The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-03-14
WashiD DgtOn Letter.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 8, 1889.
The new administration is slowly |
getting down to work. The inaugural
address was fairly we'll received here.
1t excited no enthusiasm among re
publicans, and little criticism from the
democrats He was careful to make no
prom Uses. .contenting himself with gen.
eral statements.
The Cabinet is queer sort of COM
bination when you take the trouble To
go over 1t Individually, carfuliy noting
the personal characteristics OF i $ mem.
bers. Like this for instance:
lingo Jim," otherwise known as
James Il. Blaine, Secretary of State.
This is the man who deliberately
wrecked the Garfield administration
in order to pay off an old personal
score, and who YVES himself wrecked
in 1884 If he does not have the new
president in hard place very soon the
new president will prove himself to be
the pOssessOr of much more rength
than he is generally credited with
having.
Dorsey's Billy" alias William
Window, Secretary of the Treasury.
This is the man who stood by Blaine
in the Garfield wreck. Having been
repudiated by the republicans OF Min
nesota, he went to New York and be
came sort of It ,Ol pigeon for Steve
Dorsey, OF star route notoriety, in the
floating of speculative. or as some call
them, "w la cat" schemes. A few
years ago MIR. Window had the presi
Dental bee buzziug in his hat at ter
riffic rate, and it would not be surpris,
ing If he should follow the example of
JOnn Sherman, who, when he was
Sect etary OF the Treasury, turned the
Department iuto a political machiue
10 bonn himself for the Presidency
Whether this would interfere with the
future pans of Harrison or Blaine
cannot say.
"Old Monopoly" alias Redfield
Proctor, Secretary of War, is q man
that few people uutside of Vermont
ever hearu of before the Is st few weeks
He controls all the marble quarries in
| Vel mont and has thereby become liciI
but nobody has yet been able to dis
cover any good req son why he should
have been made Cabiuet officer.
Coon Benny" alias Benjamin F
Tracy, Secretary OF the Navy, is mar
= of somewhat uusavOry record. He was
: Colonel of negro reeiment for q tims
during the war, and was afterwards IN
command of the military prison at Ell
mira, n. Y, where 10, 200 con federates
, were confined. he eeained more nOlU
riety "a one of Beecher's lawyers iD 'hs
great Beecher-Tilton scandal He ha,
Leen q chronic candidate for office in
: Brooklyn, bat has always failed O
: election, even when he succeeded in
getting the nomination. he knows
nothing about the Navy and why he
should have been selected Is question
that is puzzling every body, New York
, Republicans included.
John w, Noble, of Missouri. is the
SecI etary of The ateriOr. He IL well
known in st Louis, where he has
practiced law, but nobody iii this sec
J ton ever heard of him until he was
mentioned few weeks ago for his
present position.
Me too" alias w. II. II. Miller, Of
Indiana, is Attorney General. The
, oniy reason for his belng in the Cabi.
net is that he is Harrison 3 law partuer
Cheap john" alias John Wana
make o. Pennsylvania, in the Post
master General. OF course everybody
knows why he s in The Cabinet. He
bought the place just as he would any
"job lOt" of goods in which he thought
| thOh Wdo O liChbs hO PhAOC hC p1Au
I-SlO0, ,OO0-was u big one, and it is Ia
be hoped that he does not expect tO
realize profit on the transaction.
Figh.Iug jerry" aliss John Rusk
of Wisconsin, is the selection for the
Agricultural department. His first
prominence Was obtained by The proc
,amatlOn ordering out the militia dur
lug the anarchist excitement in his
State. That is how Gov. Rusk got his
title of " Fighting Jer. y" he will
however, have no anaichists to deal
with in his new position, and no troops
at his disposal.
Now, there is the whole lot. What
do you think of them?
The Office seekers have ju uped on
Harrison with both feet. no. W husband.
ing his pathetic appeal to them in his
inauguIa al address to give him little
Dreaming time. The White House
fairly swarms with them from the
time it opened in the mo. ming until il
closed aI night, aud they are here to
stay until their money gives out Oh
Lney get an appointment The new
Cabiuet officers are all going through
the same experience.