The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1885-01-15
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1885.

pllSn IL, Lner6 Is I'd D6 q O6pdItu
of Agriculture and a Cabinet minis
ter to look after the beans and pota-
toes of the country. Is it possible
that Congress supposes that any Cab
met minister is going to make a spec
ialty of advancing the agricultural
over any other of the many interests
of this prodigious country? And if
such a Cabinet minister were dis
posed to make a speciality Of playing
into the hands ofgrangers as the high
muck a muck of offcialism, how
long will it be before the iron inter
ests of Pennsylvania, the cod fish In
terests of Massachusetts, the wooden
nutmeg and brass clock interests OF
Connecticut, and the Saddle Rock
oyster interest of Virginia and Mary
land, will be bowling for places IL
the Cabinet
The resident population of Wash
ington have taken it upon themselves
to inaugurate Mr.. Cleveland in a
style entirely becoming to the kind Of
President who gets chance to be
inaugurated but once ia a quarter OF
a century. There is to be more Of a
military display perhaps than com
ports with the Republican simplicity
that we boast of, but what kind of a
demonstration would we have with
out the blaze of buttons and blare
of trumpets. The ground floor of
the new Pension Office is to be set
apart for Mr.. Cleveland's ball, and
the elegance of the raiment to be
worn on that occasion l shall de-
scribe to you as minutely as l shall
possibly dare to.
1 Ireally hope that the friends of
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, will con-
vince Mr.. Cleveland of the prOpriety
of having such a man in his Cabinet.
If, as is said, the new administration
is to be a vigorous one, whose heads
are to be those of virility, and whose
muscles are to be active and strong,
then men like Mr.. Springer cannot
be ignored. He is a most indefatig-
able worker, a most profound student
in the mazes of craftsmanship, and
best of all a man who, in nearly a
score of years Of public life, has
never had charge of corruption or
double dealing laid at his door. As
Secretary of the Interior, or indeed
as the Possessor of any other portfO-
lio, Mr., Springer would acquit him
SELF with acceptance.
Mr. Cleveland has a black list
comprising the names of those Dem
ocrats and those Democratic news
papers that went out of their way to
give an airing to the Buffalo scan
dal. This list has been most care
fully prepared, and the details Of
each particular offender, and none
are to be forgiven. Of course the
array of names is a most formidable
one, and possibly as large as that
other array of Republican govern
ment employees who gave material
aid to the cause of Blaine, and who
are to be ostracised on that account.
Another fearful thing that Mr..
Cleveland thinks seriously of doing
is the appointment of Carl Schurz to
bis old position as Secretary Of the
Interior. Although Mr.. Bayard and
Mr.. Hendricks and Mr.. Garland
have strenuously besOught the Presi-
dent elect not to do this thing, it is
nevertheless in the cards that it is to
be done. Those who know Mr.. Carl
Schurz and his peculiar political
methods, know that he did not take
the stump in Ohio and in the North
west in the particular interest of Mr..
Cleveland, without at the same time
having a still more particular inter-
terest in himself. He exacted a
place in Mr.. Hayes Cabinet before
he would utter a wSrd in his be-.