, 1881-01-20
What to DO with Gov. Foster
the Question Of the
Hour,
President Garfield Proposes to
Answer It in His Own
Way.
Positive Assurance that Foster L.
to Be Postmaster-Gen-
era1,
And that Allison, Of Iowa, Is to Receive
-. the Treasury Portfolio.

CLEVELAND, o.. jan. tO.-1 hive tlcll scv
eral Interesting interviews tu-ttny with lead
Ing politicians III they cu.lle a,1ti 60, but III,
Fortunately nolIo of them would allow thu
use Of tlc!r naules III giving the public thu
bcncfit 0f their saH0 remarks. 1t was oilt,
after n solemn promise utl my pnrt not II
publish their lla1lles That their lips were un
senleI a1'd they were ready to Talk. 1'cfurt
giving any Of these conversations l desire tc
sRy tint 1t IL tic almost unanimous lcpn1,t
Of tile leading Republicans OF Ohio TINT Coy.
Foster stlal rellnlu In the Stats and head the
ticket next fnll. TT the present feeling ot
tho leaders 1t would be disastrous for the
Gnverl'or 10 leave The State. The claIit. oil
his friends, wf'icl, IL 70 often urged. that he
| wnl,''l still be nn Ohioalt, II lie wcrc III tic
Cabinet, VIII scarcely answer. Tile desire Is
| tint hu hcad the ticket during tho ct year,
AMI when Senator lettle.on's tImc lit tllu
hetlatt expires 1t Is thought that hc will be
still ynrng enough for Senator. n
lad Il f0ng talk with NJ, ex-C congressman,
Wilt Inns known lien. Garfield for years, and
who volunteered many Interesting things
Which bear in n general way upon the sub
tcct III lsard. lie said:
believe there Is nothing that Gen. Car
iicid will study ~ carefully Ms
TILE tiiOflsArIiY Ur hts CABINET.
I Ind iookct1 fur lin to select Secretary of
State froln the West. as the East has l,all It
fur 50 lHnl,y years pust, hut ns Tint l,ns INT
beGn done, and 1t Is pretty well settled TINT
Senntor Blaine IL to To 1nto tla Stnte TO-
pnrtulcnt, It is my tir,u optnion that tbe
Treasury portfolio viii be handed to n Vast
cr1l ln,ll. Tile present indications n,l mint
toward Wilson, Of Iowa, for t],Is place. / do
not think Ohio will be- represented in The
Cabinet. 1t IL t;en. Gart|ell's tlua lint lle
himself Is representative eno,,gl, for Ohio.
'rleru nre. nepr,y forty States II, tlln
uniun There nre onIy seven Cabmcl
POSITIONS ur one for n little u,orr than each
five States. 1t takes urctty carcfnl Bvurfnp
to u,lke Il lust estimate Of the pgopcr thing
to do. New York, OIL account III tie pro,u.-
lrnt Elucc sl,e Inns nlwnys llcld III Sntion nj
politics, has commanded Ill lnportunt CabI-
net t,osl,ton, ror TWENTY ycnrx sfc las i,ntl
tho Secretary of Slate. 5, ponusy]ynIla ia
next to New Yorli Ii, sIzc, but oyl account Of
the boss l1.I. tlut has 1,reyu,lrtl tlero far
Republican sElo win have attained Satiouul
mli,lnr appointment. The rrcairst ,liflicultv
t;r1,, Garfield hus tn ,np,.t is In mrn,,arIy
sa,iSfy thr u,cn vim ru,, thr t,yt ,,ront s,n,os
of Nrw York nu,i pcn,,sylyouin. f:ru' f:,r.
field is pcculIury Il ,,,n,, Of tl,o mronlr n,d II,
the States w,,rr. fin nco,,l. r,,tr In ,vIl iavc
ycry little dif]lcultv. tint ''e ''''e
r,lE CHEAT ,,ossrs
nlwnys naye st,na mint II, ,unsn ond tbat
1u1rt Ia |ikrlv to r,,, ro,,,,tnr r., I'm ,toraut.
of t,,a 1,r,s,,r,,t.nfnrt 4, liz, en",a t;,nn T.
is n]l.]u,fortnnt flint In snonl1 In tl,rya n -
ynv that xi1 mt ,f.,,,,i tn, .,rout ,nSa,a ~ ~
tI,nsu Stotns mr. In ,n,,. h. a,r,,nrf,, ,,n,.,-