The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-25
CABINET GOSSIP.
Bayard and Garland and Mr..
whitney Said ~ be Sure
Of Portfolios.
Preparations for the Inauguration
Ceremonies Other Wash
ington News

Cabinet Making.
fwashington special 10 the Chicago Tribunal
II may not be accepted as a fact that SEN
ator Bayard can have place in President
Clevelands Cabinet IL be so desires. and u
is altogether probable that he viii accept
the offer. II was ut first supposed he would
be given the portfolio Il State, but his
tastes and experience run rather In the line
OF finance, and he viii therefore in al
probability be the next Secretary of the
Treasury
Mr.. William G. Whitney will certainly be
the New York representa- Q in the Cabinet
Rimor has given b IN the Oh Of Attorney
General, for which he is thor ,ughly fitted,
but that will probably be gwen TO Senator
Garland, and Mr. Whitney will take the
6ecretaryship of tie Interior instead The
So 18th seems to be entireiy united on Sena-
tor Garland as q member OF the Cabinet,
and his appt intment will be out of defer
ence to the wishes Of that section and be-
cause he is EN- nently fitted for the place.
Bayard. Whitney, and Ga md are almest
certain to b come members Of President
C sveland's Cabinet. They are all Demo
Gratis of the strict school, and their high
personal character will no doubt be accept
able.
A New York telegram says: II is under
stood here that Senator Bayard had consid-
cradle corr espondence with Gov. Cleveland
before he visited Albany, and that Senator
Bavard was invited TO take q seat in the
Cabinet before he went there, so that he
cou'd truly say that no tender Of o Cabinet
position was made during the Albany inter-
view last Sunday. 1t is also said upon high
Democmtic authority that Senator Bayara
personally prefers the Treasury portfolio.
and In his interview with Gov. Cleve-
land said as much. It is also
believed that the President-elect had
originally intended Mr.. Bayard to have
the position of Secretary Of State. He
is only embarrassed at present to find just
the man for that place, and IL he is sue
cessful in this direction Mr.. Bayard win
have the Treasury portfolio. 1t is said
that Mr.. Bayard does not regard the post Of
Secretary of State as one That would be a.
congenial as that Of the Treasury. All his
public experience has been in the line Of
financial study. He has been upon Q
number of investigating committees TO ex-
anime the Treasury and understands il
very fully. He has but little taste for for
eiQn affairs. 1t is, however. understood
that Mr.. Bayard. while he was offered his
choice Of the Cabinet places, might be per-
suaded to take the Secreeryship Of State II
in the end Mr. Cleveland would be better
satisfied with that arra' cement
A dispatch from New York says: Cabinet
slates have been the general talk among
Democrats around the hotels. OF Con-
gresham Randall 1t is said that he is press
ed to go into the Cabinet, especially by the
Tilden- Payne influence. Congressman
Paige Of Ohio. who is Senator elect Paynes
nearest friend, said to-day that Mr.. Randall
could go into the Cabinet il he should 90
elect. It is Mr.. Paynes opinion that, 80
far, Bayard for Secretary Of State. Gar'and
for Attorney General, and William O. Whit
ney are the only appointments Mr.. Cleve-
land has settled upon"