The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-10-06

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The Year Round.
ADVICE FROM THURLOW WE'D.
Influences which He Thinks Presi
dent Arthur should AvOid-Kitch
en- Cabinets to BE Discouraged.
New York Tribune, September 81.
"No Vice President" said Thurlov
Weed, yesterday, to Tribune reporter
"ever went into the Presidential chail
under so favorable circumstances u
General Arthur. He has nothing to dc
except take the Government and 60 or
with it. In three other cases were the
President has died, there were compli
y.,sstii0lis Tor the Vice fresluGiitts TO crap
pie with at once, which they were no.
equal to. But General Arthur's course
is clear. He will have smooth sailing
if he viii only keep the ship of State or
the course General Garfeld's Admin,
istration had given her. All that Gen
eral Garfield did while President show.
ed his wisdom and patriotism, and all
that has occurred since he vas wound.
ed has developed traits of character in
him that have endearded him to the
people. .
depend upon himself. Just as surely as
ambitious men get control Of the Gov.
eminent, they will break him down and
also the Republican party. l have nc
fear of Kitchen Cabinet influence over
General Arthur. He is too experienc,
ed a man to fall into that error. All
the the unpleasant things We remember
about General Gran 8 Administration
were due to his Kitchen Cabinet
friends who abused his influence, as
Boss Sheperd and Babcock did.
General Arthur must beware Of his
friends, however. ..-.,..
81 was very intimate with General
Taylor, and he said things to me con.
corning the difficulties Of his Admin
istration which I think Gen. Arthur
will appreciate. He declared that in
fixing his first Cabinet he thought he
could not trust his own judgement,
being a soldier and experienced states
Inanship. He therefore asked into his
counsel three eminent political and
personal friends whom he felt convinc-
ed would advise him honestly and wise
ly' But he said he subsequently dis
covered that distinguished politicians
could not be impartial; they could not
divest themselves of personal interests.
Being themselves candidates for office,
they could not help looking around to
see how appointments which they might
recommend would affect their own
chances. He said he did not think it
their fault, but the accident showed
him that he could not trust for advice
men who had their own ambitions.
have often been struck by this remark.
General Taylor made II only a week
before he died and while engaged in
the work Of changing his Cabinet. Had
he lived a week longer he would have
corrected the errors he made in his
Cabinet. General Arthur cannot afford
to rely upon men who are aspirants
themselves for thr the Presidency. II
will be much safer to trust himself"
s'This mornings Tribune tells of your
going to see President Arthur two o.
three weeks ago."
eyes, have been intimate with him
for many years, and 1 called on him
one afternoon. l found there ex-Min
lister Stoughton, and, little to my sur
prise, Speaker Sharp. General Arthur
seemed to be on the best Of terms with
the Speaker. l talked to Gen. Arthur
for an hour OF. two, but what he said te
me was of course confidential -
Gan intimate friend Of mine, Charles
A. Trowbridge, came to see me this
morning, and he expressed ideas with
which | agreed. He thinks that we arr
surrounded by an atmosphere of out
rage and crime, and that never in the
history of civilization have such auda
cious crimes been committed. Con
spiracies and assassinations are fire.
quent, and conspirators build dynamite
machines openly, and threaten to blow
up steamships. Mr.. Trowbridge feared
the effect of Guiteau's terrible example
upon the public mind-that it might
insite persons DESTROYS Of an .unenyi.
able notoriety 20 emulate him. His
great solicitude was that President Ar.
thur should do as much as possible to
disarm any prejudice in the public
mind"
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