New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-14
THE PUBLIC MIND MADE Up LONG AGO
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Some OF President Garhvlds very first ap-
ponune0t- proved his intention 10 k.oN no i-iOlS N
then existed There were 1--WE Important hcrs vacant
In nh, ,.if,. " New-York President Grant on the last
Cav Of ni, office in 1877, hau heo them by the
removal uc then incumbent. amt tnc appointmcn. OF
men whom senator ConklIg mad NAMED. who were
HAYES tu attempted 10 MI these offices, before tie %
f U March by appOIu ing aut-CouAllug men, Dut me
'priuatc mai prevented TINS by defeating aciiOu upon
the u.,.eou tier confirmation by the senate. II
would have 1ten eourJeoHs ,AAs 10 LII. HA' 60 Ior
Senate and insisted that vote should be taken upon
names %. all five OIL Mr. CoukIugs friend.,
and, ai'Aol9h he subsequently Withdrew
Irup0T ID M some OF them. il only ate. Mr. Conf
ling ana friends had demanded uc 'ehote Of the FED
ert patronage Of tue Empire STATE, uad dcucd the
Ire-lceut. Nor was tins All. Nj. J'aneS' one VI Nj
CynKu-'s most intimate personal tTcuLS, ana an un
ducnlng supporter OF the 'primate m all his political
ambitious. had been made Postmaster General anu
eoLurAel larger pa. ronage tAa4 an otheI DAOi4et
uent name men. had been gwen me much coveted
frDIc Mission ana OF War ard the Navy
pa'F which Mr; C0"kIng led iIler'l mere wac soo'
alarm that existed among the aniC0nk
hns men in te party and lof TIC DcAeI 1Aat tAe 9'@
Upfo tin the President nad been than fair
re@ous Tor knowing that ~ did nor con
t,bpa.u change in the NeW-Iork Custom
House. Bus hOW GcEcltd G.rdeias gen
eious treatment Of the stawaIis received zig
uratyty speaking they held war-iance. They heaped
d.paye courage enough 60 vote their constituents
desie THAR tuey snouhi vote and moi as Boss Co.ng
Garfield, nomination aud detection possible were trodGen
into the dust by The stalwarts. ard spit upon, and
TN the assertion that they would not be re-
warde4 ther treacuery Ia the machine. lhe Re
publican party throughout the country, except the
minority OF otalwaTts, becoming alarmed and II
really looked though the Administration going 10
yrecK " patronage during the first weeks OF
tts existence.
Ia this emergency President GIrheld's real friends
urged him to take q step which would convince
Inc country that he had not surrendered % the
salwar- and that Mr. COnkling moi 70 oe tue die
rator OF ms Administration ana he nominated Judge
Robertson tAu OF the anti COnkng RepuOlcans
in New ORR, 10 DO the Collector OF the Port.
PerhaUs II war not Civil Service Reform, but
IL was the act OF self-prestrvatiOn. IL was
a. This crisis, when the StaIV arts ana some
others " no we're tmid urging the President 10 re-
trace his steps and withdraw Judge RODersOns NAME
that Mr. Whtelaw Reid wrote the dispatch which The
Herad printed On Friday. II was full OF good advice
l. urged tie President 10 show DOldness and enacity
aud rfed HIM that least wagering would DC fatal
how faa A. would have been, the subsequent behavior
Of Messrs COuk.iug and Patt conclusivey showed Is
there Republican in this state VINO know ng what ne
knows M COnkhngs selnshness, woud WISH I'm
T. ts power behind the throne III Whshngtoui IL
man who resigned MS seat In the United States Senate
lett pagrs minority and did every lhlhS ne euuu
rrcnert 70 his political opponents because single
Appointment did not suit him. NJ 10 dictate pOlcy 70
Administration And II that this man might not
b. dictator that President Garfield ook the step
be did and that Mr. Whiteaw Reid, the EdltOr OF 1hE
IElBt 81. urged upon linn Dodhess ana teHGCiy. ~.
people have long ago passed Judgment
Gu ths whole matter, those JOURNALS ana Pouclu
VINO attempt ana secure ieFS45ai VI
mat judgment VIII certainly fdI