The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
THE NEW CABINET.

The announcement and confirmation
of the cabinet of President Garfield,
has laid to rest Il fruitful source of spec
ulatiou. and we have no doubt that
the country will accept it, as, on the
whole, a very satisfactory one. OF the
premier, james G. Blaine, it is not
worth while to say II word. He is
known to tho whole country, and is
recognized as a man Of great ability
and enlarged and progressive ideas.
wm. w. Window, the secretary of
the treasury, is a man of fine ability,
commanding presence, and gentleman
~ department.. a native OF Ohio, Ill
the tifty-third year of his age, and
lawyer by profession, Mr.. Window
has been, in the service of his State
for about twenty-one years, having
served ten years in the house anu
nearly eleven in the Senate. The in
.tegrity of the man has never been
questioned, and personally, he has.
been quite popular with his congress
sional associates Of both parties. With
great capacity for labor, we do not
doubt that Mr.. Window will make a
very acceptable minister of finance.
Robt. Il. Lincoln has never been in
public life, but he is reputed to be a
! man of good intellect, with line bnsi-
ness capacity. He is Il lawyer by pro
fession and has enjoyed 4 large and
lucrative practice at Chicago. His APP
| pointment as secre' AIRY of war, is mere.
| ~ a tribute to his father, the late Pres
ident Lincoln, aud save as a. recogni
ton of his merit, has no special signi
ficance,. ....
j SamI. j. Tirkwood, of Iowa, the
new secretary of the interior, is IL ma
tive of Maryland, is q lawyer by pro
fession, and is in the sixty seventh
year of his age. He has been fou
times governor of his State, and ha
served about ten years in the Senate
He is an amiable gentleman, Il man O
high character, and possesses fair nbil
lily.
Vim. Fl. Hunt, of Louisiana, TIL.
new secretary OF the navy, is :, native
: of Charleston, South Carolina, and is 8
member OF one Of the most intellectual
families in the Southwest. Hi
brother Randall Hunt is one of til.
abl.st lawyers in the country, his
brother Theodore was one of the very
best judges of the criminal court thai
New Orleans has eyer known, and his
other brother, DIR. Thomas Hunt, was
not only Il man OF rare Intellectual
gifts, but was also one of the most ac-
complishcd physicians of New Orleans.
TIE new secretary of the navy posses
SEES, in large degree, the intellect of
his family, and has been for several
years one of the judges of the court of
| claims. In the prime OF life, he will
| bring TO the discharge of his new
duties, fine capacity combined with
great industry ana excellent business
habits.
Thos. T.. James of New York, the
new postmaster general, has not been
conspicuous in public life. AS post
master Of the city of New York he has
won wide recognition as a splendid eX-
ccutive officer, and has made that the
model postollice of the country, and
equal to any IN The world. He will in
fuse new life into the postal service,
and make it what it ought to be.
Rings will cease to prosper in the de-
partment under his control.
The new attorney general, Wayne
McVeagh, is II Pennsylvania, and is
recognized as Il lawyer of ability and
Il man of high character. He is the
son in-Iaw of The Hon. Simon Gamer
on, and it is to his credit that the
Camerons, father and son, do not love
him overmuch. His Independence OF
ctiques and rings has caused the Cam.
erons to look colby upon him, and his
appointment to the cabinet of thc
president WAS in opposition to their
wishes. - Tichsbuyy Commercial.
| \ GOOD IDEA.