Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-29

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party. There will be no Hayes prescribing"
SAMUEL ]. TILDEN.
Mr. Tlden is reported to have said to an
interviewer: GAS to the effect of the Presi-
dents death and the elevation of the Vice.
President to the Chief Magstracy, l do not
believe that it would have the slightest effect
upon the business of the country. The forms
and machinery of the government work so
smoothly that change of one man in charge,
though that one is the President, is not likely
to cause jar in commercial and business in
terests. Besides" Mr.. Tilden said, "Mr. Ar
thur is a man of ability, of experience and of
tact, and it is not probable that he will, even
if he could, commit any act that might dis.
turb the present prosperity of the country.
The change may affect individuals in the Re-.
publican party and their personal interests,
but not the business of the country"
GEN. HANCOCK.
This distinguished gentleman was inter-
viewed at Newport, R. l., Tuesday. His con.
clusion is that Mr. Arthurs assumption of
the duties of the Presidency will be as peace
full as if he had been duly elected President
of the United States, and he says the people
should tighten the heavy burdens devolving
on the new President, coming into office as
he does, with pail over his administration.
GLOOMY VIEW.
Per contra to the cheerful view of the stu
alton generally expressed above, the Wash
ington special correspondent Of the Charles
ton Ne,ss and Courier, in his letter of last
Saturday, regards the prospect as decidedly
gloomy for the continuance of the pacific pol.
icy inaugurated by Mr.. Garfield. Already
the correspondent sees the shadow of Grant.
ism looming up, aud fears there is something
in the circumstance attending the succession
of Arthur to the Presidency which will cast
shadow upon his administration that he
will find great difficulty in shaking off," The
writer then draws parallel between Arthur
and Hayes, asserts that an indecent scramble
for the spoils had begun before the grave
closed over Mr.. Garfield, and closes as fol.
lows:
''It is too much to expect u continuance of
the policy reform inaugurated by President
Garfield and crystalized in his Cabinet. Those
who expect it will be disappointed. know
of no better illustration of the character
of the coming Administration than that
impressive scene upon the lawn at ElberOn
the day after President Garfield died. The
familiar conference and association between
Grant and the newly-made President, their
close communication and warm personal re-
gard as they walked about the lawn under the
shadow of the house of mourning, was enough
to suggest the future. This evidently did not
occur to me alone, as / could plainly see the
faces and hear the tones of the crowd. There
was The new Administration before us in a
single picture, which smart photographer
might have sold two for a quarter. There was
Arthur, Stalwart, and there was Grant. What
else was necessary? Now there would have
been nothing in this, but for the history that
lay behind it. This history is familiar to every
man in the country, for it is a very recent one
and needs no varnish to renew it's freshness.
The Arthur Administration means Grant,
means Grantism, and Grantism means spoils.
There is the picture. That is the way it look
ed in essence at Elberon. That is the way it
looks in the abstract from Washington to-day.
Is there anything in the record of Chester A.
Arthur to give the lie to such an inference
Perhaps you could appreciate it better if you
could view the picture from this point. If
you could see the happy faces of the stalwarts
beaming through the outward forms of mourn.
ing, if you could hear the sneering words OF
the Grant crowd hanging about the corridors
if you could realize the departmental animosi
ties which are to be satisfied-then you might
understand the changes which are iii store fol
us. The following from the Stalwart organ
in this city is the first faint expression of Stal
wart ideas, and CRATES harshly Oh the ear and
4, Il hnI Of rEn1I
lying in the rotunda of the Capitol:
VXANTED, THE NAMES OF THE DEMO.
w CRATIC clerks in the Postoffice Depart
n,ent appointed since the present Republican Ad.
ministration came into power. Address conf
dentially, GRAND BOUNCE, Republican office
'sThe clamor for the spoils set in over the
dead body. 1t comes from every department
and from every section of the country. The
Grant and Conkling crowd raise their glad
eyes toward the new President and demand,
with confidence, their share Of the raiment of
the dead man lying in the rotunda of the Cap
itOl. What will the answer be? If it were
such man as Garfield, we know what it would
be but Arthur is a very ordinary man. The
picture OH the sward at Elberon was but the
index of What was andis to come. In Arthur,
Grant will live over again. If he has gained
wisdom by experience he will see to it that he
advise better than he executed. Herein Wash
ington such thing is not anticipated. For a
time all will 60 well, but the ordinary man
will not rise above ordinary things.
''There is something severely comical in the
gathering of he Stalwarts about the throne.
Star Route Brady walks erect upon the streets
again and joins the throng from his long seclu-
sion. Belknap comes forth and promenades
arm-in-arm with Grant. Dorsey hurries from
his sheep in Colorado to gatherpolitical wool in
Washington. Along with hundreds of Others
who need whitewashng they press forward to
the new Stalwart star made President by a
Stalwart assassin. Will they become part and
parcel of the things to come -
Regarding the probable composition Of the
new Cabinet, and the prospective struggle
in the approaching extra session of the Sen
ate, the same correspondent telegraphs under
date of last Sunday:
"With the departure of the remains of the
late President and the crowds which were at
tendant on the grand funeral pageant, public
attention is directed toward the living head OF
the government, and the public tongue is busy
with the prospective Administration. There
is some difference of opinion as to the charac-
ter of the new government, but there is very
little difference SO far as change is concerned.
1t is generally conceded here that the changes
will be more sweeping than those which fol-
lowed Garfield's induction into office. They
will not be sudden, but they will be certain.
The Cabinet is to be entirely remodeled. Sec
retary of War Lincoln will, it is believed, re-
main, but the rest will voluntarily resign or be
kicked out. There are certain indications
which show that the extraordinary session OF
the Senate is probably not called for the pur-
pose of organization, but for the contingency
of important nominations, including new
Cabinet. The material of which this Cabinet
is to be composed is the subject of speculation.
1t is as yet undecided by Arthur himself. 1t
is believed that the treasury will 60 to New