News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-25

have assigned to it the bureaus of
Agriculture, Labor, Education, Cen
sus and Statistics, thus bringing into
combination all the bureaus that would
make a harmonious whole and include
all matters pertaining to the country's
industries. Then let President Cleye-
land place at its head some such able,
honest and capable gentleman as
Hon. W. H. Hatch, of Missouri, and
it would be made the leading depart
ment of the government.
Tomorrow the President, in the
presence of acting Vice-Presidenti Ed
munds, Speaker Carlisle and the prom
inent members of both Houses of
Congress, will open the New Orleans
Exposition by telegraph, and start
the machinery by electricity. 1t will
be the grand event of the year, if not
of the century. Standing in the pres
ence of the assembled wisdom of the
nation, the President will address the
people assembled 800 miles away,
and put in motion all the grand ma.
chinery of thousands of horse power
by just one movement of his hand.
There is a pretty little row in the
Democratic camp over the division of
the spoils. There are more hungry
statesmen than there are cabinet Off
ces, and it is clear that the storm
whose rumblings are now heard will
soon break in great fury. The South,
it is pretty generally believed, will be
accorded three places in the cabinet,
including Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware.
The State of Missouri alone presents
three statesmen to fill the two places
not already disposed of, viz: Col.
Jas. o. Broadhead, Hon. John S.
Phelps and GOV. Crittenden. Texas
presents Regain and Hancock, while
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,
Mississippi and Arkansas present,
respectively, Messrs. Barber. Cling
man, Gordon, Money and Garland,
with other States to hear from.
1t may be stated for the benefit of
aspiring statesmen that President-elect
Cleveland has so far developed his po-
sition on the Cabinet question as to
make it clear that his counselors will
not be selected from the following
classes: the men who resigned from
the army or navy to enter the service
of the confederacy, the Senators or
Members who resigned their seats in
Congress to go into the rebellion,
members of the Confederate Congress
or those who occupied prominent
civic positions under the confederacy,
the men of the South who stood on
the fence ready to jump on either side,
nor the men of the South who came
across the line and watched and wait
ed to see which side would win. This
would leave only the honest, straight
forward Confederates or Union men
of the south who acted up to their
convictions and asked only to fight
for what they considered right.
This understanding is causing a
great deal of trouble to the Demo-
cratic mind, and the kickers are as nu-
merous as grasshoppers on Kansas
prairie in plague time. Grey headed
old sinners are examining their rec
ords and, as they find themselves
among the prescribed class, they are
''climbing down" and looking for
places just little below those of
Presidential counsellors. The modest
fellows who are asking for positions as
bureau or division chiefs will fare best.
1t is getting to be believed that Presi-
dent-elect Cleveland would like to see
the Democracy take new departure,
and clear off the old barnacles and
have the old craft manned by young
er and more progressive crews LII
such is the case he will have hard
time of it, and he will find that it is no
easy matter to play the role Of a re-
form President and to reform the Dem
ocratic party at the same time.
The movement to admit Utah is
gaining friends in Congress. 1t is
claimed that the operation of what is
known as the Edmunds bill has elimi-
mated the question of polygamy from
that of admitting the territory to the
sisterhood of States, and that, as the
constitution would have to be ratified
by Congress, the substance of the Ed
munds bill could be incorporated
therein, and the desired end on the
Mormon question reached.
Capt. Eads is again in the city with a
new scheme, and this time it is to
deepen the waters at Galveston, Tex,
and he presents little bin carrying
with it an appropriation of So, $780,
900. 1t is very proper, and we favor
deep water at Galveston, but think
that as long as we have skilled engi-
neers in the army and navy, who are
just as competent as Captain Eads,
money could be saved by the govern
ment in having the work done under
their supervision.
The people of Galveston have con-
tributed thousands of dollars to aid
in having this matter properly pre-
sented to Congress and the public,
but from present appearances the
Captain and his assistants are doing
but little except coming to Washing
ton, living in second class apartments
and sticking these thousands in their
pockets, apparently acting on the
principle that if they fail with their
bill they will still be ahead with the
peoples contributions. Gu.