, 1881-02-12
Garfeld's Herculear Task.


common consent must be done at the hour
indicated, st the opening OF his admins
tra,ian. or 1t vii b. promptly adjpdged
one of the greatest failures OF modern
times. There must l.. harmony to all,
even # every leader IN the party Is
tlrown into a white heat of rage at the
announcement IF the new Cabinet. Here
1re some of the clcmsu,: with which our
hon5red Presiisnt elect is expected erect
a hcau.iful place Of brc5heriy love:
F.rs,-G.n. Gram, for reasons good
and sufficient to himself and friends, VIII
neither 7. seive ". Blaine wien ne sends
IN his card nor speak to him in public.
S-cond-Mr. Blaine Is quite as inde-
peudent IN the matter Is Ger. Grant, and
saws he is not go hard pushed to find peo-
ole 70 talk to as 20 endanger his renem-
brauce of his neither tongue.
Th,rd-Mr. Blame III turn Will no;
speak 10 Mr.. CGnkllng; says n has long
had his opinion Of HIM, and has not
changed il.
,faarth-Tr. Conf lin. viii not speak
word To JJhn Sherman, or speak OF him,
without a aneer and that striking sardonIc
and baleful CLEAN upon his features
ehich gives such empha'is 70 iiis words
F.fth-Mr. Conkl.ns would MT speak
H. Nr. Blaine. even If the latter should
forget himself and say Good morning,
Senator" before he thought Of TIE terri
be snubhiug that would surely follow
S,Arh-Mr Conkling Is unnaturaily
fri.id and sil mt IN the presence of Mr-
Sherman. He thinks that their former
relations in the Senate ought to have IN,
pertaining to the New York Custom
House.
Now, if Gen. Garfield cannot put these
VARIOUS gentlemen. or their recognized
representatives into h. Gabine. and n,ala
4 happy family that shall eclipse anything
in history or in Birnums show, II will be
perfectly apparent that he has secured the
pres deney under false pretenses, and he
should at once be impeached. If Blaine
made Secretary Of State, Of course he
viii he hqrmnnized, and MS followers
VIII walk the streets Of the Capitol with
political psalms in their hands, singing
praises to Garfield and songs of triumph
over Grant and Conkling
II Grant should be offered the State |
it would only change the |
boot TO the other leg, where the corns are
numerous and painful
Then there are the purely friendly RI
valries between the States for positions
in the Cabinet, the geographical elements
New England wants place; many of her
.tstesmer feel that under Mr. Hayes they
have had a place but no one to fill the
position.
New York is willing to be harmonized
with either the State Department or the
Treasury. But by all the harmenies at
,nce, she won. be put off with minor
llaces. Every one can see that New York
,ayed Mr.. Garfield at the late election.
Shall the latter condemn and spit upon
he bridge that carried him over, as the
present administration did on Packard's
government! II he does where is har-
nony and hov can he be credited with
esiring it
Mr.. Evarts and his friends think that
is speech saved New York, and that he
aould be the first recipient of harmony,
the hands OF General Garfield. But
Ir t,>nkling's friends know that he and
,r. Arthrr saved the State, and thus
we'd Mr. Garfield, and their claim to
.so..;t;,,., 10 ono that ins9atitudc only
III ignore.
Then the Camerous and the Keystone
tate Can there he harmony If that
Iaim be allowed TO go hungry from noon
nth sundown? Can the ruling family
f this great Republican State be left out
hen the Cabinet roll of a Republican
administration is c.,lled Obviously not,
there Is to he ha.rmony in the ranks; !
nd ii tha Camerons are 10 be given an |
ppcr seat, and the 9th er clans are not
o be bdien to the feast, what porten-
ions clashing of clavmore.a there viii be |
nd holly the fierce battle oi the peace Ill |
he party Will II on
How to satisfy Ohio is by H. means |
question of easy solution, or one l. lat Can
,e Ignored where political harmonh IS are
.opsldered. OHIO men may smile with
proud disdain when asked if having tie !
president is not enough for their State.
fhey only look upon this as means to an
.nd-,hat is to securing offices. Most OF
hem Will not admit that OHIO IS State
las received any recognition from Presi-
lent Hayes. They insist that only
Tcat crowd of personal friends and those
who favored his nomination, 10 the exclu
SION Of the State at large, and those who
HIM effectively after his nomi-
nation, and now II Is claimed with some |
show Of reason, that Ohio as State |
should have a chance
Indiana is crying aloud and insisting
upon being harmoniZed. She has had /,
the Postofiice so long that she wont be
quiet minute with anything less; and |.
Will be pretty cross if not al least pro- .
NOTED 10 the interior.
But how TO hernoniZe without setting
all the factions by the ears and involving I.
them in DoEnYbrook fight, for peace and |
order in the party is, after all, a question !.
presenting some difficulty. Gen. Gar
field should be given short rest on the
subject Of harmony.
The Oregon Improvement Co.