Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-13
Cabinet,

II
Undoubtedly Garfield showed great
shrewdness in lodging the newspaper
men while in Washington, but he
made . grand mistake in passing a
night in q hotel in Cleveland on his
trip back to Mentor.
Probably he thought he was in his
own bed. in his own house, and so
he did not notice that the transom
over the door which led to the next
room was open. This vas the case,
however, AMI a reporter spent the
night in that adjoining room.
OF course a conversation between a
man and his wife on family matters
should be held sacred, but when such
individuals discourse upon affairs
which vitality affect the whole coun-
try, their conversation becomes a
matter Of public interest.
On that night, in that hotel, the
General gave himself dead away on
the question of his cabinet, and the
reporter feels that an interested world
would never forgive him if he con-
cealed the information received by
him in the still watches of the night
through that transon.
1t was about l O'Clock in the
morning.
my DEAR" said the General to
his wife, ''the politicians say it Is my
duty to reward with high honors
those to whom l arm most indebted
for my election. On that basis they
have arranged my cabinet"
"Well,'' said Mrs. G., Il an glad
of that. Now you "a stop worrying
over it. / hope they have given US
o nice, moral, tea-party sort of a
cabinet, like the one Mrs. Hayes has
u for the last three or four years."
''I'm afraid you'll be disappoint-
ed" SAID the General, dolefuIly.
"Whom have they gwen you for
Secretary of State!" asked Mrs. G.
with a trace of sharpness in her
tones.
"They say the Secretary Of State
should be the man who carried the
pivotal State, Ulysses Simpson Grant
"And the Secretary of War;
asked Mrs. G.
swell, they say Ulysses S. Grant
knows all about war, and that he
should have the place"
"And the Secretary Of the Navyl''
s." ell, they say U. Simpson Gran
should have that because some Sian.
derous people have charged him will
being half-seas over
t'And the Secretary of the Treasu.
ry?' asked Mrs. G.
"Oh, everybody says he will prove
a treasure in that position"
And the Postmaster General?'
"Why, they think General Gran
should be appointed to that position.
because he is short of stamps
"And the Attorney-General?"
swell, they say for that position
Grant is a necessity, because he
knows no law"
''And the Secretary of the Int
rior:' asked Mrs. t., with consider.
able emphasis.
"Oh, they say General Ulysses
Simpson Grant is just the man toI
that place, because he will know how
to impose taxes or wi,iskey and to
bacco SO as to treat the consumer
fairly"
Very well,'' said Mrs. G., sbu'
/ want YOU to understand that | Il,
not propose to have any drinking anG
smoking by you and your cabinet il
the White House."
"rhat's hard on the cahinet,'' sale
the General. "He and | will l.,
forced to consult at some Dew DROP
Inn.''
Then quiet reigned until the snor,
of the righteous 'o!a the reporter tina
tn: great man and his wife had drop
ped into the land of dreams.
There may be those who will doub
the authenticity of the foregoing re
port. They, perhaps, are excusable
because they do not know the reporte
personally. he General himself ma,
insist that he never SAID anything O
the sort, and that he does not talk i,
that way. In that case Mr.. Hewitt
can be called in. He has heard hi
friend Garfield talk, and it can b
asked Of Mr.. Hewitt if his frien'
Garfield does not talk in ~precisel,
that manner. ARTHUR LOT.