The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-26
Lamar for the Interior, Garland for Attorney.
General, and Villas for Postmaster-General,
Leaving Two Places Still Unified.
Whitney Will Probably Get the Navy
and EndicOtt the War Department.
The Reasons for Rejecting Mcdonald and
Thurnan-The President-elect FavOrS
StOppage Of Silver Coinage.
SELECTIONS FOB 4nE CABINET.


Bayard, Manning, Lamar, Garland and Villas
Accept Portfolios.
NEW YORK, Feb 25.-The World of Thurs
day will contain the following, furnished by its
Albany correspondents
AS concerns the Cabinet, the air has cleared
very rapidly since Mr.. Lamar left here yester-
day. His visit brought things to head, and
when he parted from Mr. Cleveland the Cabinet
was practically completed have learned, from
source not to be questioned for moment, that
Mr.. Cleveland has positively settled on five
members, and all of them have given in their
formal acceptance. These are the names and
the places they are to fill:
Mr.. Bayard- Secretary of State.
MIR. Manning-Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Lamar--Secretary the Interior.
Mr.. Garland-Attorncy General.
Mr.. Vilas-Postmaster General
This leaves the War and Navy portfolios to be
filled. Mr.. Cleveland is now disposed to appoint
Mr. Whitney to the navy. IL he had to send in
his Cabinet to-day, he would no doubt do so. OF
course this means two men from New York, and
this is worrying him a good deal. He wants
Whitney, and has about decided to ig-
more custom and precedent and volun-
tarly incur much inevitable criticism
of hostile character for the sake
of having man in the Navy Experimentation
he understands, and who understands him. 1t
need not be surprising If he does so, anyhow.
In fact it is probable he will
AS to the War Department., he is hating be-
tween two men-Judge Endicott and Hon. Pat
rick A Collins, Of Massachusetts, with the
chances in favor of the former. One of these is
sure to be appointed, and will go in as q repre-
sentative of New England. The chances to-day
are clearly that he will appoint Judge
Endicott, who will be remembered as the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor in Massachusetts
last year. His selection would be particularly
satisfactory to the Independents who supported
Cleveland though his Democracy is not to be
doubled.
The Cabinet thus made up of course disposes
finally of both Mr.. Thurman and Mr.. Mcdonald,
and leaves the Western and Middle
States without a representative The
greatest hindrauce to the appointment
of Mr. Mcdonald is the irritating and disturbing
effect it would have on the Indiana Democracy,
which was not a unit in his advocacy. For
similar reason Mr.. Cleveland passed over Mr.
Thurman, additional objection being his age,
which, in Mr.. Cleveland's opinion, would hardly
permit his undertaking the pressing work that
must devolve upon the Cabinet officers of the
incoming administration.
It is understood that there is to be appointed
to the Pension Bureau, which belongs to the De-
partment of the Interior, a we'll known Union
general which would allay any hostile criticism
that might arise from Mr. Lamar's having been
prominent confederate
1t may be added that Mr. Cleveland is well
along with his inaugural address It will be
brief, simple and plain like all his public utter
ances He will take the same DO
stion on the tariff question as that
laid down in the Chicago Democratic PLATFORM
advocating reform of the present tariff system
but with due consideration for incidental protec-
ton of American industries He will take DOS
tive ground against continuation of silver coin
age. Some time ago he received letter from
ONO hundred congressman, headed by Mr.. Rea-
gan. OF Texas, asking him to be non-committal
on the silver question in his inaugural. This
letter he is just about answering. and in 1t will
give his reasons for taking ground against
further coinage.