Year: 1870

WHAT HE THINKS OF SECRETARY CoX's REsIG-


NATION, THE SAN DOMINGO PURCHASE, AND


THE LAW RESPECTING THE MEETING or


THE NEW CONGRESS.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The President has
recently, In conversation with Senators and others,
pressed his views quite freely on questions Of public in
terest His feelings in regard to the resignation Of Sec
retaTy Cox are unchanged. The difficulty was
one Of the secretarys own creation, he thinks
Tie Secretary had determined 10 resign and TO
make an issue between himself and the President
as Q pretext for so doing. In proof OF this, the
fact is urged that Gen. Cox did not wait to II the
President would order the removal Of clerk for not pay
ing the assessment made by the political committee He
chose TO take 1t for granted that the President had the in
tentiOn Of interfering In the management OF his Depart
ment although the President had expressed such In
tention, and had given evidence OF entertaining IT,
Certain intimate political friends OF the President assert


that the resignation Of the Secretary but the carry


ing out Of careful and deliberate plan having for its
object to make him the especial champion OF civil
reform with view to his candidacy for the Presidency
upon that issue. The feeling against Secretary Cox IL
very strong at the White House, and the President is
earnest in maintaining the Justice Of his own position.


The President has by abandoned the hope OF
ultimately securing the ratification Of the San Domingo
purchase. portion Of the forthcoming Message will be
devoted to this subject and the influence Of the Admin


stration will be powerfully exerted during the coming
session to induce the Senate Its action Of
session. The ratification will be pressed Admins
tratiOn measure notwithstanding the opposition Of many
prominent Republicans who claim that the OF the
President in thus insisting upon the treaty is damaging
to the Republican party.


The President expresses himself IN favor Of the
peal Of the law providing for session Of the Con
gress beginning the 4th Of March, He fears that such
session would be long and angry one, continuing into
the Summer There would probably be bitter fight for
the organization Of the House TO begin with and then
would come up the tariff question and great deal Of
general legislation, the debates and dsagreements upon
which would tend to demOraze the Republican party and
interfere with its success the FAN elections. Gems.
Butler schenck, Garfield and other prominent members
OF Congress- opposed TO the repeal Of the law They
say that there ought to be no nterTegnum between
the end OF one Congress and the beginning
of the next, and thatacontingencies might arise
when it would be dangerous for the country to Do
without an organized House Of Representatives besides
the organization Of the House in the Spring greatly
facilitates business at ensuing Winter Mem
bers know on what committees they are to serve and
during the Summer vacation inform themselves in the
particular branches OF legislation pertaining To their
committees so that at the December meeting they
ready to commence work inteligently. This was
illustrated last Winter, when the important
Census bill prepared by committee during
the Summer debated at length and passed through
the House before the holidays The Spring session also
gives opportunity Of supplying any omissions or cor
recting any mistakes occurring in the hurried legislation
OF the short session. which ends perforce at
March t. These are the two views OF the question: the
Presidents being OF political expedency and the
other one OF legislative convenience and efficiency It
impossible predict which will prevail.