Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-03-10
The New Cabinet,

| ted to the Senate the following Cabinet ON
GERS:
Secretary of State. B. WAsHBURNE,
of Illinois
Secretary of the Treasuy-A. L. STEW
ART, of New York.
Secretary Of Var. NJ. ScHoFIELD, OF
Illinois.
Secretary fhe Nary-ADOLPH BoRIE Of
Pennsylvania.
Secretary Of the htertor-J. D. Cox, Of
Ohio.
Postmaster General-J. A. j. CREss-
WELL, of Maryland.
attorney General-E. R. HoARE, of
NJ ssachusetts.
As some of these men are but little known
to large majority of the people, the follow
ing brief sketches, taken from the Pittsburgh
Commercial may be of general interest:
In selecting Mr.. Washburne to be Secre-
tary of State, the President has done what
almost any man would have done, who re-
allied the Importance of having first among
his counsellors one in whom he had learned
to repose implicit confidence as more than
friend, and who at the same time was full
| ly equal to the position selected for him to
occupy. Mr.. Washburne, besides being full
y equal to the post of Premier, from his
long continuance at the capital probably
knows the public service as well as any man
Cd the present stage of action. There is en-
inent fitness in this selection, and it is good
start in the formation of Cabinet devoted
wholly to the public good. In political
sense: MIR, Washburne is a representative
Radical of the advanced school, and this
fact probably President Grant took fully in
to the account when he chose him for the
first position in his Cabinet.
If to be successful in financial and bust
ness affairs, beyond almost any other man
In our country, Is proof of capacity and fit
ness, then is the selection of A. T. Stewart,
the great New York Merchant, for Secreta-
~ of the Treasury, eminently wise. In his
own business and in his relations with the
business and financial world, he has shown
skill and intelligence which few who have FL
led the post of Financial Secretary have
equalled and none surpassed. Mr.. Stewart
Is not a mere merchant. In the manage
ment of his vast business-the greatest of
any-single individual in the country-he has
cultivated the habit of viewing questions re-
lating to public affairs, especially the fnan-
ces, in broad, comprehensive light, philo-
sophically as well as practically, theoreti-
cally as well as in detail. To him many
. tha, 1r. %
stupendous proportions, are matters of ev-
cry day thought and action. Few men in
our country know SO well the moneyed
world or have so good standing in it as
Mr.. Stewart, and if he will consent to give
his powers and time to the affairs centering
in the Treasury, even till our Finances have
been brought into stable system, Presi-
dent Grant will have made most fortunate
selection in naming Mr.. Stewart.
The naming of Gen. Schofeld to ELL tenn
porarily the post ofSecretary of War, was
compliment due to his taithfulness in that
and every other position to which he had
been called. 1t is understood that he will
shortly resign.
Adolph Borie, for Secretary OF the Navy.
is new man in public life. He is little
Philadelphia, where he has long resided, aud
is esteemed as solid and successful bust
ness man and worthy citizen. Gen Grants |
intimate personal acquaintance With him |
probably enabled him to perceive in Mr.. |
Borie the qualities of intelligence and fdel- |
u, Il l..
was chiefly anxious to Introduce into his |
Cabinet. Although Mr. Borie is pronoun-
ced Republican, he doubtless was invited to
seat in the Cabinet for other than politi- |
cal reasons.
The selection Of Ex- -Govenor Cox, of Ohio,
for Secretary of the Interior, all who know
his frst-class abilities, high-toned charac-
ter, liberal culture, and perfect fidelity to |
every trust, not to speak of his services in |
the war, will applaud most cordially. The
Endorsement which he has secured at the |
hands of the Republican party of Ohio, set
ties his political orthodoxy. We doubt not
President Grant selected him with special |
reference to his known fitness for the very
responsible position of Minister of the Iute-
rior, and for his aggressive hostility to
wrong and every description of corruption,
and especially to the rings which have come
to roost in the Interior Department Ex-
Governor Cox is man of sound practical |
statemanship, aud his appointment is an
other proof of Gen. Grants ability to select |
the right men for responsible positions
The selection of Elk Senator Cresswell. of |
Maryland, for Postmaster General while it |
secures the services of a gentleman thor |
oughly competent to fill the position, is a |
proper recognition of the claims put forth |
by the gallant Republicans of that State and |
the South. He is well known to the coun-
try for practical statemanship and unswer-
wing patriotism, not in sunshine merely; for |
in common with the gallant Republicans OF
Maryland he has been tried in an ordeal to
which scarcely another State has been sub |
jected.
Judge Hoare, who has been named for
the Attorney Generalship, is one of the |
foremost men of the legal profession in Mas |
sachusetts. Standing deservedly high as