The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-29
ARrHVK AND THE cApINEr .

AhTAth AND ZEE GA6lN61s
Acknowledgement MscVeagh ap
pEeciates the situation in regard tt
President Arthur's cabinet. He does
aot expect the new President to retaiE
him, and to relieve General Arthur o.
any annoyance in the premises.
promptly rendered his resignation.
accompanying il with an explanation
chat il was not mere form, bat was
meant az a notice of intended retire
ment as soon as the President could
fnd it convenient to appoint q sue
cessor. The other members of Gar
fields cabinet have also handed in
their designations. presumably in the
expectation that they will be scoeptej,
although there is clearly feeling on
the part Of some that they ought not
to be turned out. Why shouldn't
they all goH They were President
GaEfield's constitutional aud conf
dental advisers, and not President
AFthur's. This is Arthur's admin
istration, and no: Garfeld's, the lat.
ter's term of Office abruptly and
sorroWfuIly terminating On the first
Of this month. II from that day un-
Gil the 4th of March, 1885, the ad-
ministration shall be bad, Garfield
will suffer nothing from it, and if it
shall be good all the credit will be
due to Arthur, vino w0ald also bssr
the disc5edit. Hence the President
should be left free TO act as any Pres
ident has been; to surround himself
by such advisers as he desires, no
matter whether they may be satisfsc'
tory or otherwise to anybody else.
General Arthur ia under no more OBJ
legations to retain General Garfeld's
ministers than was the latter to keep
shose of Hayes. What would have
been thought Of the late President
had he kept in thsir positions the old
granny cabinet OF his predecessor?
In the present instance it so happens
that the poIitics! relations of the two
presidents we're net of that
cordial and harmonious nature
that might suggest the retention
by Arthur of the ministers OF
Garfield. The latter's cabinet Off
cials could hardly occupy the same
positions in Arthur's government, as
the degree of confidence necessary
between the executive and his imme-
diate subordinates could not bs felt
on the part of either. In the matter
Of following Gsr6eld's policy to GER
tain extent it is somewhat different.
While shis is AttauH's administration
IS much as The past six months were
Garfeld's, the peculiar manner OF she
hate Presidents death has endeared
his memory and his policy to the
people, and reused something of an
unfriendiy feeling against his success
scr. That feeling can in no way find
justification, yet it exists, having
arisen from the lack OF eordiality in
the political rslstions and associations
of the late and present Presidents. II
Arthur is wise he will pay attention
20 the popular voice. and regard more
than under ordinary circumstances
che course marked out by bis prede-
cessors. This be will do. as a matter
Of personal policy, rather than as
observing any Law or custom. Those
people and journals that are saying
President Arthur should retain Pres
ident Gar6eld's cabinet s:e talking
very fOolishly, for he should do
nothing OF the kind. II ever a Presi-
dent needed constitutional advisers
who are in perfect political accord
With him, and between whom and
himself there should be absolute con-
fdence, it is Arthur. Only with such
a cabinet can he make himself and !
administration respected, much less
liked. The man is in tight enough |
Mace; do not handicap him more.