Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-24
CHOOSING COUNCIL.
PEOPLE AT THE NATIONAL CAPlIAl
BUSY SELECTING A CABINET
Fer the President-Elect-BIaine Will Con-
troll the Course Of the Administration
Garfield and Conkling-Ihs
Latter Happy and Serene
Shadows Cast Before.
TALK ABOUT THE MENTOR MINISTRY.
Special Correspondence Of the Register.

Special Correspondence OF the Register.
WASHINGTON, February %.
Washington has been called "city ol
magnificent distances" "city oil board
ing houses" and many other things be-
sides. 1t strikes me it might very well
be called city where the business oi
choosing a Cabinet is the one great topic
of discussion. In this respect it is truly
a national capital, for is not the making
of Cabinets, about this time every four
wears, the be. all and end.all OF the aver
age American. Whether much is done
here toward selecting Cabinet that is
to say fixing absolutely the ministry-l
take leave to doubt; but good deal is
done in the way OF killing off candi-
dates; and, at any rate, Washington is a
city where, as it is
Eminently National.
one may readily perceive and study all
the different currents and intrigues
affecting the grand result. There is SO
much OF it, indeed, that it is like eating
rabbits every day. The newspaper cor
respondent gets tired OF 1t, and,
il he were as well off as
the late Caleb Gushing. he would do
as he did-buy box in Virginia pine
forest, seven miles away, and bury him
self there every now and then for a
week, so as to get rid OF the everlasting
topic. Caleb WAS foolish enough some
times to ask friend to visit him, and
then, OF course, we know what happen
ed. The talk might begin on history,
or science, or travel, but it would driIt
to the fied.frOm subject by the inevita-
bic law of the American mind. Once
there it would stick, and the latter state
of that man would be worse than the
first. So | hear every dav discussions
on this topic. and generally from per-
sons who are worth listeningto.
Everyone now, in speaking OF
The Next Administration,
talks OF it as if Mr.. Blaine were to be
President. Itis common to hear men
talk of the fine administration Blaine is
to give the country. Appointment DEM
ocratic lawyer here said recently:
Il am glad Blaine is going into the
new Cabinet. He is big, brainy, ac'
tive man. An administration with him
at its head will be noted for his incisive
aygress;vencss and brilliant dash. 1t
will also be liberal administration, one
that will look earnestly toward building
up the real interests of the country. Ii
the people OF one section OF the country
need a canal or a railroad, Blaine will
say to them: Build it and you shall
have all the money you need to help
you out.
"Have you noticed Blaine's coquetry
with the Southern men?" was asked.
"Yes, certainly" was the reply.
"Blaine has already captured them all
and will hold them to the new admins
tration with the powerful bonds OF self
interest. Those men, next TO desiring
~
Control the Patronage
of the States, are nearly ready to sell
their souls to obtain fat appropriations
to pour upon the fat places Of the South.
The Mississippi river, its leyees, South
ern railroad projects, the rivers and
creeks in the South are all yawnins for
money from the Treasury.
Now, Blaine says to these men:
"Come with us; we are strong enough
10 take care Of you without alarming
any one. With us you will have all the
money you want"
The gentleman continued: MARK
my sords, and see il my prediction is
not verified. There is no administra-
ton in our history that will compare
with the one that is to come, so far as
spending money is concerned. Specu-
lation will be rife during the next four
years. Gigantic enterprises will be un-
dertaken. Every sort OF subsidy appeal
will be made to Congress, and many OF
them will be successful. Mr.. Blaine be-
lle,es in developing our commerce upon
the seas, and 10 that end believes IN
giving liberal subsidies. Every form OF
railroad development will receive en-
couragement. There will be a
Mad Gallopiog of Values
Great fortunes will be made and lost.
Possibly the policy may in the end give
the country another panic; but that
thought would not hold back the men
who are TO have charge OF affairs for the
next four and possibly tho next eight
years
This opinion is that OF conservative
Democrat who has spent years at the
national capital watching public affairs,
His ideas are more forcibly echoed by
one OF the most eminent Republicans, a
man who was an intimate conidant OF
Abraham Lincoln. The next admins
tration in his opinion, will be one OF the
most corrupt known to our nations his.
tory. That is to say il is to be an era OF
iobbing and rule of corporations, sue h
as has been hitherto unknown. Mr..
Blaine is a man whose relations with
corporations is OF most intimate charsc.
ter. All OF his associates are Of the
speculative class. Theexpounder OF this
opinion said that the election was car.
ried by the use Of money, notes being
bought like cattle to carry the pivotal
States, and it is but logical that money
and its interest should rule during the
coming reign. The views OF these two
gentlemen are shared by many others
at the capital who have not as yet been
enlisted as advisers by the next admin
istration. Notwithstanding the some.
what
Gloomy Prognosticstions
OF the interviewed statesman l am OF
the opinion that neither Mr.. Blaine nor
any other public officer will be permit
ed TO run amuck With the peoples
money in prosecution of a policy that
cannot fail to detract and demoralize
any party that dares tn indorse so dan
gerous and indecorous project.
One OF Mr.. Gsrfield's intimate and
anonymous friends who jnstiies cor
respondents remark that he is "a keen
observer, whose.opportunities to form a
correct opinion are excellent" says the
President-elect, sis lover OF peace, and
he will do all in his power to preserve
unity and harmony in his party" That
is pretty correct diagnosis of Mr.. Gar.
fields condition, and it is about as good
a forecast OF his policy as can be made.
1t doesn't exclude the idea that he may
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