Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-11-02
From our regular eOHsspendenr
WASHINGTON LETTER,


tended over more time than was antlcl'
psted At the beginning, aud during the
last days Of the session q good deal OF
Impotence was manifested on the part
Of Senators who were anxious to got
away, II Is an unusual thing ior
Senators to be called upon to give their
attention to public affairs at this season
Of the year, when most Of them have
engagements elsewhere, and the major
iIy of thcm came here under the im'
preston that they would not be detained
more than ton days, In this state Of
impatlence President Arthur has been
somewhat criticised for his apparent
iadeclsion touching his Cabinet appoint
ments. II Is undoubtedly true that the
chief occasion Of the Presidents diill'
cul,ies came out Of his desire TO make
such arrangements rs would enable linn
to appoint Mr.. Coakling to a Cabinet
position bye and bye There Il no
longer any question about this in tho
mind. Of wcll-iniormed politicians here
The appointment of either Ex-Governor
Morgan or Judge Folgcr was not
intended to be permanent, aud the
acceptance of the latter Is under cir
cumstauces and conditions which relieve
the President Of much embarrassment.
Nobody will be surprised If in due
course Of time Secretary Folgcr cx'
changes his new Office for another
while Mr.. Conkling becomes not only
the head of tho Treasury Department
but the leading spirit in the Cabinet
But since the Presidents purpose to
advance Mr.. Conkling amounts to an
inncxible determination, they say, he is
severely ccnsurcd for not maniiesting
the manly courage to do ii openly and
at once.
1t has taken pretty hard struggle to
get rid of Tyner in tho Post Office De-
partmcnt. Tyncr was the special pet of
the late Senator Morton, and has hung
on to his fat berth with great tenacity.
He was never Il POPULAR official, and
has never displayed any peculiar quail
fcations for the position. His aristo-
cratic bearing is his chief characteristic,
and the only distinguish pg feature of
his entire career as Assistant Post
master General was his heightened trip
out West, in Il special palace car at the
expense of the Government. If Tyncr
had been n Cabinet officer, or some
really high dignitary, the amount Of
style he might have put on would have
been simply appalling. Frank Hatton,
of the Burlington Ha'cheye, who takes
Tyner's place, is capable good fellow,
though Stalwart Of the Stalwarts.
lie has been one of the most out and
out Conkling men in the country. In
the Republican Convention at Cinci-
natl in 1876, when Blaine came so
near the nomination, Hatton steadily
voted for Conkling and refused all
entreaties to make the delegation from
his State unite for Blaine. In the late
unpleasantness between Mr.. Conkling
and the Garfield Administration, he
warmly cspouscd the Conkling side.
His appointment is the most emphatic
recognition of Stalwartism yet given.
The office of First Assistant is essen
TALLY political, and there is little doubt
that all the influence that can be exert
cd by the holder of it will be given to
the Grant Conkling side. Even while
Hatton was postmaster at Burlington
under Hayes, the Ha'okeye scored him
daily for his webbing" and literally
defed the Fraud to remove its proprie-
tor. While his confirmation was under
consideration, Senator Hoar objected
in feeble way, that Hatton had once
written very abusive editorial con-
corning him. Senator McDill came
out to ask Hatton if it was true. $50
and tell him." he said, THAT it is not
only true, but that under similar cir
cumstances would do it again" The
conversation was carried on in such a
loud tone of voice that several persons
overheard. Senator McDilll smiled at
the response, but the chances are that
he forgot to deliver the message to the
pale-faeed milk sop who whines from
the seat where Sumner once sat, and
misrepresents the State once responded
for by Daniel Webster.
The resignation Of Gen. Francis A.
Walker, Superintendent of the Census,
does not cripple that work now, as it is
rapidly approaching completion. Mr..
Walker has agreed to write certain
special reports and his own trained
force carries out the work upon the
system and after the methods adopted
by himself. His efficient chief assist
ant has also been made his successor.
The social season has opened early,
several swell affairs have already taken
place. Secretary Blaine's official en-
tertainment at Wormley's to our
foreign guests just before they left was
an unusually brilliant affair. 1t will
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