, 1881-05-04
POLITICAL.
Views OF an Intimate Friend OF
Gen. Garfield Touching
the Situation.
The President Hrown supersensitive,
and Worried into Chronic
Meiancholia.
Ills Friend Afraid Tint lie Has Been
Too Anxious to Please Every.
body.
Elections In Various Cities and Villages
Of the Western and Northwestern
States.

Eleott0na IN various Ult1ea ana villages
Of the Western and Northwestern
States.
A FRIEND OF GARFIELD.
spsetdi Dtspasth 10 TAs CHICAGO Tribune.
CLEvEtANr. O., May III had tho good fort.
tine to meet to.dny IN intimate personal frloud
Of President 1nracld. whu has Just returned
from n visit Mt Washington. tIe wns quite FREQ
To tnlk, and It eeemetl TO INC that he throw much
now light TN tho situation ns It at proaent exists
In tho senato md ut tho White House.
" Who Ia Rutug to Win IN tho Robertson mat
ter9' ! asked.
"your Inquiry IL somewhat difficult ono. and
ono that rcluiros mitch more th,.n sIngtc sen.
tenco tn property answer. In tho first place,
am thoroughly convinced TINT tho tnnttcr has
uonb 90 fur TINT thero c0n liz nothing now Iono
but 10 rht It out to tho end and until ono or tha
other sldc ts defeated. ft0 compromise can. In
all probability, tc accomplished. It is tho trjnl
Of great principle, mud It may as we'll bo
settled first as Inst. Tho principle Is whether
tho Senators from given State shall t1tctatothe
nominations to Federal otllces from that 'stato.
in short. It IL 4 decision Ut tho question whether
blanks shall bo left With the Clerk OF tho Senate.
and, wheh an appointmout from given State Is
desired, tho Cork sf,ait be ordered to I'LL tho
blank out properly aud senl it to the President
u WV o"''eo oshtes ~ s'kn aa.e 'oso'a - ~ tno
Senate TO bo voted upon. Tho Constitution
says: Tho President shalt nominate, aud, by
and with tho advice mud consent Of the Scnatst
shall nppolnt' Tho Conkllng posluon is that
the Senate, or, r1ther, tho Senators. sha'l
nominate. and. with the consent aud
ndvics of tho President, shall appoint.
inc ira, now 70 oe "aao
shall be the reading Ut the Constitution far nil
tj,nc n como or ,phcther Il shal rtft rad nftor
tna .ood NJ nd way that tha fathers f,ne f. md
the States ratified 1t nrarly century nso From
III ,n so s nor.to IN nka 1s nnno,ns wo n
,uents from their own Suites. They understand,
s'stos .tcr @ pIh ,San any ono e.c|tne IL % pstcr
.s"o ~ nro,,iau. fror v' ,ha ronro.cr,s,ons
tha. come to bis car. can by any possibility un-
dcrstand. Con. Garfield docs not desire to
hurt any 'ssnator's feelings. Hs II als;
posed 10 har1nonzo ano conelnate ~
thnt no car, but he holds that 20 has a .
tilt ,,at, whe, happcnei on cortAir occasions to
have takea lssuo wlth senasors ahal not On that
y % Nox a y spnoqs '6s 5 c
Iackiur Which wua shown for him frnm New
York was perfectly enormous, 10 DO suEp 1t nus
Gonkilng men tl,as thoso who oppose that sea-
| Stor arc uf no consequouoa .whatever ia Tho
ss a 5 @ tefy Y s a ,s S b. s,ser i aSs
Iknnw ~ ~ ,naftnr az ,rrsntIn1 kmnsyielRn, fhnt
it,d,," Hnhortsnn Ia ~ han ~ ernst nowSr oni
rcrs.nnt nnnn1sri+v in thn Sfnfc ~ Raw Snrtt
fIn is i,acks 6r nt;.ry Iii thn lenti,nH nuYspH-
rnrx ~ Tia sftn' Tim IcTstafIirt, f,as assct1
4 r..sn,,tinn nh Ing fur t,fs COtfIrnatiun Tho
thro" H"n,,iic"m 3,,,vrossme,1 frnn1 ths t.itv ~
n,inrit,tri 1lf,il nruU llilmlGr Of Cunvressmotl
| iii tho state did the same thing. In short, Gen.
GARFIELD fo!t tnat he must appo'nt h!h,s ald now
tHm ~ ~ his msttin r9nrdo,a ~ cnn.o
n1ences''' F~