The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-17
GARFlELD's C4sIxET.
A BsmEAuthoritnliVe statement Con.
eeRnlng II.

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distinguished Republicans to seek this in
terylsw, In view Of this visit the follow
ing, which appears in the Chronicle to-day
is Of more than passing interest:
"General Garfield will enter upon the
duties OF President with more experience
In public affairs than any man who hal
ever held the position, his opportunities
to study the mistAkes Of his predecessors
running back over q period Of twenty
years, having been ample, and sufficient
to give him very correct idea Of the class
OF human nature President has
to deal with, OF its weaknesses az
we'll as OF its dsservings. He has
witnessed the effect Of mistaken con.
fdenCes rs we'll as Of precipitate action In
the distribution OF executive patronage,
In other words, he has learned the differ.
enCe between selfreliance and hurried
counsel Of iujudicions friends; and, being
gifted with extraordinary Rnaly ytiCal abili.
ties, our word for 1.-THE will be guided more
by the conclusions this special talent will
determine in the selection OF individuals
for his cabinet than that oil all the com.
hined Judgments he will consult as to their
fitness. A few minutes conversation with
the man, with some knowledge Of his men.
tai construction, will at once leave this
impression, as 1t will also dispel the
mistaken idea that his judgments
and conclusions lack frmness and
confidence In himself. General Gar.
field is now passing through
process OF determination that
we predict will render him one OF
the strongest men Of his time, and
that will enable him to enter upon the
arduouS duties he Is soon to assume with
a better knowledge Of lie requirements
than that OF any man ever called 10 assume
them. He Is preparing himself fully for
the task before him; aud, unless our im.
pressions Of the man are sadly at fault,
there will be but one Napolson during his
Presidency, AS to the individual material
that will make up his CAbiuet, we don't
believe any man knows, we care not what
outside BpeCulators may say TO the con-
trary. II there Is an exception, Mr.,
Blaine may be the one, and there are
many circumstances 10 justify II, and yet
II lacks positive, authority. At the same
time the general aCquiesHencs with which
1t is received will be sure to strengthen
The natural tendency OF General Garfield
In that direction. ,r 49,.
"0utside Of this single case the country
knows nethine about It, nor do we believe
General Garfield has determined himself,
unless II Is on locations. This point, we
are inclined 10 think, he has determined,
and before great while he may tell rep.
resOntative men from these different sec.
tions the names Of the Cabinet officers he
has agreed upon; but his mind will be 40
fully made up about them and the time for
the discussion will be 30 short TO find fault
that every body will agree with his seClec.
ton, thus leaving neither time nor room
for ppointmGuts to find much II any
favor. General Garfield will profit by the
mistakeS OF verconsultations and the
rivalries they invariably lead TO. He will
make his selection Of Cabinet advisors
after the most careful consideration Of the
claims Of all sections, and with no other
purpose than TO win the confidence Of the
country, the respect and aCquiescencs Of
Republican leaders, and, above oil things
else, with q view ot hRrm0nizing and
solidfying the party for the future. A
judgment capable OF reaching such q con.
clusion will, after all, be his best guide"
iowAs CLAIM FOR A CABINET OFFICER.
CLEVELAND, o., January l5.-senator
Allison arrived here this afternoon, and
will visit General Garfield at Mentor to-
morrow. Relative TO his being Secretary
Of the Treasury, he says there is nothing
In II 80 far as he knows. General Garfield
has never intimated anything OF the kind
10 him In any way, and he feels that he
cannot afford to give up his place In the
Senate for Cabinet position. He has four
years to serve on his present time, and can
probably be reelected, while II he were to
go into the Cabinet, lie would most likely
never again have seat In the Senate. The
Senator states that he Is going to Mentor
to push the Hon. Jas +. Wilson, oi Iowa,
for Cabinet position; that the entire
Northwest wants Mr.. Wilson In General
GarAeld's Cabinet, and will not he at all
satitfed II he Ia not called 10 take one OF
the portlolios. Relative to the talk In Ger.
tain quarters that he was 10 meet SeCre.
tary Sherman at Mentor, In connection
with the Secretaryship Of the Treasury, he
says there is not word ot truth In 1t.
Senator Allison would like TO see Grow
elected Senator. but believes Oliver will
finally pull through.
SENATOR BRucE's CHANCES.
MENTOR OHIO, January 15.-Major
Swain, private secretary Of General Gar.
field, returned from Kansas to-day, after
an absence OF several weeks.
Although the delegations Of Colored men
who have called on General Garfield this
week did not openly ask Tor Senator BruCe'H
appointment 10 Cabinet position, II ID
understood that strong nendatlong
in regard 10 that matter have been placed
In the Generals hands, and Senator
Bruce's friends believe that he has favor.
able consideration.
Two or three leaders OF the delegation
here yesterday held a private interview
with General Garfield after the formal ad.
dresses, and they went away In an appar.
emily happy frame oi mind.
ANOTHER coLoRRD Committee APPOINTED 10
VISIT dAllFlELD.
NASHVILLE, TENN, January 15.-At O
meeting Of Colored Republicans, resolu'
tions we're adopted demanding their full
share Of official patronage, and recon
| mending Hon. John N. LanRston for q
position IN President Gatfeld's Cabinet.
A delegation OF eighteen was appointed 10
visit Garfield 10 Urge their claims upon
him.
SECRETARY SHERMAN AT MENTOR.
CLEVELAND, January 15.-tIon. John
Sherman arrived here this afternoon, from
Washington, over the Cleveland L Pitts
hurgh road, and left almost immediatel y
ior Mentor. II is expected that he will
come to Cleveland tomorrow evening