Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-19
THE HERALD ON THE ADMIN
INITIATION.

The New York Herald of May ii con
tains a ~fve-column letter from Washing
ton, purporting to give the inside history
Of the last Presidential campaign. The
letter is alleged to have been written by
George G. Gorham. 1t is an entertain
ing review of the entire canvass, and
shows Garfield, il true, to be one of the
most shameless hypocrites and tricksters
this country has ever produced. He
voluntarily rendered Cabinet positions
to wealthy Republicans for money to
corrupt voters and help on the canvass.
In this way his Cabinet is said to have
been filled sever times on pledges. All
were ignored after the election. The
Herald of the same date editorially pays
its respects to the Mentor statesman in
the following vigorous manner
What have we? An Administration
Of petulance and revenge; an Admins
tration whose word is already a subject
for debate and speculation among its
friends; an Administration about which
Republicans speak with Struggling shout
ders and ascending eyebrows; an Admin
istration composed of one brilliant and
audacious politician who, knowing less
about foreign affairs than any man in
public life, is made Secretary of State
for foreign affairs; five Industrious, active,
middle aged clerks in charge Of five de-
partments; one old gentleman about six
weeks behind in the correspondence OF
the Interior Department, and-an Angry
Boy The Angry Boy is President of
the United States.
Of this Angry Boy, whose handsome,
laughing face was a few weeks ago the
attraction of ladies' albums, we have all
kinds Of strange stories from Washing
ton. He is in a passion! He will be
President /! If Senators do not obey him
they will shave to bring him letters of
introduction I" He will show the nation
who is President /! He will crush "Boss-
ism . and Senatorial courtesy" and all
vestiges of Conklingism and Grantism,
and the other pernicious ''isms" of the
day! As for Senators, the soone they
know their place the better, and the
Angry Boy clinches the matter by sud-
denly Withdrawing a whole batch of
nominations. "To this, say the solemn
owls who write loyal divine right des-
patches, he was advised by his Cab
met The Angry Boy has a Cabinet
which would advise him to walk on stills
or wear Bloomer costume if Mr.. Blaine
wished tan automatoH Cabinet that
works like a music toy. In addition to
these automata, who are in the Cabinet
because it is IN Office, the Angry Boy has
surrounded himself with a coterie of
chums-worthy, well meaning medic
critics and stupidities who were never
heard Of until Garfeld's sudden growth
gave them a fungus life. There are tre-
mendous journalists. gigantic minds from
the far West, who surround the Angry
Boy and egg him on and tell him "the
country wants blood These trans
occidental molders of public opinion know
that nothing sells 8 rural journal so well
as a good 6rst-class fight, and their adj
vice is all for s'blood" and "scalps." To
this we may add a select coterie of polit-
ical old maids, who talk to the Angry
Boy about the esthetios of public life
and the prose works of Savage Lander
and tell him that he is the greatest man
who has sat in the White House since
John Quincy Adams. The chief coun.
sellor is Senator Burnside of Rhode
Island, and a careful study Of the char.
acter and achievements OF the gallant
Senator from Rhode Island will give the
reader an exact idea of what we mean
when we say that the Angry Boy IL
rapidly developing a Burnside Admins.
tration,
In the meantime, while the five clerks
are unhappy because their places are not
for more than four years, there is one
man with a mind Of his own, and q will
and . clear. definite purpose--the reck.
less Secretary Of State. If we keep our
eyes On Mr., Blaine the situation becomes
as clear as a Colorado landscape. Mr.
Blaine has no illusions, no sentiments !
He is a man without gratitude, without
convictions, without friendship, without
shame-a dominant intellectual force,
who has risen to great authority and
consequence in the Republican party
not by accident. like Hayes; not by the
power Of a Treasury, like Sherman; nor
by successful intrigue in politics, like
Garfield; nor by lofty courage and stately
eloquence. like Conkling; nor by the
prestige of an illustrious name, like
Grant; but by impudent audacity. He
has carried his position in public life by
storming masked batteries of Quaker
guns, And now at the head of a Gov
eminent, with q chief whose force has
dissolved into powers of conversation and
exposition. with a Cabinet which obeys
him a the spinning wheel oheys the
maiden's nimble foot, he drivss on to his
purpose. War upon Conklag. war upon
Grant. wal upon Malone. war. upon the
Republican party. in the South especially.
He fights. not for the good of the u
try; not tor the good Of the Republican
partyi not even for the good Of Garfield,
but only for the advantage Of Blaine;
and while this not very lofty purpose is
motive. his mathod. -. .r.l