Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-07
Nanrastcr I.,tei!:gsnrer.
MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 2. 1881.
The New Cabinet.

like Mr.. Garfield himself, both strong
and weak. Mr.. Blaine will be recog-
nized as strong man. in an Office where
his strength will not be of much conse-
quence. The secretaryship of state is
the least important Of the cabinet places
in these piping times Of peace. Our re-
latiOnS with other countries seem very
unlikely to be disturbed, and nobody
wants them 10 be in any other condition,
we believe. If there should be an i'm
portant element desiring to grab Mex
leo, Mr.. Blaine would be very compe-
tent agent to carry out that design: but
if any such purpose is hidden under his
acceptance Of this somnolent Office it is
very well concealed indeed. Mr.. James,
the postmaster general, in contrast to
Mr.. Blaine, is not strong man general
ly. but specially, and in the line OF the
work which is given him to do lie
ought to make an excellent postmaster
general, with The experience he has had
in the New York office and til: reputation
he enjoys for the capable discharge Of
his duties there. Integrity and capacity
are especially needles; in an acceptable
postmaster general. and tie memory Of
the present generation! does not recall an
occupant OF the Office who has possessed
these qualities. 1t will be I, very re-
freshing thing indeed if Mr.. James shall
prove equal To his reputation and give us
an efficient honest and ecnnOmica, postal
service.
The secretary oi The treasury, Mr..
Window, is not Il lnaii OF towering i'll
teliect. nor Possessed Of any cXtraOrui-
nary financial acuhl"n, 50 lai' rs known ::
but he is likely to make Il good officer
1t is l.Gt Necessary tiiat he Should be
very sharp; john sherman MAS too
sharp for the i.i!aacin! health of the
treasury. He goes out OF office with the
conviction OF the world that he used his
power and opportunities to enrich HIM
self. Certainly he has f"atherch well his
nest, and the presumption is that the
feathers were expensive TO the pablic.
If Mr.. Window is sharp cnnUgh to safely
keep the public money when he gets il
and honest enough tn a,plv il to The
uses specified by the laws. :!e is quite
smart enough for his; place. That ie is
honest we are encouraged to believe from
his late ,!eliyerarre on ;hc subject! uI the
power of corpor;itinns. As all th2 pub
lie thieves wC have nestle closely to tie
biz cnr;,nra:i.n=, il is safe enough to as
su,ue that 4 ,nati who is independent of
them is possessed rf honest impulses.
Mr.. Winhcm has been supposed TO he
What used 10 be known as Il soft-mnnry
man but there are go such men now
AMONG sensible people or rather we
are all for soft money redeem
able in hard. We prefer the grepn-
back to carry about with us, but de-
mand tina: its safety he assured by an
ample hacking of real money. which is
hard money. Nowhere outside /; luna
tic asylum viii any ether currency
theory now hr maintained SD that Mr..
Windom is 4 safe enough hard mGnt V
man. II he should he an ant;-natio iona!
bank note man i; would not distress
us: but in view If the cGmmttal Of his
party to that sort of currency, it is safe
t. assume that he is for i! too for he is
not IL strong enough man. 10 linI! ideas
unpopular with his party.
The Secretary Of the Interior Kirk
wool has a reputation for hon--
esty and good sense. qualities which
are just the ones needed in the
Aueean stable ::c takes in charge. The
country is to be congratulated upon his
selection if he is worthy OF his IepU
tation.
The secretary oi ;he navy is said to be
a good lawyer. and may be assumed to
be rs compel alt to thc discharge of the
duties OF his Office as most OF his preGe
.cesSorS. In fact it seems to be
thought that anybody Will makc
good en"ugi, secretary of the
navy, or Of war why. it is not easy to
understand, Wien naturally it would
seem that the duties Of neither place
would be within the scope of i civilian s
capacity. i civilian, verihcless,
nearly always is taken to fiji these posts ::
and on the idea that he cant know any
thing about his duties ANYHOW, it seems
to be considered that it don't matter at
all who is selected. 1t is doubtful
whether Judge Hunt was ever on board