The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-14

VI " W COuslu,
Auor e., General -AueU,rus II. GAR
LAND, of Arkansas.
The new Cabinet, says the Pbiladel.
phil TIMES, is one Of the ablest selected
In m0 lern times and there is not shade
OF sus piciou attaching TO It's integrity.
B ,ar /, the embodiment of the most
oh vAlrous honor and purity in states.
mnshi.,, aud Lamar and Garland, his
Sou.hsra associates. nre as stainless as
himself an fairly r, fl.ct the exceptional
standard of public honesty TINT wna so
long characteristic OF leading Southern
stet~mln. Ia ard will bril- to tho
Sta'e Department not only ripe expert
ence aud broad comprehension of the
high duties Of his Office but bis conser.
Tatiye Democracy, 50 scrupulously
maintained in the surges Of faction aud
expedicncy in politics, will greatly as
sure the commercial, business and in.
dustrial interests Of the couutry. He is
not an expert poltioion in the present
ecceptation of the term, and the more
vigorous and aggressive elements of tho
ptrty fear that Baysrd, Lamar, and Gar
! nd will not put themselves in accord
with the Democratic commonality.
Lamar is uutried in administrative
position aud it is not claimed that he is
likely to make vigorous Secretary Of
Interior by his own personal labors; but
II is expected that he will organizs bis
department. wisely and practically and
at he " II be to the fore in all great
emergencies and especially when tho
government is called upon 10 grapple
18th the colossal speculative combua-
tons wlicA have made the Interior their
objective point
Garland is very generally regarded by
oil parties as one of the best.suuipped
lneu In the whole country for the Attorn-
ey Gpneralship aud the wisdom of the
Q dice is limited on every side. Both
Lamar and Garland were soldiers aud
Statesmen in the Confederacy aud Lamar
had been in Congress before the war /;
but the complete dethronement of sec.
tionalism is exhibited in the general
welcome accorded TO these thoroughly
representative Southern men coming
,into the Cabinet. Trus, Grant had set
tae example by calling the Ex Confeder-
etc Ackerman to Garland's place dozen
Years ago and Hayes had repeated the
lesson by the appointment of Exon.
fede-ate Key to the Cabinet eight years
40 but it was not pretended that
Alderman and Key voiced the sentiment
,'f the South in the government, while
Lamar aud Garland admittedly refl- ct
the sincere convictions uf the large
majority of the recons ructed States In
favor of patriotic and honest administIa.
tion Of the government of the Uni,n.
OF the Northern members of the new
Cabinet, Manning is the broadest and
most practical, His great resources are
his general intelligence, his unfailing
common sense and his cool, clear judg-
mert, that always asserts itself under the
most trying circumstances. He is a
trained business man, q practical banker,
and he has no crank notions of patent
juventIons about finance. He undor
stands that the laws Df finance and trade
ae old as the world aud irresistible, re
q firing oply 80 s Ile adaptation to res
al necessities, and be will keep steady
eye aud strong hand on the business
irapquility of the country. He will al.
tempt nothing brilliant and he will there.
lore be safe
:. Whitney. his colleague from New York,
Is one OF the able men of his State, but
like Manning untried in the broad field
Of national craftsmanship lie is more
mercnrial than Manning, but is Q shrewd
np1 Teselute leader, and will stake
reputation that he highly values upon
s'seEs'asss6ly-REnt.nt aud progressive ad.
ministration Of the Navy Both Man,
ming and Whitney are close personal and
political friends of President Cleveland:
they know much OF beth public men and
political affairs that he must learn from !
others, and he naturally wants them to
share the responsibility before the world
that they would be called on to assume
II not officially connected with the gov
ernmelt.
Colonel Villas is the youngest member
efthe Cabinet, being only forty.five and
one year the junior of Whitney. He was
gallant soldier and is regarded as the
most promising Young Democrat of the
Northwest The large adverse political
majority of Wisconsin was not calculated
TO inspire political ambition and he has
devoted himself assiduously to his pro-
fession riHce. be retired fiom the army
He was forced to the front at the Chicago
Convention, Of which be was ma is per
manent president, and his ability and
admirable bearing in that body gave
Lin national fame. lie is an accom-
iIished and go-abeAd Western man aud
1t is not doubted that he vill make n
msst creditSble Postmaster General aud
terror to the whole pestiterous brood
Of S.ar route thieves,
Jadge Eudioott is the embodiment Of
the best element of New England Dem
ocracy His selection will not be well
eonsed by the debauched Butler frag.
menIs that bang around the edges of The
pTty in Massachusetts,. bat it will EN-
phasizs the purpose ofthe administra-
zion to have honest government and hon.
es( politics in every part of the conutry.
Hs is practical Democrat in faith, but
his appointment is specially acceptable
10 the Republican Independents who
supported cleveland's election.
Slch are the chief qualities which dis.