The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-14
SIZED UPl
HOW HARRISON'S CABINET
LOOKS TO OUR n ASH
INGTON CORES
PONDENT.
Excepting Noble, Their Record is a
Little Tainted.
EXCEPTING BLAINE AND WINDOW,
HEIRABILITY IS SOFAL0W ORDER.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.,
March IItn 1895

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March 18th, 1889. {
Tao new administration is
slowly getting down To work.
Tho inaugural address was fair
ly we'll received here. 1t excl
ted no enthusiasm among the
Republicans ana little criticism
from the Democrats. BE was
c9reTul TO make no promises,
contenting himself with general
statements.
The Cabinet is queer sort of
a combination when you take
the trouble to 20 over it individ-
aally, carefully noting the per-
IsOual characteristics of its mem
be-s. Like this for instance.
"Jing0 lin " otherwise known
as James q, Blaine, Secretary Of
State. This is the man who de-
liherately wrecked the Garfield
administration in ocder to pay
off an old personal score, and
who was himself wrecked in
1854. II he does not have the
new President in 81 hard place
very soon the new President
Will prove himself to be the
p05sessor of much more strength
than he is generally credited
with having.
"Dorsey's Billy" alias Nm.
Window, Secretary Of the Trea-
sury. This is the man who
stood by Blaine in the Garfield
wreck. Having been repudia-
ted by the Republicans Of Min
nesota, he went to New York
and became q sort Of stool-pig-
con for Steve Dorsey, of Star
Route notoriety, in the floating
OF speculative, or, as some peo-
pie call them, wild cat"
schemes. \ few years ago Mr..
Window had the Presidential
eoc buzzing in his hat at ter
rife rate, and it would not be
surprising if he should follow
the example of John Sherman,
who, when he Y as Secretary Of
Treasury, turned the depart
ment into q political machine
to boom himself for the Presi-
dency. Whether this would in
terfere with the future plans of
Harrison or Blaine, | cannot
say.
cold Monopoly" alias Red
field Proctor, Secretary of War,
is man that few people out
side of Vermont ever heard of
before the last few weeks. He
controls all the marble quarries
in Vermont and has thereby
become rich, but nobody yet
has been able to discover any
good reason why he should have
been made a Cabinet officer.
"Coon Benny" alias Benjamin
T. Tracy, Secretary Of the Navy,
is q man Of somewhat unsavory
record. He was colonel of a
negro regiment for awhile dur
ing the war. and was afterwards
III command of the militarT
prison at Elmira. n. Y, where
10000 Confederates were confin-
? ed. He gained more notoriety
as one Of Beecher's lawyers in
the great Eeecher-Tilton scah-
! dal. He has been q chronic
candidate for Office in Brooklyn,
but has always failed Of cleo
!, ton, even when he succeeded
in getting the nomination. He
knows nothing about the Navy
and why ho should have been
selected IS q question that is
, puzzling everybody, New York
| Repu 5llcans Included.
= John W. Noble, of Missouri, is
= the Secretary Of the Interior
He is well known in St. Louis
where he has practiced law, but
e nobody in this section eve
S heard of him until he was men
r toned q few weeks ago for hi:
q present position.
: "Me too," alias W. III. H. Mil
. ler, of Indiana, is ATTORNEY
General. The only reason fo
his being in the Cabinet is tha
he is Harrison's law partner.
"Cheap john alias JohI
9 Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania
81 is the Postmaster General. 0
IL course, everybody knows VIII.
J he is in the cabinet. He bough
!, the place just as he would an.
Il Job lot" Of goods in which h
y thought there was profit Th
y price he paid-S1o0, ,000-was
i big one, and it is to be hope
le that he does not expect to re
G anze pref. on The transaction
" Fighting jerry" alias Joh
d, Rusk, of Wisconsin, is the selec
es tion for the new Agriculture
department. His first prom
nence was obtained by the pre-
y elamation ordering out tn
" militia during the anarchists e.
Sc element in his state. That
to how Gov. Rusk got his title {