The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-12
TIE CABINET.
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Filled Unaer the Next A drn,u,.tro,,n,

something ADOut tne first O0cN0 n -
Filled Under the Next Administrator.
TIL. state Department with the secresr, o, stat.
its head established July al l7sp and r.s ara.
called the Department OF Foreign Affairs II, chief
was known as tho Secretary OF Foreign AHai,s uis
the Oldest Of the Cabinet Offices and ou,rspts thu
others The Secretary OF state succeeds TO the rr,,
dency In the event OF tho DEATH disability re.,rna.
ton. removal OF both President and rreslden,
Jefferson the first Secretary OF state and the post
has been favorite one among Presidential aspiranta
Monroe. Marshall. Clay. John Quincy Adams Van
Buren,. Cass Webster. Buchanan. seward and Blsip.
all have held the position. Until the emit Of
tho Republican party. which has almost uniformly
gone West for its Residential candidates the secre
tary Of state was usually chosen from the Eastern or
Southern States. and New England generally get the
preference. Massachusetts being especially favored
During tho Cleveland Administration Delaware far.
nished tho Secretary Of state. jackson, too, had a
Della ware Secretary.
Tho Treasury Department. with Secretary OF rrsA,
ury at Its head was established on Sept . 1893 A.t
ander Hamilton was the rst Secretary OF the Treasury
The nrsi Western man to hold this ofce Thomas
Ewing appointed in 1a4i Since that time Secretaries
of the Treasury have been chosen with little reference
to state lines. Tho Southern States, however have
been called upon to furnish less than their quota in
this department Since the close OF Grants term there
have been ve Secretaries Of state and nine OF the
Treasury. Daniel Manning and Charles J. roger were
New York Secretaries Of q New York President Mr.
Manning resigned after serving two years Mr. Foleer
defeated for Governor while serving Secretary
The ONCE OF Secretary OF War was established on
Aug T. 1889 The first holder OF the ONCE was Cen
Henry Knox Of Massachusetts. lie was 30 years sld
when appointed. lie one OF the Andre court mar.
tial. served with Washington in Yorktown and Or.
ranged the details for the evacuation OF New York CITY
with Guy Carleton. During tho frat half century Of
the republic existence New York frequently furnished
the War Department with its chief but since ls45
there has been but one New York Secretary Of War
ten. schohed. who served only for a short time lie
was. when appointed. resident OF the Virginia mill.
tary district though nntiye OF New York Mr. Clsvs-
land hal Massachusetts Secretary Of War; the nrs to
mold that pace since the close of Madisons term
The Secretary Of the Navy Ia an important Federal
Queer nut the department which he presides was
not established AS distinct branch OF the Government
uh'' Alri' 80 1883 nins years after the other impor
Aht o"ces IN the Presidents Cabnct-State Treasury
war ana Postmaster. General-had been provided for
inc hrst Secretary was George Cabot He came nom
M"sachuse''s. anu 1t has been written law for
feaera appointment since that the Secretary Of the
NAVY should he selected from CO ast lac Sta Thar
have been two exceptions. however both OF them fur
nished by r. b. ilayea Ono of his Sscretaries cane
from Indiana; the other from West Virginia Uaured
by the standard established by Hayes himself the
Wabash and the Kanawha might we'll rank a. .hirh
seas" The present Secretary OF tho Navy. Benjamin
+. Tracy. Is a New Yorker so was his predecessor.
William c. whitney. 80 may be the new Secretary
after March,
Tho Postmaster. Generals Department was sstsb
lished on Sept. e. 1882 and tho nrst holder OF the
office was Samuel osgood Of Massachusetts Il may
be added that Massachusetts has pated actively
In the filling OF Cabinet posts and enjoyed a century
ago the political distinction which now appears to
belong to Ohio. Tho post of Postm sterGeneral ha.
usually been ned from the border" States Pierce
went to Tennessee for his nrst PostmAster-General
Buchanan chose ono from Kentucky. Lincoln aH
pointed Maryland man. Grant went to MArylanl
and Hayes TO Tennessee. Garfield had in Thomas L.
James New Yorker. but since then tho claims of the
West have generally been considered Mr. Cleveands
first rostmastcrGeneral. Villas was from wiseonsiu:
his second. Dickinson. was from Michigan. John
Wanamaker tho present Postmaster. General IL the
nrst Pennsylvanian to hold that office the estAe
lshment of the Federal Government.
The once Of Attorney General was established IN
1889. but the Department Of Justice Of which he 10
the executive bead. dates back only to 1870 Original
" the Attorney General tho Presidents legal ad
wiser. Edmund Randolph Of Virginia was the nrst A.
torneyenera and during the seventy yoars succeed
ing no Western man held It, Edward Bates of Missouri
was tho hrst. Grant had nve Attorney Generals il
succession but since the close Of his second
President has had but single Attornsy-Gensral In
this the dicutties arising from change IN legal
advisers has been avoided. and uniformity In the
policy Of the Government better secured.
The six ofncsrs above named constituted osG1na
star OF advisers OF the early ProsIdentA and
until tho growth OF the business Of the country called
for additions that deemed necessary incrsass
the number to eight Tho drst addition the Cabinet
was made on March 3. 1eAe. tho day before the il
Auguraton of President Taylor The once Of Secre-
tary OF tho Interior was then established, Thomas
Ewing OF Ohio being tho rst Just 1t IL IN sInos.
unwritten law that tho Secretary OF the Navy shall
come from the coaE:wise StateA il un written law
that the Secretary OF the Interior should from
the West Most OF tho business Of the Interior peps
ment. especially in connection with the Land once
and the care OF the Indians is furnished by tho Western
States. For than forty years tho South
west have Furnished the Secretaries Of Interior
There is one exception to this however, Furnished BY
II B. Hayes who appointed As Secretary Carl schur1
credited at that time to New York. and still . rc.deaS
Of this city
The duties which devove on the Secretary OF the
Interior were performed prior 10 the bshment OF
that post. by the heads OF the other Department.
Patent ofce was attached to tho STATE Department,
the Land once to tho Treasury Department and the
pensions and the Indians had Cd after BY the
War Department
Cabinet officers not be considered a. VOL pad
officials when the expenses which the require Of
their posts call for taken into COD sdoration They
receive 5000 year the same the Vice President
but the duties Of Cabinet chief onerous and pro
tracted whereas the VicePres,dent has very little
to do. lie has Few responsibilities and has besideA
always the possibility Of succession
Since tho establishment OF the Federal Government,
Massachusetts ih,rtyseven. Pennsylvania thirtysx,
and Virginia and West vIrgnn together forty three.
California now ono Of the largest and
States. has never had place in tn Cabinet Tho only
Cabinet orce ever held by man from either Of the
Pacific states WAS that Of Attorney General. he'd BY
George Williams. under Grant
New YORK has had I'VE Secretaries Of State six Of the
Treasury I'VE Of Wa- four Of the Navy three Postmas
terGenerals and three Attorney Generas but It has
never had secretary OF the Interior Department
Notes OF the Jews.
There arc many advertisements OF rabbi wanted"
in some OF the Jewish papers 1t appears by the last
number OF he am,rinin hra-. that rabbs wanted
by tho congregations of Beth Israel Philadelphia.
Gates Of Prayer New Orleans Bcnai shocsn, Hunts
vile Ala. and Bethel, Woodv,le Miss. II isa con.
diton OF emplOy in all these that the rAbbs
shall be able to speak tho English Language.
There Is news from Paris Of the baptism Of Bar.
oness James Rothschd. who turned iron Judaism to
II,r.ch fly Jerlh