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Show LOSING GROUND. CoW'irdice seldom wins. It was ft cowardly act on the part of the administration ad-ministration to postpone uot'l autumn ( the extra session et congress. The indications now are that instead ot profiting by the delay, Mr. Hayes will encounter a more formidable opposition opposi-tion iu October than he would have met with in Juno, The couise of the . republicans in Iowa and the general condemnation of the arbitrary order to officeholders are signs of a foarful storm brewing in his own party. When he is condemned by the men who eleoted him, who will hold up his hands? The democrats will be cheered and strengthened in their opposition by the divisions in the republican ranks. During the recent trip to New England, Eng-land, Mr. Hayes did not strengthen himself at all. He made no speech indicative of any BOrt of greatness. The impression which he made was that of a very commonplace man. Ons or two addresses of welcome spoken at him were so adulatory as to b Billy and Bickening, but there was little evidence anywhere of approval ap-proval of his policy. We think, on the whole, it is quite safe to say that Mr. Hayes has been steadily losing ground. Ab to the cabinet, it has done nothing noth-ing to maku up for the deficiencies nt the president. All its members sbara in the odium of the arbitrary order to officeholders, white there is a growing distrust in the discretion and judgment judg-ment of the seoretary of the interior, and tho seoretary of state and secretary secre-tary of war together seem likely to involve us in a war with Mexico. If the administration goes on losing ground until October, where will it i stand whtn the first congress Bince ita . organization shn.ll meet? N. Y, Sun. |