Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15

For Democratic President pursuing con.
servative policy toward the South must me-
cesearily, have had to contend against uni
ted Republican opposition whereas, Re.
publican President, in his efforts to establish
such policy, must necessarily have liberal
share of Republican cooperation. A Demo-
cratic President might have failed in such q
task but Republican President cannot
fail-provided the Democracy stand by him.
PRESIDENT HAYES CABINET.
The following are the Cabinet appointments
of President Hayes:
Secretary of ofstate-Wm. M. E7arts, of New
York.
Secretary of the Treasury-John Sherman,
of Ohio.
Secretary of War-George W. McCrary,
of Iowa.
Secretary of the Navy-R. M. Thompson,
of Indiana.
Secretary of the Interior-Carl schurz, Of
Missouri.
Attorney General Charles Devens, of
Massachusetts.
Postmaster .General-David M. Key, of
WIN. N. EVARTS, ....
The new Secretary of State, was born in Bos
ton in 1S1s and graduated from Yale in 1887
with the highest honors. Having studied law
at Harvard University, he was admitted to
the bar in the city of New York in 1840. His
extensive and profound legal knowledge soon
brought him into eminence in his native State,
where he was repeatedly offered high judicial
positions; but his success as a practitioner
Welding him remuneration far in excess Of
that attached to the Judiciary, he felt justi.
fed in declining the profered honors. As
one of the counsel of Andrew johnson in the
celebrated impeachment trial, his forensic
ability was exhibited in marked degree, and
tended materially to enhance his already bril-
liant reputation as. jurist. From July,
1868, to March, 1859, he held the Cabinet
position of Acknowledgement of the United
States, which he resigned in order to resume
the practice of his profession. He is the au-
thor of several legal treatises, and, in conjunc-
ton with others, of the civil code of procedure
of the State of New York, besides serving as
member of the commission for the revision and
codifcation of the laws of the United States.
As counsel in some of the important causes
in the highest courts of the United States,
Mr.. Evar,s has won worldwide and most
enviable reputation.
JOHN SHERMAN,
The Secretary of the Treasury, comes from
Connecticut family founded by a refugee
Roundhead from Essex, England. His faith
er, Charles Robert Sherman, a lawyer, re-
moved to Ohio IN 1910, and became. a Judge
of the Supreme Court He married young,
and had family of eleven children. Of the
sons, William Tecumseh Sherman is the gen.
eral of the army. John Sherman was the
eighth child. He was born at Lancaster,
Ohio. May 10, 1928, and received his early
education at Mount Vernon, Ohio. At four
teen be was sent to the Muskingum Improve.
ment to earn bis own living and to learn civil
engineering. After two years, political chan
ges deprived him of his position, and he began
the study of law at Mansfield, Ohio, with his
brother, Charles T. Sherman, aftsrward Uni.
ted States District Judge. He studied Latin
aud read largely of English standard authors.
He was licensed to practice law the day after
he became of age. He distinguished himself
in the House Of Representatives as fluent
debater and man of affairs. He was again
elected to the Thirty fifth and Thirty.sixth
Congresses He was the Republican candi'
date for Speaker of the latter. and after an un-
precedented contest, wanted only one or two
votes to secure his election. During that
Congress, he was chairman of the Committee
on Msys-aaa Means. In 1860, he was elect.
ed to the Thirty-seventh Congress, but in
1861. on the resignation of Senator Chase, he
was elected by the Ohio Legislature to the
United States Senate and placed upon its most
important committee-that of finance. He
served during his Congressional career on the
Committees on Agriculture. Pacific Railroad,
Judiciary and Patent Office. besides the FL
nance Committee. In person, Senator Sher.
man is tall and spare. with brown hair, gray
eyes, large head, and countenance expressive
of decision. firmness and selfcontrol. He
speaks without effort or oratoricsl display.
GEORGE W. M'cRARY,
The Secretary of War, was one Of the earliest
selections made by the President. He re.
ceived the solid support of his State, and
may be considered the most prominent repre-.
sentative man of the Republicans of the
Northwest. His abilities have long made him
rank among the foremost men in the House.
He has served upon the Judiciary Commit.
tee, is recognized as sound lawyer, and has
the credit of originating the plan for the set
tlement of the Presidential dispute by COM
mission.
RICHARD M. THOMPSON,
The Secretary of the Navy, was an Old-Line
Wing. He was born in Culpeper, Va, in
1909, and went to Kentucky in the days of
Daniel Boone, before he was twenty-one, and
settled IN Louisville In 1881 as clerk. He
removed to Indiana, and was admitted to the
bar in 1884. He was several times elected
to the Legislature, and acted as President of
Senate and Lieutenant Governor. In 1910,
as Clay elector, he stumped the State and
wrote articles in Clsy's interest. He served
two terms in Congress between 1887 and
1845. He then refused reelection. Last
year he headed the Indiana delegation at
Cincinnati, and made a speech in support Of
Morton for President. He is said to be So
cal, popular and of the better sort Of poll
ticisns.
CARL sHURZ,
The Secretary of the Interior, who has been
80 prominent in public affairs for number
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