Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
The Coming Cabinet.

Mr. Cleveland has two weeks in which to
arrange ms Cabinet. with regard to which,
he declares. nothing i Is yet finally set
tied. one thing, at any rate, is clear
that disappointed aspiran(S will be plenty,
when the Cabinet is announced. Not less
than fifty prominent Democrats have been
urged for Cabinet places and for not
less than twenty of these IL good deal of
work has been done by their friends and
adhcrentS The "WOrk' has not been CON
fined to pressure in favor of certain men
but includes decided opposition 10 others
Thus Mr. Hendricks and his wing of the
Indiana Democracy are fighting the Sc
lection of Mr.. Mcdonald of that State tor
any Cabinet position. They, or Mr.. Noor-
hceS and the tWcnty-Oue senators vino
are with him in backing Mir. Mcdonald,
will be disappointed. Nh EuS,i~, the new
Democratic senator from Louisiana, is de
cidcdly aNersc to having Senator Jonas,
whom he defeated for the Senatorship
placed over him by elevation To the head
OF bureau Mr. Pcndcton has The hearty
opposition of the spells Democrats and
so on through the list If Mr. Cleveland
has settled nothing. other people seem to
have settled several thilgs. 1t is general
~ agreed that Mr.. Hayard of Delaware
is To be secretary Of STATE, though there is
little doubt that he breads the expense of
the Office. which commonly costs the OC-
Cupant three or four times the amount of
his SALARY, and would prefer the treasury
or some other place. Probably no ap
pontment to the premiership of the New
administration would occasion les, Crti-
ci,n. Senator Garland of ARKANSAS is
also considered sure of Il place, probably
that of Attorncy-General. He aSpircs to
be"thc power behind the throne - but has
a strong rival for that position in Daniel
Manning of New York. The persistence
/ with which the latter's friends have de
clared that heidi not desire and would not
! take any place in the cabinet, has been quite
suspicious, and probably few knowing
ones are surprised to learn, rs is now as
serted, that his objections have been over
ruled and that he has consented TO bt
Secretary of the Treasury. lie is sharp
smart, money-making New York politi
clan, and will take into the cabinet, if h,
enters it, "A strong flavor of the old Tweed
dynasty 1t is also considered quite Ger
tain that Col. VIM. +. Villas of Wisconsin
will have the portfolio of War or of tn,
Navy. Col. Villas rendered patriotic ser
vice in the war, is quite an orator, with
out being very great thinker and il
altogether cleaner than the average Demo
cratic politician. Reports from Madison
his home, say that he is putting hi
affairs i'll order, apparently with
view to an extended absence from home
. and he is probably either going into tn,
cabinet or abroad for season. Tn
names OF two or three Confederate bciga
dieis,Of Frank Jones, the rich New llamp
shire brewer, and other third rate O
. lower men, appear much oftener in tn
. published lists than those of Thurman
Lamar, Randall, and the Stronger states
men Nh, Bayard eXccpted) of The demo
cratic party The Time is now so shor
before the cabinet must be announce
that speculatiOnS with regard to il ar
hardly worth while. 1t is TO he hope
mat Mr.. Cleveland viii call around hin
the best men of his party; and we sha
, then see how much of an improvement
. they viii be able 10 make ON the work G
/ their Republican predecessors, as mana
. gers of the vast details of the Goycrnmcu
/ business.
The Judiciary committee of the Ma
r. sachuoetts House has reported unfavol
e. ably upon the request of the Grand Arm
to so amend the lottery law rs to ALLOW
, charitable organizations to raise money b
l the sale of prize tickets This mean
a no legalized church lotteries or prl2
drawings at fairs in the old Bay State.