St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-26
THE CABINET IN SOCIETY.
President Arthau's Advisers and Their ID

President A7that1's Adcisers and Their d.
Ue1sions.
Lent has not materially interfered with
white house hospatilities, except as to the
style of some of the arrangements and the
number of guests whom Gen. Arthur from
time to time still bids to his feasts, says
letter to The New York San. regular
churchman, and in most things strictly OBJ
servant of the customs and ordinances of the
Episcopal CHURCH, he has obviously felt how
difficultit is to make the rules of Lent apply
to the white house. The parties there since
the Lenten season commenced are repre-
scented as being among the most agreeable
and the most numerously attended of the
winter These later parties, composed OF
bachelors, widowers, and members whose
wives have not accompanied them to Wash
ington, are projected on the plan of having
before the close of the season every member
of the two houses of congress guest at the
white house
In the matter of feasts and banquets, Ar
thur has been ably assisted by the members
of his cabinet Secretary Frelinghuysen,
who, like Arthur, is a steady-going church
man, has at the banquet table given that
able support to the president which the secre-
tary Of state is expected to give in whatever
relates to the success of the administration.
ATTY Gen Brewster, who also is a church
man of the strictest sect, is man OF extern
sve and varied requirements, beside having
a decided natural ability, amounting to little
less than genius, for the banqueting board.
He is an able ''three-bottle man." and has
accomplishments which embrace knowl-
edge OF the age of wine and the vintage
thereof: and not of wines only, but of those
solid drinks which are said to cheer the soul
and relieve the body of its WEAKNESS.
Secretary Folger, who is a broad-gauge
Presbyterian, has strong characteristics Of
mellow ripeness which distinguish him equal
ly at the banqueting board and in his high
official seat in the administration. Not so
brilliant and not so diversified in his accom-
plishments as the attorney general, Judge Fol
ger possesses powers of endurance which
make him fully his equal in heavy engage
ments. Whenever the expectations of Ar
thur or the honor of the administration have
had to rest on him, he has not been found
wanting. Throughout the banqueting season,
which is protracted toward the middle Of
Lent, the President has found in Folger what
In Secretary Chandler, who is stanch
Unitarian, Mr.. Arthur has a handy man for
all the requirements of the social campaign.
Unlike great naval heroes generally Chand-
Ter is a good landsman as we'll Although
nowhere does he show to as good an advan-
tage as on the quarter deck, where things are
hot and heavy, as he is an expert in bringing
up the artillery on the shore. Like the true
l. Il 1f4 - I, ~
in the cabinet is to be found his equal for
going in early, staying long, coming out cool
and apparently fresh for the next engagement.
Chandler might be described as a most
cheerful, breezy guest where festivities tax the
heads and weary the bodies of most men. 1t
may seem an exaggeration, but it is true,
had the success of Arthur's banquets rested
on him alone, there would have been a no faLt
ure.
Secretary Lincoln, whose regular appear
ance at the New York Avenne Presbyterian
church is pleasing sight, has given Arthur
the same firm and constant support through
out the banqueting season that marks his
official course. Mr.. Lincoln has latent
talent as well as present capacity, though un-
ostentatiOus in their display, for both lines
of duty. Though not the equal of Brewster,
nor having the ripeness Of Folger, he knows
good wines and is not unacquainted with
corn whisky-for he halls from Illinois. 1t
is known that Arthur prizes his qualifications
for effective support, and reports are abroad
how the youthful secretary has saved the day
on more than one occasion.
Arthur has not more ever-ready standby
than Postmaster General Gresham, who is
Presbyterian of the true orthodox stamp.
1t is probably that the generals early educa-
ton as to fine wines was neglected but as to
corn-made fluids he has gone to the very
source of knowledge, and in this respect is a
true and honored citizen of Indiana. Though
others fall in action, Gresham's way is to
fight on, never slackening his fire, nor fail
ing to keep it up as long as an enemy is in
sight 1t is no secret that Arthur feels under
obligations to the postmaster general for con-
tributing to the success of the administration
during the season from which it is about to
emerge, on which the president felt much
depended.
In Secretary Teller, whose religion is of the
purest Rocky mountain orthodoxy, as shown
in a correct life, Arthur has had the services
of useful man wherever placed. His ac
quirements are of the solid kind, and he has
done his share towards the success of the
administration so far as it depends on the
festive board or the faithful performance of
official duties.
The president and cabinet, collectively
and singly, have many reasons to be pleased
with the way the social season has gone along
and its passing away, and each has right
to congratulate the other, as they all are dis
posed to do, on the favor won for the admin
istration in their respective stations.