New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
RAW CABINET MATERIAL.
PLENTY FOR MR.. CLEVELAND TO SELECT.
THE COMING PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE ON SILVER
AND THE TARIFF-MANY CALLERS.


The President elect was not so accessible 10
.rdIparv callers Yesterday as the previous day
Several for intervals of half hour or an ho no
sent word that he could receive no CARDS. on'eu 0'
senators received his undivided attention during Sumo
of tse periods NewYorkers came In for large shaIe
of attention. william c. Whitney, Mayor Grace E".
ward Cooper Allan Campbell, ]. Crosby Brown ana
pos,vcu p Flower were in the ex-Governors parlOr
almost continuously from 10 O'Clock III .he morning u
I'll late in the afternoon. The attehuan's eAl''"o
that they were relieving Mr.. Cleveland from so"o Va
the burdens Of receiving guests. AS cards were set III
,ho clIora vere invited TO enter the guestroom here
some ono Of the Ncw-York gentlemen engaged them IN
conversation until Mr. Cleveland was at liberty. TIC
came and went between the parlor ana other rooii 80
lecting such gentlemen as he wished to see prNa'eS
and taking them into the private rooin' anu "'"'s
Others with ordinary civiltes.
he important news of the day was the discovery OF
the coming Presidants position upon TWO important
uuesons of public pocy-taiiF ana nnahce' lie iaFos
the suspension the coinage Of silver Is anxious 'hV IL
houd be brought about this session OF Congress- ana
bas urrcd all the Senators who have called on MIN 10
,,uito In an effort to pass such bill He will stand Dy
The Democratic tariff plank There are also reports that
he Is revolving in his mind the advantages OF lores
polcy that will involve the extension OF the bounds OF
the country aggressive" as any at when the
Democrats professed to be Mortified during the recent
camnaign AS to men, the presentation of multitude OF
names has left Mr. Cleveland in state OF bewhueren'
over the selection of his Cabinet
Mr. Cleveland was up early and breakfasted oeIore
o'clock His visitors began to arrive by that hour out
II was some time before he ready to receive the
Congressman Waldo Hutchins was the first TO grasp MS
hama Mayor Grace and number of friends followed soon
after and said of battle the engagement theh Dc
came general Delegations began to arrive about III
o'clock when Senator Mcpherson and Miles koss OF
NewJersey were to advocate the claims OF ex
Senator John p stockton, Attorney-General OF New
J.rsev for the Generalshp Mr. stockton mas
for weeks been considered aspirant for the Navy Dc
partent The present change OF front Is DeeVeu 10 o
due TO the belief Mr. Garland will not accept the Al
torney Generalship but remain in the Senate In some
circles ii thought that Mcpherson may nave us
covered Frank Jones to be In TOO strong
a lead for the Navy Department. General McCiehan'
who called during the day. is said now to an asph-
ant for the French mission
A delegation from Georgia had audience shortly
after 10 o'clock 1t included Senator Coquitt and Con-
oressmen Turner and Norwood They presented the
name of A. r. Lawton for PostmasterGeneral, ana SET
everybody to iruuiring " Who is LawtonF This ques-
ton was settled by explanation that 1t was o
A. Iochranes that was presented The Judge Is an
old Republican who joined the Democrats OF Georgia
ar5n some Of their State fights and gradually drifted
into the Democratic party His formal presentation
considered putting end to the prospects OF oeea
B. Gordon. who has been working hard Tor an appoint
ment After this explanation hal been accepted zen
eral Law ton was said he resident of savannah ana
the real recipient OF the endorsements NO "eoisi"n
would say word, however.
General John VI. Corse, General N Stearns, heupeh
Noble p Maguire NJ. NJ. Cunnif Charles d. LewesA. a.
uagget and f. J:Pratt OF Massachusetts, csled shortly
after noon Mr. stearns. in an eloquent manner pre-
scented General Patrick A. Collins the Boston Congress-
man for consideration and recognition without naming
INV Office They made way for French Canadian
party the of which were introduced by coroner
Levy one OF them Mr. Lebel, read long address ex-
tolling Mr.. Levy for his work In the ia'e cam
pajgn and speaking in general way OF the
French Canadian support given TO Mr. Cleveland.
MIR Cleveland responded in appreciatiye way J NJ.
Weston Of Michigan, called during the day ana made
arrangements for delegation TO call on Mr. Cleveland
at Albany next week to present the claims oi '"' S'e
Nayor $ Courtland smith, of Alexandria, Va, who
was S 0Sf S q the f psret Gsfss Of co%nSa
Farusworth is also candidate ioT lhls Place 1ooe &
stapes OF North Carolina, an attorney al Greens )9Io
who is said TO desire the DisrictAuorneysMp OF 'M
Ther was female crank visitor about o'clock whose
card bore "A city address. she was prelO sesslns
She sent card to the Governor, which Coiobe Lamont
received and sent back word tnst MI & t % 70
the PFesidenelect. which she had taken the pfecatoh
t ragsier She had brought a receipt show that the
ster Ind been sent Sine SAID she authoress, aud
her writings had been appropriated Dy cAqe III r f.L
rope aud passed on under the name OF hey
accused her of being immoral and threatened 70 b0W he
mp She wanted Mr. Ce'elsnG & T. put ayaT %sI III e
Mr. Cleveland received message IN the course OF ine me
day from Henry Matterson OF ne % d
GREETING his inability TO come 10 HeWlOrA' anu 'eho
long conference with the President They are reported
favorthe selection OF ex-senator IteGry o. REs ,be
claims of the Pacific coast. and the appointment IT, OF
Ifor Department. Colonel TOlpey the Democratic mem
Der of the National Committee Tor California 10 mere
with designs the COllectorship Of san Francisco.
Some little created by the appearance OF ,aac
H. Hunter who assumed to represent the IndepenGent
Colored Democratic voters and TO be packed aso D am
many Hall He is Virgnian, and voted the Democratic
STATE eSet Ion oh9rs NJ insstSn as Minister to iay
Mahones ghost stalking about the hotel corridors
of The Virginia delegation with the Presidenteiec One
yrgqn az mpRoe scored HlS the biggest
point for long time by the visit OF this unwlSe deles
the approaching hsht with Malone. saying that they
must have Ca5iuet appointment IN oruer 20 - ~,
and IL IL likely suppOson-that Cleveland shal DC
unwilling or unable TO help them what 1ollows put
pne viii he able 70 saw: These people asked their new
President TO plunge his Admnisraond htV M eeSnG
has refused to declare war on the 9 viii 6e
pph pay % ,,tbout looking up new Job in Virginia. Sc
Mahone will make it appear that Barbour ana the
for their Virginia campaign, must suffer the eonse
quential loss resulting from this msadVehture'
THE SILVER QUESTION.
There was somewhat more talk in the Governors room
than on Thursday regarding measures OF admhstfauV
policy The silver question was brought up Dy Wei
from General A. j. Warner OF Ohio, who also tooK occa
sion to give Mr. Cleveland some views with reference
Ohio Democratic politics. which it is certain were no
favorable or friendly the Mclean or Payne faction
The General said TO a TRIBUNE reporter that he was
the city ON business, and merely called TO pay his re
spccts. . NJ, ~, ,ros osl,od
"Yes it was casually mentioned, but do not feel
liberty 10 say what passed" -. - ,-,,
win you kindly give me, then. yorr own VlewsF
"ihaye no hesitation myse in saying mat the aiafi
felt in NewYork that unless the coinage OF SILVER
ctopped disaster Is coming upon us is enteiy Wltou
fonndation in fact SO long as the paper ana sVer u
cetber in this country which are now less thlh SSuo
60o 900 of actual circulation are below inc Noiuni
reqiired TO maintain prices n this country al the