The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-03-06
THE CABINET.
President Cleveland Sends the
Names of His Advisers to
the Senate.
Mr.. Bayard's Confirmation Opposed by
Mr.. Riddleberger.


Mr.. Riddleberger.
WARRINGTON, March 5.-President Cleve.
land sent to the Senate the following nomna.
nations to be members of his Cabinet. They
are the same as announ ced about week ago
Secretary OF State, Thomas F. Bayard of Della
Secretary of the Treasury-Daniel Manning OF
| New York.
Secretary of War-Wiliam G. Endicott of Massa
| ch1setts.
secretary of the Navy--william c. Whitney OF
| New York.
! Secretary of the nfelior-L. O. C. Lamar of Miss
| issppi.
Postmaster General William F. Villas of wiscon-
sin.
Attorney General-A. H. Garland of Arkansas.
The nominations were all referred to ccm.
mittees, Senator i'd eberger of Virginia, OBJ.
Jctsd to the immediate consideration of the
nomination Of MIR. Bayard, stating briefly that
he did so because of Mr.. Bayard's atti tude
| upon the Irish question. Mr.. Rddleberger
thought him more English than American.
Mr.. Bayard's name being first on the list,
the consideration of all went over under the
rules OF the Senate for day, and at 1910 the
Senate adjourned.
The Secretary of State.
Thomas Francis Bayard of Delaware is de-
scendsd from family which has long been
honorad politically by the American people.
There have been four Bsyards in the Senate
from Delaware. He was born at Wilmington,
Del., October 20, 1928, and was educated prin-
cipally at the Flushing school. His elder broth
er having chosen the law, young Thomas en-
tered a New York counting-house, and after
wares was employed by a Philadelphia house,
where he gained a fine business training.
When, in 164S, his brother died, Mr.. Bayard,
| believing that one of the family should be q
lawyer, took up the study of law in his fathers
| office, and was admitted to the bar in 1851.
| Two years later he was appointed United States
district attorney for Delaware. He resigned
the position in the following year and devoted
| himself untiriDgly to his profession until his
election to the National Senate in 1869, at the
| age OF Al years. Having been twice re-elected,
| he is now the oldest Democratic Senator in
| point OF continuous service, and in this respect
he outranks all the Republican side except
| Senators EdmundS and Morrill, from Vermont.
| Senator Bayard is now Sc years old. His hair
| is gray; but his eyes have lost none of their
ire, and bis firm, smooth shaven face still re-
| talns its vigorous outlines. He is six feet in
| height, and looks it, for he stands erect and
walks briskly. He is also said to be famous
| rider and swimmer. Mr.. Bayard is in COM
Portable circumstances, worth perhaps from
| $l50,000 to 100000.
Secretary of the Treasury.
| Daniel Manning of New York has never held
| any public position, but for many years he has
been actively identified with New York poll
| tics. From his earliest years he has been con-
| nected, in one capacity or an
other, with the Albany Argus, paper which
he now controls. Mr.. Manning was born at
Albany on August 16, 1881. His family was
| poor, and his early opportunities for education
were meagre. AT the age of II years he began
work as an office boy in the establi shment of
the Albany Atlas, which was soon merged in
the Argus. He continued with the latter pa
| per in different capacities until 1874, when he
| was elected president of the company and as
| sumed full charge of the paper, position he
yet holds, though it is said he has done little or
no writing for some time. He has long been
the director for Albany in the Albany 4 Sus-
| quehanna Railway company. From 1869 to
| 1882, when he resigned, he was director in
the National Savings Bank of Albany In
1873 he became director in the Natoual
Commercial Bank of Albany. Ia 1881 he BE-
came it5 vice-president in place Of Roosrt L..
| johnson, deceased. Ia 1882 ne became its
| president, IL place of Gen. Sooert H. PruyD,
deceased. lie is park commissioner OF the
city, q director OF the Albany rsilway, difect.
| or OF the Electric Light Co. aud oDe Of the
| trustees of the Fort Orange Ciub.
Secretary of War.
William CroRinshield Endicott oi Massa-
| chusetts, was born in Salem, the city OF bis
residence, in 1897. His father was William
| PGtnam Endicott, descended ia direct line
from old John Endicott, the frss de tacto
| governor under the charter, and his mother
was daughter of Jacob Crowinshield, a mem
Der Of Congress and Jeffersons secretary Of
| the navy. William @. Endicott attended the
| Salem schools, graduated from Harvard Col
| legs Ia the class Of 1847, studied at tho law
scnool, and with Nathaniel j. Lord, and was
| admitted 10 the bar in 1850. A few wears
later formed partnership with the late j. w.
| Perry, and continued with him until his sp-
| spolnsment by Governor Washburn Justice Of
the supreme court Of Massachusetts in 1873.
| Judge Enaicott resigned his place on the
/ supreme bench IN 1882 on account of his
health AID made an extended tour of The cor
| tsuent. lie was a Whig down to 1860, when
| he joined the Democratic party. He was the
regular Democratic candidate for governor
last aotumn. He is member of the Histor-
| ical Society and one of the board of oyerseers
| OF Harvard College. He is generally regarded
| as q dlgnihed and a5le lawyer. He fs fine
| looking, being over six feet ia height and
having tiae head OF iron gray, hair and
| regular features
Secretary of the Navy.
William Collins Whitney of New York city
will be the youngest member of the Cabinet.
| He vas born in Conway, town of about 1900
| inoabitantc in franklin county, Massachusetts,
| Oh the fifth day of july 1842 SO that he is 43
| years old The new Secretary Of the Navy
| graduated from Williston Seminary at East
hampton, entered Yale College in 1859,
| divided with his classmate Professor William
| 6. Sumner, the first prize for English ESSAYS,
and was chosen orator OF his class. He grad
uated from the Harvard law school in 1865.
and studied law in New York citv with
ADraeam H. Lawrence, now Judge OF the
| supreme court of New York. He was activ q
in the crusade against the Tweed ring, and
he has never lost. He became Corporation
| counsel of New York on the downfall of the
tweed ring, and made a reputation in the
litigation over fraudulent claims against the
city oy hls CELEBRITY, energy and ability in
clearing off the cases. 1t is estimated that
ms direct savings to the city amounted to S.
ooo,0O0. he was pronounced advocate of a
| specie basis for the currency duriag the infia-
tlon craze of 1874, and he is regarded as a
member OF the reform wing of the Democratic
| party: mr.. whitney has an attractive per-
| sonality and has been popular in school. at
| college and in society. He is about six feet in
height, with rather light complexion, dark
hair and erect figure.
| Postmaster General.
| William +. Villas of Wisconsin was born in
Chelsea, Orange county, Vermont July 9,
1910. When he was IL years old he went to
Wisconsin, where, a few months after, he was
entered pupil of the preparatory department
of the university of that State. In 1853 he
matriculated in the freshman class Of that in
stitution, and was graduated there in 1858.
After taking his academical degree he studied
law in Albany, N. Y, and was graduated from
the law school OF that city in 1860 After his
admission to the Supreme Court of New York
ne removed to Wisconsin, where on his birth.
day, July 8, 1860, he made his first argument
before the Supreme Court of that State. Upon
the outbreak of the war Mr.. Villas entered the
army as captain in the Twenty Wiscon-
sion Volunteers, and rose to be major and
iieutenant colonel. He resigned his commits
sion, and resumed the practice of the law jan
uary l, 1862. The Supreme Court of Wiscon.
sin appointed Colonel Villas one of the rsyisers
OF the statutes of the State in 1875, and the re-
vision OF 1878, adopted by the Stats, was part.
~ made by him. Ia 1879 Colonel Villas re-
fused the use Of his name as a Candidate for
the governorship of Wisconsin He Is de-
scrioed as good looking ,compaclly Quilt ~ an
about iye feet ten inches in aelght He las a
good voice and an effective delivery.