New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-10
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
ppps1nENT ARTHUR's CABINET.

TIRtIY o. GRANT MEN-BLAiNy y, HUNT,MACFEN"
AND PERHAPS LINCOLN, TO RFTiRE-GENEhAH
GRANT SAID TO By DIsPosING OF THE AFAii-ADA"
PLACES TIE ID PLoMArIc eERVlCE.
So, AZ ncc .s,ox,I CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuSs
WAsurVGroS Nov. 9--It is understood 'ha'
dprinq the Presidents visit to New-fork tno no|
Cabinet was virtua ly arranged. ana thaV '"0 N ~ -
nominations TO the different Departments az W." =,
.bosa 70 the vacant foreign missions, Will at ohoo Do
made nm To be transmitted to the senate a. ''o" %
Congress- comes together in Decemoer' !,
80 secret in well-informed circles that tDe
President has abandoned, If he ever en.er'a'nou'
the idea of making Cabinet when shail eil'ia'0
rosortotives of the different sections OF the ne
,,nbioon marty He seems to have resolved to throw
A. his fortuues with that portion of the party winch
vas defeated at Chicago defeated in the Senate anu
defeated in New-York and to make what may he
designated an out-and-out Grant Cabinet
The slate as now arranged, though subject
to possible changes upon consultation win proihi-
nent politicians will he made up from among
.he foilowinc. Mr.. Frelinghuysen, of New-Jersey;
Mr.. Folger of New-York; Mr.. Chatfee, OF Coiorauo'
AIR Fllev. of Missouri Mr.. Williamson, OF Iowa
Afr SARGENT. of California; Mr.. Howe Oh
yyisconsin. and Mr. Lincoln, of Illinois All
of these gentlemen are among the a"'
souowing of General Grant, although his espe-
c,aI nersoaa representative in the Government VIII
he Mr. Chaffee, whose daughter married Uenerai
Grants son. and with whom the General has intimate
financial relations ~
II has hitherto been taken for granted that MI
Lincoln would continue in his present position
but this is by no means certain lie was ap-
no;nted bv President Garfield for various reasons
First beeause he represented the Grant element In
the West second because Mr.. Garfield honored anu
reyered the memory of Abraham Lincoln, ana ieiV
that among those of the American people VINO were
hke-minded the same sentiment would render tne
appointment of his popular one thiru' De
cause after carefully inquiry, he satlshed hnhsell
that Mr. Lincoln would make an able, Judlclous ana
loval Minister. But General Logan, having recon-
mended Mr. Lincoln, assumed the responsibility Oh
his appointment and claims the right also, TO de-
eide whether he shall or shall not be retained In
office NJ Lincoln is man of too much integrity
and force of character to act rs any mans agent,
and too much the son of his father to be n mere
spoilsman land it is seriously debated among the ILL.,
nois politicians whether it might not be advisable
IN have another appointment made for Illinois
which shall be more satisfactory to the practical
men.
There Is also some doubt about Secretary Hunt,
though he will probably have to go--not that there
is anything against him. but his place is needed.
The list have given embraces no one from New
England and some modification in that respect is
nossIble the name of Mr.. Boutwell, being good
deal discussed 1t is altogether probable that no
appointment will be given to Pennsylvania. The
Camerons would have been well pleased at the re-
tention of Mr. MacVeagh. but that was impossible,
and Timothy o. Howe was, therefore, selected Tor
that vacancy. The President is anxious to nave
Mr. MacVeagh leave the Cabinet but he wishes
him to so in such a way as TO damage himself IN
the going so as to weaken him in any future reform
demonstration which he may make. 1t
really looks at present as if he were
going to succeed in this. He has already,
with remarkable adrOitness, put Mr.. MacVeagh
apparently IN the wrong in the Star Route and
Guteau cases. and made it exceedingly difficult for
him to leave the Cabinet with dignity and impossi-
BILE for him to remain in it. And yet the President
refuses to accept his resignation though the rea-
tions between himself and the Attorney-General
have become excessively strained Mr.. MacVeaghs
wit and frankness assigned as the causes of the
Presidents GOODNESS. 1t is possible, though not
probable that upon his retirement Pennsylvania
may be cOncliated by the offer of Cabinet position
TO John b. Packer, devoted adherent OF the Grant
and Cameron faction. The relations of the Came
IRONS to Mr. MacVeagh's appointment were singuiarly
characteristic. They gave President Garfield to I'M
derstand they would be pleased by his appointment,
and then gave Mr.. Conkling and Others in the SEN
ate to understand that they would be pleased if he
were not confirmed But of course the first intima
ton was intended TO be followed, and the second
was intended to be disregarled.
Mr. Blaine has renewed his resignation which was
rendered the day after President Garfeld's funeral
and it will be accepted without any pretence de-
muir though he will remain until December by re-
Quest of the President AS as he is out, the
Grant people viii proceed at to administer
Upon the effects of the Department. General Grant
TO do him justice speaks with the utmost frankness
of his desire to see Mr. Blaine ont, and of his pur
pose to assist the President in arranging the diplo
matte service He has already offered two or three
missions to various friends precisely as If he were
President He is especially anxious TO fill the
Oriental Legations He desires to have Mr.. j. T.
Young, of The Nec York Herald, appointed Minister
to Japan and, to make vacancy there. wishes Mr..
Bingham transferred to Vienna. MIR. Cramer is 10
have better Legation than the Swiss which Gene
hal Garfield gave him. and General Badeau, If the
President should think it not polite to dspace Gene
raj Merritt will get consolation elsewhere. General
Grant with frankness which must be acknoHl-
edged says that the Garfield men ought to be put
out without any nonsense, and our friends" put in
their places and he seems confident that this will
be done The President Is so rich at the moment
in vacancies that 1T will not be necessary for him to
make any removals for the present The missions
lin China, in Austria, i'll Germany and in Russia are
already vacant The Ministers at Lisbon and at
Rome are paralytcs. Besides these, there are sew
eral diplonatists whose tenure has been re-
garded as permanent, the chief among these being
Mr. Lowell. whose place has already been offered to
one or two distinguished statesmen and declined
Since Mr.. sherman Rogers has bolted the Hurd
ticket in Buffalo, it is thought to be only the dictate
of common prudence for Mr.. Putnam, Minister at
Brussels to begin to pack his trunks for home, as
his sole friends in NewYork Mr. Evarts and
Dir. Rogers.
WORK OF THE SECOND AUDITORS OFFICE.
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF HE SECOND
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