The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-01-07
TmE GARFIELD can,xEr.
snTIniscs Ut Washington Grant for the war
or state Department.

AS to General Garheld's Cabinet
there Is general belief that Il will
be of mixed character compro-
mise structure, intended to harmon
ize the two wings OF the party. Gen.
Ben Harrison Is admitted onall hands
to be a sure member Of It, Mr.. John
G. New, Of Indiana, being looked TO
as. Senator McDonald's probable sue
cessor. Mr.. Harrison Is regarded
here as "moderate" Republican.
Gen. Logan Is known TO desire the
Secretaryship Of the Interior. It was
the place nc chose for himself when
he thought Grants nomination GER
tain and at the time he and his
friends made no secret OF his wishes
and determination. Senator Conk-
liug Is thought - desire the place Of
Postmastcr-Genera for his friend and
able adjutant, Mr.. Thomas G. Platt.
lie asked this OF Mr. Hayes in 1877,
and was very curtly refused, and It Is
believed he will not ask it In vain Of
Mr.. Garfield. The Treasury, accord
Ing to the general belief, will remain
In charge OF Mr.. Sherman, In which
case the Ohio Senatorship In place OF
General Garfield, will become a prize
for which several eminent buckeyes
will reach out with great vigor this
winter. James i. Wilson, of Iowa,
Is named as n probable Attorney-Gen-
eral. lie belongs to the moderate
Republican side and was opposed to
the third term. Blu, it is also thought
that General Garfield may desire to
reserve the Attorney. .Generalsnip for
a New England man. People are
asking with some curiosity what Mr..
Don Cameron will demand. It Is
known that he has a decided liking
for Cabinet position. While the
third term movement seemed likely
to succeed, Mr.. CameroS did not con-
ceal from his friends that he found
the Senate FAR less pleasant than he
had found the War Department, and
that he hoped TO return 10 that place,
for which, gossip says, he believes
himself TO bc peculiarly fitted. There
are, however. people who do not be-
IIevc General Garfield will give him
his wish in this matter 1t is taken
for granted that II AIr. Conkling does
not ask fora Cabinet place for Mr.. Platt
New York viii be unreprcsented in
the Cabinet The general opinion
among politicians Is that Hayes blum
dered very foolishly, when. having
refused. n place to Mr.. Conkling's
friends, he made Mr.. Evarts, New
Yorker, Secretary OF State. "To
leave the State without IA cabinet
place would have been wiser-for
then neither of the two Republican
factions would have had cause of
complaint, whereas, to appoint Mr..
Evarts was To offend all the Conkling
people" This is the way the ques-
tion is reasoned out, and there are
those who believe that General Car
field may quietly ask Mr.. Conlling
10 forego any representative OF his
own in the Cabinet, in the cause of
general harmony. There Is some
expectation here that Mr.. Garfield
may offer the Secretaryship of War
to General Grant. The Generals
friends say that he really did i'm
mense service in the canvas that
he ought to be rewarded that he,
like Washington, has house here ;
that he could scarcely afford TO 60
abroad on foreign mission that he
wants something to do, and that, in
short, the War Department ought to
be given TO him. There are others
who urge that he ought to have the
Department of State, and that he
would prefer this of all tho Cabinet
places. - Washington Correspondent
Ne,c York Herald.