The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-07

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r., ,bs new administration W 'A' 10 v"
ln1' ' ~ ,bs various departments are con
asau'" aI /, now fully organized. The gen
.'.n.n ''us selected are as follows;
Sretqy Of Ssalt,-James H. Blame o
Maine. wu w;rdom
olNiunesota' ,n0o,, .
Illinois. e..,,o,1 vi,L
rood, Of Iowa -, ~ H.. :,
seelay Of &t Nay-W' d. Hunt o.
'Is' p'Smq,lr Gnral.-ThOmaS L. James, Ol
~" ,'orral Ga.tral-wayus McYsagh, Oi
Pennsylvania.
rbrse Of these gentlemen have seen
i'm, service at Washington as members oi
ca'r,ss, and United States Senators, vlz'
W.,n. Blaine, Window and kiFkWood'
,,5 their ample qualification TO fIl the
D,rss to which they have been appointed
sJmi,, Of no doubt. The same thing 10 TO
Ia aid Of the appointment Of Mr.. James
a. po,tn.ster. General. He has earned a
D,ioual reputation as Postmaster OF New
yo,k city, and his promotion to the Post
mul,rGensralship is certainly in the line
oIdyil service. lie willmake an Admira'
bIsbead Of The POstoiIics Department.
w,ype MCveagh, Of PeunSylvania, the
r.y Attorney General, is said to be man
oISue abilities, although his fame a. q
hv,er has never made his name familiar
n6e country. lie was United States
MiuIs,sr to Turkey few years ago, . posi-
lion that he owed mainly to the influence
Of hh iatheriu.law, the elder Cameron,
IA one sense be owes his present position
p,he same circumstance, and in another
he does not. lie Is not q political follower
ol,hs Cameron machine in Pennsylvania,
Sd il Is said although the report 10 10 be
taken with due alowanCe) that his BROTH
ulpIaw, Don Cameron, was much OPP
posed to bis selection. General Garfield
bOVeyer proceeded on the theory that
"bood Is thicker than water"
and evidently regarded Don's hos
tlIy @ Of the PlckwiCklan kind.
And ye! he had good excuse
Isrtlking Mcyeagh on his own merits, as
hesiands identified with the independent
Republican element In Pennsylvania, and
WNlbe very acceptable to that element; 90
thl. hls choice will at once satisfy the
ClmWons and their opponents, which 10,
vsmay say, killing two birds with one
stone, or, changing the figure, promoting
tEo important political ends with one
nomination. 1t was a wise choice on the
pan Of the President.
The choice oI young Lincoln as secre'
Hyol War Is said to be q piece OF politi'
cal sentiment on the part Of the President,
He has always revsred the memory ol
Abraham Lincoln, and recognizing thai
ibis was q name dear TO the hearts Of the
American people, and recognizing also
that bic son had shown himself worthy ID
bear The name Of his honored father, he
believed that II would be both fitting and
polite 10 unite his name with that OF hi
administration, and therefore he appoint
ed him. Time will show whether his ex'
PeCt0Llons will be realized from the up.
Pointnent. The appolntee himself hal
thus iar made no such record In life al
would have secured his appointment out
sIde oil bic family name.
The appointment Of VIM. A. Hunt, o.
Louisiana, as Secretary OF the Navy, Il
Understood 10 be concession To the Bouth
eFn Republican element. He lisa native
oil LouisianS, was Union man during The
war, 10 man Of fair abilities and good
character, and has lately occupied the po'
sIIiCn Of a Judge Of the Court Of Claims aI
Washington. He has the advantage ol
hAiling from the most influential OF thG
Southern States, from the one that has 70.
4ulrel more executive attention than any
other Of them, and one that Is expected tc
be Republican in 1884, II was important
TO the President 10 get a Southern man IL
the Cabinet, and he probably got the leaS
Objectionable Republican be could An,
IhOret Tor taken as Ia whole the Louisian
leaders are not choice LOT oi Republican
TO draw from.
Stunning up this glance at PresidOn
tatdeIds Cabinet, we think that the iudp
m'nt oil Intelligent people will be that h,
mas made good selections, and considering
!he extraordinary pressure to which h,
u@ been subjected, we believe that be hu
come As near satisfying all the elements
which II was desirable 10 conCiliate A An,
man could who had The interests Of m,
@ pooll' service seriously at heart, as ",
Know General Garfield has. His CAbiue
suL s.l-s stand the Test Of iait criticism in any