The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-28

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of Thursday vii! contain the follow
ing:
ALBANY, Feb. 26-As concerns
the Cabinet, the air has cleared very
rapidly since Mr.. Lamar left here
yesterday. His visit brought things
to a head, and when he parted from
Cleveland the Cabinet was practically
completed. l have learned from a
source not to be questioned for one
moment, that Cleveland has positive.
" settled on five members, all OF
whom have given in their formal &C.
ceptance. These are the names and
places they are to fill: Bayard, Secre-
tary of State; Manning, Secretary of
the Treasury; Lamar, Secretary OF
Interior; Garland, Attorney General;
Villas, Postmaster General. This
leaves the army and navy portfolios
tc be filled. He is now disposed to
appoint Whitney to the navy, and II
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 ignore custom and pre-
cedent and voluntarily incur much
inevitable cIitici.m of u hostile cLar-
acter for the sake of having a man in
the navy department whom he I'M
derstands, and who understand him.
1t need not be surprising If he does 50
anyhow. In fact it is probable he
will.
AS to the wal department he Is
hating between two men. Judge En-
dicotl and Hon. Patrick 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
4 representative of New England.
The chances to-day are clear that ne
will appoint Judge Endicott, who
will be lemembe red as the Demo-
cratic nominee for governor in Mas
sachusetts last year. His selection
would be particularly satisfactory to
the Independents who supported
Cleveland, though his democracy il
not to be doubted.
The cabinet thus made up, of
course dup 'ses finally of both Thur
man and Mcdonald, and leaves the
Western and Middle States without
a representative. The great: ct him
drance t. the appointment of Nc
Donald is the irritating. disturbing
Effect it would have on Indiana. the
D. mocrats Of which State will not
unite in his advocacy. For a similar
reason Cleveland passed over Tour
man, an additl. nal objection. being
his age, which, in Cleveiand's opiu-
ion would hardly perrast Of his un-
dertaking the pre- ssing work that
must devolve Oh cabinet officers In
the-cOminE administration.
It il understood there is to be ap.
pointed to q position In q bureau
which belongs to the department OF
the interior, u we'll known union gen.
eral, which would allay any hostile
criticism that would arise from la
mars having been a rominent con-
federate. 1t may be added that Cleve,
land is we'll along with his inaugural
address, It will De brief, simple, aud
plain, like all Of his public %utterances.
He will take the same position on
the tariff question as that laid down
in the Chicago Democratic platform,
advocating reforms of the present
tariff system, but with due consider
alton for an incidental protection of
American labor. He will take pos
tive grounds against the continua-
ton Of the silver coinage. Some time
ago he received a letter from 100 con-
gressmen, asking him to be non-com-
initial on the silver question ia his
inaugural. This letter he Is just
about answering, and in it will give
his reasons for taking ground against
further coinage.