Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-02
Washington Letter.
ttrom our regular correspondent

After six months of Office, Mr.
Harrison and his cabinet have now
made each others acquaintance
There is a marked cordiality between
them, and the president has learned
/ to rely more on his advisers and bet
| ter how TO estimate their worth. In
this process of getting acquainted,
Mr.. Window has gained immensely
| In influence. 1t would have to be
nightly strong argument that
would prevail with the president
| over the advice of his secretary Oi
the treasury. There is a something
In Mr.. WINDOWS placid disposition
that has greatly taken the fancy OF
the president. He has on no Occa-
sion shown himself to be in the least
disturbed or lacking in resource.
The spirit which enabled him to
rise 10 the emergency when
| hr made the bond extension in Gar
icid's time, Is still with him, and
Mr.. Harrison has come to feel that
NJ emergency can arise to great for
his powers. II was this confidence
in c secretary of the treasury that
.icri he'd the question against an ex-
e., n, --iun of congress. In cabinet
v indom las II quiet way OF setting
fnHli ! is arguments thai gives him
great power. 1t il sad that he can
Il te Il complex plUDIem more con-
ci.cly than any other member OF
the cabinet. He j. a man of marvel
ous anlability. -
II Mr.. Harrison eyer had any sus
piciOn that Mr.. Blaine wanted to
run the administration he no longer
holds it. After all the talk that
has been on that subject it was but
natural if Mr.. Blaine felt under
some constraint on entering the
cabinet not to press his views too
strongly TO the front. II is the com.
ment of observicnt men who have
been watching affairs pretty close
ly that he has shown wonderful
amount Of prudence since he went
to the head of the State department.
and instead of the estrangencnt
that was predicted grow up bet " 'en
them "a greater confidence has ap-
peared, and Mr.. Harrison turns
more frequently to the Maine
man for advice and is more apt t.
follow tn IT advice when given.
Proctor Is the Abraham Lincoln
of the administration. He rrscm-
bles the best portraits Of LiucIin
and IL credited with some Of the
of that great maD.
He il probably the most popular
secretary ot war with the officers of
the service that has presided over
that department for many years.
He Is II man of more polished man
ncrs than was the great abolitionist
but he has that same air
Of honest simplicity that so marked
Lincoln. lie would stand better as
the personlflcation of arbitration
that rs the representative of frown-
ing war.
Mr.. Tracy Is the shrcwd and
aggressive man of the cabinet. He
looks out from under his shaggy
gray brows with pair of sharp little
eyes that see about everything that
is going on. Heis always approach
able and has the hearts of the men
who have business with the depart
ment and have, in former times, 50
often been forced to submit 10
tedious delays.
Secretary Noble, perhaps, has had
the least comfort out Of his position,
He Is II good lawyer aud man Of
ability, but he evidently feels the
want of experience In public life.
Now that Tanner Is gone he may be
happier. Mr.. Wannamaker has not
only lived up to his reputation rs
business man, but is acknowledged
to be the best organizer aud most
man In the cabinet; and,
withal, the greatest hustler. Six
observation does not seem
to have changed the popular i'm
preston of Farmer Rusk, lie Is tn,
same "Uncle Jere." As II good at,
Iorney general Mr., Miller has vindi-
Gated the presidents selection,
The coming congress has II deli
ate and difficult duty 10 perform in
steering betw cen the Scylla of econ
,ny and the Charybdis of eNtrava-
yance. II will not he deferred from
for national defense aud
general warfare hy reason of the
'ast amounts necessary Ia provide
or both. But in neither should ii
isten Ia those who would have il
waste large sums In schemes of
doubtful utility or of purely local
advantage, The republican party is
'ledged 10 ecunomy, hut not Ia par
imony. Where public works of a
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