The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-04-11
CABINET PORTRAITS.


The Cabinet of President Hayes is in
some respects disappointment 10 eStrome
men Of both parties. Ii is, however, COM
posed Of able men known TO the country,
Of large experience, and with hut one ex-
ception, Of unQucstioned Republican re-
cord. We use these words saviSoalys be-
cause we regard the nomination from that
standpoint Of Carl Sehurr as entirely APP
propriate under all the circumstances,
while not considering it altogether eSpe-
dioat from other considerations. The
SECRETARY or SrArr,
William Maxwell EyartS, belongs to an old
Puritan family Of Massachusetts,. Ho was
born in Boston in 1878. and is now in the
6tty-niuth year Of his age, In 1887 he
graduated at Yale College, and was adj
nitted TO the bar in New York in 1871.
He received the degree OF lila u. from
Union College in 1857, from Yale in 1865,
and from Harvard in 1870. In politics he
was, until tho formation of the Republican
party, y Wing with Free Soil proclivitieS.
Until the assault ON the Union, however,
he was not an active or prominent figure
III politics. AT the famous war meeting in
Union square, New York, he made an
eloquent and powerful speech, on the same
platform AS our beloved Baker. During
the war he was often heard. but his great
reputation was that Of a lawyer, He has
been undeniably the foremost advocate and
equity lawyer at the American bar for the
lsst fifteen years. His name has never
been smirched with cases such as those
that befoul the professional regulations Of
some other great advocates. During the
Administration OF Andrew johnson, Nh,
Evarts parted company with the larger
part of his political associates, and at the
impeachment trial in 1868, was the leading
counsel for the President. He afterward
served as Attorney General, and probably
saved the obstinate TenneSSeesn from more
annoyances and many blanderS. In public
character we look upon Evarts as the
counterpart Of Seward, There IS tenn
peramental and even physical similarity
Mr.. Evarts served as counsel for the United
States N the Genera arbitration, and did
his country excellent service. Since then,
until the last compSiga and the contest be-
fore the Electoral iomrnisSio,i, Mr.. EYarts
has not been active in public life. In New
York affairs it has been supposed That the
larger portion Of the inside antagonism TO
Senator Coukling's leaderShip-it might
be said, 6omination-haS been concentrate
ing around Mr.. Evsrts. Inpersm the new
Secretary of State is spare TO degree, of
Slight frame snd stature, He is not over
five feet seven inches in height; in this he
resembles Seward. His head is long, but
thin through, and his face has the same
characteristics. Its chief expression is that
Of q keen and cynical intellectuality. reliev-
cd by decided expression of dry humor
which gives "a kindly tone to features and
face that without it would be intolerably
hard. a great sharp nose overshadows
sill the face except the mouth, which is too
wide to be overshadowed. Its corners
(the mouths, not the noSe'Sl are pulled
down, giving sharp cynical expression,
which is not lesseued by the blaekneSs of
the cayeruous depths out of which small
Steel-gray eyes peer, always with q keen
and watchful look. The chm is as sharp
as the corner OF a tomahawk, and in shape
Is very ike 1t. Customarily the chin is
sunk upon the chest, as though the thin
neck was too weak to sustain erect the
weight of brain. He generally sits with
his arms folded, and has the appearance of
being always in 4 fit of deep meditation.
As speaker Mr.. Evarts is not especially
attractive in voice or manner. 1t is the
intellectual power and subtlety that wins
its way. He is man of great aud diseur-
sive reading and study. We should not
think it profound, except as to professional
lore, in which he IS Enthusiastically great.
As couneelor Mr. Eyarts will be sagaeious
and conservative; as publieist he is incl
siye and subtle as public man his know
ledge of affairs Is wide and comprehensive.
He is in his right place in the Department
of State.
TIE SECRETAaE OF TEE TREASURY.
John Sherman, of Ohio, is almost too
well known to the country to need des-
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