The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-24

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This has h<eu my observation 70.
Forty-ssvf years and il holds good To-
( P5c-re'se cabinet was the FIRST one
Eorraesi after bad begun TO take an I
active Interest In politics. Its MEM
hers we're all strong Yafa, bat oUiy
che Of them figured in after politics,
and not enc man IN thousand could
recall ths:r names to-day. William l.
Marcy. statesman never appreciated
At his true worth, and one Of the
hrcadest minded men that ever filed /
the Office, made . great reputation ~
OF state, and buried his
prospects at the same
time Caleb Cushing, another abe man.
tilled the Office OF Attorney General.
He came before the public bat once
afterward. Grant nominated him for
Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court.
bat his nomination was overwhelming
" defeated in the Senate. Guthrie.
Mc(1elland and Campbell, the
latter OF whom j. the only one now
living, al dropped into obscurity when
their DAYS in the cabinet came to >
close. Davis, Piesce's Secretary Of
War. was the only member Of the cab
met who lived 10 play role in the
drama of the war. Judge Jere Black,
of the numerous members of Buchan-
ans cabinet, alone keeps his place be-
fore the public. and be more ~ . jur-
ist than political leader. Holt is the
only member Of Buchanan's political
family now living. and three-fourths
Of the people have forgotten that he
ever lived.
aHow many can remember the men
who composed the war cabinet of
President Lincoln? Nearly all of them
had the presidential bee buxxing in
their ears, but all OF them, with one or
two exceptions, are dead and almost
forgotten. Chase. by all odds the
brainiest and broadest man in the
saw his presidential hopes
vanish when Lincoln, with his usual
put him out of the way by
making him chief justice. Seward
won fame as secretary of state. but his
presidential prospectz-he was lin
coins chief opponent in the conven-
ton of 1st0-were killed the day he
left the senate TO accept that Office.
Stanton died three days after Grant
made him justice of the supreme
court, worn with disease and broken
by disappointment Speed, whom
Lincoln made Encouragement in re-
menhrance of early friendship, but
who never proved equal to the duties
OF the Office, became a country lawyer
in Kentucky, and died, almost for
gotten. not long ago. Harlan, Lin
coins secretary OF the interior. slid
into obscurity by way of the Alabama
claims court, OF which he was the head
until its affairs we're wound up cou-
pie Of years ago.
.The cabinet of Andy johnson has
Jared even worse than that of Lincoln.
McCulloch, the secretary of the treas
ury. was accidentally recalled to his
old position puring the closing days of
the Arthur administration, but he is
eniphatically back number.
What Of the twenty-five men who
were members of Grants cabinet du-
ring his two terms? Many of them
of them are dead. and of those still
living Don Cameron, who held the
portfolio of war for q short time, is the
only one in active politics. Elihu Il.
Washburne. the first secretary OF state
and subsequently prominent candi-
date for president, for years before his
death, which occurred quite recently,
led retired life and ranked among
the bygones. The same Is true of
Hamilton Fish, who succeeded him.
+. X. Hoar managed the affairs of the
attorney generals Office in such way
that the senate refused TO confirm his
nomination for chief justice, and forced
him to 60 hack TO his law practice in
Boston. Richardson is rich and is still
a prominent figure in Washington
society, but his career as the head of
q department is almost forgotten.
Bristow's prosecution Of the whi>key
cases ended his public career. He Is
now prominent lawyer in New York,
and receiving big fees, but
taking no part in politics. Boutwell, j.
a Washington claim agent. Creswell
allowed the public to forget that he
was ever postmaster general while he
drew fat salary from the Alabama
Claims court. Taft Is practicing law in
Cincinnati. Belknap, dismissed from
the cabinet in disgrace because his
wife had disposed of "A few post trader
ships for money, now has a law office
in Washington, and is said To be max
ing fair living. Williams, able and
ambitious, who built a big house i'm
Washington and dreamed OF long
public career, passed under a cload
along with Secor Robeson, and both
are political bankrupts. the one in Ore
gon and the other in New Jersey.
Columbus Delano is leading the life OF
q farmer out in Ohio.
And the cabinet of Hayes?" con-
tinued the veteran. "Evarts, whose
ability as pleader won him the port
folio OF state, and Sherman, who failed
to climb into the presidential chair by
way OF the treasury department, are
its only members still prominent in
politics. McCrary, who was secretary
OF war, and whom Hayes made a Uni
ted States district judge just before
his retirement, left the bench two or
three years ago and Is now a railroad
attorney in Kansas City. His polit-
ical influence is insignificant. Schurz,
whom Hayes made secretary of the
interior in return for his labors with
the German voters OF Ohio. has been
everything AT intervals and nothing
long. He Is now earning living as
agent of the German holders of
American bonds. Devans is a local
Judge in Massachusetts,, and Key is on
the federal bench in the south. De
Lesseps, who in common with all for
cigners had an exaggerated idea of the
value of an American cabinet official,
made Dick Thompgon. Hayes secre-
tary OF the navy, pre- ident OF the Pan
Anna Canal Company, At salary Of
$25 600 year. Thompson didn't
amount 10 much while he was in the
cabinet, and he has been Of less value
in his present position. Iris successor
as secretary was General Goff of West
Virginia. Golf was the youngest cab
met officer in the history If the coun-
try. bu! he Is now by no means con-
spieuous member of the lower house
OF congress.
Take the Cabinet OF President Gar
field. Blaine il the only member OF
the Cabinet still power in politics,
and not one man IN ten can tell who
the other members were. James. who
licked the feet Of Conkling and Arthur
To get the New York city Pot Office.
ana then hssr9 we'd them that he might