The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-01
CARlNEr CHANCES,
Drift OF COnVeruAlIOn in Congressional
Circles.

WASHINGTON, February 2S,-Cabinel
talk in Congressional circles to-day is thai
Allison will be Secretary Of the Treasury,
Republicans OF prominence say New York
will be offered the Treasury. The Michi-
gan delegation Is pressing Newbuiy for
Secretary OF the Navy, and some iniuen-
tial Illinois Republicans are urging Com
missioner Raum for Secretary Of War.
Il. Illinois gets cabinet place Raum will
be the man. Window Is mentioned for
the Treasury, but in the Senate the gen.
eral impression has settled back on Al
lison,
The following communication to the
Baltimore american Ia believed here to
have been written by one OF its editors
after talk with Mr.. Blaine,
When Gen. Garfield rendered the posi-.
tion oil Secretary Of State to Mr.. Blaine
during his visit to Washington, and Mr..
Blaine accepted the position, how was IL
possible for any one to suppose that this
tender was not accompanied by q general
understanding and agreement OF views as
to the formation Of the Cabinet? Mr..
Blaine was no common Office seeker, ready
to take anything that might be offered,
with thanks. He was asked to make q
personal sacrifice for good administration
and those who have imagined that he was
willing to be mere cipher in the Cabinet
certainly have q poor idea Of the true char.
acter Of the man,
The Withholding Of his resignation as
Senator until after his coming interview
with the President elect was undoubtedly
part and parcel OF the agreement ut the
time OF the tender and acceptance. In
other words, the acceptance was accom-
panied with provlso that Mr.. Garfield
and himself should be able to agree as TO
the men who were 10 be selected for the
other positions, that the Cabinet, as q
whole, was to be formed OF men who
would not be perpetually pickering and
QuaIrelling and endeRyoring to thwart the
view, OF the Secretary OF State.
Gen. GaTfeld's failure TO make any posi-.
tive offer OF the position to any one else
ought to satisfy every one that this is q
common sense view OF the situation.
There will be no other tender OF Cabinet
appointments to any one until after Gen.
Garfield and Mr.. Blaine have met and
compared views.
Presuming that the Cabinet TO be named
will bo one that Is entirely satisfactory to
Mr.. Blaine, and putting all rumora and in.
dications from Mentor into a cruCible OF
common sense, | am tempted to make q
prediction as to its formation and to give
my reasons for the faith that is in me.
Judging from all indications, l should be
disposed to expect the following to be the
Cabinet finally settled upon:
Secretary OF State, James G. Blaine, OF
Maine; Secretary oil the Treasury, VIM. B,
Allison, OF Iowa; Postmaster General,
VIM. H. Robinson, OF New York; secre.
tary OF War, Robert Lincoln, Of illinois;
Secretary Of the Navy, Archie W. Camp.
bell, Of West Virginia. Attorney General,
Wayne MacVeagh, Of Pennsylvania.
II will be seen that In this sketch OF the
probabilities Ohio Ia thrown out, as the
President.eeCt has determined that the
dominancy OF his own State shall be dis.
continued under the administration. The
general opinion through the country that
neither Senator Conkling nor Senator
Cameron could contribute to the formation
OF q harmonious Cabinet, at the head OF
which was Mr.. Blaine, has doubtless
reached Mentor, and all further efforts to
placate them will probably be abandoned.
Both Of these gentlemen should ondeavor
TO rid themselves OF the odium that at
taChes to them on account OF their dicta.
toral course at the last two conventions.
II not only affects them injuriously, but
1t also affects their retainers.
Mr.. Folger was undoubtedly given to
understand that he could have the Attor.
ney Generalship, but l have reason to be.
lieve that Mr.. Allison was settled upon
for the Treasury at the same time that Mr..
Blaine was rendered the State Depart.
ment. OF one thing you may rest as.
sured, that there will be no attempt In the
final formation OF the Cabinet to antago.
niSe any wing Of the Republican party,
and that an honest effort will be made 10
close up the lines aud give general salts.
faction.
The appointment Of Mr.. Campbell, OF
West Virginia, as Secretary Of the Navy
may be changed In favor OF some other
Southern man, but tllis undoubtedly an
appointment that Is very dear to the heart
OF Gen. Garfield.
OF course Mr.. Conkling will not be
pleased with the appointment OF Mr.. Rob.
ertson, OF New York, as Postmaster Gen.
eral, but then Mr.. Conkling is TOO
good a disciplinarian to expect the
President to ignore the friends 10 New
York who made his nomination probable
and possible, and cast his iavors at the feet
OF those who opposed both him and Mr..
Blaine. Whatever may be Mr.. OonklinR's
desire, he would have no respect for any
man who would reward bis opponents
and neglect friends. He is governed In
all kinda Of rewards and punishmeuts by
this rule.