The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-07
Mr.. GarneId's Cabinet,

washington, Nov 6-One thing M least
Is settled The cabinet Of the incoming ad.
minlstra1ion will be entirely new. Another
ming Is noteworthy. While the New York
tribune says that General Garfield will mako
MS own cabinet, and that be has ms5s No
pieages 10 any one, various factions of the
republican party are making different static
men's' The Blaine men saw that THAR
lea 'er has been promised the privilege of
nSming cabinet officers, while the Grant
men cay that Conkling will,name'one or more
and that the Grant element will control thu
next administration. Gossip is busy as TO
whon these stslwart leaders will name
None who know Garfield have snv faitL IN
lhe statements that h. i'll be uncontroll.d
II IS insisted on by men who have bsor
prominent among the stalwarts in tho cam,
paign That Garfield has promised TO reward
sii those VINO were prominent factors in se-
curing the republican victory. Conlxlipe
una urant are chief of these Blainn,s
friends say that he is TO be rewarded. moi for
What nc dld ~ the campaign but because no
nominated Garfield They have discovered
that Blaine and Garfield had an
understanding at Chicago. according
to which the Blaine men were 70
go to Garfield, if that were necesssrv ~
beat Grant. One Of Blaine's chief uln1orts
erS '.T sara shs Today. he was at once asked,
ci men usrueld really was traitor to John
onerihah Inc henchman was cornered for
Moment put at last faced the music boldly
auu answered, vi course he was, and Pm
glad OF II. John Sherman had no business 10
r9n'" All this is interesting as deno,ing the
character OF the crowd John Kelly has mt
N power. 1t is generally understood that
GarneId viii let Conkli name Thomas @
riHt rs postmaster-general. Platt is one of
Conktlng's most faithful followers. and the
New Jerk senator asked the posloiIico do.
partment for him OF hayes. but Uaves
sn1ooed Conkling, and refused his request.
Governor Foster, of Ohio, is expected IN
DC put IN the interior department, where he
can have plenty of time 10 do no harm. To.
gan wants to be secretary of war, and Gar.
held's masters will iavUr him. These three
a'o appointments that may be safely dis.
counted II IS idle to speculate co cerning
the rest. The Grant mou insist that thew
VIII DC chieily consulted about them. Tho
republicans are beginning to give out tho
n0hors Of the campaign, The frs. 70 to
Blaine. They say he is entitled to none 'rhe
cabinet have faint praise awarded; but the
president has done nothing to help the cause
TINS Is Unjust. 1t is true that the president
has made money contribution to the cam
pagn lund, but he went west and remained
away from Washington that his civil service
order might be broken with impunity, a.d
thal Others connected with the goyernment
might be forced to contribute. lie has hid his
lace that that fair fabric, his .iyil-seryico ro-
form vision, might be shattered and he
ought Tor thatto receive the thanks of the
republican mtnagers. Democrats here all
blame John Kllly for the defeat Of Hancock.
'rhey say thai had he been loyal to the
national tieke. it would not have been besieu.
The local ds5fssioas created and iosterea by
h'm IN New York city enabled tue reaubli-
cans to carry the state without which Gar
held could not have been elected. As il
turns out Garfield did not carry. the state
outside the city by enoug b m, iority TO over
come the natural democratic major y
iheIlys performances kept down the major
Ivy ana thus secured the election of his fried
Arthurand defeated Hancock.