St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-20
STINGY STATESMEN. ;"
Republican congressman Will Not Allow
Secretary Manning an Extra
Assistant,
And the Overworked Head of the Treasury
Department Will Leave the
Cabinet.
Attorney General Garland Not Max
ing Conspicuous Official
Success.
Representative Holman an Enthusi-
astic Admirer of President
Cleveland.
Cabinet Gossip.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The summer
is always prolific with stories about cabinet
changes. Very nearly every day a para
graph of one kind or another is sent out of
Washington about Mr.. Manning's successor.
Leading Democrats think that there will be
no appointment made until next fall, and
the president will not take upFhe question
of Mr.. Manning's successor until he has re-
turned from his summer trip. die has until
the 1st of October to settle the treasury
portfolio. A very intimate fkiend OF con-
gresham Scott said to-day thai he felt con-
fident that Mr.. Scott could have tine place
confident that he does otwanH it. know
on to Mr. Manning" Several weeks ago
Mr.. Manning thought it possible to remain
in the cabinet if congress had given him a
third assistant secretary and had further
provided for taking the mass OF the
routine work of the secretary's Office
off his hands. This congress will
refuse to do. This is very
strange thing. 1t is one of the smallest
favors the administration has asked of con-
gress. But the house appropriations COM
mittee would not conceGe tothe demand.
The result is that
MIR. MANNING WILL NOT COME BACK.
He did not write his letter-of resignation
until it was clear congress wqllld refuse to
give him this extra help. Mr.. Whitney's
name has been mentioned in connection
with the treasury. l understand from
good source that the latter would not care
for the position. He is we'll satisfied with
the navy department.. It is not I'M
probable that Mr.. Fairchild will stay
where he is The president is
very well pleased with him. and his man
agement of the treasury department. so far
as its routine business is CONCERNED, is good
1t is easy to run the treasury department
now, because Mr.. Manning has so thor
oughly recognized it. Unless some great
financial question should come up almost
any good common-sense business man
could run the department. If Mr.. Cleve-
land follows the wishes OF the leaders of
his party next fall. he win appoint some
prominent outside man. He will also reor-
ganize his cabinet He certainly should
have new attorney general.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
to-day is as powerless for doing any good
as if the Office of attorney general were
vacant Mr.. Garland, through his many
eccentrlcitleS, has practically dropped out
of political society, as well as the general
society which he SO rgidly shuns. How
much his past troubles may have to do with
this is not clear. He has not kept up his
reputation as lawyer since going into the
department.. He is inattentive. and some
of the decisions made By iiii1l have grea tly
damaged his reputation as lawyer.
He is a man of unusual ability and if
he would only devote himself to the bus
mess of his department and keep its affairs
up he might have maintained a certain posi-
ton among his party associates. But he
has let everything go. He is to-day as
dead, so far as political future is concerned,
as one can well imagine. There are other
cabinet changes which politicians would
suggest but it is doubtful if the presi-
dent will do any more when fall comes
than to appoint new secretary of the
treasury.