The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-19

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interior department it is hard t. under
how Garfield could have selected Kirk
as a member of his cabinet. The old cd
man never had any executive ability.
one of the most honest men III the world
thinks the interior department will get i
with his reputation ifhe does not PERSONAL
tend to every detail. He will sign no 4
nient without first reading il and has d
mined all, which makes the clerks poweI
to eyade his orders. He never knows hol
protect himself from swarms of ofiice-seel
The worksof the department is behind III
many weeks as have elapsed since Kirkv|
assumed the duties of secretary. Le.tes
documents are several. teeti high on--his !
while bales in AN adjoining room avail
attention. Kirkwood's retirement from
cabinet, Of course, means that he win
cared for somewhere else, as he gave I'd
seat in the senate and so cannot be sent ]
to private life. kirkwood's going out
make the first break and perhaps give \
Reuse for a general disruption OF, the cad
that everybody in Washington now beljI
is not far distant. The Blaine people ad
favor OF a reorganization, but it lisa fact
within the last two or three weeks, Carl
has become distrusful OF Elaine. sOnq
Garfield's chums says that the president 4
suspects Blaine and regards him nearly|
much his personal enemy as ConkIa
Blaine he credits with the responsibility
his becoming 50 involved in New York. /
chums whisper to Garfield that Blaine red
is as DESTROYS of making him personally
popular as Is Conkling; that when the cid
is reached, Blaine intends to retire from
cabinet and make capital for himself. /
real truth is that General Garfield is alrei
looking feverishly ahead to his ~re-electu
and nearly all his acts are shaped byhi s hq
and fears for his future. 1t is doubtful i'll
Blaine himself can long remain in the q
net unless he secures its entire control. |
president now distrusts him, and yet he
taken into the cabinet as his own persu
friend. Ii Blaine is no really his frie
then the president is without a single 81
porter in the cabinet.
Not long ago General Garfield sent for
old unofficial friend to come and see Iii
This friend he addressed by his first mai
as he used TO.
d., l am In a bad box
IL am glad Oft" said the friend.
'D-nyou,' was the frank reply.
This blunt visitor then went on t o say, Il
what the president needed more Il
anything else, was a few frier
His present policy was alienat
them all. What he advised him 10 do wa
%reorganize his cabinet and put none bnt G
field men in it. This advice was respect
ly considered, but it is not expected that
will be followed. Gen. Garfield at the p
cnt time is not worrying very much. lie
represented as in buoyant temper and, as
observer puts 1t, doubtless up to some
Ohio surprise for the country.
The Tribune says the observance
Good Friday and Easter seems to &
more general every year, q steady
crease being perceptible at ev
recurrence of the day. Yesterday there v
services in all the Episcopal and Cath
churches. As usual commercial exchan;
schools, ETC., were closed. The park
crowded with people. The exercises vii
very impressive.
The Herald say there is a steadily ipcr
ing difference paid by all classes of all
spectable people to Good Friday. Less b
ness was done yesterday than usual,
even the ceurts, which arc generally
when all else Is dull, did nothing Of any
sequence.