The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
SIZING UP THE CABINET
IMPRESSIONS MADE BIZ THE MEN.
BERS UP TO DATE.


Blaine Seems to Have Shrunk Consider
abIy-The Only Member Who Seems
to be Earnestly Working for
People is Secretary Noble.
The Pittsburg Posts Washington
correspondent sized up the cabinet
as follows in his paper Of recen
date:
The present cabinet has not turn
ed out to be an astonishing organi
cation, although most of it's mem
bers have got along pretty well 81
far. What was anticipated in thu
beginning, namely, that the cabinet
was not organized in such wsy al
to produce any great result, has
proved true. A month is perhaps
too short time to determine the
qualifications of all the members o.
President Harrison's official family
but enough is already apparent te
show who will be figures during the
present administration and who will
not. There is one member of The
cabinet who is never seen, and that
is the Secretary of War. As long
as our country maintains peaceful
relations with the other countries oil
the world neither the head of the
war department or the department
itself will attract any particular at
tention. For years and under all ad
ministrations. the army officers have
run it pretty much to suit them
selves, and are likely to continue it
for many years to come. The Secre-
tary Of War is surrounded entirely
by army officers, and he is but little
under civilian influences. When
Robert Lincoln was Secretary of War
Congress passed an act which was
duly signed by the President, Great
ing the Office Of Assistant Secretary
of War The purpose was not to re-
lieve the secretary of any burden
some duties, but in order to get more
of the civilian and less of the mill
tary idea in the administration of
the department. There seemed to
be little objection to this PROPOSE
ton and it was recommended by
both military committees. After it's
passage, however, the military Off
GERS put in their best ticks and no ap-
pointment was made to the newly
created Office, Notwithstanding there
were numerous aspirants for the po-
sition. Finally it became under
stood that the army officers intend
ed to make hot berth for the man
who took the position and after re-
naming vacant for two years Con-
gress struck the position off the list.
That is the way the war department
is run and if Mr.. Proctor is not heard
from, it will not be SO much his fault
as the fault of the system under
which the department is conducted.
If he undertakes to reform that sys-
tenn it will be only about a month
before he wishes to be dead. The
prowcss of the military of the Unit
ed States is never SO conspicuous as
when the army officers here in Wash
ington are after some civilians scalp,
and they generally get it, too
BLAINE NOT so BIG AFTER ALL.
Blaine in or out of the cabinet
would always be figure in politics
but it looks as though he had
shrunk somewhat within the last
month. He rather exhausted him.
self in pulling Window into the
cabinet against the protests of the
only two States in which Window
could claim a residence, and the obi
cation which Blaine assumed in this
has compelled him to take less
moderate position than was expect
ed in regard to other matters.
Bayard was abused and bounded
because he was not sending gunboats
all over the earth en- the strength of
some story told by a lying seaman,
but Blaine does not seem to be do
ing any tail twisting himself. Great
things were expected of Mr.. Blaine
upon his restoration to the head of the
State Department. About the only
thing he was entitled to much credit
for doing was to accomplish the con-
frmation Of such an unpopular indi-
vidual as Whitelaw Reid as minister
to Paris. All the difficult matters
of craftsmanship and diplomacy
which the Republican papers claim
that Mr.. Bayard was incapable Of
handling have not advanced step
since Mr.. Blaine has been Secretary
of State. Of course Blaine has some
time yet in which to make the eagle
scream, but SO far he has not come
up to expectations.
AS for Mr. Blaine's man Window
he has ability enough beyond ques-
ton for the position which he fills.
The question is, is the public or
Wall street to get the benefit of Mr.,
WINDOWS administration? Enough
has not yet transpired to foreshadow
the answer to this problem. But
there is no use in concealing the
fact that the public has suspicious
such as were never directed against
either Secretary Manning or Secre-
tary Fairchild. Mr.. Window can
not possibly make better secretary
than either. He may make a good
deal worse, and the majority Of peo-
Pile think he will.
DOUBLE HEADER.
1t is not clear just who is Post