Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-10
MIR. GARFIELD's CABINET.

Some More SpeenLGttonS In Regard to It's
Composition.
Washington Special, Dec. Z.
Senators in the cloak rooms gossip good
deal about Gen. Garield's future cabinet.
Two or three members of the present Sem
ate have been spoken of as possible mem
bers, but none of them appear to think that
an offer of portfolio would be much of
compliment. Senator Allison has been
prominently mentioned for the gecretaryship
of the treasury. His long experience on the
fitted him for the discharge of the duties
of that position. The people who
have been talking in favor of Mr..
Allison's selection are surprised to find that
he is very cool upon the subject, and not
disposed to give it any special thought. He
is we'll satisfied with his present position,
and his friends say that if he should consent
to change he would want to know good
many things in advance. He would like full
information upon the subject of who are to
be invited to take seats in the cabinet, and
positive knowledge the future policy of the
administration. The objections raised by
Senator Allison's friends are those that will
encounter Gen. Garfield when
he breaks his silence and begins to
select hls official advisors. There is sort
of understanding among prominent leaders
of the Republican party that the future
policy of the administration Is to be stalwart,
and that Gen. Garfield will be forced by the
popular sentiment of his party to invite to
his cabinet the most prominent men in the
party. Besides all of these political lnfu-
ences, the position of cabinet officer is
not On eminently desirable one, viewed from
q Senatorial standpoint. A cabinet officer
is loaded down with routine work, and
harassed to death by Office seekers. A seat in
the cabinet is also regarded in nearly the same
light as foreign mission. 1t has tenden-
cy to remove man entirely from active
politics Gen. Garfield will find his most
willing cabinet advisers in the ranks of de-
feated Senatorial aspirants, at present en-
gagged in trying to capture this winters
legislatures. Nothing of the Grant peoples
programme in shaping the new cabinet will
be known until Senator Conkling returns.
He is not content with holding one place
as Senator from New York without also
controlling the position of his colleague.
He is not expected here until
the senatorial fight in New York is
decided. Gen. II. E. Tremaine, nephew of
Lyman Tremaine,i is mentioned now as an in
dependent candidate in case the fight be-
tween the Conklipg and other political fac
tions develops the impossibility of the sue.
cess of any one of them. Hon. s. III. Bow
man, of Lexington, Ky, is backed strongly
by his Republican friends as the special rep
resentative of Southern Republicans in Gar
fields cabinet. Bowman has long been
prominent as Republican in Kentucky. He
was the originator and is the present presi-
dent of Kentucky university, at Lexington.
During last summer he was in Colorado,
serving as one of the commissioners to ar
range the difficulties with the Ute Indians.
Mr.. Bowman is understood to favor the re-
moval of these Indians to Utah and New
Mexico, 80 as to avoid conflict, which is
imminent this winter. It is by no means
certain that Gen. Garfield will think it
necessary to give the South place in the
cabinet,