Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-10

Ex-Boss Malone IL credited with having
made the remark here the other day that "
be had been elected President he would have
named his Cabinet officers before the lst day
OF December. In that way he would bAve
avoided sil the worry and embarrassment
thst the little man out At indianapolis has
been subject 10 In trying for three menths to
construct a Cabinet kahoue talks Ike a
person who IL seIGshly anxious TO get 4 look
al the Cabinet slate as II will appsar when all
OF the Presidents advisers shall have been
agreed upsn. He would like TO peep into
the box 30 discover whether his own name Is
in the list OF persons who will help 10 run
the executive branch OF the Government
during the next four years.
CABINET GOSSIP.
The Cabinet gossip Is the most interesting
Just now that one hears at the nations capi-
tai. Ia fact, Congress is peyging away at
nothing but appropriation bills, with little
prospect Of doing anything else this session.
The candidates for Speaker are working
quietly, snd heap depends on the Cabinet
formation so far az the sspirsuts for parlia-
mentary DONORS are concerned. Then, too.
It has got TO I've deiaitely settled whether
there is going to be an extra session OF Con-
gross. The impression prevails that there
wiz NNtAAhtT bl all FAAte 7NfHi'hf SNe ~ WV
mean time the politicians are deeply con-
cerned about the Cabinet.
BLAINE.
Whilst no one can say authoritatlYely that
blaine il TO he Secretary Of state, nine men
out OF ten here who are supposed to know
what is going on IN Republican cir
Giles will tell you that Blaine is surely
the nucleus around which the Csbi-
4 = r.frr.. foH 1nara
it was first suggested that Harrison could
not afford 10 have Blaine In the Cabinet near
y all OF the Republican senators expressed
the opinion that 1t would never DO TO have
him SIS the bead OF the Cabinet. Some OF
them did not heslta 70 express their antipa-
thy 10 the Pumed Knight, and then 1t was
tnSt the ." great defeated made up his mind
that II his following would stand by him he
would have that place or burst . suspender
in bis efforts 10 get it, IL looks hS II he has
succeeded, and the very fact that the Repub-
licans who talked 50 boldly against him two
months hgO are now as quiet az mice con.
vlnces the average observer OF political hap
peniDgs that old man Blaine has triumphed.
BITTER DOSE.
Indeed, some OF the loquscious senators
who two months ago regarded Blaine ~ out
Of line for the State portfolio are At this time
candidly admitting that be is 10 be the bead
mar in the next Cabinet. And what bitter
dose it IS TO some OF the Republican sena-
tors, especially John sherman. But the
ONO iceberg can stand almost ANYTHING. He
takes his medicine invariably without
making awry face. 1t was John Sherman
who recommended 10 Rutherford b. Hayes
that Chester A. Arthur should be removed
IS collector OF customs al the port Of New
York In order that "the Office might be
honestly adminiStsred." Then il 1880,
when Roscoe CoHkling got sls blood up, he
had Arthur put on The ticket with the man
who bad played false 10 John sherman, aud
when Garfield was assassin Ated ARTHUR be-
came President. The man whom sherman had
characterized As "dishsnest " got the prize
indirectly that Sherman has been after FOR
90 May years, and which be will never get
The stalwarts whipped all the half-breeds
out OF their boots, and John Sherman, a.
malignant an enemy as the South ever had,
was compelled 10 bend the knee TO Chester
A. Arthur, President Of the United States,
instead Of The decSpitated collector OF Gus
toms.
WELL NERITED.
II was well-merited rerbulion and was
Just such a dose as always comes TO cold
blooded, tyrsnncal set like the Sherman iami-
" OF OHIO. Foraker Is spssmodically bitter
and mean, but the SheTmans are eternal
haters Of the South.
1t begins TO look Os II General Harrison
will not complete his Cabinet until be ar
rives in Washington about week before the
Inauguration. BOin Hayes sud Garfield
waited until their arrival here in 1877 and
1881, respectively, before they finally made
up The lists. Hayes was not sure OF his title
to the Office until he arrived here, aud Gar
field could not make up his mind, even
though not hampered bT a clOuded title.
Cleveland had ms Cabinet all fixed before he
reached Washington, and the newspapers
discounted the selections ten days IN adj
vance OF the announcement officially.
MILLER DECLINED.
Ex-senator Warner Miller has gone back
to New YORK, and the Dispatch CORES pom
dent Is able TO give some information that
comes straight from the lips Of the Herkimer
statesman through one OF bis best friends.
Il Is piece Of news, too, that will both IN
terest and surprise. Mr.. Miller was offered
and declined the naval portfolio. Many pee.
pc viii be slow to believe that Warner Mil
Ter declined Cabinet position, but this Is
tho wav be explains It. lie said he wanted
the Treasury portfolio or nothing; that he
was I'm politics and wanted 3 position in
which he could take hand in the politics OF
the nation; that the Navy Department was
being gradually taken out Of politics, and
for that reason was not sphere at all congo
nal 10 him.
wANAMAKER.
II IS also learned that Mr. Miller said that
Il h. 4 mistake for any ore 10 suppose that
Wsnsmxker Of Philadelphia hiss ever been
in connection with the Navy De.
pEriIHeni. II Wanamsker goes ia the CAb.
net and the Impression Is that he will he
will be appointed PeGtmaster-General. This
is the place that Billy M1lOns has wanted
and which he viii not get.
Aud here comes 4 part OF the story That
Shows Just what Malone will get--he will
get lett. Miller has bcsu ST WORK trying 10
have bis friend senator Palmer, Of Michigan,
appointed Secretary OF the Navy. Palmer's
term Ia the Senate expires March 4th.
Sherman has about cooked Alger's goose be !
cause the Michigan millionaire bought up
bis niger delegates from the South at the
Chicago Convention Alger is friendly 10 |
Palmer aud Michigan Will be satisfied II |
Palmer is made Secretary Of the Navy. Ma
bone il no LAWYER aud he couldn't Of course !
he Acknowledgement. Having been = Con-
federste general be is not 10 be thought OF for !
wanted in the Interior Department The |
-generSship Is tine only place Ma |
hone could Gil, even were Blaiue disposed |
to let him be 10 the Cabinet at all.
HENDERSON.
The impression prevails that II the south |
ern Republicans are represented IN the Cabi- |
net al all they must take General John b. |
Henderson, II Missouri, az Attofney-Gen- |
eral. Henderson was born In Virginia, |
reared in Missouri, and put the finishing J
touches on his scholastic career at tue Unit |
ysrsity OF Virginia. he VAS appointed 4
UAued states senator in 1862, ~ place OF |
Trusten Polk, expelled, and was then only |
years OF age. lie was elected 10 n
full term Afterwards aud did himself credit !
by Standing by Andrew johnson when the |
Radical Republicans tried TO impeaeh John |
son. Henderson presided Ut the Chicago |
Convention IN 1884, aud had Blaine been |
elected Henderson would have been the !
Attorney General. lie aud Blame are great |
friends. Henderson opposed GRAFT bitterly |
for a third term. and hal big convention In |
ST. Louis IN 1889 which protested loudly |
against Gran,ism. The distinguished Mis-
sOurian il one OF the best lawyers in the |
and, and has always ranked high among |
before the SuDreme CDurt. Iie il /