, 1881-02-10
The Cabinet hot to Be Announced
Till Near the End Of This
Month.
Relief, 1'asel on 1nttmatn Knowledge.
tint The Slnto Is Not Yet
Made Up.
The President Convinced It Is Of No Uso
to Try to Please Everybody.
Srttfdf Dffpdtth 10 Tic Chtta,o Tftbunt.

Gr'l. Gartfeid's Cabinet win 1,n ANNOUNCED ut
tho time wien II WIS Promised. THAT Is, tic
middle nf ttlfs lnulit?" Asl,eh tho 0icstIol
of II gentleman who knew WIS rs we'll lt,st-
ell Oh the subject as my ono lii the wurtt.
M, sir, To not. ! think It will mol bu
anhor,lcctfitlt1 some days Iater." wl!s tile
answer. >"Tllore Is peculiarly about Zen.
t;NrtIcld that yrry few pcopiu l,rlorstut,.i.
lie never, Nr almost lloyer, ttUrs anything
until ]u Is III c0rilcr.tllnt IN, until tlle last
nsEnnto comes. T1,is 1ils bcrll tho cssc with
many ol his greatest speGe'lrs. llo will let
tho matter 60 lnttl the tinlc is SO s1,oH tl,atn
cth.no'I llia1i Gould To notfltng, nul then lie
will settle .lOwn tn business III a way that Is
perfectly astonishing. All the powers uf 1!s
marvellous ntnd sccn to be specially st1m,t-
latcd for the occasion, md his powers Of pyo-
tueti0n are very glpat. An lstallre II, mind
Is tlLe occasion Of his delivery Ut the ur;ston
before the Editorial Association Of the Statc,
here. I WIS AWAY from town, md
u:1np f.nck so0i,er tlmn expected,
for the PURPOSE of listening to Ills nd-
dless. lca!neto tho Forest City l1onse. where
lie WIS ttlnrteretl, and found him bustty ut
worls. lilo hui eltgagcd Il shorthand nun tn
assst llitu, a,hl lie WIS bending nll Ills c1,er-
Eles to tho Task Of producing Il spcuc!. Tho
time of my call WIS nl)Out s u. NJ, anil tito
speech WIS to bo delivered Mt |,asf-tulsL :.
Knowing lin, 30 well ns did, UNDERSIGNED
Just how It latl conc about. l1e collldn't
t'!ink of anything proper tn say OIL tlle IT.
cnslofI until confronted with II, although ie
doubtless knew TINT tic WAS >to spcuk for
'sll'ty wecks befurC. lle l1uI probably
tlnfssht Sumo OIL tho subject, but It WIS only
Wien llo was relieved fr0m tho Washington,
pressure that l,e could ret at the work Of
preparing this speech. And 80 fle iab1rc.l ~.
until tho conmfttcu ea'1eti 10 conduct him Il,
tho pl'lce where tho sDccGh WIS tn Ie de-
ltveret, ntltl tlcn he hnsl not finished. Re-
lnetantly he accompanied them, MID finally
had to deliver tic closing portion Of Ills
speech cxtctnpnraneotsly."
THE INAUGURAL.
Has llo written anything OIL his inau-
guln!:"
II tlinlt ho hus not written !, ll,,o vet.
lfo certainly hadn't written anything II
very fuw tlays ngo, n,nI WIS t,o1,
II gool tleal of tho opinion Tint IL wou1,l bo
us well mt to write any. AS you published
some tfne since ltu had been reuttlng tic
speeches Ut tho Presidents who llnvc gone
bcinrc, anu llo btca'i1o somewhat tliagl,sted
with sllrli productions as that IF Harrison,
fnr i'Istallec, when tho pctiag0gic s1nl
pellantlc old gentleman walled through
several drcary columns, dwelling upon tho
funolis characters of tllo ancient f;rcrk and
Ennall civilizations. lie felt that that was II
list[u |Do much. A!ld tl,ul people euro very
little tnr sllctl things aI1y way, anil TINT IL
wslssd, perhaps. bo Us well not to lInyo u,,,.
tllllu, ut ntl 10 Eay. Ne will probably abandon
Ills niet, however, and write something,
Wien tl!o tl'ic comes, but II will 10 dunc
'eryeloso to the tine Of delivery. Ills lung
experience In Cn1lEres*, where 1t II necessary
to sEeAk oii tile sillr 0f tl,e moment, l,us
cultivated In lIim this llablt Of cIose aud
intense application nnl readiness. At t,le
sumo t1ille that same Congressional training
lltls Intl II t0'Mlcncy to i,utso hin look ut nil
sltles Of II question, nlll rnt],or lemls 10 work
asninst bis tnpacity to decide question
really ouick."
ITO eJIA1lge tho subject, Will yu,l permit
mo to nsk yoal why, III yollr opinion, Gen.
Harrison. Of NIL tho Presidents, attempted to
display so much classiral learning IN Ills i'll
Atlsurnl""
"ll WIS this. think. lie l,au bceu batl.
gcrctl md l,rratch by Tic Democrats during
tho whole campaign Al II 1,,an who l,ad lived
In Il Ing cnt'lls, nnl tackled coon sl;tlls up 10
dry. uni drank hard elder. lie wNs sol,tc-
what worried ahout this, n,!d desired tu
sslow to tho worAl that ho was II classical
sc|IUlar.n
WHAT 1lE Will SAY,
"Tt return to f;ct. t;,tsIlultt, what do yull
thlmk lIe will say In lls inaugllral:"
"Oit, couldn't giye you a,ly Information
0n that subject. lut.l cun tell yall that 1
believe It Will bu worry short, n1ut that IL
will coNtatn very little of tho rccotI,nlc,lsa-
.fs,.fs Y,n
will witt for tlIE3 mntt1 l,o gives Ills
'|rst message to Congress, and ut tint time
llu will bo In ,l,tcl, bottcr stlupo 10 rrcont.
melld l.easurcs. Ilo slotI't 1mlIuyn In stand
Ing ND thero IN thu culd ulNl recalling II lung
speech to people WHO don't want to llclr II,
alnl who nro all rcly tn niy au,cl, when 1t Is
over. T0 the two or three dozen Ut pnpplu
who .setl to guther Mt M Inauguration, mid
who didn't k,iaw What IL newspaper WIS, md
who never t,ot any 1tlcas of pNbtc uIralrs n1ul
public policy except ~ thoy lizard snnlo
statesman stcak, 1t was nJ,,ch inuro NECESSARY
far tho President to Clearly mars tut his
policy tlln'l II now ISL
Alloltr TIL; C.tnGSEr.
"Wl'at cut yon tell me about the Cabi-
net e"
~ can sny ttlis. a,,d sny!t with truth Gen.
Garfield has not certainly chosen stMgle
member or his Cab!not. Ilo Is III thu sano
ll0ubt a,ld uncertainty about tlu InattAr tlmt
Elu was weeks ngo; uni liu will ia With this
inst rs io does with Ills inaugural: via,
let 1t 20 TIL tho last tlay he cst,,, an.t
then iIlako Ills choice vigorously nnn1
Iuaperly anil NIL togetllcr. There Is no .lsu
In crnsslny tho bridge until yuu colno to 1t.
ton. Garfield understands very VOL tImt l.u
Will mt be Ablo to pleaso everybody with tho
clolces l,e Is about 10 make, and I!o doesn't
1xpert to plcnsa everybody. llu malls II
great mistake, tit my estimation, Wien hu |
!lla'wed tho Impression to 70 ubr0al that III
WIS tleslrous Ut llstcning to every person who
night culnU al0ng mil lIayO III opinion oil |
he subject Df Cabinet UT ntlIor appointments,
[fe llns thus bccll tNstcrcu beyQlMl whit any
,,l1,laM being In similar condition ever WIS,
mi moro than chn bo Imagined by my out
,illur. lio Is so very lnuc! different Iii hts |
lature fro,l any rccont President, and pays
such respectful attention to everyday that |
.oulcs alonK, TINT the opinion Inns got ,!brond |
hat ba'lll0ziEg [s going to iiaye good deal
u weight. understand tlat tho ulliec-suek. |