Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-30
sELBY'S LETTER.
Character and Capacity Considered
First
gy1HE PRESIDENT IN MS SELECTION
NJ Cficers - Mushroom Politicians -
Joseph S. Miller - Kenna
and Camden.
PERSONALITIES AND OTHER NOTES.
sp.sial Correspondents, ofiAs Regisisr.


WASHINGTON, D. c., March 29.-The
President, having in view the sacreduess of
bis office, and the welfare Of the Republic,
goes slowly in selecting public servants.
Like q philosopher, he moves to conclusions
bv due process Of reason.
Like all men who are patriots rather than
par rIsans, he sets great store by character
and capacity. These are two great factors
il makingup the complement Of honesty.
Mushroom Politicians.
Time has been when public offices were
gwen entirely TO those who were on the
backs Of others, and dumped into the crib
Ike coal out of the tail.end Of cart. The
politician whose qualifications for post of
honor came 10 the surface is not the man
President Cleveland is looking for. Hard
!: his struggle to ke p of such.
a Great Administration.
Said one OF the Maryland electors to me,
yes,erjar: We saw the President. looked
s, him very closely. was anxious to meet
him. lie received us very cordially. To
nv mind, he is q man with whom duty is
shove and beyond all else. He is firm, SIN
cere, upright and truly loves his country"
Said Senator KenDa Ii will be a grand
administration, and you viii see it,
Miller.
4 Young man Of mental and physical
strength is the new Com missioner Of In
tsrnal Revenue; descended from 9 German
stock Ike that which settled in the Cumber-
land Valley, and along the banks OF the
SusGuehanna. He stands to the credit o.
II "a e, and think me he will enlarge
II ,r,G.t to the good OF the Administration.
Kenna.
A. earnest, an intense man, is the Junior
Sc, ator going in for the honor Of his State
sgd the good Of his constituents, large
be- rted and ready handed and like John
: Culough, somewhat the victim Of hang
q, on. Nearly ten wears ago, when Kenns
=; down with me before the FIRE in my room
s, Weston, and talked of public measures.
knew he was a young man Of force and OF
intellect and as such printed him in the
REGISTER.
He and Mr.. Camden, a man of business,
rank, cordial and kind Of heart had much
10 DO in keeping the commissionershiP out
,f complication. A man who wants an
,tFce will find his hardest work in avoiding
er,anglements, when the battle is hot one
especially.
Personalities.
Il was only the other day that l met for
IRE FIRST time, Mr.. Wilson, of the Second
Congressional District, my own district. |
lo1nd him what all men Of letters and cul-
Il r1re are, a man ofin,rospeCtiye life, looking
ikea student, and one given to reading.
Reading makes US grave. 1t lntuses an
element Of greatness into everything about
rs |, widens our horizon. 1t makes the
inward life. ana the inward complete, tulhls
\ tie outward.
Judge Jackson, Of the United States Dis
TIC, Court, has been here on his way East,
accompanied by his daughter, Miss Iillle,
who vas one OF the central figures at the
inauguration ball, with a costume wondered
81 even by Miss Grundy-cream white satin
trimmed with elegant lace and hand EN-
b,oidered sprays Of pink and pale yello"
roses demI-traln.
Strong in their devotion to each other are
TIE three Jscksons, the Governor and the
two brothers each a Judge; characteristic
O. descendants of the McGregurs,
and the tree from which Andrew
Jackson sprung. Touching is the devotion
tha: binds together men who have crossed
4 the meridian of life and cling together, all
The closer, as the years go by like the ivy
no the oak
NJ pen is not heavy when it deals N per.
sccaE les, for 70 me, this Is 8 sacred matter
and in sll the years that ! have been traSn'
Ia. II haye taught it reverence for char
scter which, after aN is the essence Of life
and the ole great good that most Of as
strive y "a, unsEllisd and unspoken TO the
grave.
Character Is honor, and time honor Is
honesty what the court of chsnce-y is to
comm - law. CHARLES SEhsr.