The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-18
Lamar and the Cabinet.

From all ta..at we caa learn the time
has come when the Hon. /. @. Q. LANAI
Is called on to determine whether the
interests of the people whom be bs>
served so long and so well in public life
will be best promoted by his remaining
in the Senate or occupying a place IN
President CLEvELAND's Cabinet. Thai
he can have Cabinet position under
President CLEVELAND, should he see fit
to accept it, We do not doubt; and We
discard the notion that in determining
whether he will accept or decline such
position he will be guided by her con
,iderations than those of public duty,
rs unworthy of the man.
1t is now generally conceded that Mr..
CLEVELAND intends to select at least
two of his Cabinet officers from the
South, and the people of the South are
not alone anxious that the persons
selected shall be representative mep, but
they are specially anxious that they
shall be persons whose public records
will commend them to the whole country
1t so happens that while Mr.. LAhAB
is typical Southerner, gentleman ad-
mired, respected and, we had almost
said, reyerenced, throughout the length
and breadth of the Southern States, his
course in reference to public measures
since he has been a member OF Congress
both as Representative and Senator,
has been such as TO attract the cOnserva-
tive sentiment of the North. He is
perhaps the best known of all Southern
leaders and the one man to whom all
would naturally turn as representative
of Southern sentiment. In saying this
much of the gentlemen we do not intend
to decry the merits of others, nor to
convey the impression that Mr.. LAMAR
is the superior of all others. What we
do intend to say is that he is the equal
of any, and that by fortuitous combi-
nation of circumstances, he has been
furnished unusual opportunities for the
display of the great qualities of states
manship and leadership of which he is
the possessor.
/ 1t is not because Mr.. LAMAR is a Mis-
sissippian that we hope he may become
member of President CLEvELAND's
Cabinet. While we feel that just sense
of pride i'll him, common to all the cit
/ liens of his adopted STATE, we are moved
/ in this matter by weightier considera
tions, knowing that the common wei
/ fare will be best promoted by judicious
administration of the nations affairs
/ We are anxious that the incoming Pres
deut shall surround himself with the
best influences, and the best representa-
/ tives of the sentiments and interests of
the several sections of our common
country.
Mississi ppians have not urged the
appointment of Mr.. LAMAR on the Pres
ident-elect. The mention of his name
in connection with the Cabinet, we are
inclined to believe, had its origin with
Mr. CLEVELAND, or if not with him,
then with leading citizens of other
States. The apparent choice of Mis-
sissippians has been Mr.. MONEY, but
the Endorsement of Mr.. MONEY was
upon some other idea than that he was
preferred to Mr.. LAMAR; perhaps ON
the idea that Mr.. LAMAR would not be
willing to give up his position in the
Senate. We believe as fact that Mr..
LAMAR has been supporting the aspira-
tions of Mr. MONEY and his friends
but we are unable to conceive the exis-
tence of such embarrassment in that
connection, as would deprive Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND and the country of the benefit of
Mr.. LAMAR's eminent abilities.
Recently we saw it stated in a special
telegram from Washington that Senator
GEORGE had represented to Mr.. CLkvE-
LAND that the appointment of Mr..
MONEY to place in the Cabinet was
political necessity. That Senator
GEORGE did any such thing is incredi-
BILE; because it is not a political necessi-
ty that any Mississippian be called to
the Cabinet. 1t is political necessity
that the administration of Mr.. CLEvE
LAND shall be controlled by wise coun-
sells, and that result can be best reached
; by the selection of such men as LAMAB
to be his advisers.
A Timely Suggestion.