The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12
REPUBLICAN JOURNAL.
The New Administration.

With the confirmation of the Cabinet APP
pointments on Friday last the new Admins
tration was fairly launched. OF the seven
members composing the Cabinet the South has
three, Bayard, Lamar and Garland; New
York two, Manning and Whitney; the North
west one, Villas. 1t is worthy of note that,
despite the alleged reticence of Cleveland, and
the intimaions that he might change his plans
at the last moment, the Cabinet slate was cor
rectly printed all over the country before the
Inauguration. Mr.. Bayard's appointment as
Secretary of State will be as highly approved
in England as was the candidacy of Mr.. Cleye
land for the Presidency; but il will not meet
the appreciation of many of the Democratic
voters. To others Mr.. Bayard is Objectionable
manners, hut he has long been the fayorite
candidate for the Presidency of large ele
ment, including the solid South and it should
be set down to his credit that at time when
the whole Democratic party was affected with
the Greenback mania. and even Mr.. Thurman,
1.-THE noblest Roman of them ALL lost his head,
Mr.. Bayard stood steadfast for honest money.
ne Is ttlldl1liA tltdu lIldu, Win tilt courage
of his convictions. and in other respects the
peer of any man in the Cabinet. How far he
is in accord with the Presidents policy of pro-
tecting the freedmen in their rights the follow
ing cident will show:
Mr.. George W. Williams, who was for Il
time re~idtnt of Boston, and who has recent
iy been appointed Minister to Havti. told the
Washington correspondent of the Cleveland
Leader the following regarding the new Secre-
tary of State Mr.. Bay ard: ''When Bruce was
in the Senate. Bayard would never refer to him
a the Senator from Mississippi. and he stud
lpusy avoided meeting and bowling to him. If
he saw he must pass Bruce in going ACROSS the
chamber he would turn aside with a naughty
look and go into one of the cloak rooms until
the latter had passed, and if he had to give the
Senate ii mention OF Bruce he would refer to
him lmpersonalit, saving. TT has been said
on this floor, or "a member has stated so and
So but he never would accord to Bruce his
recognition gentleman and Senator.
Lamar, on the other hand, spoke of Bruce in
high terms and moved his confirmation to his
present place.
Dan. Manning, the new Secretary of the
Treasury. is an Albany lobbyist and Wire
pulIer, whose ''fnancial'' record dates back to
the days of Boss" Tweed He. with Mr.
Whitney. the Secretary of the Navy, was placed
in the Cabinet to pull the wires in New York
State for Cleveland, renomination Mr.. Whit
ney is also said to represent The Standard Oil
Company, the most grasping and iniquitou>
monopoly in this country. Mr.. Endcott. the
Secretary of War is lawyer and has been on
the bench. He was originally Wing but
joined the Democratic party in 1860. He WAS the
regular Democratic candidate for Governor in
Massachusetts last autumn. Mr.. Villas, the Post
master General, is lawyer. and was perma-
nent chairman of the committee which nom1-
mated Cleveland. He has An army record and
is said to be a man of ability. In selecting Mr..
Lamar for Secretary of the Interior the Presi-
dent has put round peg into square hole. or
vice versa. The position is one that calls for
executive ability, business methods, and ca
pacity for hard work; and not one of these
qualifications does Mr.. Lamar possess. He is
constitutionally lazy, physically incapacted
from properly dischlrging even his duties
as Senator. and eccentric to the verge Of rude
ness. lie can only be the nominal head of the
department. His latest public utterance. made
upon the floor Of the United State Senate, was
that nobody in his presence should call Jetftr-
son Davis 4 traitor without meeting a stern
and decided denial. Northern men who have
business with the interior Department will
please take notice. Mr.. Garland the Attorney
General is an eX-Confederate; so that the
law department of the Government is placed
under Southern control, which is also the case
with the State and Interior Departments. The
South is in the saddle. sure enough.