Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-06
THE PRESIDENTS CABINER.
Sketches of the Men Who viii Advise Mr.
Cleveland.
THOMAS ,. BAYARD.

THONAS ,. BAYARD.
Thomas F. Baysrd, OF Delaware, Secre-
tary of State, was born October %, 1928.
As a boy he always excelled in his stud
les, although he was anxious in early youth
to become one of Americas merchant
princes, and wa inclined to throw over
board all the possibilities of political great
ness which were incident to his position as
member of the ruling houGe Of Delaware.
His early education was obtained princi.
pallY at the Flushing school at Whining
toe. He was persuaded to give up his mer-
camille ambition and to study for the legal
Profession. He was admitted to the hsr in
1851 and had soon built up an excellent
practice, extending all over the State. In
1853 he was appointed by the President as
United States District Attorney, but soon
afterward abandoned the Office. IL was in
March, 1869, that he was chosen to succeed
his father as United States Senator. He
was a sterling adherent to the doctrines of
the Democratic party and came in q short
time 10 be regarded as one Of their ablest
exponents in the Upper House. Through
the framing Of all the later reconstruction
legislation he stood as the representative Of
the large part of the Northern people that
believed IN making concessions to the
Southern States, and although in the minor
ity he made himself felt in the advocacy OF
their cause. lie was reelected in 1875 and
became d member ofthe Electoral Commits
sion. voting with the Democratic colleagues
against the seating Of Rutherford B. Hayes
in the Presidential chair.
he was again elected Senator in 1881.
DANIEL , MANNING.
Daniel f. Manning, Secretary Of the
Treasury, was born in Albany in 1881. His
father died q few years after his birth, leay-
ing his widow, son and daughter unprovided
for. When 9 wears of age Dan began to
earn his own living as an errsnd boy in the
Argus office, and it was there that he &C
uuired all his education and experience.
Politics was the principal business Of the
Argus, and the boy took to- 1t as a duck
does to swimming. Mr.. William j. Cassidy,
the owner of the Argus, was not slow in dis
covering the peculiar traits Of his GRAND
boy, and made him a reporter before he
fifteen years old. Being thrifty and
economical he managed to acquire
q little competency so that he could
become q shareholder in the Argus Compa-
ny when Cassidsy, at the time Of the close
Of the war, consolidated his paper with the
Atlas and turned his business into a stock
company. Manning then became city edit
or Of the Argus and a prominent figure in
local politics.
". L. Villas.
Col. W. L. Villas, Postmaster General,
was born at Chelsea. Orange county, Vt,
July 9, 1910. When he was IL years old
he went to Wisconsin, where q few months
after, he was entered as q pupil of the pre-
p~aratOry department of the university of
that State. In 1858 he mstriculated in the
freshman class of the institution, and was
graduated there in 1858. After taking his
academical degree he studied law at Al
bany, n. Y, and was graduated from the
law school Of that city in 1860. After bis
admission to the Supreme Court of New
York be removed to Wisconsin, where, on
his birthday, July 9, 1860, he made his first
argument before the Supreme Court Of that
State.
Upon the outbreak Of the war Mr.. Villas
entered as Captain in the TweDty-third Wis
consin Volunteers, aud rose to be Major
and Lieutenant Colonel He resigned his
commission and resumed the practice of
law Jan. I, 1864. In 1872 General G. E.
Bryant joined him in partnership, and in
1911, his brother, Z. P. Villas also became
. partner in the firm. The Supreme Court
of Wisconsin appointed Colonel Villas one
ofthe ~reyisers Of the statutes Of the State in
1875, and the revision of 1878, adopted BY
the State. was partly made by him. In
1879 Mr.. Villas declined the use Of his name
as a candidate for the Goyernorship OF Wis
cousin. He was President Of the Demo
cratic convention that nominated Cleye-
land. and was last fail elected q member of
the Wisconsin Legislature.
WILLIAM O. ESDrCOrT.
"The Hon. William Crosninshisld End
cote, Secretary Of War. vas born
in Salem in 1921. aud is the son
Of William Putnam Endieott and MARI,
daughter Of the Hon. Jacob CfoEninshiea, |