Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-05
y SOUTH AND THE PRESIDENTS
CABINET.

Tie query has been asked the RECISrER
70 what representation the South should
ksre in the composition of President
|C.rvr,Ayo's cabinet All what men in the
Sr.b it thinks are best fitted for cabinet
r,i,icas?
50 Important q matter, at best can only
answered impertectly, but as great
rasy imperfect answers from every section
! lie country will contain in the aggregate
s, essentials from which an excellent
ta51et can be chosen, the REG
-rR knows no important reason
'5-r,raining from shying an opinion into
L. political cauldron of Cabinet making.
The qncry ought to be divided into two
SIS sui each answered separately. AS to
L. r.gresen'atiou there ought be little con-
..r.sr. The South, so called, has lj3
s...oval votes out oc the entire number, to
VT. 4ol livery Southern State cast her
..e Tor CLEVELAND and but four Northern
S.a,as. Looking at it then from the Jack
.g1iau standpoint, the South ought to have
,ree rourths of the Cabinet officers because
.s, proportion in the Electoral College
|gHch cast its vote for Mr.. CLEVELAND is
early ,hree-iourths of the entire vote that
tie Pr, sident received. But the REGISTER
as, not advise this geographical dispOsi-
10 oftie Cabinet at this time, because the
country at large, for obvious reasons, is not
r2a,a-,i 20 accept this distribution, although
strictly fair from q party standpoint. There
o:e. in order that perfect harmony may pre-
7ail or a, least that the eavils of the numer-
'.s ca5els NAV be kept at a minimum, Mr..
.r--v..ANJ he'd better appoint but three of
.Gs adviser from south of Mason aud
lXOn line and the other four, from the
fur States in the North which cast their
5ec;Cral votes for the Democratic candi-
sa.e This course would be considered
Use policy bv the masses, because conser-
'-iye and generous. 1t would be a COM
pete reccgri,iop o. the electoral strength
Q. he Nor,h, although that strength was not
c-s: for the successful man. As eonciia-
,sa IS wisdom in Sate affairs, so it must be
t5e lest thing TO DO in this instance.
Now as to the men from the South who
should compose the cabinet it is harder
natter to determine than 70 fix the represen-
iai0n Certainly the men should come from
lie ruling class, because there is where the
s:a,ns are. Men Ike Gen. WADE HAWTON
o; South CaroliGG,or Senator Il. B. VANCE of
North Carolina are the class sotrepresentative
rea that should 90 in the cabinet To say
iteT were conspicuous in the war on the de-
!sa,ed side IS no shadow OF rea-
"a for excluding them. They have
4ae men. and great men, too,
a,,eYl the situation with.an honesty
'ad al uDswe-ying frmness that preemi-
Een.ly frs them Tor such exalted honor.
Iseir elevation to the cabinet will be the
facing oi,he keystone to the perfect arch
Ga renewed and reunited union OfStates.
IN selecting three cabinet officers from
tie South, Mr.. CLEVELAND should pay par
ae3iar attention to the States from which
icy are selected. West Virginia has
special claims for recognition. 1t
'a' her vote in October that
Hate it possible for Mr. CLgvELASD's
5.stGOu in November. The gallant fight
sIe made against the well drilled and
1oreyed enemy from withouts and within, Is
N'cry. 1t was almost like torlorn hope,
oak.ng back at it nov, when all the mach
cations that were at work have come to
n9ht But the victory is won and her re-
ward should be certain. As to the man
"eo ought to be selected there are q goodly
lumber who would adorn q Cabinet po-
ShOn With the best. Such men as ex-Con-
g'essman John J. DAVIS, an elector at large,
O0V' }. B. JACKSON, Judge A. F. HATNOSD.
JAMES MORROW, JR., WN. A. QUAREIsR and
d Scozen others can be named who are the
peers Of any man in sterling worth and
'SgaI lore. Any one Of these gentlemen
Ids another claim for recognition, not
'aOmersted above. 1t is the zeal manifest
~ aud the work done in the campaign.
"Oo' JoHS j. DAVIS and Gov. JACKSON were
r~'u'nIarly active AID fought TOR success