Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-10
THE CABINET.


And SO the Cabinet is composed of
Tom, Dan, Lush, Gus, and three
Bills, and the prizes are drawn by
New York and Massachusetts, in the
east, Delaware, Mississippi and Ar
kansas in the South and Wisconsin
in the Northwest. We don't know
that our opinion will be considered
by the President, but we cannot re-
frain from giving a few objections to
his selections. lie has put entirely
too many Bills into the Cabinet. 1t
will be observed that the Bills con-
stitute nearly one-half the Cabinet,
but it must be admitted that some OF
them are rather light weights. II
the President had Topped Off about
two-thirds of these Bills and made
Mcdonald, of Indiana, Secretary of
War, and Knott, of Kentucky, Sec
rotary of the Navy, he would have
had a Cabinet after our own heart,
and we should have unhesitatingly
Informed him that it was as good as
we could have done ourselves. The
Massachusetts Bill G. is stranger to
the country and should have remain
ed so. lie has not been an active
Democrat, and we have a man out
now with search warrant trying to
find out who or what he repre-
sents. The principal objection to the
Bill &. from New York is that
there was no opening in the Cabinet
for him, but as he is very small po-
tato he has managed to squeeze in any
how. The main points about him
are that he wears spectacles, is a
son-in-law of Henry b. Payne. and
knows no more about the Navy than
his Republican predecessor. Bill
Chandler. However, man who has
had sense enough to work his way
up from Sheriff to President in four
short years ought to know his own
business and these gentlemen may
not prove bad Bills after all. AT
any rate we will give them chance
The Wisconsin Bill is success
and President Cleveland is to be con-
graduated upon collecting him. lie
is young, honest and has head full
of brains. lie will make a tip-top
Postmaster General and about the on
ly fault TO be found with him is that
his name affords the Republican par.
agraphers glorious opportunity tc
get in their diabolical work. Just as
soon as he begins 10 fire out Repub.
lican post-masters, we shall expect
to see his name written "Vile ass.
Having such name, however, is his
misfortune and not his fault. Now
that the Bills are all presented, We
might as well dispose of the Other
gentlemen.
Secretary Bayard was our choice
for President and he is one of the
truly great men of the country. The
only thing that can be said against
him is that he is the father of nine
daughters and no sons. If each
member of his family were entitled
to vote, his party in Delaware
would be materially strengthened
and if they should be judiciously scat
tered throughout the different States
it would be difficult matter to keep
the head of the family from being
President next time. But alas! they
are not voters.
Secretary Manning is young, Wig.
erous and wealthy politician of New
York, who did more than any Other
man TO elect Cleveland President. II
is very proper that the President
should have provided for him. As
he is already wealthy, there will be
no incentive for him to rob the treas
ury. In appointing rich man to
this position, the President ha:
shown his brilliant qualities as 8
statesman.
Secretary Lamar is a good mar
and representative Southern Dem
ocrat and was a Colonel in the Con,
federate army. lie has been in the
Senate nine years and the wonder i,
that lie has reached his present posi-
ton dragging with him such a name
as Lucius Quintius Curtius Lamar
Attorney General Garland is toe
great a man to succeed Brewster, hi;
predecessor. He was born in Ten.
nessee, educated in Kentucky and 10,
Gated in Arkansas and so may be re-
garded as a Cabinet member from
the country at large. Barring the
fact that he came from State whose
Legislature has decided that "sas'
spells "saw," We have nothing to say
against him.
The Cabinet, taken as whole, is a
good one, made up mostly of young
men. 1t is the best one the country
has seen for exactly twenty-foul
years.