The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-02

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the whitening hand Of time, his form has grown
more robust and his step has become little less
elastic, but his eyes are as bright, his face
as ruddy, his voice as nrm. and his wit cutting
as when his years were prime. and his fame at
its zenith. In general appearance Mr. Hayes
looked yesterday much the same man the cam
paign illustrations pictured him almost decade
since.
The next parsonage of interest was Secretary
Thomas F. Bayard, the Understanding member
Of President Cleveland's Cabinet MIR. Bayard
comes direct from the old Delaware family Of
his name, and is of the most aristocratic
men of his day. He takes his aristocracy more
from name and tradition, however, than from
personal character Personally, Mr. Bayard is
not attractive. and is one of the last men one
would take for q royal blue-blood But
such an one he is. He wears his
family coat Of arms and is proud Of it He is in
stature probably six feet high. is raw-boned,
square-shouldered, weighs over two hundred
pounds and is not in the least inclined to be stout
he has large hands and large feet, but is large
hearted, and is, therefore, forgiven. His dress is
plain and conventional No effort is made at the
styles. On his head two year-od beaver is
always seen when on the streets, and his face is
nearly always turned downward, indicating deep
meditation. He has light steel eyes-so light in
deed that they appear milky in the gas-iight,
and evince only character Of frmness. Mr.
Bayard IL good lawyer and an easy but not
al u &.
on account of the errors he has evaded. When
his confreres in the Senate were in turmolls Of
excitement Mr.. Bayard was always candid He
was cautious in speech and prudent in action.
Socially he is popular and in his official relations
ever pleasant Mr.. Bayard has passed his three
score years.
Secretary of the Navy Whitney. of New York,
the son-inlaw Of Senator Payne Ohios coa-oil
king. and the politician of the Cabinet is an in
teresting mantle most interesting in reality Of
any of the Presidents authorized advisers. Mr.
Whitney is about forty three years of age He
is TALL well built and wiry, and combines much
of the phlegmatic temperament of New England.
He wears eye glasses and has the aspect of the
college professor. He is the most fashionably
dressed member of the Cabinet In summer he
often appears with an English boating suit and a
sailors straw hat At other seasons he wears
beaver. In bearing he is courteous and dignifed;
in speech hating. deliberative.
Dating his ancestry back to the time when the
Mayfower landed the Pilgrims the New Eng
land coast, Mr. Whitney's family has con-
tributed to the Massachusetts Commonwealth
large number of the men who have been d,stin-
guished at its bar. its bench and in nearly all
the relations of public life. His uncle John L.
Whitney, was for period of fifteen wears on the
bench of the Appellate Court of the State. His
father was also one of the most conspicuous orna-
ments of the Massachusetts bar. The family is
noted for generosity MIR. Whitney is rich, but IN
Ostentatious. His temperament versatile. COM
bative. and his mind sinewy as his body; he is
a controversialist. He is an intellectual fighter.
and he fights because he likes it. 1t is said OF
him, in his native State, that the sight of we'll
guarded line Of defense is sufficient to provoke
attack: that the sight of a powerful attack is
sufficient to provoke defense.
Secretary of the Interior Lamar Of Mississippi
is of the old Southern type often seen in Vir-
GINA and the Caroinas IN the last century. He
was once a powerful man physically well as
mentally. but the sixty five years or more which
he has lived have written something OF his life
in the lines of his features. He is not so tall as
Mr. Bayard but is probably as heavy. He has
n thick growth of beard on the lower portion of
his face, but 1t. like his heavy long hair, which
comes down well upon his neck and inclines to
roll under slightly, shows little of the work of
time. Mr.. Lamar has large features-eyes. ears,
nose. mouth-giving him at once the mark of
spirit and frmness. He is genial, suave, and
stanch friend. When in the Senate he often
showed more fervor, however than sagacty,
or general diplomacy. His defenses Of the Con
federacy, and especially its great leader. Jeffer-
son Davis. who was his personal friend. were
sufficient to prove him erratic and unsafe
man in debate for his party. His opponents had
only to arouse him-he did the rest Mr. La
mar, although he appears at first glance to be
hale and hearty. is in failing health. and will
ere long doubtless be known to history only
For his true friendship. his bright intellect, his
generosity and congeniality however he will live
i'll the memory of at least the present generation.
William C. Endicott. Secretary of War is the
most quiet and unattractive, yet one of the most
brilliant of the Cabinet officers. He at once tells
you by his PERSONA appearance that he is n New
Highlander. and that he is from the Hub About
fifty-fve years OF age. medium in stature and
build, with a small mustache. clipped to bristle
stiffness, and half gray, he Is undemonstrative.
silent He Is also plain, but scholarly and gem
temanly. Among the people who visit the de-
partments at Washington frequently he is in.
tensely popular and by his coadiutors he is
spected
Postmaster general Villas, although & resident
of Wisconsin. has none of the hearty greeting
and winning ways of the true Westerner He
is scarcely more than fifty years old slight of
form. medium height, wears a black and gray
full beard. cropped closely, and is never without
eve glasses of the down east pattern His dress
is faultless, his air English. and his reception
cold He is said to be companionable and TO
have large fund of freedom with his friends;
but officially. he is arrogant and overbeariDp
Associate Justice Matthews has often been seen
in Indianapolis. He is a Cncinnatian. about
ffty-eight years old, broad shouldered, we'll
bHilt, wears full brown beard. mixed with
grey. and man who has engendered strong po-
litieal enemies. but has maintained his position
before the country by his powerful social ties
Few men have either the ability or inclination
to be as true friend as Justice Matthews
Associatc-justice Blatchford. the second mem
Der of the United States Supreme Court, who
attended the obsequies is the smallest man on
the bench. He is said to be much akin to the
ferret in appearance and in habit of thought
bis face Is weakened, his eyes small and spark
ling, and his voice fine He haars tho reprte