Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-24
CABINET SPECULATIONs.
Mr.. Lamar Embarrassed by the De
mands of Two of His Friends.

Mr.. Lamar Embarrassed by the De-
mands of Two of His Friends.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-Tennesseans
are all apparently earnestly in favor of
Gen. .Whitthorne for Secretary of the Navy.
The Tennessee delegation support him
unanimously, and say that they will be
strongly reinforced by commanding in
Huences after the holidays. Virginians
express no confidence in securing a Cabi-
net office for their State, and Southern
Senators do not greet the suggestion of
Representative Barbour for Postmaster
General with much warmth of approval.
Since Malone first and Riddleberger
afterwards entered the Senate, Virginia,
so far as the Senate is concerned.
has been divorced from sympathy
and cooperation with what is now the
dominating influence among Democratic
SynatOrs-the cotton growing section.
Senators Ransom and Vance do not ap-
pear to be losing health by the ardor with
which they press the claims of Gov. JAR
Wis, for whom a boomlet was lately
attempted by some North Carolina int1u-
ences. .5GeOrgia and Mississippi present
the names of ex-senator Gordon and Rep
resentative Money. These are strong
names for Cabinet positions - strong
enough, as it Low appears, to defeat the
DIS SpiTdIlOnS Ol 0dcQ OLner.
LAMAR'S EMBARRASSMENT.
Senator Lamar is the warm personal
friend Of both, and is said to feel some
embarrassment by reason of the pressure
upon him OF the supporters OF these two
gentlemen. With characteristic fidelity
to his friendships he said recently that he
would gadly surrender his seat in the
Senate to have any ambition of Gordon
gratitied. Senator COlquitt is warmly for
Gen. Gordon, and deplores the failure of
any Senator to join him in pressing the
name of gentleman so popular and con-
servative in his long service in the Sem
ate. Senator Brown is credited with q
mild acquiescence in GOrdon's going into
the Cabinet, and his influence will be
given to advance COlquitt's preference,
as he has no Georgian IN view for Cabinet
honors on his own motion.
Among the Democratic Senators, the
mention OF the name of Senator Cockrell.
of Missouri, for either the Post Office De-
pertinent or the Department of the Inte-
riOr, is received with very cordial, if not
unanimous, approval. The admiration of
Mr.. COckrell is reasonable. He is a man
OF the Edmunds sort in many respects.
he 1s younger, more vigorous, and more
affable, but he is tireless worker, a
''watch dog" who knows every claim
bill, who does not hesitate to fight meas
ures of doubtful eXpediency to the bitter
extremity, and who will certainly not be
accused of being anything but a positive
Democrat. The star route gaug will not
like him as a candidate for Postmaster
General. The land grabbers who flourish
under the Interior Department are said
to be entirely opposed to any man they
cannot select and control. 1t has been
asserted here of late that more than half
the candidates suggested for Postmaster
General under Cleveland are men chosen
blythe star reuters, who are Indifferent
about the party in control so long as they
can thrive.
A we'll known Democrat, who, in 1876,
was prominently connected with Mr.
Tilden's campaign, said yesterday: eff
you will look closely into the history of
many Of the men pressed for Cabinet
offices under Cleveland, you will find that
they are backed by precisely the same
gangs of blO0dsuckers and jObbers who
have basked in the sunshine of official
favor under Republican rule. Mr.. Cleve-
land will have to look out for them. They
can afford tc, and do employ, the smartest
advocates in the land to conduct their
business for them, and only the strictest
scrutiny of these scheming patriots will
prevent Cleveland from taking them up,
only to find that he has warmed a nest Of
vipers and made false step at the outset
of his career as President"