The Wilmingtonian., 1885-03-07
THE NEW CABINET.
LEADING REPR RESENTATIyE
DEMOCRATS CALLED.
The President DESTROYS of Recognizing
all Sections in the New
Administration.

l fSA'NAS'A
may recognize in the different individual
making up what may be called the Pres
dents piivy council representatives of til
contrasted conditions existing as necessar
factors in the structure of Republic
Their selection by Mr.. Cleveland may b
accepted as his Judgment as to which q
those Structural factors demanded an ind
vidual representation in the domestic eoun
Gil of the chief magistrate of the Unite,
States.
The Hon. THOMAS f. BAYARD may b,
looked upon perhaps as that member of til,
Cabinet who claims to represent certain
abstract condition of hereditary Legislative
fespectability, the suppositon being that
MIR. BAYARD's presence adds weight and
distinction to the discussions of any delber.
ative body.
The Hon. DANIEL MANNING the Secretary
OF the Treasury, in some sense almost the
antithesis of the Secretary of the State, as
an entirely self-mado man. His antecedents
are simply those of au industrious working
man, printer, who from errand boy be-
came through hard work and attention to
business the president of the Argus Publish
ing Company of Albany. His journalistic
associations brought him in contact with
SAMUEL j. TILDEN, who from that moment
became his patron. His services to the
Democratic sage were signalized at Chica 60
where his clever and successful manage
ment of the various factions at the great
convention proved the judiciousness and
prescience of MIR. TILDEN's selection of a
chief lieutenant. Mr.. MANNING has no
family dignity to support, no long record of
aristocratic associations to lend their weigh
ty obstruction to business-like and practi-
cal despatch Of business
The Hon. Lucius Q. c. Lamar is an ora
tor, scholar and Statesman, and as such he
is justly honored in the South. He was a
professor of mathematics in Oxford Uniyer-
sity, Georgia, and in 1850 began to practice
law in Covington. Going into politics he
was elected to Congress in 1857. Mr.. La
mar is thorough southerner, his record is
one of intimate elations with the political
history of the South. He was pro-slavery
man, secessionist, and fonght in the Confed-
crate army. He has had somewhat extern
ded Congressional career and, during a
European tour undertaken during the re-
bellion, in order to influence Russia and
England in behalf of the South, obtained
much experience of men and affairs. After
the war he followed life varied by literary
and public service. His speech on Charles
Sumner is memorable for its eloquent senti-
ments. Mr. Lamar is sixty years of age.
The Hon. WILLIAM c. ENDIcoTr, the
new Secretary of War, whose ancient honor
able name of Crowninaheld Eudicott quick
ly indicates his Puritanic extraction Che is a
direct descendant of the royal Governor of
Massachusetts, is a Harvard graduate of
the class of 1S47. He is now member of
the Board of Overseers of his alma mater
He comes of family of lawyers, and occu-
pied a seat upon the bench of the Supreme
Court of his native state for ten years. He
is thorough Democrat, possessing the res
pect and esteem of both his political friends
and opponents.
Mr.. ENDIcoTT's appointment secures to
the Cleveland Cabinet an element of integ
rity and genuine personal worth that is not
excelled by any of his colleagues in Mr..
Clevelands council. His appointment has
been looked upon with especial favor by the
anti-Blaine Republicans of the New Eu
gland states. Mr., ENDIcoTT was born in
Salem, Mass, in 1927.
The Hon. WILLIAM G. WHITNEY Of New
Yolk, the new Secretary of the Navy was
born in Conway, Mass, in 1889. He is a
Yale graduate OF 1863 Mr.. Whitney is a
successful New York lawyer. His political
activity began during the campaign against
the Tweed ring in 1870 and 1871, when Mr..
Tilden was attracted by his abilities He
has held the position OF corporation coun-
sci in the city of New York for several
terms.
The Hon. WILLIAM NJ. Villas Of Wiscon-
sin, the new Postmaster General, is a native
of Vermont and was born in 1910. Going
West he entered the State University of
Wisconsin where he graduated in 1858. He
subsequently studied law in Albany, New
York, and became member of the New
York bar. Returning to his adopted state,
he went diligently to work and soon rose to
to prominence. lie has declined the nomi-
nation of his friends for governorship of
Wisconsin. As Chairman of the Democrat
ic convention of 1884 he is widely known.
He is a representative western man, the re-
suit Of tile grating OF New England shrswd.
ness upon the extended advantages of new
and vigorous western surrounding.
The Hon. AUGUSTUS II. GARLAND the