The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-04
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General Grant Searching for a Cabinet.

General Grant Searching for Cabinet.
From The ~ Y. Herald.
The cabinet-making cliques Of the Repub-
lican party are busily at work all over the
country framing a Cabinet for General Grant.
At is amusing to witness the activity and ex-
citement the discussion of the subject occa-
sions in the Republican papers. The Chicago
organ, supposed to be speaking er Cdthedrd,
sets up one man one day and another man the
next. The last trotted out was the Hon. Ben
Wade for Postmaster-General. But no mat
Ter who may be at the top of the heap as the
Western man for the Cabinet at any time, the
Inevitable Washburpe always turns up. AS
for Ben Wade being made Postmaster General,
the idea is prepOsterous. He is a good man
enough; but Horace Greeley is already on the
slate for that place. Other Western cliques
put in claims for General Schenck, Senator
Sherman, General Rawlns, Representative
Wilson, and a score of others for any position
that may be open; therefore there will be no
difficulty in General Grant selecting his entire
Cabinet from the West if he be so minded.
Then again, there are a Stanton clique, with
headquarters in Washington; Sumner and
Wilson cliques, with headquarters in Boston;
1he New York quadruple cliques, answering
alike for the North, South, East, and West,
and ready to take the entire job of cabinet
making for the new administration at heavy
discount. OF course there are, besides the
above, the Pennsylvania high tariff clique, the
Down East shipping clique, the bondholders'
clique, the Pacific Railroad or California
clique, the army and navy clique-which is a
Strong one-the annexation or flibustering
clique, and we do not know how many more,
all ready to push before General Grant repre-
sentative man for place in his Cabinet.
Meanwhile, like Diogenes with his lantern
In search of an honest man, General Grant
goes quietly on a tour of inspection in search
of Cabinet material. He writes no letters ask
ing the views of this or that parsonage upon
political measures, but makes personal re-
connoissance for himself He leaves Wash
sngton, reaches Philadelphia, and after meet
ing Manchester, of the fine old revolutionary
Scotch stock, takes social bite of haggis with
his Scotch friends of the st. Andrews Society,"
and finally drives with his friend, General
Rucker, to the latter's private residence in
West Philadelphia. He arrives in New York
and goes to the private residence of Mr.. John
C.. Hamilton, descendant of the fine old
Hamilton family of the Revolution, especially
famous for its original notions about finance. He
reaches Boston, and makes Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams, another descendant of one of the fine
old families of the Revolution, his confidential
communicant. He gives public reception at
zhe st. James; but the drawing room doors Of
1he learned, the opnlent the aristocratic OF
ihe Hub fly open as if by magic to welcome
fhe hero. Old Harvard gravely mods its well
greeting, and the Cradle of Liberty rocks with
new joy at his approach. Here he will ascer-
tain all that New England expects, and little
more, at the hands of his administration. He
may have a talk with Sumner; but according
TO the Chicago oracle the interview will be
more "polite than friendly" Returning-if
the original programme be carried out-Gene-
raj Grant will call upon General Burnside, in
Providence, and hold friendly chat with his
old oomrade, in common with other Rhode
Islanders of distinction; for Rhode Island,
small as it is, has always been famed for its
men of talent, wealth, and influence.
Thus by personal inspection and converse
tion, by a practical reconnaissance of the
whole field, will General Grant ascertain who
are the best men for the position of Cabinet
advisers, whose ideas (upon finance particu-
larly) agree with his own, and who may be
willing to carry out his own decided views and
policy. In this tour we pray that General
Grant may be more successful than poor
old Diogenes was when searching for an ho-
nest man, and find, what the country has
sadly needed for many years, an honest Ca
RiIet.