The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-04-03
Mr.. BLAINE'S CABINET.
The Nobodies Which lingo Jim Has Gath
cred Around Himself.

The NObOdteS which lingo Jim Has Gath.
cred Around Himself
The Cabinet is Blaine. With the
possible exceptions of John w. Noble,
of St. Louis, and the Indianapolis
William Henry Harrison (whose other
name is Miller). it represents nothing
but Blaine, his greed for money and
his itch for political meddling and boss
ism. Besides being Blaine Cabinet
it is a Northeastern Cabinet, framed
to exclude the West from the consider
alton to which its commanding posi-
ton in the Union entities it. 1t will
repeat in the finance of the Govern
ment that discrimination against the
West which has impoverished this Sec
ton to put into the hands of the North
east the money of which Blaine is so
fond OF Boosting.
Without regard to party, the people
of the West are properly indignant
that Window should be credited to the
West, which he abandoned to do a
doubtful business on the shadiest side
OF the back alleys of Wall street. The
fact that Blaine selected and insisted
on him shows he is still the Blaine of
the guano enterprise and the Little
Rock transaction.
Proctor, of Vermont, is a very
small Blaine politician. Tracy, tho
New Yorker, who is made Secretary
of the Navy Departments depart
ment in which extensive jobbery is
possible - is another retainer Of
Blainv's, with nothing but his Blaine
ism to recommend him. He has a
local reputation as practitioner of
law, but he was appointed solely be-
cause he was entirely subservient to
Blaine when the young Republicans of
Brooklyn were attempting to reform
Blaineism out Of politics in that city.
Tho selection of Wanamaker for
Postmaster General is in line with the
Blaine policy-which always has been
policy of decentralization and cor
ruption. Wanamaker bought his way
into the Cabinet. He represents moth
ing but bribery and Blaine.
The Northeast has the departments
of State, the Treasury, the Navy and
the Post-office The West has only
the minor departments of the Interior,
of Justice and of Agriculture. The
South has nothing. The Pacific coast
nothing. The secretaryships allowed
the West are given to mere nobodies.
Miller, of Indiana, no one ever
heard of a month ago. Noble
was unknown in politics outside
of his ward. Rusk, the only Western
man with a reputation, is well-mean
ing old soldier with more backbone
than brains. He is the only one o
the Western men who represents any
thing at all. The treatment of the
West has been shameful. The Blaine
conspiracy against this section car
not be carried out along the lines lait
down in the formation of this Cabine
without exciting storm of protest
In Republican politics the Cabine
| StduuS lOE 11ttll-bISCutSu
The old Grant, onkling stalwart
have received a blow intended for
coup de grace. Blaine has revived tn
Garfield administration at least to tn
extent of putting his own foot on tn
stalwart neck. Stalwartism is no
nearly as strong as it was in the East
but dislike of the narticular brand q
Half Breedism Blaine represents i
strong there and likely to gro,
stronger as Blaine develops his pla
for political dictatorship over the en-
tire corner, including New York in il
1t will be strange indeed if after sue
a Blaine administration as is prom
sed there is not another upheaval i
New York such as resulted from hi
former quarrel with the local Reput
lican bosses. st Louis Republic.