Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-10
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.

The New Cabinet.
-. The following are the appointments of
cabinet officers made by President Garfield
and confirmed by the Senate:
For Secretary of State-James g. Blaine,
of Maine.
For Secretary of the Treasury-William
Window, of Minnesota.
For Attorney-General-Wayne McVeagh,
of Pennsylvania.
For Postmaster General-Thomas l.. James,
of New York.
For Secretary of the Interior-Samuel j.
Kirkwood, of Iowa.
For Secretary of War-Robert T. Lincoln,
of Illinois.
For Secretary of the Navy-William H.
Hunt, of Louisiana.
Mr. Blaine has been so prominently before
the public of late that nothing need be said
of him, except that he is about fifty years
of age, and has had a long term of service
in Congress. He is not regarded as peculiar
ly fitted for this post, and is probably more
of the politician than statesman.
William Window, is an Ohio man. He
was born in 1927, and practiced law in that
State until 1855, when he removed to Min
nesota. He was elected to Congress in
1859, and served continuously in the House
until 1870, when he was transferred to the
Senate, of which body he has ever since been
member. He has thus had a continued
Congressional service Of thirty-two years. He
is man of considerable ability and Of great
experience. Since Mr. Sherman left the Sen.
ate and became Hayes Secretary Of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Window has been regarded as the
leading Republican Senator on financial mat
ters. Our recollection is that he is a bi.met-
talist, and favors the free coinage of silver
dollars of an intrinsic value equal to the
standard gold dollar. That President Gar.
field should take his Secretary of the Treasu.
ry from the far West, however, indicates that
he realizes fully that the sceptre has depart
ed from Israel, and that the financial nseds
of the West are to be considered rather than
the views that prevail in the money centres
of the East.
Robert T. Lincoln, son of President Lin
coin, has been practicing law since the war,
but has made no considerable mark in his
profession He has never been prominent in
the councils of his party, and personally will
add no weight whatever to the cabinet. In
deed, it is only because he is his fathers son
that he has been chosen to this high and respon-
sible Office 1t will, however, be gratifying to
the North, we presume, to have President
Lincoln's son brought out from. retirement
and placed in an exalted station.
Of William FL. Hunt we know but little.
Being from Louisiana, and Republican, to
have no newspaper notoriety is good point
in his favor. He is reputed to be an able
lawyer, and we think his name was urged re.
Gently in connection with an appointment to
the federal bench, and that the New Orleans
papers spoke favorably of him. He has not
apparently played prominent part in the
abominations and misrule which have brought
the Republican party into such disrepute in
that State. He is said to be native Of
South Carolina, and if so, it is noteworthy
that General Garfield has put him in COM
mand of the naval forces of the United States.
Mr.. Wayne MacVeah was one of the visit
ing Statesmen to Louisiana-like Garfield
himself-and is odorous of the rascalities COM
mitted there in 1876. He is, however, law
yer of unusual ability, and is recognized as
an able and astute statesman. He is, per-
haps as good as the average Republican lead.
ers and neither better nor worse than his
associates.
Thomas L. James has for many years been
the postmaster at New York city, and has ad-
ministered his office there impartially, honor
ably and to the satisfaction of the public.
We had hoped that some Southern man would
be given this appointment, but as the place
was to be filled by a Northern man, we are
satisfied that no better selection could be made
than Mr.. James. He commands the esteem
and enjoys the perfect confidence of all hav-
ing dealings with him.
Samuel J. Kirkwood was born in Mary.
land in 1913, and moved to Ohio in 1885.
He practiced law and engaged in politics
there until his removal to Iowa in 1855, since
which time he has generally been either Gov
ernor of the State or Senator in Congress.
He has had very long term of public SER
vice, and, like Blaine and Window, leaves
the Senate for the cabinet.
On reviewing the cabinet appointments, we
think the personnel fair, though not of high
order of merit. Blaine, Window, MacVeah,
James and Kirkwood are more than ordinary
men, while Lincoln and Hunt may develop
into useful officers.