St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-25
DAN MANNING'S SHOES.
Revival Of the Gossip Regarding the Res
ignation Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury,
Who is Expected to Give up His Office
Somewhere in the Neighborhood
of Oct. l.
A Suggestion That the President May
Take Uncle Joe Mcdonald Under
His Wing.
The Methodfsts, by Voting So1idIy for
Prohibition, Likely to Become
aPolitical Power.
Cabinet Shifting.

Cabinet Shifting.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Sept 22.-The fervid
imagination OF a correspondent for several
Southern papers managed to slip its halter
one evening last week and went cantering
over the political field until it ran against
the following transformation of the cabinet.
The entire matter has been reproduced here
as original by one of the enterprsing Wash
| lDgtOn papers. The imagination saws:
From a source that is unusually reliable
learn that on or little after Oct. l Mr.. Man
nlngs resignation as secretary of the treas
ury will be formally accepted by the presi-
dent. My information is that Mr.. Manning
would have willingly resigned before he left
Washington, feeling sure that he would never
again be able to resume the active duties of
his Office. But the president did not wish the
step taken then, for two reasons. The first
was that he had quite enough to do at the
time without having to look out for a new
secretary of the treasury. The second was
| that Mr.. Manning had left Albany and came
here at some personal Inconvenience, to say
nothing of expense, the president desired or
was willing that he should remain in Office
until he got even pecuniarly, although he
| did no work for six months After listening
| to all this l asked my informant If he had any
| idea as to who would take
MIR. MANNING'S PLACE.
81 have no idea said he, s.but am rather
doubtful about the propriety of giving it
| publicity, Well, if you want to know. I'll
tell you. My impression is that the cabinet
| will be recast. There is another member OF
it who would like to go out. No, will not
tell you who it is, but I know the truth of
what say. think if there is new deal the
pr esident will be disposed to give the treas
ury to Mr.. Bayard. He was chairman Of the
senate committee on finance when the Demo-
Gratis had that body and would make much
better secretary of the treasury than he does
OF state. l never thought of this until it was
suggested to me By something l became cog
INFANT OF in the course Of my official duty.
Two or three incidental happenings bear out
this opinion" ''Well, who would take the
state Department. I a Sked my informant in
some establishment at his developments.
LET me answer your question by asking an
other. How would the Mississippi philoso-
pher and statesman, Lamar, do? And them"
continued he, THAT would give the president
chance to do something for Uncle Joe Nc
Donald, of Indiana. See?' And with that he
went into his office. have given this state
| ment which is made by gentleman who is
at the head of one of the greatest bureaus of
one of the most important and powerful de-
partments of the government, because of it's
universal interest and of the
EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
the speaker has for knowing whereof he
speaks. His nomination was one of the few
personal appointments the president has
made, and he came here at Mr.. Cleveland's
own desire and request. Then. too, there is.
in his opinion, the germ of sound reasoning
in regard to an "overhauling" OF the cabinet
as it now stands. The West has not been
| pleased with the way in which New York in
| huence has predominated. Two members of
| the cabinet, both the secretary of the treas
| ury and his assistant, were from that state.
| The recast intimated would give to the West
| the position it has always had under the
| presidents of both parties-the interior de-
| partment. This would beGa9 good time to do
| that same. They have an election in Indiana
this year to choose the legislature that selects
Senator Harrison's successor. 1t would
| greatly encourage the rock-rooted Democracy
| of that state to have such a signal token of
| executive approval on the eve of the struggle
at the polls as Old Saddlebags' appointment
to the interior department would be. But
there is little use in specializing over it. The
thought is interesting, and not without
possibilities of naturalization. Nous YER
ronS.