Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14
CHOSEN BY HARRISON
The Cabinet Slate as 1t Stands.
Blaine, Window, Proctor, Tracy
Miller of Indiana, Noble. Wanna
maker and Jerry RuSk to Be
President HarriSOn's Ad-
ylsOrs-Sketches of
the Gentlemen.

WAsHINGToN.-- President Harrison's
Cabinet is officially annouced as follows:
Secretary of Stete-James G. Blaine, of
Maine; Secretary of the Treasury-Wil-
lam Window, of New York AID Mime
sofa; Secretary of Wsr-Redfeld Proctor.
of Vermont; Secretary of Navy-General
Tracy, of New York; Secretary of the
InterIor-General Noble, of Missouri;
Postmaster General-John Wanamaker,
of Pennsylvania; Attorney General-W.
q. b. Miller, of Indiana; Secretary of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rusk, of Wisoon-
sin.
Window was secretary of the treasury
in the Garfield cabinet. By birth he Is an
Ohioan, and is ROW in his slxty-second
year. He studied law at MoaLt Vernon
in his native state, and in 1885 moved to
Minnesota. He was elected to Congress
in 1859 and ser Ted two terms. In 1870 he
was appointed to the United States senate
to fill the unexpired term of Daniel S.
Norton, deceased, and subsequently was
chosen for the term that ended in 1877
He was again elected for the term that
| closed in 1883, but resigned in 1881 TO
enter the cabinet of President Garfield as
secretary of the treasury. Upon the
accession ofPresIdent Arthur in the same
| year Secretary Window retired from the
cabinet. Upon his return to Minnesota
the Legislature of that state elected him
to serve the remainder of his term in the
senate. In shat body Mr.. Window acted
as chairman of the committee on appro~
priatiOns, foreign affairs and trans porta-
tion. Within the past few years Window
has made New York city his headquarters,
being engaged in the promotion of rail-
way and financial schemes, the most dis
astrous being that of the American
exchange in England.
Redfeld Proctor is a native of Yer
mont, and was at one time governor.
Among the reasons given for the recog
milton are, first, his eminence in his party,
1t heing stated that he virtually controls
the party in his own state, and second, the
fact that he, as the chairman of the Yer
mont delegation to the Chicago conven-
ton, last year, was head of the only dele
cation in the whole body which voted
solidly for Harrison first, last and all the
time. Ex-Governor Proctor has ell his
life been engaged in "trade," being in
every sense self-made man, who has
managed to get together q respectable
fortune in a state that is not noted for
being bUrdened with wealth. He
lives at Proctor, town founded by MIN,
and which is situated few miles from
Rutland. He is in practical control of the
whole output of the Vermont marble
qQarries, and is one of the largest dealers
IN that commodity in the United States.
At his home at Proctor he is farmer on
large scale, where he owns one of the
finest focks of Winkley merino in the
world. Throughout the state of Vermont
Mr.. Proctor is highly respected, and has
the reputation of being Square man."
General Benjamin F. Tracy is about 50
years Old. He was born in OWego, N. Y,
and secured his education in the common
schools Of his native town. After leaving
the Owego academy he studied law. Ia
1853 he became the republican candidate
for district attorney of Tioga county,
and though it was a democratic strong
hold he was elected. Two years later he
was again elected to the same office. He
was elected to the assembly in 1861, and
year after he recruited the one hundred
and ninth and one hundred and thirty
seventh regiments, and received his COM
mission as colonel of the former regiment
from Governor Morgan. In the battle of
the Wilderness, May 6, Colonel Tracy led
in the thick of the fight. He was carried
from the field exhausted, but refused to
go to hospital, and led his command
through the three days fight at Spottsyl
yania, when. being com pletely broken
down, he was forced to turn over mis- COM
mano to his junior officer. He subse
quently was rendered and accepted the
command of the one hundred and twenty
seventh United States colored troops.
After the war General Tracy settled in
New York and resumed his practice of
the law as one of the firm of Benedict,
Ttacy d Benedict. He was one of the coun
sci for the defense in the celebrated Beech
er trial. Ia 1860 General Tracy was made
United States district attorney for the
eastern dis trict of New York, which posi-
ton he held until 1873, when he was forced
to resign because of thu growth of his
private practice. In 1881 he was appoint
ed judge of the court of appeals and
served one year. The appointment of
General Tracy is the most significant case
of paying a political debt that has been
seen since Hayes time. The use of Doodle
in Kings county elected Mr.. Harrison.
The treachery of McKane reduced the
expected democratic plurality by more
than 5000. IL Kings county Mr.. Quay
did the work that carried this state, and
to Kings county therefore goes New
York's seat in the cabinet General Tracy
is a we'll known breeder of trotters, and
with his son owns the Marshland stud at
Apalaohin, Tioga county, n. Y, where he
has as stations Mambrino Dudley, by
Woodford Mambrlno, record 2:19M;
Cheltenham, by Oxmore, record 2:28, and
Bravado, by Kentucky Wilkes. General
Tracy also owns Kentucky Wilkes, by
George Wilkes, record 2:214.
General John W. Noble is st. Louis
lawyer. He was general in the army and
was honored on several occasions for
bravery. Mr.. Noble has done a great
deal of travelling during the past ten
years of his life and has a wonderful
knowledge of people and things. His
manners are very refined, and he has
never yet been seen to lose the cool dig
nifty which he learned SO we'll to control
during the years of army service. Mrs.
Noble was Miss Hslstead, from Roches-
ter, n. Y, and was married to the general
at Northampton, Mass. They celebrated
their silver wedding on the 9Th of Fe5ru-
airy last. Mrs. Mobiles life has been one
of energy throughout. She has frequent
ly brought out and developed home
literary talent. Shortly before Professor
W. T. Harris left the West he was associ-
ated with her in establishing classes for
thorough study of the classics. Mrs.
Mobiles salon has been freqnented by
talent of the high hest order. While not |