, 1881-01-18
sENAroR ALLISON AND. THE CABINET

SENATOR ALLlsoN AND. THE eAblNEr
Illo suggestion ot senator Alllsehs name
III connectioll "its uAc treasury pepatt-
hcrt aildcf Gcfl. lar'iel1s Administration
wns received from INC very hrst Will sense
of iltiiess AMI POPULAR approsa', a'lu tlote IS
good reason to boitcvo ttlat tic ffestaens-
elect was 'nore fayorably impressed will tilo
notion Of Allison's appointment than with
that OF my other Of tho numerous calit.laa1es
who lave been urged upon Ills attention. 1t
llss cropped out lit several ways, however,
TINT Senator Allison does not feel at llbcrty
to signify 4 willingness to nccopt tic posi-
tion, but rcEares himscif rs rre-pfc.iged to
tho support OK Mr. james I. Wilson, 0t Ills
own State, who Is n candidate for Secretary
Of tic Treasury. Thcre Is probably no uucs-
tim but Senator Allison entertaf1,s strong
feeling OF personal obligation to Mr.. Wilson,
who Is n political power In Iowa, but ti'o
present case is ono that should suggest to
Mr.. Wilson tlu pruprloty Of relieving Senator
Allison from s,lc! embarrassment, and also
admits OF solution which wuuld probably
bo satisfactory TO both gentlemen md to tho
Republicans OF Iowa, who certainly llayo
exceptional clainns upon recognition from tho
Garfield Government
1t IL easy to show that Senator Alltson's
appointment ~ occrctary Of tho Treasury
would ha received with much more conf
deuce and APPRECIATION by tho Nation than
would be the an,,oinimcnt Of Mr.. Wilson,
mid this without tho slightest tt[sparageu,eDt
to tllo ability and standing Of that gcut1c.na1,
Mr.. A1llsnu has now becs, III continuous
Congressional seryice II, the 1iousa md tl,u
| Sunatp. during tlftesn years, and for tho
ereator part Of That Tim, has been closcly as.
| sociatcd with the financial legislation OF tho
country. llu IL known to he careful, eau
tEous, anil conservative thinker in finance.
1lo llns avoided tho extremes. lie l'as Just
rs little sympathy with tho grcctly, grasplnE.
and selfish projects Of Wall-strcet gan,b!ers
as hu Inns witt. tho crazy lunatEcs who would
Lave the country tloodcd with frrcdceinabte
fiat currency, Ills position IS tint of tho
! great bulk Of tho business and rctlectlng men
| Of tic country. Having contributed Ills
sEare to tho establishment Of II sound md
admirable system Of currency, In which gold,
silver, ntld notes rcdee'nabo III coil have m
c1uhi anil uniform ynluo,' he will uso Ills ill.,
tluonce in any position he 1nny hold to
maintain that syatenl. Ills familiarity With
tho process that led up to the resumption
Of specie payment on tho existing basis
wifi enable lin to combat successfully
my scheme for breaking 1t down that may
come either from tito gollltes OH tho ono
hand Or tho flntists OIL tho other hand.
While there nre probably many 1,,ell In the
country who lnay bo snfoiy trusted with tho
management Of tho finances untler tho next
| Administration, tfler0 ID ilnne other whose
SELECTION would glyc such complete assur-
nice of Ills iltnuss for That work as would
Tint OF Senator Allison.
lii tin case Of Mr.. james r. william. Ills
| friends should remember tl,at i,o Inns bcon n
number OF ycars out Of Congress. n1ui tlot It
| IL during Tint mrio,l thu rrent wnrk of ro.
slun,,tlon has bcr,, natural and carried into
clfect. AIcanwllla N1r. Wilson llns Iron co,,.
nIete]y sounratel frnu, tho f;oyt,rn,nont ox,
ccu, m f,oyer,,,ucnt ntroctor ~ tI,o rnc,,1,,
| nnilrna ia in which cnnncitv In nsrr,,sn,1
The cu,,sa m Inn {,omnom,os ond onto ovn,,lye,,
tho r,imrn,n,, iii, for con,1a,I,n., N" ,,"",no
1,ot,ron,is In nrnvt,Io far tho ,,nv,uo,,t mi ~