Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-21
har. Rarhonr-The cabinet.

Tar. Barbour-The Cabinet.
II Is ssid tia. upon being asked why he
WIS so confident throughout the campaign
that be would be elected. Mr.. CLEVELAND
replied, "ob. IT was just INV luck" Mr..
EAgsorr would no doubt make similar
answcr u no were asked why IL Is 50 uni
yeSsslly concerted that he will 90 into DIR.
Ciryr'ASD's Cabinet II any yirginian shall.
We DO not know thai Mr.. BARBOUR would
accept a Cabinet appointment. nor that
Mr. .CiE,EIAND will appoint Cabinet
officer from Virginia, but our people
are AGREED that Mr.. B4rn0rr will be
the man II he wants the place and
The now President selects one OF his
political family from Virginia. lie repre-
scnis In The public mind. from Maine
10 Texas and from Virginia 10 California,
the triumph OF Virginia over Mahoncism
lat year. and the resultant triumph OF
CLEVELAND over BLAINE in Virginia this
wear.
OF course, Mr.. BARBOug will not be ai'-
rolnied Secretary OF the Navy nor Secre-
tary OF War. No southerner will be placed
In command Of either the army or the
navy. We said this a week or two ago,
and we repeat 1t now as remark
which everybody viii endorse in view
Of Mr.. DLMsE's last speech. General
McCLEIIAs will be Secretary OF War
IL be desires 20 be. Mr.. EATON or
Mr.. RANDALL, or some other northerncr.
viii he Secretary Of the Navy. Mr.. Gar
LAND. OF Arkansas, will be the Attorney
General. Mr.. BAYARD would probably be
Secretary Of State il he were willing TO
leave the Senate, but as 1t is under
stood that he is not willing, Mr..
TapRuAx may be selected Tor this office.
Probably some northerner will be ap'
pointed Secretary OF the Interior because
fhst department has charge of the pension
bureau. What Is left for Mr.. BARBOUR
Only the Office Of Secretary Of the Treasury,
which we are pretty confident he would not
accept, or the Office OF Postmaster.General,
which be might accept. We say "might"
because, Ike the Charleston Ne,cS and
Courier. we hive doubts on that point. We
have q sort of suspicion that, like Mr..
BAYAED. he would rather be somewhere
else. II so, G0ODH. TICKER. or HUNToN
NAV 70 into the Cabinet.
We set out to pen q little paragraph about
Mr.. BARBOUR, but. 10 and behold, we have |
made n Cabinet for Governor CLEVELAND.
Welt, let it stand. Here l. what caused us |
10 write this article. II Is Il paragraph |
from the Charleston Ne,os and Courier:
"Thc Richmond Stcte speaks OF the
Hon. John 8. Barbour, OF Virginia, as "a
wise councillor and hOnOred leader. marked
for his so,lndness of Judgment aud his eX-
pcrience In affairs who should beinyitcd
10 take piacc IN the Cabinet OF President |
Cleveland Mr.. Barbour undoubtedly de- |
serves all the praise that Is given him. Tie !
was 10 Virginia what Hampton was To |
south Carolina. but IL Is probable that Mr.. |
Barbour had rather represent Virginia IN |
the Senate than take seat in the Cabinet."
As branch Of the subject we are dis
cussing. the following article from thesame |
paper is prescribed;
OFrIcf.IIUNTISG IN TIE S0UTu.- The |
Richmond Dispatch well says that the peo-
pie Of Virginia were not seeking Office !
when they came up 10 tho support Of Cleye- |
land. and thai they viii be entirely willing |
10 leave II to him and ms Cibinet ~ decide !
who shall I'LL the offices. expecting, Of |
course, that southcTncrs will be appointed |
10 all offices In southern States.
This il no more that the truth, and IL Is !
hut Just to the southern Democrats that II |
should he proclaimed and understood. |
The Democratic party In the southern !
states was working not for office, not for
patronage and pap, but for good govern
mcBt, wise legislation. and equal aud exact
justice to all classes OF citizens.
There will he q sworn Of southern ap.
plicants for office, We dare say, but they
will he smal, in number in comparison
With The legioDs Of southern Democrats
who worked and voted for Cleveland and
Ueudricks. II IS tacy, and not the office
seekers. who control affair, in the las:
anslysis. at the South. aud they do not
choose 10 DC regarded a. a community OF
oiice-hunters.
There j. no Improperly in seeking q
Government Office, but there Is usually
very little wisdom in II. Ofice.holding i
about the poorest protection that any one
ean adopt. and gives less ret1rn In proper
ton 80 the labor expended in obtaining il
than l. offered by most industrial Dccupa.
tons. There are some lew places which
pay well; but, outside OF these political
offices. TO upright and intelligent men, are
not worth having.
IL Is absurd TO talk Of putting an indie
pendent Republican into the Cabinet. The
services OF the Independent Republicans
may be recognized by the appointment OF
one or more OF them to foreign missions,
or other important offices. bu' Il would not
do to introduce IN unsympathetic element
into The Cabinet.