The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-05-27

which it was given, would have siren g.
thened, sOliditied and made the Republi
can party in This state invineibie. l was
also sratified with the unanimous ten.
| der of thanks TO the President for nv
| nomination by my associates in both
branches of the legislature, and with
| like unanimous request TO the Senate
Tor its prompt confirmation. l was
| gratitied by the generous support which
the entire press of the country, with
| rare exceptions, gave the President in
the contest that resulted in MY confirms
ton. l was gratified at the almost uni
versal expression of The Republicans
and Democrats everywhere Throughout
the length ana breadth of the land in
commentator of the Presidents course
throughout the entire affair. The popu-
lar approval of the Presidents delcrml-
nation TO maintain his constitutional
right has been such as was never y0uch-
satcd to any other President venture
to say there is no neighborhood within
the United States majority of whose
inhabitants are not in full nc
cord with the President on that ques
ton The abolition of the unit rule, the
defeat of the third term project, the cs-
adjustment of the principle of district
representation al Chicago, and the at
flrmance at Washington today of the
constitutional right of the President to
nominate TO the senate, and to have such
nominations considered by the Senate, are
hopeful evidences OF the dawning of a
brighter day in politics, when independ-
ence OF action may be exercised within
the party by any member thereof with
out certainty of instant death beneath
the wheels of political Juggernaut
hnF flNaf 4 IL.
We shall have what you and every other
good citizen has longed for and earnest
Iy desired, a government by the people.
In conclusion let me say, l shall. in
the discharge of the duties of this Office,
az have in the discharge of every other
Office held by me, take care that the in
terests of the people receive no deirI-
ment.
thank you for your congratulations
and the honor yOu have done me on this
occasion, and bid you good night.
Speeches were also made by WoOdin,
Sessions, Hustled and others; and with
cheers for Robertson and President Gar
field the crowd dispersed.
Grant on the Robertson appointment
NEW York, May 19-The following
letter from cx-Presidcnt Grant to Sen
CITY OF MEXICO, April "a, 1881.
My DEAR SENATOR: | see by the lat
est dispatches received here from the
capital of our country that the dead
lock in organizing the senate is not yet
broken, and that nothing has been done
by the president to allay the bitterness
which must be engendered by his most
recent appointments. When he first
batch of nominations for New York was
sent in was delighted. | believe the
president had determined to recognize
I he Republican party aud not Il faction,
but his nomination of to-day convinces
me that the first act was but the part of
deep laid scheme by somebody to pun
lsh the prominent leaders for being OPEN
ly friendly to me. | cannot believe
that General Garfield is the author of |
this policy. l give him credit for being |
too big man 10 descend 10 such means |
for the punishment of the men who gave !
him hearty support IN his election, and |
who are disposed to give him the same |
support now, for the 0flense of having |
had a former preference for some one |
else for the Office which he now holds. |
But Garfield is President and is respon- |
s1blc for all the acts of the adminiStra- |
ton. Conkling and Plat are the chosen |
senator's from the great State of New |
York, and that, too, against the opposI- |
lion of the administration created by the |
same party that elected item. This |
should give them all the stronger claim |
to be consulted in the matter of appoint |
ments in their state. When it comes to |
filling the most influential office in their |
state, without consulting these senators,
it is great slight; when he selects tile |
most offensive man to be found, it be- |
comes an insult, and ought to be resent |
10 Z Il. L,
the President will see this, and correct |
his mistake himself, and restore har-
lnony to the party. He owes this to |
himself and those without whom he |
could not have been elected. No
body believes that he could have car
ried the state of New York with. |
out the active support of the present |
and that their passive sup
port would not have answered. With |
out the state of New York, General |
Garfield would not now be President, and |
his rewarding Senator Robertson is |
not only offensive to the New York Sen |
ators, but it is offensive to the New York |
The change of Badeau and !
Cramer, the two appointments in which |
| felt strong personal interest, was |
very disiasteful to me; the first, because |
of our personal relations and my wish |
that he should he kept where his Office |
would support him until he finishes |
some work he is engaged upon, and |
which he could do without interfering |
with his public duties. The second be- |
cause it was at the expense of the re
son of my old Secretary of |
State, who probably never had his supe-
rior, certainly never for moral worth, in |
The department. 1t is true Fish resign |
ed, but he did this from a sense of honor,
supposing it TO be the duty of represent
itiyes abroad to give new administra-
ion an opportunity of saying whether
hey were wanted or not Very truly |
yours,
[Signed,l U. S. GRANT.
To Hon, J. p. Jones, L. S. Senator,