Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-02-04


with more reference to their fitness for the
peculiar duties required of them as execu-
tive officers than with any view to their
usefulness as members of council of tad
visors" or political make-weights, or as party
harmonizers. So it often happened that q
head of department held over from one ad-
ministration to another, and whether all of
his colleagues, or part OF them, or none them,
were likewise retained, made not particle
of difference. That period passed away,
and the time Of partisan Cabinets came.
From the days of Jackson onward, Presi-
dent was expected to "call about him" only
the leading men of his party, each Execu-
tive having an advisory family, exclusively
his own, If not invariably altogether after
his own heart This has become the use
and want of our craftsmanship. 1t is evil
dent that Gen. Garfield, Notwithstanding his
large experience in political affairs and wide
personal acquaintance among public men in
civil life, will not attempt the feat Of evolv-
ing a Cabinet by the energetic exercise Of
his own faculties Of discovery. If he at.
tempts "to conciliate all interests" and to
satisfy all great leaders, nevertheless we ap-
prehend he will not go to such an extent in
that direction as to dissatisfy himself He
is one who avowedly deems 1t essential to
have the approval Of his own judgment
1t is thought that the Cabinet slate as now
made out stands as follows: For Secretary
of State, James q. Blaine for Secretary of
War, Charles Foster; for Attorney General,
Judge Gresham, Of Indiana; tor Secretary
of the Treasury, VIM. B. Allison, Of Iowa /;
for Postmaster General, Tom James, of New
York; for Secretary Of the Navy, A. c.
Hadmer, Of Pennsylvania. 1t will be seen
that Senator Bruce is not named. But II Is
thought old Christaincy, who has been per-
scouting his wife, will be recalled as Minister
to Peru, and Bruce will be sent in his place
The news of the election Of Judge jack
son, Democrat, to the Senate from Tennessee,
has lifted load of anxiety from the minds
of the employees Of the Senate, who, in case
Of Maynard's success, would have lost their
places after fourth of March next. Had
Maynard been chosen, the next Senate would
have been Republican. AS it now is, the
cast Of the die is with David Davis, of ILL
nois, and Malone, of Virginia. 1t is be-
| lieved Davis will remain in the Democratic
fold, but that Malone will coquette with
both parties for plumber.
Commissioner Bentley says it will take
about $50O00,000 to pay the pensions for the
pending year. This is about dollar apiece
for the people of the country. The Com
mission further thinks that it will remain the
same for several years to come. Heretofore
the highest ii cost for pensions has been
$29,000,000
In speaking of the Republican simplicity
Of some of our public men in our last cor
respondence, reminds us of another striking
instance. We had occasion day or two
since to have conversation with Senator
Thurman, and we could but observe how
plainly he was dressed. The suit he had on
was not only much worn, but its original
cost could not have exceeded fifteen or twen-
ty dollars, and this man, thus plainly dressed,
is the noblest Roman of the United States
| Senate The Senator, among other things,
remarked that whilst his public life had been
pleasant, it had been laborious and he would
retire to private life with feelings akin TO de-
light. In the gradual disappearance of such
mon, the Senate is losing that prestige which
rendered it the admiration OF all men and
all parties; that prestige as when the gale
ries were thronged to OVERLOOKING and every
heart beat tumultuously at the matchless
eloquence OF Webster, Hayne, Clay, Critten.
den, Preston and Others commanding the
feelings and opinions of thousands and
thousands of their countrymcn.
In passing through the corridors of the Cap
itol, one is often moved to pity at the appeals
for charity from helpless and shivering hui
manity, whose hearts are deadened and feel.
ings indurated with exposure and want, beg
ging for food, begging for raiment to protect
them from the cold and pitiless winds, beg.
ging through grief. and pain. But suffering is
my 'Viiiihth W AtAt pun bhd
There is suffering in fashionable society
suffering in opulence-sufferlng where lux
urious splendor wraps corruption in its
gaudy mantle and every mornings sun
dawns upon brows blackencd with crime or
haggard with pation-suffering because
wealth cannot purchase other and more in
toxicating pleasures, that French cooks are
unable to conjure up some dainty meal to
tempt their fastidious appetite, that their
splendid mansions, whose decorations rival
the gorgeous nagnificence OF an Eastern
palace, have become MISUNDERSTANDING
cih tarury whilst Gods honest toiling mil
lions, with blistered hands and feet, look up
at illuminated windows Of palaces, see the
the guided equipages,-yet are told that
they must not coyet their neighbors riches
Pass on, man of toll, of want, of hunger and
suifering-it was so decreed
We have been told that during the late
thaw the bedecked and the befrizzled daugh-
tiers of fashion, who are here during the sea-
son, have had dreadful time walking from
their carriages across the pavements and the
parkings TO the doors of the mansions, where
the latest styles were being industriously
displayed. One manufactured young lady
slipped and lost set OF teeth Another had
a wig twisted SO far as to expose its character.
Anothersp attered thecostly lace borderofh er
petticoatand had to march through the rooms
with her dress dragging and could not dis.
play it. This was cause of peculiar hard
ship, as the lace was imported for the sea.
son, and the charming lady has since heard
Of the death of her father and will not DO
able to wear it again. Suffering of this
kind among those unaccustomed to such
hardships has been general and of unusual
sadness. We are Questionable and little
skilled in the ways of this world, and we
know next 20 nothing of society We are
simple and unsophisticated. We dress poor.
ly and talk plainly, but we are disposed TO
gauge people by their moral and intellectual
worth We have not failed To oheervc that