Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-11

President Garfield, on Saturday afternoon,
sent TO the Senate his nominations for the
members Of his Cabinet. Contrary TO the
usual custom, the nominations were confirm
ed without debate and a unanimous vote was
recorded for each member Of the Cabinet.
The members of the Cabinet who were thus
confirmed are the following:
Secretary Of Stdte-James G.. Blaine, Of
Maine.
Secretary Of tie Treasury William Win
dom, of Minnesota.
Postmaster Goneral-Thomas L. James of
New York.
Secretary Of Wdr-Robert Lincoln of ILL
nois.
Secretary cf0e Napy-willam H. Hunt,
of Louisiana.
Attorney Generdl-wayne Macveagh of
Pennsylvania.
Secretary ofae Iateror-samuel j. Kirk.
wood, of Iowa.
OF these gentlemen, several are so well
known rs to require no extended notice. This
is especially true of Mr.. Blaine, who has been
in active political life since 1856. Mr. Blaine
was born in Pennsylvania in 1880, and has
lived in Maine since 1858.
William Window of Minnesota, Secretary
of the Treasury, was born in Ohio in 1927,
received an academic and legal education, re-
moved to Minnesota in 1855, entering politics
as Wing, soon becoming q prominent Re-
publican leader. He was elected to Congress
in 1858 and continued in service until 1869,
when he retired to devote himself to business,
but in 1870 was appointed senator by tho
governor, to fill vacancy, and has held his
seat ever since by reelection. He is an out
and-out anti-monopolist.
Postmaster General James is a native of
New York He is printer by trade, entered
the New York Custom House in 1851 and has
been in the public service ever since. He
was appointed Postmaster of New York by
President Grant in 1873, and the efficiency
with which he has since performed the duties
of that responsible position has given him
national reputation,
Mr.. Lincoln, the Secretary of War, was
born at Springfield, ILL.,, in 1913, and is the
only surviving son of Abraham Lincoln. He
was graduated at Harvard in 1864, and then
entered the army as captain on Gen. Grants
staff, where he served until the close Of the
war, when he entered Harvard Law School,
and took full course. He has since been
practicing lawyer at Chicago, where he has
acquired a large practice and an excellent rep
utaton.
Judge William H. Hunt is native Of South
Carolina, but has lived in Louisiana since his
early boyhood. Previous TO the war he was
an old line Wing, and during the rebellion he
was a stanch Union man. He is a lawyer by
profession, and is one of the most effective
and accomplished speakers in the South. A
few years ago he was appointed one of the
Judges of the Court of Claims by President
Hayes, which position he now holds. He has
the confidence of the Republicans of the
South, and his appointment will give satisfac-
ton to the people of that section.
Attorney General Wayne Macveagh is an
eminent Pennsylvania lawyer and a son-in- law
of Simon Cameron-with whom, however, as
is well known, he has no political Affiliations
The only public Office he has ever held was
that of Minister to Turkey in 1901. Mr..
MacVeagh is a worthy representative of the
independent element in the Republican par
ty, and was one of the most effective oppo-
nents of General Grant and the third term.
Ex-Governor Kirkwood of Iowa, the Secre-
tary of the Interior, is 6s years of age, was
born in Maryland, and is a lawyer. He was
Governor of Iowa in 1859, and again in 1875.
He is a man Of sound practical sense, and will
have his own ideas about the management of
the affairs of his department.