The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-03-11
Local and Miscellaneous.
Grants Cabinet.

The following in regard to the
men selected by President Grant, We
take from the Cincinnati Gazette:--
The Office of Secretary Of the Treasu.
ry is the most important in the Cab
met. For this Gen. Grant has Sc.
lectcd A. 7. Stewart, leading and
widely known dry goods mercha mt Of
New York City, who has accumulate t.
cd great weIlth by trade. Mr.. Stew
art brings to the Office the qualities
which have been demonstrated by
tho successful management Of a large
business, and which might be expect.
cd to fit him for entering upon the
duty of reforming the service WIN ch
allows more than hundred millions
of taxes to slip through tho muchir-
cry Of collection.
1t is understood that Mr.. Stewart
will cuter with zeal upon the work Of
seeing that the taxes which are
levied shall be added to the revenues
of the Government His experience
in importing goods, aud the illcgiti-
mate competition he has had to con-
tend with from goods that have evad-
cd the duties, will give him an intel
ligent zeal in reforming the New
York Custom House, in which frauds
have been making progress which
threatens the same destruction of
revenue that has taken place in the
whisky excise. In one of his annual
reports, Secretary Mccullough esti-
mates the imports that escapes du.
tics at over one hundred millions
No observer will estimate that any
considerable part of this is done by
border smuggling. The bulk of it
must be carried on by fraud and cor.
Iuption in the New York Custom
House.
The honest collection of the revc-
nue. from customs and from excise,
will give US, on the present levy, a
handsome surplus to apply on the
principal of the public debt. There
is at this time no practical financial
question that exceeds in importance
that of the collection Of tho revenue.
Ol the matter ofcurrency, it is un.
derstood that Mr.. Stewart is in favor
of a restoration Of specie aud specie
redcemabie notes. as the money Of
trade. This, We suppose, is the view
of the great majority Of the people,
1t lis to be supposed, of course, that
he is in favor Of the restoration of
coin as the medium Of trade, without
any ruiuous disturbance Of the mea-
ture Of existing contgrets
The Office of the Secretary Of the
Interior is next in importance. For
this, Gen. Grant has chosen ex-Gov-
ernor j ID. Cox, of Oslo, an excel.
lent aud distinguished soldier in the
war, man who has the faculty for
a
business organization, an admirable
executive officer, a man of unques :
toned integrity, and who will brirg a
high and conscientious zeal to any
public duties that he undertakes
The selection is honorable to both
parties, and excellent for the coun-
try. o
The nomination of E., B. Wash
burnc to the Office of Secretary of
State is what might be expected from
the personal relations existing be.
tween him and Gen. Grant. Mr..
sWashburuo has long held high po-
sition in tbs House Of Representa-
stives, by virtue Ofhis personal quail
ties. p,r.rF-- mann
AgoD. Cresswelb of Maryland,
nominated for Postmaster General,
was United States Senator. aud is a
leading Republican in that State.
E.P. Hoar is a leading lawyer aud
JudgeO Of Massachusetts, aud son of
Samuel HOar, who was appointed by
that State to bring before the United
States Court in South Carolina the
cases of colorcd seauon, who, by the
laws Of the State, were seized and
kept in prison until vessels we're
ready to leave port, aud we're then
given up at the cost Of tho vessel, or
sold for jail fees. Judge Hoar went
TO Charleston with his daughter, and
was warmed to leave on time under
: penalty of lynchiOg. That-was the
ever to be lamented time of the Uu-
ion as it was" He is eminsntly fitted
for tho position of Attorney General,
AdOlph E. Borie is successful