The National tribune., 1882-08-26

Grant or for some Other man at chicago are GSpe-
! ciaIly selected to be ridden down under the
wheels of Mr.. Blaines triumphal car. [ know
| that it is not true, and when l am told by the
| camp followers that the entire incoming adj
| nAinistration is to be managed and controlled
! by a syndicate headed by Blaine and Sherman
| to subserve their respective ambitions, what
! ever they may be, / simply reply that those
| who believe such stories do not know the man
who will OCCUPY the presidential chair. No
! President has ever done a wiser thing than as
| sumo you have done in placing 1lr. Blaine at the
| head Of your Cabinet, and no one has ever done
| or could do so unWise thing as to permit MIN
! to have a hand in selectiag the other members
| of the Cabinet or in any degree to control IL
| after it is selected. You don't need Blaine
! Cabinet. Mr.. Blaine's mOdesty, however, VIII
| not prevent him from taking a hand III thesInau-
est detail OF your administration. His strikers
| are numerous and noisy. | hope they will not
| embarrass you. The pleasant satisfaction l
! have III the midst of ali rumOrs and newspaper
talk is the fact that l believe General Garfield
| will be President himself, and not Mr. Blaine
! So much for the gossip that meets me on all
| sides Now, think that so far as New York
| is concerned, if you have definitely determined
not to appoint the Secretary of the Treasury
| from this State, that it would be wise to offer
! Morton the Navy or Crowley the Department
| of Justice. / aIQ still Of the opinion that
! the strongest, the most respectable and by
! all odds the ablcst man you can name as Sec
retary of the Treasury, is Chief Justice Charles
! j. FOlger of the court of appeals Of this State
! While Judge FOlger is friendly to MIR. C0nk-
| ling he belongs to no one, and on trial OF
! strength before the people of New York
! there is not man in the State who would
! cross swords with him. He was elected chief
! justice last November, and ran many thousands
| ahead of the electoral ticket. He is a stalwart
| and always has been. lie has the confidence
! and respect of every man in this State. His
! selection would elicit the universal cOmmenda-
| tiOn of both parties and all factions IN New
| York. What is more, you could cOntde IN him.
| He would go into your, Cabinet owing or ac-
| knoWledging fealtyt to no other man. lie would
| stand by you and would hold to your support
| the Republicans of this State. No other man
| in this State can do it. HeWould be the ablest,
| the purest, and the most satisfactory Secretary
| the Treasury ever had. 1t seems clear to me
| that you should appOintJuGgc FOlger and that
! you should do it without comforting with any
| one except the Judge lrimself | have not seen
| him for months. No one has ever suggested
| his name TO me, but know enough to know
that his appointment to that position scalps
| every malcoatent in this State OF New York Of
! both factions, and will make your admlnlstra-
tion so strong that no party man dare assault IT..
! want you to understand that | am expressing
| a most deliberate conviction of my own, wholly
in your interest and without suggestion from
l.
! against all quarters. Another phase. Ii you
! have settled upon a Western man for Secretary
| of the Treasury and have arranged some other
| position for New York, I have a word to say
| about the Interior Department. Senator VIM
| dom is the man l would recommend. II he
! will accept it he is the best man in the West,
| and, l believe, in the country, for the place. In
! his twenty years service in Congress there has
never been word against his personal integ-
rity as an official or as a man. He has grown
| every day of his public life with those who
| know him. He is able, conscientious, vig0r-
Gus, tireless worker in all details, and his ex-
! ecutive abilities are great. l served with him
! for six years on the Committee on AppTopria-
| tions, and my acquaintance with him is thor
| ough. He had no equal on that committee as a
strong, efficient man of affairs, and no superior
! in the Senate. Aside from his acknowledged
| ability and great experience, he comes from a
region that has the largest interest in all mat
| ters relating to the Interior Department. IF
| you can induce him to accept, which | greatly
| doubt, it is the wisest appointment you could
make. In this connection L have heard that
| Gen. Walker was likely to be appointed Secre-
tary of the Interior. l give all these stories
! for what they are worth. Gen. Walker is not
a Republican. He does not even know himself
| to what party he belongs, and never did. I
/ went to him once to see about the appointment
| of two supervisors of census for Arkansas, and
|
| hcans in the State | presented him the names
Of five persons of all natiOnalities, all of whom
| had been in the Federal army-tWo colonies and
! three lieutenant cOlOnels-two of whom had
been governors of the State, and all five We're
! drawing pensions for wounds received in bat
| tie. His reply was that he had held several
! public offices, but he had never allowed the
question of politics to have the least influence
| in making appointments to subordinate posi-
! tionS, and he never should. So | left him and
this partisan, Characteristic of his race, ap-
! pointed two of the meaneSt and most disrepUt-
able Democrats in the State, one of whom had
| been indicted on twelve counts for kukluxing
Republicans. We'are only entitled to two su-
perviSOrs. prefer straight-out Democrats to
nOn-partisans. Walker ought to be promoted.
He deserves it, | am not especially anxious to
see any of the Walker breed in your adminis-
tion, in high or low places. We can get along
without them, and perhaps in few genera
tiOns the political millennium will come and
then they can be taken care of.
When l last saw you you told me to write
you frankly. If this is not frank enough 1
shall have to give up my efforts for the future
| have said what believe If you have other
| lights and your judgment leads you in q differ
eut direction l shall not be offended. What I
say is for Gen. Garfield and our success here
| after. | have no selfish reason in the world ex-
cept to see a glorious consummatiOn of the work
we all undertook last July.
Faithfully yours, S. W. DORSEY.
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