Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-19
CAPITAL NOTES.
THE UTTER FAILURE OF ARTR UR,S
ADMINISTRATION.
He Loves His Ease Too Much to Permit
of His ReYOlutiOnizing the Administers
tiOn-Senator VOORHEES, on the Result of
the Election in Indiana.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

Arthur, and he leaves the government as q
machine to run in a happy go-lucky way.
For more than "a year the president has
administered the legacy left him by as
sassination, and up to this time has done
no work which will enter into the school
books of the future. He enjoys his ease,
likes good living, keeps late hours at night
and begins the day with breakfast when
the majority of mankind are thinking of
their dinner. 1t cannot be said that
Arthur has made.a great president. He is
no doubt, however, a safe one. He is al
ways about ready to do some thing, but
he is so slow in all his official movements
that it gives him the reputation
of being lazy, and no doubt,
he is. When Arthur went into the White
house there is no doubt he made up his
mind to renew the lsase, if it happened to
be in his power to SO manage things. He
found his party divided then as now. He
was in the middle of river, as it were,
boat laden with golden apples, and on
either shore the faction were marshalled
waiting for some valuable freight. He
evidently thus ruminated: ssWhat care I
for the troubles between these men? These
apples are pretty, and they all want them.
They don't cost me anything, and am GO
| ing to throw them on both sides of the
| river. Now this is what President Ar
thur called the policy of Cancellation.
| On the lone side of the river
were the stalwarts. They had reason to
hope that they would get all the pippins
and occasionally give the other crowd a
core. Imagine their surprise at first, and
their disgust subsequently, when they saw
that the other fellows were treated almost
as well as themselves. This may be a rude
way of exemplifying the policy of the
president, but it does it nevertheless.
About all the good will there is in the
White house, after all, is in the offices.
These are a mighty load to build up or
load down. Mr.. Arthur continued this
policy thus inaugurated, and still continues
it. Whenever a half-breed gets an office
he feels thankful and draws the
salary with Christian punctuaity.
Whenever stalwart gets one the same, the
half-5reeds raise up on their Launches, show
their rear elevation, and declare the presi-
dent is favoring the bosses. If they could
get two Offices, and the other fellows only
one, they would declare Mr.. Arthur was.
after all, reforming the civil service.
The president may be satisfied with his
policy, but the result, as shown by the re-
cent election. is, first, this: Instead of
making recruits and binding up the
wounds, he has simply driven away from
| him scores and scores of friends. and
placed in the hands of those who don't
care continental for him the ammunition
| with which to carry on war against him. It
is not infrequent now to hear stalwarts be-
rate the president. Some of the
| men he has driven away
were his nearest friends, who had reason to
believe that they would have some influ-
ence with him.
There is the best reason fer believing
that the reports that Grant and Conkling
have less power at the White house than
| accredited to them are true. The defeat
the administration received at the recent
| election was overwhelming enough to con-
vince novice in politics that the present
occupant Of the White house will have to
ind other quarters two years hence. No
| doubt the president believes it. For this
reason it was thought that his policy of
gathering the factions together in one
broad party would be abandoned, and that
he would try to win back his old friends
| and keep the machine stalwart.
This accounts for the reports
telegraphed away that the cabinet was to
be reorganized and that important changes
were to be made in New York and other
states. If the president liked his elegant
leisure there might be fear of this. Ar
thur cannot be convinced that his policy
has failed. To change it, however, would
involve turmoil, and strife, and vexation of
| spirit For man who does not care to
begin the day before noontide, and who
would rather fish for cells than win ap-
plause, this is no small undertaking.
Senator Voorhees, reached the city last
evening. He took very active part in the
Indiana campaign, and is naturally in
happy frame of mind over the result. He
says that the victory achieved
| is one that is going to
stand. The Republican party was
united and active, and there was nothing
in the circumstances of the triumph to
indicate that it will be reversed. The
Democratic carried eighteen out of the
| twenty-four senators who will hold over
| and participate in the election of the
| next United States senator. The senator
| is especially jubilant over the Democratic
success in Heilman's district. The result
for congress corresponds with Mr.. Vocr-
hees' prediction in this city prior to the
Ohio election. The only district lost by
the Democrats that could have been car
ried was one in which the Democratic can
didate thought he could make special
point by assailing the river and harbor
bill. The senator is fully confident that
the Democratic party will come into pow
or at the next presidential election, and he
will not favor any bill, whatever its spe-
cious title, the effect of which will be to
perpetuate the existing monopoly of the
Offices of the common governme n. Of the
people.
The Ohio Ladies' Aid society of the