, 1881-01-11
And Remain in Garf1eld's Cab
met as Secretary Of the
Treasury,
While Foster Goes Easily to the
Senate, and Everybody
Is Happy.
Con]tlfng Understood to Be En-
tirely Satisfied with This
Arrangement,
As. with 8faiae and Sherman Bolh Out of Tho
Way, Ao Can Hold The Senate Lead.
esshfp undispuied.
Special Dt.pasth to The chtedoo Tsthun&


Special Dt'pasta to The chtedao Trth,tns
CLEVELAND. u, Inn. H." We ntny have
to elect two senators tl1ls winter" saltl n
pfonilncnt 1'eu1ber OF the Ohio Legislature
to nle to-day.
"llow can That pc possible" asked, much
Interested. Isn't Shcrn'n'l certain of getting
the e'cctlon?''
"As certal'' rs certain can be. and 80 Is
Foster Wc sllnll probably elect them both
bctorc the wltlter Is over"
1on spcnk III cnfEtlas- I fail to COLL
prehcMl your meaning"
"Sothing In tho s!apo of nn enigma Is ill.,
tended, assure sou. and iiave io possible
objection to Informing yon exactly wbat Is
i'lcant. The nlattcr Is pretty well untlcr-
stood BY those who are best posted In a'Iutrs
1n the STATE, md huyc observed for some
tlays past, md find that tic opinion 1s grow
fIn. It Is this way: Sherman will be elected
to tie Senate, first, BY this net his friends
will feel tint liz Is yintlicatcd, nnd he will
show to the people ahroHd aud to his eneMIcs
that he !,aS not lost his grip III aifuirs iii his
own Statc, and TINT he IL still gazing to IT.
main III public life. Soon after lie Is thus
elected lie with be chosen to q place iii Cur
leltt's Cabinet,''
"What position will l,e be offered?"
"Wly. ho will 1e continued where llo now
Is, Of course" y
e-'''-" froR>4IA:cr11FeAsEly.>.:: :-.~f
"Wllat could lend you to this npEn!0n?"
"Why, everything III the world that Is now
hnppclllng. Lwoner that, the ppInt has not
been seen befotc by the newspapers. There
nrc some very curious things nb6ut the for
~lnatton of Cabinet. Of COURSE, tho ,Prcsi-
dent-clect Inns tic power anil tho authority to-
tho people choose nfter ail. No one under
stands this better thai Secretary Stlcrta,l's
friends. There llas been d good teal of lit
crafy-pafeau work done OH thisvery subject.
when tlle general sentiment VI tho country
scttEes ao"ll 0s it ms OH senator blaine i1r
Secretary OF State, there Is no President
eject III tho wofIt! that would reptltllatc II.
blit yoll have noticed that things do not thus
settle down 80 tar ~ the Secretarys'tlp OF
TIC Treasury Is concerned, nntl 1t Is
not intended tllat they shall. There
has been persistent e'lort n,ado to
bellttloevery QUO who ltas been mentioned In
That connection. FROM the very lirst 1t hns
been urged thatilo ono ever tllt or ever could
10 quite 70 well III tho Treasury Department
rs Shcrmnn Inns lone. Morton would not
10, because Ile Is OF New York and would
be tn q ring with tho Wall street brnkcrs. 4
Far-Westerll Hui. would not 10, because lie
would be supposed to ''avc some wild West
crn notlo,s Oh tbs greenback uni silver Q,,cs.
tloEls. And 10 the Sigh Ut regret has COLI
stantly been drawn under tie breath tint
Sherman could not be retained. No ono else
l'ns exactly seeEl.ed to fill the bill. No one
seemed tn think TINT M0rton. tic banker,
would fall to make a good ,nan for tie Navy
Department, or post'O1ce Department. Or
anythint, clsa but the Treasury. Plenty Of
men nave cofne up IRON Morrill, soetIs, East,
anu West 1ar everybody e!se's si!ocs except
those soon to lie Gust oil by John Sherman.
THE cHlTlclaMs
offered against Allison md Wilson arc sup
posed to be very serious. MD the country ~
NIL at SEQ lh regard to what to do. Tha peo-
i!u alld tho newspapers aro engaged ln
DI0gcnes search for ,nal for the Treasury
Department, nnd tho sentiment will 10 so
nodded thnt, when Garfield at Inst NAMES
SherMn,, for the place, It Wilt 8ecln MI actual
relief, md everybody will wonder that tho
solution was not arrived at suoner, No ono
knows better how To bring about this cu,l
tE1an Sjlcrl1an himself a1i his friends Of Tie
literary burcu1,"
"1sut 1t Is understood tllat Sherman prefcrs
to 40 into tho Se,,utc, and dops not deslru t @
remain In tho Treasury.r
$50 I,e Is reported aS SAYING, and so narrot
Ills many satellites everywhere. hut tlIcrois
no heart II, this. Ills well known TINT Sher.
man would prefer to stay wIerv l,u il. nn.i
nnv fnIk Il, the contrnrv will Kenrcnlv II,
down. 1t !s pcrfactly ndcsstoot That nm e.
fort was nut OH foot III tie beginning to huyu