The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


nations were made this week, to-
gether with several other rather i'm
portant appointments. The nominal
ton of Secretary Hunt for Minister
to Russia is not, it is understood,
very acceptable to him, but he will
take the place in lieu of something
better. He preferred first to stay
where he is and next to have some
good thing here, but the President
thought he ought to be satisfied to
take what he could get. The difficult
ty of providing for him has delayed
the sending in of the nominations.
Mr., Lincoln is now the only one of
President GarfieId's Cabinet left, and
it is generally understood that he is
to remain. The nomination of Mr..
Chandler for Secretary of the Navy
was referred to the Committee on
Naval Affairs, of which Don Gamer
on is chairman, and though whose
efforts Mr.. Chandler, when nominate
ed last spring by President Garfield
for Solicitor General, was rejected.
But Don was not disposed to make
any particular effort against Mr..
Chandler now, especially as it would
antagoniZe him with the Admins
tration. His opposition last spring
was mainly to obige his hrother-in-
law, Wayne McVeagh, then Attor-
ney General. There has been con-
siderable opposition 20 Chambers
confirmation tor this position, but
the Democrats were not soidly
against him as before, though most
OF them entertain a strong dislike for
him politically. 1t has been rumOr-
ed here for some time that Mr.. Cham
dler and Mr.. Blaine, who for so long
were the Warmest of friends, had fall
len out, but those who saw Mr.. Cham
dler enter Mr.. Blaine's house about
dark the day his nomination was
oVhC III liIiIh tlICiS LnuSC NC otlIIt
mistake about the rumors. Mr..
Chandler is shrewd politician, and
he will work the Navy Department
for all it is worth for his party.
The Presidents veto of the Chinese
emigration bill is well received ex-
cept among the Pacific coast Repub-
lieans, who think that they are ruin
ed by it. Gen. Rosecrans and the
other Democrats from that section
believe that their party will reap a
great advantage, but that is by no
means assured if the Democrats in
Congress refuse to support bill with
ten years limit. Among the Re-
publicans the belief is stron, that the
country will sustain the Presidents
view Of the case, and even some DEM
ocrats characterize the veto as sharp
move. Said Senator Maxey: "Ar.
thur plays his hand and never gets
excited. | like to see II man play
out his hand" Said a prominent
Republican Senator: "Y0u may de-
pend upon it, the country will in
dorse the veto. The message is q
fair, aightforward statement of the
question, without extravaganza, and
will go a long way to relieve the APP.
prehension that many thoughtful
people have felt at the passage of Sc
extreme measure. 1t looked as
though the time might come soon
when race prejudice might be strong
enough to push through any Iegisla-
ton. The Republican party has
always claimed to act according
to certain principles of right and
honesty between man and man,
regardless of race or color. If we are
now to permit a law to be enacted
without protest, simply because we
can, in obedience to the hatred OF
one race for another. we stultify the
foundation principles on which We
have stood from the beginning
This bill is bad precedent to set
and our foreigners, of all classes
should reflect long time before they
demand the prohibition of Chinese
emigration, for policy alone, if not
on principle" AS to the course Of
Congress with reference to another
bill this session, opinions differ toe
much yet to prognostica'e.
1t would undoubtedly be well tC
check the immigration of Chinese fol
time, but that could be done ir
strict conformity with the treaty and
in a reputable way, either by sus
pending their coming fol three or five
years or by settling a limit, to the
number that shall be brought over,
1t should not be forgotten that these
people are brought over by Ameri.
cans, in American steamers, as a re.
munerative business. Nor ought il
to be forgotten that if the Caifor.
mans are so unanimous as is pre-
tended in their hostility to Chinese
labor they have remedy in their
own hands. They need not employ