The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-19
Mr.. cleveLAND's CABINET.


ct. the official announcement of which con-
firms thu list precisely as given in yester-
days Journal The Alleghenies seem to
be tho boundary of Mr.. Clevelands hori-
zon. The territorial distribution of his adj
visers, even more than the question of their
characters and capacities, will at once arrest
attention No such Cabinet We venture,
has been constructed since Mr.. Jefferson's
Northwest Territory has become the real
heart of the nation and continent. with its
vast resources, its teeming millions. its
pressing demands, its supr me political
Importance, and its .steadi y increasing
greatness. To the entire territory Of the
country west of line drawn north and
south through Baltimore, making debouch
on the 35th parallel 10 take in the South,
Mr.. Cleveland has assigned ono man. Col
Villas, who ia known TO the country simply
and solely because of a speech he was fort
innate enough to deliver at a banquet in
honor of Gen. Grant man who Is not SO
known and honored, even In his own State,
as TO have ever held public Office and who
must be taken entirely on trust even in the
purely executive department to which he is
assigned
The surprising features of the new ad-
Observation-Disclosures the surprise has been
discounted by several weeks well grounded
rumors-is that three members should be
from the State OF New York. With Dan
Manning in charge of the Treasury, Whit
ney of the navy, and the President as chief
executive, all from the same State, it has an
appearance Of Capitalization not often seen.
These three Will undoubtedly constitute
the power of the executive branch OF the
Government. We do not separate the
President from the others. for the reason
that the arrangement is undoubtedly per-
sonal one, above all other considerations.
The ~chums" viii work in harmony, and
with the palpable advantage Of having one
of their humber to cast the decisive vote.
OF Mr.. Manning little can be said, for the
reason that but little is known beyond the
fact that he has been "offensively active in
partisan politics" He IL better known be-
cause of his manipulation OF State poll
tics, and latterly of Mr.. Cleveland's inter-
ests, than for anything else he ever did
or undertook But for his prominence
as political manager he would prob
ably never have been dreamed Of in con-
necticn with the Treasury portfoho-a rec
ommendation fitting him equally well for
appointment to the court of ST. James. or
for the head of the army in the field. What
is true of Mr.. Manning is largely true of
Mr. whitney, the obligations of chumship,
added to the known influence of Mr.. Til
den. overriding all other considerations.
We have, therefore, two principal places
places to be Of unusual and extraordinary
importance-flled without special regard 10
the demands of the duties pertaining there
to, and quite evidently as personal compi-
ments from confidential friend, just as
one might ask either to act as ticket-taker
at ores benefit.
The selection Of Mr.. Bayard is more in
conformity with he fitness of things. He
went with his State" in favor Of secession;
but he stopped with his State" just short
of open treason. His appointment is,
therefore, to be credited to the "South.
While Mr. Bayard has good reputation as
n sound. conservative, and honorable man,
he has never been regarded as q
great man. His name Is not asso-
ciated with any important public act or
measure; he is a respectable gentleman, has
made good average Senator, is in harmo-
nv with the high-stock, silk stocking tradi-
tons of the aristocratic elements of his
party and State, and that is all that can
fairly be said of him. The history and
legislation Of the country viii be searched
in vain for any act of his that has made a
ripple in the current of events. The State
Department will be kept in the same rigid
responsibility it was under the grandfath-
Mr. Endicott. for the War Department, is
an eminently respectable mana kind of
Massachusetts MIR. Litimer"-a man whose
ancestors came over in advance of the May
flower. so that, if possible, his respecta-
bility overshadows the respectable respecta-
bility Of the most respectable respectables
of the Bay State. 1t is to be presumed
that he will make respectable and accept
able man for the place.
Villas, for the Postoffice is, as has been
said, the only bit of sop thrown to the
"rowdy West" Mcdonald, one of the
ablest, stanchest and most consistent Dem
ocrats. was passed over, presumably be-
cause of the jealousy and fear of his more
adroit and less scrupulous" friend, Thomas
A. Hendricks. By this division Of honors,
New York, with plurality of 1900, gets
two places, In addition 10 the President,
while Indiana. with q Democratic plurality
of nearly 2, 900. gets nothing except ridi-
Guile and contempt for the better elements
of the party here. If there be any doubt
of this, one needs but look at the following
that Mr.. Hendricks has at Washington, and
then at the men mortified by the treatment
accorded Mr.. Mcdonald, from the time his
name was suggested for the Presidency
aud the machinery of the party in the State
was operated to his discontinue, the
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Hendricks. personally, at Chicago.
The remainder of the Cabinet, contain
ing some Of it's most important elements
and functions, is given over to the "South. F"
The Interior Department is placed in charge
of Senator Lamar, representative South
ern statesman of the first class. Since at
least one place must of necessity 90 TO the
solid South" it is hard to see how Mr..
Lamar could possibly have been set aside
for any other man from that part of the
country. Yet when the duties of the Office
are taken into consideration. demanding, as
they often will. the keenest business tact
and discernment, the thought occurs that
Lamar of all men. is least fitted for it, For
while his scholarship and culture. and even
the excellence of his deliberate Judgment,
are readily conceded. he is too much of
dreamer too impractical, to make the ideal
officer to fill that important position, and he
may consider himself fortunate, and the
country may be congratulated. if he sue
Nceeds in getting through the term without
seriously impeding its functions. OF his
scholarly attainments and moral worth,
however, there is no question.
The significance of the selection of SEN
ator Gar and for the Department of Justice
is not so great as it might be. Some things.
ii is believed, have been settled since last