The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-03-06
GRANTS CABINET.

Through the courtesy of Mr.. N. j.
SAVERS, telegraph operator at this place
". are enabled to lay before our readers
the following Cabinet appointments
made by President Grant:
Secretary of State, E. B. Washburne
Secretary Of the Treasury, A. T. Stewart. of
New York; Secretary of the NAVY, II. E.
Borie, of Pennsylvania Secretary Of the
Interior, J. u. Cox. of Ohio; Postmaster
General, ]. A. Cresswell. of Maryland !;
ATTORNEY General, E. B. Hoar, of Mas~achu-
sets. Schofeld remains in the War Depart
ment.
So, it seems, all the guessing that
has been INDUCED in has proven to be
very wide of the mark. We are as
tonished at the new Presidents selection
of Secretary Of State, although the
country has long been prepared 10 learn
that Grant would offer Washburne II
place in bis Cabinet We have great
faith in Grants Judgment OF men and
things, but +. b Washburne has never
although generally recognized as an
honest, straightforward man. If he
accepts the protered homer he my
prove himself to be the right MAE in the
RICH. place thus illustrating that Grants
discrimination with regard TO civil APP
pointme nts is as unerring as his jl.dy
ment of the fitness and CAPABILITIES of
military men. A. T. St-watts ap
pointment to the Treasury Department,
will be hailed with satisfaction every
where. Mr.. Stewart has shown himself
one of the ablest hnanciers of The age
in the conduct of his own business and
we may with much reason expect thar
he will display an equal adaptabili'y in
conducting the monetary "tf"irs OF the
natiou. H. E. Burie, The new S .cretary
Of the Navy, is somebody of whom We
never heard before; and We can therefore
venture no well founded opinion with
regard to his fitness for that place.
General and ex Governor J. D. Cox is a
man of fair abilities, generally esteemed
as rigidly honest and Of u conservative
turn. We canno. guess where be can
have acquainted himself with the intri-
cate business of the Interior Depart
ment. Rather "light weight" We
should say. ]. A. Cresswell, of Mary
land, has had considerable experience
in public life and is rated high among
our public men. We should say that
be was an excellent selection for the
Post Office Department. He can make
his administration II profitable and brill
liant one by reforming some of the
abuses of his department aud by using
his influence to connect the Telegraph
with the Postal system. f b. Huar, of
Massac usetts, who succeeds Mr.. W. NJ.
Evarts as Attorney General, is u lawyer
of high standing. The retention of
Schofeld in the War O.iite will meet
the appreciation of the country.
By the selection OF his Cabinet Presi
dent Grant has shown that lie means to
exercise his OWE Judgment with regard
to the affairs of his administration aud |
in SO far as be has thus rentursd an in
novation upon the former usHgss Of the
Executive office he has started in a d.
rection which, experimental and novel
as it is, gives US promise of Il change for
The better. We could have wished that
be bad regarded the interests of the
Pacific coast so far as to have named |
one Of the public men of these States
for a place ih his Cabinet. Williams OF
Oregon would have been an improve
ment, we think, over Cox for the lnteriur