The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11
THE GARFIELD CABINET.
SpeculatIons Of Gossips at the National
CapItal-A Compromise Structure.
Wnsh;noton Special to New York Herald.

Washington, Special to New York Herald.
AS to Gen. Garfeld's Cabinet there is a
general belief that it will be of mixed
character-a compromise structure, in
tended to harmonic the two wings OF the
party. Gen. Ben Harrison is admitted on
all hands to bea sure member of it, Mr..
John G. New, Of Indiana, being looked
to as Senator McDonald's probable sue
cessor in the Senate. Mr.. Harrison is re-
garded here as moderate Republican.
Gen. Logan is known to desire the Sec.
retaryship of the Interior. It was the
place he chose for himself when ne
thought Grants nomination certain and
at that time he and his friends made no
secret of his wishes and determination.
Senator Conkling is thought to desire
the place Of Postmaster General for his
friend and able adjutant, Mr.. Thomas c.
Platt. He asked this of Mr.. Hayes in
1877, and was very curtly refused, and it
Is believed he will not ask in vain OF Mr..
Garfield.
The Treasury. according to the general
belief, will remain in charge Of Mr.. Sher-
man, in which case the Ohio Sonatorship,
in place of Gen. Garfield, will become a
prize for which several eminent Buck
eyes will reach out with great vigor this
winter.
James r. Wilson. of Ohio, is named as
probable Attorney General. He be-
longs to the moderate Republican side,
and was opposed to the third term. But
it is also thought that Gen. Garfield may
desire to reserve the Attorney-General-
ship for New England man.
People are asking with some curiosity
what Mr.. Don Cameron will demand. 1t
is known that be has decided liking for
a Cabinet position. While the third term
movement seemed likely to succeed Mr..
Cameron did not conceal from his friends
that he found the Senate far less pleasant
than he had found the War Department,
and that he hoped to return to that place,
for which, gossip says, he believes him
self to be peculiarly fitted. There are,
however, people who do not believe Gen.
Garfield will give him his wish in this
| matter.
So far, counting Mr.. Ben Harrison for
tho State Department; Mr.. Sherman,
Treasury; Mr.. Plat, Postoftice; Gen,
Logan. Interior, and Jas. +. Wilson, At
torney. General, five of the seven Cabinet
places are provided for by the gossips.
But there is some expectation here that
Mr.. Garfield may offer tho Secretaryship
of War to Gen. Grant. The Generals
friends say that he really did immense
service in the canvass; that lie ought to
! be rewarded; that he likes Washington
and has house here; that he could
scarcely afford to 60 abroad on q foreign
mission; that he wants something to do,
and that, in short, the War Department
ought to be given him. There are others
who urge that he ought to have tho De-
| partment of State, and that he would
prefer this of all the Cabinet places.
Garfeld's personal friends, however,
| look coldly upon these proposals. They
reply that Gen. Grant deserves all his
admirers assert, but that it would be
very awkward thing for President to
cali to his Cabinet man like Gen. Grant,
whom he could not remove from the
Cabinet without public scandal. ut is
never prudent" they urge, Ito invite
man to your house to whom it would be
| difficult to show the door after he got in,
| in case YOU got tired of his company"
| With Gen. Grant or Mr.. Don Cameron
| in the War Department, you will notice
these gossips have left only the Navy De-
partment untitled. In this project of
Cabinet it is to be noted that Mr.. Blaine
has no representation, and that no place
! is made for Southern man. There is
general expectation that Mr.. Blaine may
get the cold shoulder from the new adj
ministration. The defeat in Maine in
September is rememb& red with good
deal of bitterness, rs nectssitating q great
deal of extra effort all over the country
during tho remainder of the canvass, and
for while really imperilling the party's
success. Moreover, it has been generally
noticed that in the latter part of the can
vass, while Mr.. Conkling and Gen. Grant
and their wing Of the party put forward
tremendous and continued efforts, Mr..
Blaine was scarcely heard of. He was
not part of the celebrated Mentor confer.
ence, and since that conference Mr..
Blaine has not appeared prominently be.
fore the public. There is an impression
hero that be will not be favorite or an
influential person in the new admins
tration. "He will be q Senator from
Maine, and no moro, in my belief" said
Republican on this subject. "Gen. Gar
field. is not going to make fight with the
men who carried him for man who
came near getting him heaten."
It is believed in somo quarters that
Gen. Garfield was extremely anxious
after his nomination to have the canvass