Year: 1879

stake in the long and often bitter struggle of the
extra session. and that the three months and half
were spent not in saving the country or destroy
ing its liberties, but in man@uvring for poiiti-
cal position. The democrats have gone home
apparently in as good spirits the republicans
They whisper to each other. eat any rate we have
kept the party together;" while the republicans
wink at each other and say. with quiet chuckle.
swell. We have managed to reunite our party once
more" But neither side is confident OF the future
and both snxiously looking for the result of the
fall elections to indicate what the people think.


EFFECT ON THE EXECUTIVE.


The President has. it is generally admitted, been
the greatest and perhaps the only real gamer by
the tedious extra session. It has made him force
In his party The administration has become in the
last three months the head of the party and though
there are still vigorous malcontents like Blaine and
Conkling who stir up perpetual revolt against the
President they put into the White House, Mr..
Hayes has now the great body Of republican
Representatives standing by him, and it
must be said that he has never over
estmated tho character and weight of the Senatorial
opposition to him. He frequently says that quar-
rel between President and the leaders of his party
in the Senate is the normal condition Of Ameri-
can politics. 1t has never alarmed him., and 1t
will not hereafter Inconvenience him even. There
are already straws which show that the antiadmin-
tstration republican leaders in the Senate have
ried their colleagues further than they will ever
carry them hereafter in opposition the President
There is q growing impression among the repub-
licans that Mr.. Hayes is q remarkably cool hand;
patient wary not capable Of getting scared shrewd
and longheaded politician and far wiser and SAFER
party leader than the rate Senators who have vainy
battied against him often.


FEELING AMONG REPUBLICANS itt


vhn xvikI, oek
thought and simply desirous of the of their
party are going home with greatly increased conf
dence in Mr. Hayes. and the faith that he on the
whole the best leader for them. particularly when
elections are at hand. The fsctious opposition Of
republican Senators has lost them both influence
and sdherents of late. Mr.. Conkling tried in vain to
get the New York delegation in the House to vote
against the Army bill. Mr.. Chandler met with the
same Ill with the Michigan delegation. Gen.
eral Garfield. who was understood to represent the
President. easily beat them both and knowsit it.


DEMOCRATIC OPINION HAYES. -e


The democrats still underrate Mr.. Hayes, which is
foolish Of them. They say that he does not always
perform what he promises. which is probably true
as regards Offices. for in such matters he is apt to
act upon his latest lights They naturally irri-
tated at the latest veto but they have themselves
blame for this as we'll the preceding checks they
have met with. and when they get cooler the
sensible men among them will come to the con-
clusion that the President is q more formidable
man to have as an opponent than all the
INSTRUMENTATION republicans in bunch and
that il 1t should occur to the mass
Of the republican politicians to frankly accept his
leadership and guidance and range themselves along
aide Of the administration. q thought which has
found secure lodgment in the brains Of number of
them since the extra session began. the democrats
would have far difficult task in 1880 than they
have SO far anticipated.


THE FALL CANVASS.


Both parties enter reluctantly upon the fall can
vass. The republicans q little afraid of their
safety on the currency issue alone. They will try
mix little Of the "Iebel yell in with the other
issues. The democrats for the present
at q loss whether they ought to make
troops at the polls Mr.. Ewing's currency notions
the leading issue in their campaign. The repubn-
cans hope that by the signature of the Army bill
they have got rid of the roops at the polls" ISSUE
but they have for the most part dread of the whole
question Of the troops and elections marshals and
would rather have 1t ont of their way.


THE PRESIDENT KLEcTIoN Laws.


In this they differ from the President, who, IL he
could make the issues Of this and next years
campaigns for his party. would tell thom to
bury the bloody shirt and the rebel yell
for ever stop the dresry and useless fight against
the southerners and. while looking to questions
to engage the attention Of the country. take the
ground boldly that the supervision of federal eec
tioAs by federal officers. including both supervisors
ard marsh Is. IL proper. necessary. and ought mover
to be given up; that the federal election laws
may need amendment. but that they ought never to
be repealed. and may perhaps in some particulars
neod TO be made more comprehensive ana rigorous.
He not only believes this. but he believes that ma
jority Of the voters throughout the country agree
with him.


INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS Axp SUBSIDIES


Aside from this. there is to believe that he
would favor. and may indeed take the earliest op-
portunity to publicly recommend q comprehensive
system Of public improvements. including the Mis-.
sissipp River and its tributaries and other internal
navigation works, to which no would add liberal
and judcious. though not cxtravagant subsidies to
steam mail lines. which should connect our ports
with those of Central and South America with
view to the rapid and large increase of
our commerce with oil the countries south of us
IN this continent. He would probably seek to form
advantageous commercial treaties with these coun-
tries; he would like to North and South Ameri-
can commercial confederation formed, and II would
not be surprising II he should address Congress on
this subject In December.


What kind Of q reception such policy would meet
with from the hide bound republican leaders who
have spent the winter and spring In bowling about
the rebellion. IL is dcut to forete but IL may
judge from what is said here in private discussion
on such subjects az this. IL certain that II
Mr.. Hayes should boldly recommend a distinct
policy Of this kind in his next annual message he
would not necd to care for the opposition of the
Senatorial mslcontcnts who have hitherto opposed
him. There is to believe that tho extra
session has made him strong enough with his party,
In his own belief to venture ON such new ground in
December. But the result OF the fall elections will
have good deal of influence on his mind.


rHE REpuBrIcANs.


There is . rumor current here that the Grant
republicans are quietly preparing what some
Of them arc said TO speak of rs
"watcrloo for the administration in Ohio"
Tho plan is. this rumor asserts. not only
20 beat Mr.. Foster. but to let tho Legislature ba