Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-20
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isyFhen the holidays shall have passed.
and a vacancy can be made in the Supreme
Court, Il Is probable that Secretary. Folger
will be transferred to the bench and Conk-
ling succeed bin IS Secretary OF the Treas
ury, and then the Arthur Cabinet will be
complete. Collector Robertson viii then
either bite the. dust. or his patronage viii
be turned against himself until his resig-
nation will become a matter of seh-respect,
and the last great obstacle to Stalwart su-
premacy in New York will be removed
The Stalwart lines are rapidly closing up;
the organs which once protested are dumb
with amazement, and there is scarcely q
murmur heard in the party that only three
brief months ago execrated Staiwartism as
political pestilence. "-Pbild. Tines (frsd)
The Times indicts the above para
graph as the finishing touch to certain
prophecies il has been maArDg about the
constitution Of ARTHUR's Cabinet
Some weeks ago it gave forecast Of
the policy and appointments that would
follow ARTHUR's Inauguration, which,
il reminds its readers, have been accu-
rately verified thus far, and there re-
mains but one important link In the
chain Of events IL has predicted, which
it maintains viii be supplied by the
transfer of FoLGER to the Supreme
bench and the appointment of CoNK-
LING to the Treasury.
IL must be conceded that every time
the President chooses a Cabinet officer
he drives nail in the half-breed coffin.
FOLGER, the first, was home-thrust-
a devoted friend Of the Commander of
the 500. He drove stout one
by selecting Mr.. FRELINGHUYsEN
for Secretary Of State. A faithful third
termeT, FREIHNGHUYSEN, Is much ad-
mired by the GRANT crowd. While
BREWSTER, his last, has been promi-
nent arms-bearer in the GRANT and
/ CONKIING legion.
The time is not far distant when it
will be a difficult matter for even its
nearest friends to identify the Half
breed remains. Arthur Is undoubtedly
making his changes with great caution
and tact, but the end in view is easily
diSeernable.
When the job is complete and there
is nothing left to expect or hope for,
there will be less appearance of bar
harmony in the camp than now. AL
ready the mutterings of the disgruntled
and dissatisfied are heard in the dis
lance. 1t is from the West we hear the
LlSl oNIOH9 iLulCillOLiS vi OppOSItlOh W
the ARTHUR policy of driving GAR
FIELDS friends from the public SER
vice and making all important appoint
Ointments from the third-term Stall
warts.
The leading Republican organ of the
West, the Chicago Tri6,me, says: "The
acting President seems anxious that the
third termers should have the Offices,
honor.and rewards of every kind that
the Administration has to bestOw, while
the anti-third-termers, or GARFIELD
Republicans, should supply the harmO-
ny for the occasion"
Exactly! And although the Tribune
does not "deem the offices ofessential
importance" yet "the evident intention
to Ostracize the majority element who
opposed the third term and beat it at
Chicago, is of very great moment"
This, to q locker ON in Venice, seems
to be very accurate measurement of
the situation; and when the prophecy
of the Times has been fulfilled in the APP
pOintment of CONKLING to the Treasu-
~, We do not knOwhow the friends of
GARFIELD will put any other interpre-
tation upon il than 'n0ticc to quit"