The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-12-30

ney, VIII not come to Washington with
Mr.. Cleveland this time. Shall bluntly
tell you why? Because Mr.. Whitney
does not wish to incur the risk of quar-
reling with his friend, the president
elect, which service in his cabinet would
involve. This sounds Ikea queer state
ment but it is true nevertheless. If any
man in the world knows Mr.. Cleveland,
it is w. &. Whitney. He knows how
great and strong Cleveland is, and also
how stubborn and unreasonable he is
when the spirit moves him. They man
aged to get through one administration
together and the recent campaign, but
in both of these trials there was often
more or less danger of rupture.
From what | have heard ! think It
safe to say Whitney is the only man who
could have ''managed" Cleveland with
out row through the last six months.
If there hadn't been SO much at stake
for themselves ID their party the fur
would have been flying in the surround
ing atmosphere more than once. But
the election is over, and Mr.. Cleveland's
future is fixed. He will serve as presi-
dent four years and after that will re-
tire to a well earned rest. He knows
this as well as any one, and he knows
better than any of US how much fun he
is going to have during the next four
years in the solid way of doing what he
likes, irrespective Of Tom, Dick or Harry.
He and Whitney are now good friends,
and Mr.. Whitney is wise enough to
avoid putting any unnecessary strains
upon their relations. There is an idea
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be the heir of the Cleveland political
estate, and he doesn't want to have any
row with the testator.
Mr.. Bayard won't be in the new cab
met for good many reasons. Mr.. Bay
ard has lost his grip as a public man
and always was somewhat overrated.
Besides he is not financially able to in
dulge the luxury of cabinet Office.
Don Dickinson wants to make some
money, too, and doesn't hanker for the
job of running the postoffice depart
ment. Mr.. Dickinson told me the other
day that the postoffice department Is
the most difficult branch of the entire
government to manage. 1t appears to
be we'll organized, and is in most ways,
but the duties of the postmaster general
are just what they were when the gov
ernment was started. Technically he is
supposed to do the whole business, and
while this is physically impossible the
law requires him to do so much, to at
tend to so many matters in person, to
sign such an enormous number Of letters
and documents that a p. NJ. q. must
work harder than any slave of mine or
mill.
l shouldn't be surprised if General Pat
Collins, of Boston, were i'll the new cab
met Cleveland is fond of him, and Col
Inns isn't bit afraid of Cleveland. There
is strong probability that Governor
Gray, of Indiana, will be a member.
There is a little history about this which
perhaps | shouldn't mention. 1t is to
the effect that during the recent cam
paign things didn't look well for Democ-
racy in Indiana. The Gray men were
holding back. They had lost the vice
presidency at the Chicago convention
and weren't happy.
Governor Gray was invited to 90 and
see Mr.. Cleveland. He went. In order
to get Gray into good humor Mr.. Clcve-
land said just d little more than he had
expected to say, and now the governor
counts OH heing called to II seat at the
council. board The truth is, Mr.. Cleve-
land doesn't want him and yet cannot
just see how he is to get out of 1t hon
Crably. So even the self willed and do
as-you-please Mr.. Cleveland cannot al
ways live on Easy street.
| should be very much surprised if
Mr.. Carlisle were to be secretary OF the
treasury. He is talked Of, but he doesn't
want the honor and isn't fitted for the
work. He is too great man to be sec
retary of the treasury. He is a student,
thinker and an orator-not a man OF
business, not desk slave, not trained
executive. In such place he would be
q conspicuous failure, just az in the SEN
ale he is an adornment 20 American
public life and intellectually.
For much the same reason | should
not think MIR. Cleveland would take
Colonel Morrison, of Illinois, into his
cabinet. Colonel Morrison knows a
good deal about the tariff question and
is one of the most admirable characters
our public service has ever produced,
but he has few qualifications for the sec
retaryship of the treasury.
Where viii MIR. Cleveland find asecre-
tary of state? It is queer thing, but in
all our list of present statesmen there is
not one that fills the bill for this honor.
Mr.. Carlisle would be better for that
than for fnance, but he is too poor Sem
ator Gray, Of Delaware, comes well to-
ward the ideal, but make my guess a.
to the man who will get thames e.
| Carter, the leader of the New York bar
a great lawyer. wealthy man, an en-
tirely respectable figure and warm
friend Of Mr.. Cleveland's.
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