Milford chronicle., 1885-03-13
THE NEW CABINET.
oLEvrLAND's ADVISERS.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND's ADVISERS
Sketches of the Gentlemen who Carry
Portfolios.
For Secretary Of State-THoMAs F. BAYARD
Of Delaware.
For Secretary Of the Treasury-DANIE1
NAMING, Of New York.
For Secretary OF the Interior-LUoIus 9. c.
LAMAR, Of Mississippi
For Secretary Of War-WnI1AM C. EED1-
coTT, OF Massachusetts.
For Secretary Of the Navy-W1L11AM G.
WHITNEY, of New York.
For Postmaster General-WnLIAM E. Was,
Of Wisconsin.
For Attorney General-AUeusTus Il. GAR
LAND, Of Arkansas.
A record OF the public services of these gem
tlemen who are to assist Mr.. Cleveland in tue
arduous duties to which be has been called will
be found in the following sketches;
THOMAS =. BAYARD.
Mr.. Bayard was born at Wilmington, Del,
Oct 20, 1920 He vas trained for a m-rcan-
tile life. After having had some experience in
business in New York he returned to Delaware
and studied law with his father Hon. JamesA.
Bayard, who was then IN the Senate. He was
admitted to the Bar in 1851 and in 1853 he was
appointed U. S. District Attorney for Del
aware, but resigned in 1854 and went to live in
Philadelphia, where he remained until 1856
when he returned to Wilmington, where he re-
manned through the civil war, practcing
his profession. In the winter Of 1858 he
was el, oted to the Senate to succeed
his father, and was reelected in 1875
and 1881. In 1876 he was a member of the Elec-
toral Commission. Mr.. Bayard is the fourth
OF his family who have served in the Senate.
His grandfather, James Ashton Bayard, was
elected to the Senate from Delawa in 1904
and served till 1918, when President Madison
appointed him one Of the Commissioners to
negotiate the Treaty of Ghent. His uncle,
Richard II. Bayard, was elected to the Senate
I ON Delaware in 1886 and again in 1841. His
father, James A., served in the Senate from
1851 to 1869.
DANIEL MANNING.
Mr.. Manning was born in Albany, n Y,
Aug. 16 1881. His parentage was Of Irish.
English and Dutch extraction. At eleve years
)f age he went to work as an Office boy az the
Albany Argus, with which paper he has ever
iince, in one capacity or another been COLI
lected. He was member OF the Democratic |
state Convention OF 1874 that nominated |
samuel j. Illuen for Governor and was dele |
rate to the st. Louis Convention of 1876 that /
nominated Mr.. Tilden for President. He has
leen a member Of the Democratic State Com
nittee since 1876. Was Its Secretary in 1879 /
md 1880, and was elected Chairman in 1881, /
which place he now fills. Mr.. Manning has
'een active and successful outside Of JOURNAL
,m and politics. He has long been a director
f the Albany and Susquehanna Railway Com
any and is President Of the National Com
lercial Bank, Of Albany, OF which he was
rst director and then Vice President. He
lso Park Commissioner OF Albany and is a
irector Of the Albany Electric Light Com
any.
LUCIUs Q. c. LAMAR.
Mr.. Lamar was born at Oxford, Putnam
ounty, Ca, SEPT. II, 1925, and received his
arly schO ling in his native town. He grad
tied at Emory College, Georgia, in 1915. He
udled law at Macon, Ca, and was admitted
} the Bar in 1877. He moved to Oxford,
Liss., in lS49, and was eiected Adjunct Profe s.
: OF Mathematics in the Mississippi State
nlYersity. He resigned in 1850 and went to I
ovington, Ca, where he devoted himself to
le practice OF law. In 1858 he was elected toA-
le Georgia Legislature ard in tbe F,l lOur or sil
sar returned to MisOf lunatics, tear rim,
pantatoR6's baeIin nj where re he sette1 m
eyes lin Lafayette county He was L
nted to the Thirty-ffth and Thirty-siXth ii
lgress and resigned in 1860. He ente ed II
Confederate Army in 1861 as Lieutenant :
onel of the Nineteenth Mississippi FOlun- ~
rs. and was soon promoted to the CoOnecy. Ol
te Government on an important diplomatic "
sion. He returned to Mississippi at the i,
Sc of the war, and in 1866 was ELECTED Pro "
sOr of Political Economy and Social Science u
the University Of that State. A year later to
was transferred to the Professorship of 81
". He was elected to the FOrty-third Con- HI
So and reelected to the Forty-fourth. In X
winter of 1867 he was elected to the Sen =
, where he has since served. IL
WIN. G. ENDIooTT. a. o.
William CroWninshi' Id Endicott was born in =
EN-, Mass. in 1927. He graduated from al
rvard College in the class Of lS4E Judge
dicott studied at Harvard Law School, and
d law in the Office of the late Nathaniel j.
rd. He was adm. tied 10 the Bar about 1850, 81,
! a few years later formed a partnership u
h the late J. w. Perry and continued with I'll
q until his appointment by Gov Washburn OF
seat on the Supreme Bench in 1878. Tuis "
ition he held un il 1882, when he resigned c,
account Of his health. In 1882 he mace an y
ended tour of tile continent He was a u
mber OF the Sa EN- Common Council in hi
2 1853 and 1857, when he was elected sa
.sident of that board. He was City Solicitor II,
m 1858 to 1863 He is a member of the -
itorica Society and Of the Board Of Over IL
rs Of Harvard College He is direct de- bt
ndant from Gov. John Endicott. Politically
Endicott is of Whig antecedeuts, his afiil-
on with the Democratic party dating from n,
Bell-Everett campaign Of 1860, but he has j.,
'er been an active politician. Last fall he - -
the candidate Of his party for Governor ~
but did not himself appear b
the canvass, and received q comparatively T
all vote. bs
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY. n,
William Collins Whitney, Of New York city
born in Conway. Mass in 1889. He
duated from Yale College and from Har-
d Law School He was admitted to the
in New York city, and was counsel Tor
nber Of prominent corporations. His po- 81
,al activity began during tN campaign 81,
inst the Tweed Ring in 1870 and 1871. In y
= he was elected District Attorney. On
gust 9, 1876 Mayor Nicbham appointed him ~
lnsel to the Corporation. Mr.. Whitney
twice re-appointed to this pOsiti n, which W
resigned on November 6, 1882, while his
m had nearly two years to run. since his ~
ignation as Corporation Counsel Mr.. Whit =,
has attended to priva law practici aRd 70.
personal affairs. He is a son-in-law OF ex-
lgressman Henry b. Payne, Of Ohio. 81
WILLIAM F. Villas.
ir. Villas was born at Chelsea, Orange Co Ga
July g. 1870 When he was eleven years
he went to Wisconsin. After taking his !5
demical degree he studied law in Albany,
L. and was graduated from the law school Ho
that city in 1860. After his admission 70 the
1reme Court OF New York he removed to "i
scOnsin, where, on his birthday, July y, -
o, he made his first argument before the G,
lreme Court Of that State. In the same ~
IL, 1860, he became partner with CHARLES -
Wakeley, lawyer of good standing. Upon Il,
outbreak of the war Mr.. Villas entered the ~
ny as captain in the Twenty-third W sconsin
luutters and rose to be Major and Lieuten-
Colonel He resigned his commission and
umed the practice OF the law Jan. l, 1861 s5
q supreme Court OF Wisconsin appointed en-
. Villas one Of the revisors OF the statutes OF ~
State in 1875. and the revision of 1873,
ltted by the Sta e, was partly made by him. .-
1879 Mr.. Villas refused the use OF his name 81
a candidate for the Governorship OF W.s-
lsin.
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