Show ES EX SENATOR SE SARGENT we have antly made allusion to the probability of ex senator sargent being bein off offered ere d a situation in the cabinet of president arthur aithur from a knowledge of the gentle genile mans character and abilities we ire au id but express our satisfaction with that prospect p ro objections have been raised against MY fr sargent even from among the organs of the ve very ry party of which he lie has always been a prominent member the republican party still the overwhelming wh wb elming majority of the journals of the pacific coast arc are in favor of mr sargent occupying a position among the advisers of the chief executive of the united states matiy r inu of the es ex senator for a it portfolio port folia in washington thus the he S F examiner the leading organ of the democracy of california says whilst differing with sir sargent in politics and whilst not tb thinking inking him one of the roost most brilliant or of public men we yet con concede cede that as a man of good common sense and of indomitable industry he lie possesses es qualities which ihnot if nut showy are at least t respectable and likely to prove useful in office certainly no more representative man stands prominently jonii forward in the reau republican lican party on this coast if he is declared ared not to be a fit representative of republic republicanism cism it is certain that tha party on this side of the continent would be at a loss to present a bettee considering the abuse heaped upon the coast candidate for a cabinet position by euch such sheets as the S P chronicle it is agreeable ag to read words as the following uttered by a democratic paper on a republican politician mr sargent ought t to be specially fitted for the peculiar duties of the interior de department apartment part ment he ile is well versed in the questions pertaining er to land matters ahil which lie will be called upon to determine he ought also to know know as much about indian difficult difficulties ios as any of his predecessors re d As a lawyer a co congressman gres busman senator and western pioneer his esperie experience n cc has been considerable enough to constitute him a safe Secretary y odthe of the interior |