 the
State of New York, where the Tepub-
lican victories at the late election
were those won BIZ "hsli-breeds"
rather than by Conklingites. It will
thus be seen that the case was. and is
desperate with the stalwsrts. They
possess the brains and stick closely
to party principles. yet popularity
and power we're With the enemy.
Had Garfield lived We believe what
is known as the stslWart faction
would have soon gone to pieces,
or united itself into a third end
comparatively Insignificant party.
confined chiefly to New York, where
il might have annoyed the regular
republicans 81 TammsDy bothers the