Year: 1878

ley TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I


w,sUrxGToN. April l4.-"The reorganization OF
the Republican Congressional Committee Said
member of that body who is in full sympathy WIN
the majority of his party in Congress- to-uaS'
"meant much more than appeared on the surface,
The few friends the President had Ill Congress "'oo
with a good deal of prudence"


''The necessity for a special session Of Congress-
he said "was as obvious last March as it was when
the proclamation cOnvening it to meet III October
WAS issued 1t is now quite apparent that the
President and his real advisers had marked ont a
line of action to which the new Congress would be
hostile and had determined to get breathing time
10 have the Government fully committed to their
plans, such as they were, to obtain such lndorse-
ment as they could get from all sources When
Congress- met this condition of affairs confronted
the Republican leaders. Two of the three Southern
States that might have been held by the Republican
party had been turned the tender mercies Of
such Democracy as they have in Louisiana and
South Carolina. One or two members of the Cab
met had done their best to strip the party OF all the
powers and prestige of the possession of Govern
ment disposition to TesurTect some old, or found
some new party, was the ill-cOncealed sentiment ID
the precincts of the White House. That some of
the Presidents friends contemplated, and that he
desired some kind of Endorsement of what he had
done from Congress, is now known. Had his friends
attempted it, signal defeat would have been the con-
gequence. The Democrats were perfectly willing to
take the benft of all he gave them, but were un-
willing to commit themselves to any of his theories,
nor would they indOrse administration the illegal
title of which was to be the chief plank IN their
platform of 1880"


"Why was not the Republican party reorganized
when Congress met, and before the differences
between the President and his party had been so
widely advertised 7" was asked


THAT was contemplated" was the reply. Feel
ing themselves stripped of the President they had
elected, the necessity of wellknit organization OF
tried leaders was more apparent to all Republicans.
But such an organization could not have been
easily or safely made then. The wounds were too
fresh Doubts were too strong for any renewal of
confidence. The shrewder men determined to wait.
and they acted wisely. The six months session has
so far been productive of valuable experience and
when the leaders of both Houses met they brought
the benefits of that experience with them."


THE CABINET CRITICISED.


"Do you conside the reconciliation in any
measure complete


"No; something nearer to it would have been
effected except for disturbing causes The Cabinet
was incOngruOus aud could hardly be said to he Re-
publican. Mr.. Evarts not personally obnoxious,
but his party ties were believed to hang loosely
about him. 1t is always questionable policy for
a President to select member of his Cabinet a
man who is not in good standing with the dominant
wing of his party in his State. With man great
as Daniel Webster that might do but he would re-
Quire the capacity to rise above all old party differ
eDces and treat opponents, even rivals, with that
generous magnanimity which alone can justify
such a selection Unhappy, the Premier had ex-
peTienced long string of political ambitions and
defeats, and was about the only man in the Cabi-
net who was suspected of having presidential bee
in his bonnet He was a disturbing rather than
soothing element and helped to drive from Mr..
Hayes those whose counsels ought to have sup
ported him.


"The obnoxious member of the Cabinet" con-
tinued the speaker "is Senator Schurz not because
he is a German for Albert Gallatin was not hated.
He is regarded as adyenturer a dOctrinaiTe,
political charlatan. Possessing genius and bril-
lancy he is utterly destitute of practical capacity.
He had touched politics only to disOrganize them.
He had sown the seed Of discord while in Wisconsin
and had ruined the Republican party in Missouri;
and the Republican leaders with dismay saw him
take place where he could repeat the mischief
broader scale. The Interior Department is the most
intensely business branch of the Government and he
who had proved himself a failure in his
own business enterprises took the helm
OF that unwieldy craft in an cratic
way that was sure to come to grief He treated the
heads of his bureaus clerks; and suspected clerks
and seemed to be animated by a desire to demon
strate that the concern was rotten when he entered
it. Like the Democratic House, his department be-
came a caravansaTy Of smelling committees. 1t has
been impossible to get business transacted in any
bureau which he tries to exercise jurisdiction
and he tries to exercise jurisdiction in the most
trivial matters in them ALL So thoroughly dsliked
has he become that If q resolution asking his
expulsion from the Cabinet were offered
by unanimous consent, 1t is doubtful if
any man of any party would object The
Republican leaders have a deeper grievance on
Secretary Schurz's account He is believed to hate
the party in his heart and to feel outlawed from it,
He tries to build up system of European bureau
ocracy in Washington, bureau of men without
politics; political eunuchs and janizaries who shall
not be controlled even by men who have opinions,
His influence with Mr.. HAYES is believed 10 he
great and the shrewdest and coolest leaders also
believe that 1t will be impossible to restore and
MAINTAIN harmony while he is an adviser Moth
ing has done more to weaken Mr.. Hayes in the
opinion of the strong men OF ms party than the
influence that General Schurz has over him, as they
cannot reconcile it with any theory of high or
der Of capacity IN the President.


THE ORGANIZATION COMPLETE.


Now, what of the caucusP


Il have described the condition of political feeling
in the Republican party when the caucus met. The
preliminary caucus was storm but had the effect
Of clearing the atmosphere. All the elements of
storm were in the great caucus, and perhaps larger
and more influential body of Republicans never as
sembled. There was no subserviency. There was
hope with many but no certainty as to what
would be the Presidents course The feeling was
not developed in debate, of which there was little
The speech of Mr.. Edmunds was pronounced 10 be
very happy. 1t carefully avoided antagonzing the
resolution of Senator Sargent The feeling of
almost every member was not to raise an issue
which might mt them and the praaidant mora