Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-03


BIundeTs of the inaugural Come
rnsstee-The River and Harbor
BfiI-The Inaugural Pageant
Mentor Has Moved 60 Washington.
WASHINGTON, February 2s.-The near ap-
proach of the day upon which Gen. Garfield
will be formally declared Presidest of the
United States heightens the interest felt In the
question as to who viii be in his Cabinet.
When we look at this question aside from poll
tics there is but little interest in the compost
ton of the Cabinet with the exception OF who
shall control the Treasury Department The
heads of the other departments, are as rule,
figures only. If they are honest men that is all
the interest that the people at large have In
them With the Secretary of the Treasury it is
of course different. He yields an immense
power that is constantly being exercised He
handles directly more matters that effect the
business of the country than even the Presi-
dent himself. But looking at the question as
regards politics there is deep interest connected
with every man in the Cabinet. The men whom
an incoming President selects from his conf
Dental advisers forms the basis upon which
general guess at the policy Of the rev admins
tration can be placed Before started out In
this somewhat prosy disquisition referred to
the fast that great interest in the coming Cabl-
net was being manifested That interest among
the Republican leaders is almost painful
Among the smaller fry there is a feeling Of APP
prehension, consequently every name, every
story. no matter how absurd. about the com
position Of GarfleldS board of advisers is ca
gerly taken up and as eagerly discussed. There
is nothing but Cabinet talk among the politi-
clans as they coHgregate in the hotel Hobbies of
evenings, and the talk is kept up inside the
green doors, through which they ever and anon
pass in order to recuperate. While there is
much talk, but little is known generally and
what is known positively is far less in bulk.
There never has been a subject so much writ
ten about, with so little knowledge, for the
reason or the writing; There are, however.
some things about the Cabinet which have been
ascertained from we'll informed men. in part:
the other part is based on observations of
what is going on in the under current.
Thus it can be stated that Garf1eld's Cabinet
will be an inoffensive one to the Republican
party. What is meant, il that no material
faction Of that party will be disgruntled. Thus
Mr. Garfield will start out with his party at
his support which will be decidedly different
from the way Mr. Hayes launched his craft
named administration. And, again, the
shrewdness of Mr.. Garfield when the Cabinet
Is announced will be apparent to every pOliti
cal observer. Unlike his predecessor, he will
enter his office uBpledged against q second
term Ambition would naturally dictate to
him that he should strive for second nomina-
ton at the hands Of his party. He is am.
bilious, and will obey its dictates A college
mate OF his with whom happen to be on
terms OF intimacy, tells me that Garfield In
formed him in as many words that he intended
his administration TO be such as to secure, if
possible, second nomination. His Cabinet
viii, be selected with that idea as the
keelson Of its building. No par
ticular faction or new ''policy''-which, by
the way, is a word so much abused as to be-
come almost meaningless will predominant
either in the Cabinet or in the course that he
will pursue. The Cameron, nor the Conkling
Grant, nor the anti-machine nor any other
Clique OF the party will find itself elevated
above the others. Such course as this is one
of the most difficult of all to pursue success
fully in politics, especially in American poll
tics; but Mr. Garfield has set himself to the
task and will bring to il every energy that he
possesses. He is man that is bod. and at the
same time tempers his boldness with brains
keeping his eye on the lookout the while for
what the New Highlander terms the main
chance Such is aforeshadowing of what he is
going to try to do. Whether he win succeed
time alone will show. I suppose, like every
body csc who is writing on this subject
should hear few individual p3rticu-
lars about the personnel of the next
Cabinet could write you two columns about
Tom, DICK and Harry, who eagerly note who
to be IN the Cabinet. There are some hundred
or m re men whose names have been men
TONED for the seven portfolios in the Cabinet
and there is no law, human or divine which
prevents the naming Of as many more by those
who indulge in Cabinet speculations The
chances are that the Cabinet which Garfield
chosen on the policy outlined above. venture
into the field of prediction, however. Take it
for an assured fact that B aine will be Secreta-
~ OF State This is by no means a new pre-
dlcClon, but there seems TO be no certainty in
the general mind about it. But there ought to
be that certainty. One day last week Blaine
went up to the State Department and had
three hours conference with Mr. Evarts, who
now presides there Mr. Evarts went over the
whole jurisdiction of the office with Mr. Blaine:
explained our relations with foreign govern
ments informed him what negotiations were
pending, and 10 short, gave him all the in
formation there was about the Office
its duties and management. After this long
conference, Mr.. EvaTts was asked who he
thought would be his successor He replied
quickly, Senator Blaine, without doubt"
Evarts certainly knows. The Attorney Gen
eral while he may not have as good informa-
ton as to who will step into his shoes is some.
what likely to know something about it, He
says that in his opinion Robert Lincoln the son
Of the President of that name will be the next
Attorney General About the Treasury Depart
ment good information Is somewhat Of a mega.
tive character. According to it, Levi P,
Morton, the New York banker, will not be the /
Secretary. The portfolio is thus left with Sena-
tor Allison and Judge Folger as the most likely
for the place. AS between the two the former
stands the better chance. There will be an in
term before the appointment of the head of
tn Treasury it is thought, and John Sherman
hold over till he enters the Senate in Decem-
Der next. The present Governor of Ohio,
Mr. Foster viii be in the Cabinet. He
is about all that is the least bit tangible that
can be gotten hold CT now about Mr.. Garfield's
Cabinet. You will note that no mention is
made OF the probable heads of the Navy, War
and Interior Departments. There is of course
no lack of men mentioned for them; but out of
the whole mass Of mentioning there has not
evolved anything that is not like Emma Alb
bolts stage kisS-'delusive and unsatisfac-
tory"
TROUBLES AND BLUxDERs OF THE INAUGURAL.
COMMITTEE.
The inaugural ball and the procession has
| already stirred up many little dfssatisfactions
| The ex-UniOn' don't leave out the quotation
marks, please-blatherskites have had their
Intellectual howl about rebels and other dire
monsters in the procession; the oflce-seeking
| organizations have made Rome howl because
| they have not all been put at the head of the
| line; and the immaculate Republican friend and
oroeher, tne negro. mas not yet overcome the
| shock to his deiicately organized system by
the announcement that the presumptious dar-
key has purchased largely of tickets to the
bsH And now there are symptoms Of more
trouble. This time there is decency in the
| difference of opinion. The committee direct
ing the great ball decided to send tickets to
none but the President and his family, and the
coming President and his family. Everybody
else must pay for their admission to the great
est chow on earth in the way of q ball. This is
certainly right, think all g0od-minded citi-
zens Many who would not have gone to the
ball otherwise. purchased tickets merely for
the kind in the capitol where there would be no
dead heading. They know that the old gang of
deadheads will be absent, and that alone will
compensate for the necessary outlay. 1t will
that once in life you attended public enter
tainmept IN Washington and saw not that gang
But in making this wholesome regula-
ton against dead-headism the com
m1ttee perhaps went too far. They should
have sent tickets to the representatives of for
| eign governments at the capital The ball is a