The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-03-12


New York.
Secretary Of War-William O. Endicott of Mas
saohusetts.
Secretary Of tho Navy-William,O Whitney O
New York
Secretary Of the Interior Il. Q. G. Lamar @
Mississippi. .,. j..
Postmaster aeneral-Wtiliam +, Villas OF W1a
tonsin.
Attorney General-A H. Garland of Arkansas
Sketches of the Men.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware was born al
pMipipSton on the 2sth Of 4etobe1 1872 As
he was anxious in early youth to become one O.
Amertces >,nerehant princes, and was inclined
TO throw overheard all the possibilities Of poiti
lion as member OF the ruling house OF Delaware
His early education was obtained principally al
the Flushing" school ct Wilmington. He wal
persuaded TO give up his mercantile ambition
md to study for the legal profession. He was
admitted to tho bar in 1851, and had soon built
up an excellent practice extending all over the
state. In 1853 he was appointed by the presi.
afterward abandoned the Office. It was in
March, 1869, that he was chosen to sue
SEED his father. Hon. James A. Bayard. as
to the He % ps eTns
party, and came In q short time to be regarded
ls one of their ablest exponents in the upper
house. Through the fran ing of all the lattei
reconstruction LEGISLATION he stooq as the repre-
sentative Of the large paft Of the Northern pe6=
pie that believed iii dealing equitably by the
Southern States: and, alth9tigh in the minority;
ss made hmss fss in the sdyooacy Of she
1elhber Of the electoral commission voting with
lis Democratic colleagues against the aJ1ng OF
rutherford ~ B: Hayes ip the. presidential chair.
Throughout the greenback discussion Mr. Bay
lrd Ia noted for hia StrOnp
financial Quest1ons: is moderate tariff man
md q strict constructionist and economist. At
The Cincinnati convention, in 1880, he was next
70 Hancock on the first ballot receiving l53
Iotes to ~ for Hancock. On thepecond ballot
;he nomination was made He was last elected
% tie senate ate in 1881, and his present term ex-
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Mr.. Manning was :born in Albany, n. Y, Aug,
To-, 1881. His parentage was of Irish, English
md Dutch extraction. He WAS q poor boy and
5is early opportunities for, schooling We're very
limited. At eleven years OF age he went to work
q az office BOY at the establishment Of the Al
oAny Atlas, which was atterward merged into
The Albany Argus, with which paper he has ever
since, in one capacity or another, been connect
I'd. In 1878 he assumed sole charge of the Ar
gus, and was elected presidentof the company,
little or NO wfit1eg for sorne time. He was .
ls74 that nominated :. Samuel, j.: Tildel
Ss o5 aed af1szste ssss tnsf to
Nominated Mr.. Tflden for president He has
oeen member Of the Democratic state commit
Zee since r876 Was it's secretary in 1879 and
1880, and was elected chairman in 1881, which
place he now fills. He was warmly interested in
;he nomination of Mr.. Cleveland for president
1t Chicago last Julv and it is generally conceded
;he head Of the New York delegation: Mr.: Man
1lng has been active ahd successful outside OF
journalism M and politics. He has, long been a
alrector OF the Albany q Susquehanna Railway
nln q r(l Io nf f1on Nnf
merc1al bank of Albany, OF which he was first
director and then vice president. He is also
park commissioner of ALBANY and is director
If the Albany Electric Light company
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Lucius @. C. Lamar of Oxford, Miss, YVES born
N P4tnam county, Ga, Sept. I, 1925; was edu:
ated at Oxford Ca and glad!nated a. Emory
Ca, under the Hon. A. Il. Chappen and was ad-
nitted to the bar in 1S47: moved to Oxford,
Miss, in 1849; was elected adjunct professor Of
psson III hs IS @ Of sh @
,oe (editor OF the Southern Review, which he
resigned in 1850, and returned to Covington,
,ected to the legislature of Georgia in 1858: in
1854 moved to his plantation in Lafayette
county, Miss, and was elected to the Thirty
ifth and Thirty sixth congresses Of the United
States. and resigned in 1860 to take a seat in
ihe secession convention OF his state; in 1861
entered the confederate army as lieutenant
colonel OF the Nineteenth regiment, and was pro-
by President Davis with an important diplo-
matte mission to Russia: in 1866 was elected
professor Of political economy and social science
In the University of Mississippi and in 1867
was transferred to the professorship of law;
was elected to the Forty-third congress of the
United States, and was reelected to the Forty
tourth congress; and was elected to the United
States senate as a Democrat, to succeed James
Lusk Alcorn, independent, and took his seat
March 8, 1877: was reelected In 1882 His
:erm OF service In the senate will expire March
THE SECRETARY OF WAR;
William Crowninshield End1cott, Mr. Cleve-
Eand' 8 secretary Of war; was born in Salem in
is27 istt ad is the son Of william Putnam Endi:
lie attended the Salem Schools, and W was d gradua:
ted from Harvard college in the class of 1847.
Peabody, and has two children, a son and
daughter, Judge Endicott studied at Harvard
law school, and read law IN the Office of the late
Nathaniel J. Lord He was admitted to the bar
lbout 1850. and few years later formed part
aersh1p with the late J. w. Perry, and continued
with him until his appointment by Gov. Wash
9 burn to seat on the supreme bench in 1873.
Bigned on account Of his health. In 1882 he
made an extended tour of the continent. He was
; member OF the Salem common council in L S52,
1853 and S57, when he was elected president Of
chat board. He was city solicitor from 1858 to
1868 As Is member of the historical society
and OF the board OF Overseers of Harvard college,
Mr. -End1cOtt Is of Whig antecedents.
his affiliations with the Democratic party dating
lrom the Bell Everett campaign of 1866 but he
aas never been an active politician. Last fall hs
Was the candidate Of his parity for governor III
The state. but did not himself appear in the can.
tass, ana received 4 compare lively small vote
h1gh rank, and personally he is a gentlemen of
The highest character The judge has never
been an active party man, and, it is htnted, has
not always voted the straight ticket. This is
supposed notably to have been the case when
Gen. Butler was the Democratic candidate for
Governor; Last fall As Buffers successor on
hat of his associates. His home is in the old
Puritan city of Salem, and he is a descendant
said to be the Oldest ,lineal descendant-of the
Puritan Governor J ohm Endicott, who cut the red
related In one of Hawthornes "Twi e-told
Tales" In person Mr. Endicott bears striking
LIKENESS to the portrait Of his famous ancestor,
inst as the features Of Mr. Robert C. Winthrop
II Boston, the orator at the foundation and also
se the completion of the Washington monu nent
p the national capital strikingly resemble thoss
2f M his own ancestor; Gov. John Winthrop, Gov.
End1cOtt's colonial rival.
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
=. william Collins Whitney. the new secretary Of
she navy ' is native Of Conway, Mass. and was
ney, who had been collector Of the port Of Bos-
ION, delegate to the Charleston convention Of
1860, and prominent among the great Demo-
Gratis OF that state, was regarded as one Of the
"a
Turing the exciting contest against Benjamin
Butler. After being graduated from Williston
seminary at Easthampton, William c. Whitney
7ntered Yale college in 1850. With William G.
Sumner, the well-known writer and teacher
1pon political economy, who was his class
nate. Mr.. Whitney divided the first prize for
English essays He was chosen to deliver tho
,ratlon Of his class on graduation. Entering
he Harvard law school, he was graduated in
1868, and continued his studies in this city
With Abraham r. Lawrence, now one of the
Judges OF the supreme court. On his admis-
ion to- the bar he began the practice of
1is profession, which he has since fol-
owed His fidelity to the cause Of his
irsJ clients brought him many more,
md his reputation as lawyer was increased by
lis marked success and fearlessnass in several
notable causes. Charles n. Sweetser. the founder
md editor Of the Evening Gazette, after dispos-
ng of a half interest in his paper, was obliged
9 leave that journal and started the Evening
dail. criminal charge was preferred against
linn by his former partner. At the risk of in
urrin2 the enemity OF men of influence and
powerful politicians, Mr.: Whitney became the
'ttorney for his old classmate when he failed Of
occurring the counsel of older men in the profess
ion. His success in dismissing the charge see
ured him high standing. Later he success
ully defended Sweetser on the charge Of iitel
,roueht against him as the editor of the Round