Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-07
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS.
 GARF|ELD's APPOINTMENTS. The Members of the New
 Administration. SATISFACTION WITH THE SELECTIONS. General Exodus of h. auguration Visitors. ORGANIZATION OF THE SENATE.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SENATE.
Democrats Dividing up the
 Committee Honors.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
 The New Cabinet-A Generally Satis- ! factory Selection-AH Parties Pleased
 With the Appointments-Depar of
 Ex-President Hayes The Democrats | ReOrGanfzing the Senate-The Distri-
 button of Committee Honors-President
 Garfield at Church-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, March 6.-The whole Cabi- net was unanimously confirmed yesterday. It is stated that the question of referring the names to committees was discussed at some length in executive session, but met with so
 little support that there was not even a sin gle objection which would have carried the
 matter over for day and the subject was dropped without 8 vote, whereupon each nomination was in turn unanimously con
 frmed. The Cabinet is, therefore, as fol lows: Secretary of State, James G. Blaine,
 of Maine; Secretary of the Treasury, Will blam Windom, Minnesota Secretary of the
 Interior, Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa; Secre- ] tary of War;. Robert T. Lincoln, Illinois i; Secretary of the Navy, William H. Hunt Louisiana Postmaster General, Thomas L.
 James, New York; Attorney General, Wayne McVeagh, Pennsylvania. The Cabi-
 net gives general satisfaction to the party
 leaders. Mir. Conkling, General Logan, MT. Blaine Mir. Edmunds and others, all the real leaders of the party, are content, and will be l found to give the new administration com plete and hearty support. They will help President Garfield with their counsel and | with their support in both houses They not only believe in the policy he has indicated, but they are satisfied with the Cabinet he | has selected, and all rumors and reports to | the contrary are false.
 1 A special Cabinet session convened at one ! o'clock. There were present Secretaries | Evarts, Golf, Ramsey Schurz, Postmaster ! General Maynard, Attorney General Devens \ and Acting Secretary of the Treasury French President Garfield informed the Cabinet that I he would probably send to the Senate about | three o'clock list of nominations comprising | those of his Cabinet. In making the an- ! nouncement the President spoke very feel | ing1y, assuring the gentlemen present that it ! caused him sincere regret to part with their | valuable services. Referring to their respect | i've signations-which have all been tender ! ed-the President hoped that each one would do him the service of remaining in his posi- ! tion until his successor should qualify, which ! would probably be several days. After some ! further remarks on this subject, the Presi- dent inquired after the business of the sever al departments in general way. The only l matter of importance which was brought to the attention of the meeting was presented ! by Acting Secretary French, being the re- \ quest of the national banks recently received at the Treasury department that they may be allowed to redeposit the bonds withdrawn and take out of the Treasury the legal tenders deposited for the retirement of the circula- f fo py- tent without conclusion.
 An attempt will be made by the committee appointed by the Democratic caucus yester- day to arrange committees so their reorgan- ization can be moved early in the week. The object of the committee will be to fill the places formerly occupied by outgoing Senators with new members of the body. As there is g. large increase in the number of Republican Senators their representation up- on the committees will be approximately in creased. Rates of about 5 to will be h. deavored to be maintained. It is on the
 books to make Judge Davis, of Illinois, chairman of the Judiciary committee, the post formerly occupied by ex-Senator Thur man. Senator Bayard, of Delaware. is next in order for promotion, but he thinks Sena- tor Davis, who, while preserving his inde-
 pendence, has generally acted with the Dem ocrats, should have it. Bayard is chairman of the Finance committee. Garland, of Ar kansas, is next in the line of promotion af- ter Bayard on the Judiciary committee, and thinks he should be made chairman if Bayard steps out of the way. According to the rules which have invariably guided the Senate in such matters, Garland's claim
 is considered as good, but 8 question of policy majority of the Democrats believe that Judge Davis should be given the place. There is controversy for two places on the Finance committee, made vacant by the ex- piration of the terms of Herman and Wallace. TIa 1otfa hos har atofo ha1d ho hall of power in the committee between the free tradetendencies of the majority and the pro- tectionist belief of the minority It was i'm possible for any movement in the direction of open free trade to be made while Wallace was there. It is suggested that McP Pherson of New Jersey, who is an experienced busi- ness man and sound fnancier, should be given place on this committee. The general opinion prevails among the Republican Sen ators that the Democrats will hasten the re- organization of the committees and get away as soon as possible. By delaying until March 18th they lose their majority. The Democratic Senators are reserved on this subject. Out side opinion limits the session to a week.
 The immense crowd of people, who this morning were attracted by curiosity rather l than devout spirit to the Vermont avenue Christian church, were not disappointed At first, however, it seemed certain that their attendance was in vain. The hour of 10 had come and throngs of people had not only filled the church. but extended outside | into the street and then down to the corner below. Those outside were beginning to ' move away, and those in the edifce were ! wishing that they were outside, when car
 riage drove quickly up the street. It con- | tained the President, his wife and mother and Mrs. Rockwell, his sister in-law. | The services had begun when the party ! made their way through the crowd up the steps to the church and took seats in | xl pulpit. Their passage up the aisle naturally. attracted universal attention, but on the Iwhole there was little disturbance. II guess | the President overslept himself this morn- ing" said a lady near the reporter, just ! like anybody else." Little or no interruption
 to the opening services was occasloded, and l when these were concluded Chaplain Mullins, U s. A., preached from the third verse of Jude, his theme being the faith of the Disci- ples The President proved an attentive listener to the sermon, which contained no allusion to the inauguration or new administration. Several times, however, 8 close observer could have seen that the Presidents mind was not altogether l upon the sermon, for he seemed to be deep l in thought. After the sermon Rev. Dr. Hins- dale of Hiram College, of which President | Garfield was once president, prayed, and then Rev. F. D. Power, the pastor, pronounced the benediction. The President and his wife received many congratulations before they | left the church
 The new Cabinet was the subject of general conversation among the people to-day. Prob ably no similar action on the part of any President ever gave more satisfaction. The appointments of Blaine and Windom cause | the least surprise, and that of James is al most universally received with approval. Those who object to the choice of the Secre | tary of War are those who had selected an-
 other for the position, but Lincoln's friends
 expect model administration of that office. The friends of Governor Foster express dis | appointment in his not.receiving some Cabi- net appointment.
 It has not been definitely settled when the new Cabinet will be sworn. It may be done I tomorrow It is understood that consulta- | ton between the President and Secretary Blaine will be held tomorrow, when the
 matter will be definitely settled The mem
 bers of the Cabinet will take the oath of office in the Cabinet room at the Executive Mansion. The oath of office will probably
 be administered by Chief Justice Waite.
 though this ceremony is often performed