The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-03-29
NIX. eLAlNE.s CABINET.


Che N"bodies which Jingo Jim bl.s Gath
cred Around Himself
The Cabinet Is Blaine. With the
possible exceptions OF John w. Noble.
OF 81. Louis. and the indianapolis
William Henry Harrison (whose other
name Is MilIer). II represents nothing
but Blaine. his greed for money and
his itch for political meddling and boss
ism. Besides being a Blaine Cabinet
II Is a Northeastern Cabinet, framed
TO exclude the West from the consider
alton To which Us commanding posi-
tion In the Union entities II. II will
repeat In the finance Of the Govern
ment that discrimination against the
West which has impoverished this sec
ton 10 put into the hands OF the North
east the money OF which Blaine is so
fond OF Boosting.
Without regard 10 party. the people
OF the West are properly indignant
that Window should be credited TO the
West. which he abandoned to do u
doubtful business on the shadicst side
OF the back alleys Of Wall street. The
fact that Blaine selected and insisted
on him shows he II 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 Department. 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 a practitioner OF
law, but he was appointed solely be-
cause he was entirely s~ubservient to
Blaine when the young Republicans OF
Brooklyn were attempting to reform
B~laincism u OF politics in that city.
Tho selection Of Wanamakcr for
Postmaster General is in line with the
Blaine policy-which always has been
a policy OF decentralization and cor
ruption. Wanamakcr bought his way
into the Cabinet lie 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 sccretaryships 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 a wcll-mean-
ing old soldier with more backbone
than brains. He is the only one Of
the Western men who represents any
thing al all. The treatment OF the
West has been shameful. The Blaine
conspiracy against this section can
not be carried out along the lines laid
down in the formation OF this Cabinet
without exciting a storm OF protest
In Republican politics the Cabinet
stands for Half-Brcedism triumphant.
The old Grant-C onkling stalwarts
have received a blow intended for a
emp ds gracc. Blaine has revived the
Garfield administrator at least TO the
extent Of putting his own foot on the
stalwart neck Stalwartism is not
nearly as strong as it was in the East.
but dislike OF the particular brand Of
Half. Breedism Blaine represents is
strong there and likely to grow
stronger as Blaine develops his plan
for political dictatorship over the en-
tire corner. including New York in ii.
II will be strange indeed il after such
n Blaine administration as is prom
ised there Is not another upheaval in
New York such as resulted from his
former quarrel with the local Repub-
iican bosses. st Louis Republic.