Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04
SURVIVING CABINET orFroeRa

The Venerable Bancroft. polN,. sac.
Rotary OF state, and Other Men xvho
We're Part OF More Recent Admin
istrRtion.
A Washington correspondent Of Tbs Cbics-
90 TIMES writes; Secretary Mannlng's death
calls attention TO the numerous ex-cablnet Of
hcers who still live. ] saw George Bancroft.
Folks secretary OF the navy. on the streets ~
Washington to-day. His long white bearl
shone out from under the broad visor ~ q
sealskIn cap, and his trousers were rolle5 mn
to avoid the slush. lie had on rubbers and
an oVercoaL ana was taking his daily consti-
tutionaL Jefferson Davis, President Pierce'a
secretary OF war, Is still living at Beauyolr.
Misc, after having gone through an experI-
ence equal to Thousand ordinary llfetimcs
since be left the cabinet HoratIo King who
was postmaster general under Buchanan /.
living a retired life at Washington. writing
for the historical magazines, and a. cblpner al
man OF p, instead OF one OF more than "a
He is a trIhe fatter than Bancroft but his
mind Is as clear as spring water. and
be likes TO give bis receptions as well now a.
be did when he was at the head Of the post
Office department. Joseph Holt Buchanan's
secretary OF war, and atone time his postmas-
ter general, is also living In Washington. and
as for the younger cabinet officers, YOU bump
mp against them on every street corner.
George NJ. Robson, Grants secretary az
the navy, Is as fat as SD akespeare's Justice.
and there shardly man on the supreme bench
as neshy as he. he has = 100000 house
within stones throw Of Scott circle, Wash
ington, and, indeed, number Of the big
houses which surround him have be-
longed TO cabinet officers OF the mem
bers Of Garheld's cabinet Gov Kirkwood. who
was AZ the head Of the Interior department,
Is leading quiet life Ia Iowa, and his savings
are enough 20 keep his bed soft during Old
aye. Robert L. Lincoln, his secretary Of war,
has 4 lucrative Law practice 10 Chicago. and
be is building one Of the finest houses in
that city Of palaces Wayne MaeVesgh stlll
you may see the frilled shirt and the thick
furred white hat OF Bennle Brewster, who
was MacVeaRh's successor under Arthur.
OF Linc0ln's cabinet, Simon Cameron is
living at Harrisburg hale old man, full OF
"reminiscences and pregnant with sound adj
vice 70 the young. He lately said, speaking
Of his SON Don and his advantages: s.Yes.
Don had great advantages, and he improved
them well; but had one advantage over
Don. and that was poverty. The struggle for
existence brought out my best efforts and
made me what ann Hugh McCulloch, one
OF Lincoln's secretaries Of the treasury, has
a residence near Washington, and he spends
his winters at the capital He vent TO Lon
don after he had left the cabinet, aud made
fortune as banker there and years after he
came back he took the treasury again under
Arthur. Senator EVarts was 4 cabinet Off
Ger as far back as 1868, when he was Andy
Johnson's attorney general, and nearly ten
year after this he made q reputation as Mr.
Hayes secretary Of state. He entertained
profusely while he was In the cabinet and
his living expenees were much more than his
salary.
Senator Sherman, HareS secretary of the
treasury, told me that bis health was not In
iured by the duties OF the department and
met in Florida last spring Alexander Ramsey,
Hayes secretary OF war, and found him TO be
as straight as a string and as bright as a but
ton. Dick Thompson, of Indiana, who held
the navy portfolio during the same admins
tration. leads hale and hearty life among the
Hoosiers. Nathan Gof has received fortune
by inheritance since he left the cabinet. Carl
SchurZ has had number OF new ideas since
he headed the interior department, and his
life Of Henry Clay Ia having fair sale.
Grant had a long LIST Of cabinet officers
and quite a number Of them yet live. move,
and have their being. Hamilton Fish leads d
retired life at New York. The dark, intellec-
tual face OF George :. Boutwell, NAV be seen
IN AnN crown OF pubic tucu ~ " AbulUEtDu,
and be is practicing Law at the capital Gen
eral Sherman, who acted for q time as secre-
tary OF war, leads happy life In New York,
and General Belknap moves about the hotels
Of Washington, one Of the handsomest and
youngest OF our old young men. Two OF
Grants secretaries Of the interior are alive,
aud both are In Ohio. Jacob ID. Cox practices
law In Cincinnati, while Columbus Delano,
with his pockets well lined from the sale OF
thousands Of heeces OF wool lives on farm
In the vicinity OF Mount Vernon. One OF
Grants postmaster generals, John A. J. Cres-
well, Is as handsome as Belknap, and fully as
bright He has shekels laid up, aud his bus
iness brain works as actively as 10 investment
and speculation as Il did As to the politics OF
country postmasterA
Judge Tyner another OF Grants postmaster
generals, Is now q Washington lawyer, and his
tall, fine figure, and his face SO rosy that Il
seems to have stepped forth from portrait OF
Rubeps, shines out In the eourt-rooms aud az
the receptions. Tyner Is well-to-do but not
wealthy. and he is one Of The most genial and
well-informed men among the ex-Sabinet OH
GERS. AIphonso Taft, one OF Grants attorney
generals, lie having a comfortable old age at
Cincinnati; and as for 'Landsuletn Williams,
he Is still in Oregon. William L. Chandler,
Arthur's head OF the navy, is now senator,
and Frank Hatton has joined the army OF New
York editors Gresham has soft seat az
fsW thousand dollars year as judges Teller
Is back TO the United States senate, aud
Lucius Quintius Curtius Lamar is to leave bis
$500 year place in the Interior for SlO,-
900 place on the supreme bench
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