St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-23
CABINET SUGGESTIONS.
A Few Editors Try Their Hands at
Making a Cabinet,
And One OF Them Mixes John Kelly Chief
of the PostOfice Department.
lspecial Telegram 70 DE Glose.l

CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 22.-In reply 10 a
letter from the Enquirer as TO the make up OF
Cleveland's cabinet. VI. P. Handy, OF the
Philadelphia Daily Ne1cs, writes: Il believe
Mr.. Cleveland would give as much happiness
to the Democratic party as, under existing
considerations, he can hope TO bestow upon
1t by distributing the bic plums as follows:
Secretary OF state, Bayard, OF
Delaware; secretary Of the treasury,
Carlisle of Kentucky; attorney general, Gar
land of Arkansas or Hammond of Georgia:
secretary Of the interior, Whitney OF New
York; secretary of war, Palmer or Morrison
OF Illinois; secretary Of the navy, Barbour of
Virginia; postmaster general, Villas OF Wis
consin. BY rights Ohio should have repre-
sentation in the cabinet. There Is plenty 81
good timber there, but Mr.. Cleveland could
hardly take any one piece without Offending
others. 1t might be well to take the knot
test piece of all, Gen. Durbln Ward, and
make him commissioner OF agriculture on
the elevation of that department 10 the dig
nifty OF cabinet Office. believe there is
little doubt that Bayard, Whitney aud Bar
bour will be offered portfolios, and l am in
clined to add German OF Maryland"
o. H. Rothacker, editor OF the Denver
Opinion writes: ''The one idea for Mr..
Cleveland to keep in view is 20 make up his
cabinet of practical politicians. This is es-
sentially necessary, because Il continuation
of power will depend altogether upon getting
the machine In first-class running order dur
ing the four years of management which are
H. Il l.. IL. 4
receive recognition. They still call them
selves Republicans, and the fact that they
have voted for Democratic president once,
does not entitle them 10 aspire 10 one OF the
party's highest honors; besides the Demo-
cracy should avoid these apostles OF moon
shine. The party cannot afford the luxury
of isms. 1t must attend 10 bust
ness. The secretary Of the treasury should
not be chosen from New York and be solely
a representative of the creditor classes. The
"Rowdy west" also has ideas on what should
be the financial policy of the country, aud
the president ought TO strike the mean in his
choice. The postmaster general ought 10
come from the north 1t is the section most
interested, He ought to be a practical poll
tician because the office is largely political
one. The secretary of the interior sho1ld be
from the west or southwest. The department
deals nearly with their interests. The south
ought to be fully recognized. Ex-confcd-
crates have been in congress for
years, and the superstition about plac-
ing them in the cabinet should die
out. Cleveland should not be afraid TO do
what Hayes did. There is no reason why
Bayard should be made secretary OF state.
He bears the same relation to the Democratic
party that Edmunds does TO the Republican.
The alleged exceptional purity and ability Of
both are rather matters of tradition than
record. / would suggest the following cab
met: Secretary of state, Randall. OF Penn
sylvania; secretary of the treasury, Beck, OF
Kentucky; secretary of the interior Thur
man, of Ohio; secretary of the navy. Me-
Clellan, of New Jersey; secretary of
war, Bragg, of Wisconsin; postmaster general,
Kelly, of New York; attorney general.
Lamar, of Mississippi This strikes me
as being political cabinet, and an able
one"
c. E. Sears, editor of the Louisville Post,
writes: 81 suggest the following cabinet:
For secretary of state, Bayard, OF Delaware;
for secretary of the treasury, Randall, of
Pennsylvania; FOR attorney general, Steven
son, of Kentucky, or Garland, of Arkansas;
postmaster general, Brown, of Georgia;
secretary of war, Whitney, OF New York;
secretary Of the navy, some one from Cali
fornia."