, 1881-02-04
f;rhe Specially Vigorous Contest for
: III. !. Positions in His Cab.
t,1f'f met.
n. Garilc'il This Not Complicated
Himself by Promises to
: Any Une.
Eo Will Take the Kind Of Men Ho Do
!. sires, Wherever He Gan Find
%tt';T Them,
The CsmposIlIon al Ills Cabinet Sot Likely 10 Dc
:. Known BeIote I!s 0t1It!a! An.
t. noNfetnlent*
Special Corrtspondtnee Of The Chicago 7ftburk-

=" In pnlit!ca. where ~ many ton! purposes NIs
nctcr Is at primal Importance: but the proct'ss
requires imsiuh. and foresight t,cyun'l whit pco,;
ns rs', = tat vi Of .n an
events which h,s SO often inynIseu 1,f,s .n1SMaS
Tho sitrtucc Of tito centre Rnl subsistence % tner
tnturcs. anh ga., even tlHtcGt u, ps,nscs preaonnsgs
{hnt subtle pullo which corrupt character Al.
why's iniuscs into tho most TecsttH! professions
OF morality or hunlanltv,-E' =. " Mr"c'
Did ono not know that tho greatest American
writer OIL character Ind produced the nbovo
striking sentences from Ills uwn vigorous geit-
eraltzutons more thnn twenty yenrs hHo. ho
would be led to suppose that they were written
from personal observations Of men an'l things III
thIs blenk lake. Eric hR1nlct during this present
year Of grace Btt, at any rate, they serve ns |
M excelIcpt text for Il political hntnfy inter-
Apcrscd with some observations md ncws-hotes.
1t has seemed to be 4 prejulucd conclusion |
with lnnny people that QGn. Garfield hnu little
or no knowledge Ut tho men from whom It was
proper for him to choose his advisors ntls' nsslst-
ants: and the amount or help That bus been tend
cred him gratis
! HAS DEEN SO 1.ArGE
as even to exceed his wonderful! capacity Tor
rnpid classification and generalization. This
stnte OF nfnIrs suggests TWO worry trlc and Bnnle.
what contradictory sayingA, nnMay: ProNcrct
service stlnks": nnd 'Two hcnus are better than
one, II n11D !3 n SueEpS 8 uCnH.
Now, In tho first pl0ce, there Is no question but
that most uf tho assistance thAt has been offered
tho General I'm tho gelcctlon Of men hnR Unit
t.ntcl from selfish Impulses; but this should NOT
necessarily condemn 1t. Some OF tho praildest
work thnt hns ever been ddna for humanity hrs
been the most purely sclflsht and. II tho theory
II those philosophers, whn claim, that sclflshness
, 8 tho mninsprnv of human action, is in any
enso tri,c, We must oxnect thIs. In the second
place. the fnct Is well known TINT tho wfscstMcn
In tho world hnvo admitted tho truth OF tho
apothcgn, that " In multiplicity nf counsel Is
i wisdom With thus mich Of prefacc, IL few
VERY rtAlN STATEMENTS
=. may DO nnle,-not ns being dictated by Gen,
GARFIELD. or by that mythical personnFe, " a Ron-
tlcmhn who has spent much ttlne ut Mentor OF
late" but as gel1crAllzations which could but be
dcduccd by person Of ordinary observation
whu.had watched tho comlngs and goings hero
: for tho pnst ninety days.
: Ftrst-Geu. GArled has been plcnscd to re-
cctva ull tho help and advice he could get. 1t Ia
!, onty tuan who secs ono side Of question who
/. fears counsel.
:, Second-Ilc has tronted nil who have come nud
, gono With that markcd degree Of courtesy
7 which characterized his Informal receptions Of
". esaeses iuring the cnuspHgn.
:" Thtrd-IIe bus not committed h!mself in any
. respect to those who have visited him since olcc
! ton. any more than he did before election.
FFOMFLH-f1B NtNlk ~ WV ~ NAHaaElAt vi SNV
I ,norn1ro oy ,lo Al nj Novo,uber. 1850. which he
49, .t.,sr .o,I,s,o,,.i. onenr,oa ,r,t ho ,y,ulI
!, nns s1'lco fe''R'uu''s ooset'e"' eu41t "' ""u'"
I'm NO PARTICULAR C0MrILCArE HIMSELF
; by promises to nny one; TINT no would listen 10
II o,,d rnrreIatc fho informot!on thua o,tnincd
at' wv ,ao ,.. .t..'.."' .1 ,'.,' 49,
< anu employ II 70 mo pesl a"vnnt3ko "'th'n "ls
: power In making up Ills mind upon tho yarlonB
:; subjects touched UPON.
Fifth-1t hus hnon nrovc., nootn nofl AMIN. In
= w 70 49,. .. ~ ,,:. .,s - .t M
y tno history o1 feeeht Fol'11cs' taat III Rfcnt
tb'nas the people arc much stronger, and spea's
( ( noiitrca, hossns ro tho sni,l bosscs Eatinnni.
;.' Ip.'..1ea. ps' " 49, ., ' ~ ,'. ia =
4. state, or Municipal tn thcsr character. Wero
( this not 80, Rhcr1unE, Conk!sny, or SUNG sn,ar
. statesman might to-day no tho frcsident-eiect,
= Instead OF tho quiet thnf1 Of Mentor.
, ;, Sixth-0cn. Garfield understands this perfect
: ~ well: md, whilu he Will mike Il reasonable
Z; smart tn hnvn t,,o yarln,,s sections nr thn c,,
try and OF tho Republican p1rty represented III
= tho Cabinet, It vii! bo
s, !: n,ur,r.-r,vr1v n.rr,r,n cAn1vrr
o1nllSIAANiA, - M->"s! !'4'n eAua-'Ei'