Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-06
| CABINET NOMINATIONS.
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Cabinet which has been announced fire.
quently during the past few days. Its
members are:
Secretary Of StGte-Thomas F. Bayard
Of Delaware.
Secretary Of the IreaSary-Daniel Man.
ming, of New York.
Secretary Of Wdr-William c. EndicOtt.
Of Massachusetts.
Secretary 0f the NdUy-William c.
Whitney, Of New York.
Secretary Of the IltertOT-L. O. &.
Lamar, Of Mississippi.
POSTMASTER GeHeTdL-William f. Villas.
of Wisconsin.
attorney General-A. H. Garland, OF
Arkansas.
The Senate at once went into executive
session to consider these nominations. Ii
did not, as was generally expected, i'm
medlately confirm the nominations. 1t
did not even, as is usual, Immediately
confirm the nominations of Messrs. Bay
ard, Lamar and Garland. Members of
the Senate nominated for the Cabinet have
always been confirmed as soon as their
nominations have been received by the
senate as matter of courtesy
but to-day the Senate laid all the nOmina-
uOns on the table, and their consideration
went over until tomorrow. This action
was made possible by the rule of
the Senate which gives the objection
ot one Senator the veto power upon
the viii of all the rest OF the Senate. The
responsibility for the discourtesy of to-
day rests upon Mr.. RiddIeberger, the Vir-
glnla Readjuster. His objections carried
the nominations over until tomorrow.
When the nominations had been read in
the Senate Mr.. COckrell, of Missouri,
moved that the three Senators nominated
for the Cabinet be Immediately confirmed
IN accordance with immemOrial custom
Mr.. German moved that the remaining
members Of the Cabinet be also immedi-
ately confirmed.
RIDDLEBERGER'S OBJECTION.
Mr.. Riddleberger objected to the imme-
diate confirmation OF Mr.. Bayard, the
first on the list of nominations. He said
that his objection was based on Mr.. Bay
ards close sympathy with England. He
was TOO much OF an EnglishmaI to be "A
good American Secretary of State. He
thought that his attitude toward Ireland
was wholly un-American. He did not
propose to agree to the immediate con-
hrmatiOn Of such an unit man, or to his
confirmation later on. Senators on
both sides of the chamber appealed
10 him TO withdraw his objection.
He was urged to consider the appearance
Of the action which he was about to
make the Senate tske-the discOurtesy.
the undignifed dlscourtesy, which 1T
represented-but he remained firm, so
there was nothing to be done, since unani-
nous consent was necessary 10 the i'm
mediate confirmation OF the nominations,
but TO allow them TO 90 over. 1t would
not have done, of course, to have con-
urmed any Ct the rest.
Tomorrow Mr.. Riddleberger will make
an effort to put the nominations over
again. He proposes to use the same tac-
tics in opposing Mr. Bayard that he en-
piOyed in fighting Mr.. McCullOch, but the
senators do not propose TO tolerate such
conduct IN this case.
HIS ANINIUS AND FATE.
If Mr.. Riddleberger chooses to violate
the courtesy of the Senate in this remark
able way, he cannot complain if the
courtesy of the SeEate does not protect
him from a speedy termination of his
dllatOry efforts. 1t is certain that the
senate VIII not permit him to delay ac-
tiOn over tomorrow. Behind Mr.. Riddle
berger's ayOwed purpose is his friendship
with Mr.. Blaine and his dislike of Mr.
Cleveland. He would gladly embarrass
The latter if he could. He thinks that
he has annoyed him to-day. He
has not, however. Mr.. Cleveland
smiled when he heard OF Mr.. Riddle
berger's action, and said that such OppO-
sitiOn was an honor TO the man opposed.
Mr.. Bayard takes the same view.
The Cabinet IS commended on every
hand. The Thurman men do not like the
omission OF Alr. Thurman. The Mcdonald
men do not like the omission of Mr.. Nc
Donald. There are numerous Cabinet
aspirants whC do not like to see other
names than their own in the places they
desired.
The silver men do not like the quiet
gold bug Secretary of the Treasury.
The so-called labor Representative and
''Greenbackers" do not like what they are
pleased to call the "COrpOratiOn Cabi-
metz
EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL.
From the better element in both parties
come various expressions of approval of
the selections which Mr.. Cleveland has
made. The Eastern and Southern men in
Congress are, as a rule, satisfied with the
Cabinet. The Western men are divided.
Those whose opinions are worth having,
say that they. think the great West ought
to have had 1Nre than one representative
in the Cabinet, still they think the selec-
tiOns from among the Eastern men under
consideration as good as could have been
expected. Every body recognizes the fact
that President Cleveland. although sur
rounded with excellent advisers, Will be
the head of every department.
The following are biographical sketches
of the nominees:
THOMAS f. BAYARD.
Thomas f. Bayard was born Oct %.
1923. As a boy he always eXcelled in his
studies, although he was anxious in early
youth To become one of Americas mer-
chant princes, and was inclined to throw
overheard all the possibilities of political
greatness which were incident to his
position as member Of the ruling house
of Delaware. His early education was
ObtaiEed principally at the ''Flushing"
school at Wilmington. He was persuaded
10 give up his mercantile ambition and
10 study for the legal profession. He
was admitted 10 the bar in 1851,
aud had soon built up an excel
lent practice extending all over the
State. In 1868, he was appointed bv
the President as United States District
Attorney, but soon afterwards abandoned
the office. 1t was in March, 1869. that
he was chosen TO succeed his father as
United States Senator. He was a sterling
adheTent to the doctrines of the Demo-
cratic party, and came, IN a short time,
to he regarded as one of their ablest eX-
pOnents in the Upper House. Through
all the later reconstruction legislation
be stood as the representative Of the
large part of the Northern people that
believed in dealing equitably by the
Southern States, and, although in the
minority, he made himself felt in the
advocacy of their cause. He was re-
elected in 1915. and became a member of
the Electoral Commission, voting with
his Democratic colleagues against the
seating Of Rutherford B. Hayes in the
Presidential chair. Throughout the "sOft
money" craze, Mr.. Bayard always was
recognized as the strongest advocate of
national integrity and the firmest OppO-
nent of the Democrats as well as Repub-
licans who were willing to carry through
such legislation as repudiated or appeared
10 repudiate any part of the national
debt. If it had not been for this position
he would very possibly have received the
Democratic nomination for the Presi-
dency in 1880, but as it was, the "sOtt
money" men banded together against him
and he was beaten, although he got 153
votes on the first ballot in the convention.
He was reelected to the Senate i'm
1881 and was perhaps the most influ-
entail member of that body on the Demo-
cratic side.
Perhaps no one family, not excepting
the Lamars of Mississippi or the Hamp-
tons Of South Carolina, can boast OF a
longer line Of distinguished members of
the United States Senate and of the lower
House of Congress than the Bayards of
Delaware. Their influence in their own
colony and State may be said to have been
the controlling one through all the pOIiti-
cal changes and vicissitudes of more than
two centuries. From the time that old
Nicholas Bayard, brOther-ln-law Of Gov.
Peter Stuyvesant, and a rigid Huguenot,
came to America and settled in what is
now the State of Delaware, there has never
been political faction or party in the Com
mOnwealth strong enough to overthrow
tba mower of the Bayard family. James