St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-16
CABINET TIMBER.
Merits of the Different Talk d-of Members
Pointed Out.

Special 10 the Globe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-'Nobody here
knows anything about the cabinet, - said a
Democratic congressman this afternoon.
Farther than this, am entirely certain that
Cleveland has not vet decided on single
member, but the availability Of the men
talked Of for the cabinet is pretty
freely discussed. think Cleveland
would give the treasury to Abram
5. hewitt, If he knew what an excellent
secretary of the treasury be would make
but there is good deal of opposition TO
Hewitt among New Workers and they are
pushing Mcdonald in order 10
HEAD HEWITT OFF.
They are representing that the banking
and commercial interests Of New York would
fare better if the secretary Of the treasury
was a western instead OF an eastern man,
provided. of course, that his financial views
agreed with theirs. Mcdonald is such a man
and the support he gets in New York ia due
simply to local opposition to Hewitt, and this
opposition is due TO the fact that Hewitt ism
enough of 4 party man. He is a civil ser
vice reformer. and he is a sort Of a Demo
politics into The treasury 10 suit some peo-
pie, but if he were secretary he would
ran the department Ike private
business concern. The work would have
to be done and done promptly, aud subordi-
mates would get their
HEADS TAKEN OFF,
If they ddPt' attend strictly TO business and
T.
that Garland viii 20 into the cabinet and
good many Of us would feel pretty uneasy II
he did. II Garland as attorney general
should write an opinion to the effect that
congress had constitutional power to do auy-
thing, not specifically forbidden, it would
kueck the Democratic party into a cooked
hat. The strict construction OF the consti-
tuition is the ouly thing left TO US, aud II
our own attorney general spread the general
welfars clause out as widely as the RepubH-
C1us do where would we bel Only one cab
invt memoeI will be taken from
SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC
and east Of the Mississippi, and in that re-
Cion there Is not au abler. stronger, morr
representative or more conservative man
than Lamar, and he appears to have made a
great impression on Cleveland according 70
all accounts. Lamar is an admirable man
70 set at auy particular piece Of work. He
would SimDly exhaust his subject aud give
the results OF his STUDY in the most elegant
and lucid form, hut he never would apply
himself closely TO general details. He never
would take aus interest in routine work lie
would make good secretary Of state. His
assistants would attend 10 all the usual work,
and be would, as occasion demanded,
produce
UNSCTrNSSNBLE STATE PArERs.
think Bayard would do better In the state
department than in the treasury for some
what the same rcssoa. Bayard would not
look closely after the Hlt'e leaks, aud be
would believe what the PEOPLE around told
hiu. Jonas is clever gentleman aud a
good, Ia; not a great lawyer. He Is
net brilliant He would not make
Az economical postmaster general. He
would be disposed 10 ward pretty free cx-
peuditurr. J. D. c. Atkins would make the
best po>;mGssr general Cleveland couidf ,
poiut. but Waithorn has got the movrms u
OF the Tennessee Democrats Tor Secretary OF
the navy aud be got il hy starting in early
before anybody else began to noye. an
not sure but Lamar would maSe s good at
iorney general, but Il he took that place the
solicitor general would have % 90 a. the
work, except when great question Of con
stitutioual law vas - b. diSsu sSsd -