The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-25

n"e oeeh great zeal OF gossip or every
Kind about every imaginable sort Of
public man in the almost united effort
now being m ade by the American peo-
pie, especially that part OF it engaged
in newspaper work, to assist in the max
ing of a new Cabinet. The great mass
Of this has been OF the most lrresponsi-
BILE character. Scarcely public man
has como to the city without being put
down at once as q candidate for place
in the Presidents Cabinet.
But with all this talk and writing
little attention has been given thus far
to the office of Secretary of State.
About tho only man thus far talked of
for this Office has been Mr.. Phelps, of
Vermont, formerly minister to England.
In addition to his name thore has been
occasionally mentioned Postmaster
General Don NJ. Dickinson.
In connection with what is generally
looked upon as the leading Cabinet
office it seems strange that in all this
discussion almost no attention has been
given to the name of Thomas f. Bayard,
OF Delaware, Secretary of State under
MIR. Clcveland's first administration.
Nearly every member OF the former
Cabinet has been mentioned for his old
or new place. but Mr.. Bayard's name
has, for some reason, almost BY common
consent, been omitted from the list of
| men deemed eligible for this important
place. This is tho moro strange, too,
| when 1t is known that, everything con-
sidered, the relations of the President
elect and his Secretary of State were
| quite as close as any two men ever as
sociated in public places. Each has al
ways spoken OF the other in tho warmest
terms OF communication, personal as we'll
as political.
Mr. Cleveland expressed the highest
confidence in Mr.. Bayard and no eulo-
gism has been too lofty for him to pro-
nounce upon his ability, character and
patriotism. He has been known to de-
clare many times, both before and since
his last election, that IL he had the
power to hunt the whole world over he
could never find for this important post
man OF higher impulses or of greater
ability or character than his former
Secretary of State.
1t must be remembered that the Pres
1dent elect looks upon the reformation
OF the abuses OF the tariff system as the
most important work entrusted to him.
In this respect he has much admiration
for Mr Bayaros consistent record on
this important question, and knows
thoroughly the value of his advice on
this and kindred questions bearing
upon successful administration of the
Government finances. In order that he
may have time and opportunity to do
this great work he and his friends
recognize the Importance of escaping
from these numerous foreign complica-
tions that arise to trouble almost every
| adm inistration.
One OF the arguments put forward in
favor of Mr.. Bayard's reappointment to
his old post is that questions now i'm
porIant in foreign affairs are almost
ident ical with those that came to the
front during Mr.. Cleveland's former ad-
ministration. The fisheries trouble"
said friend of Mr.. Cleveland to-day,
lis now no nearer settlement than it
was whom Mr.. Bayard and Mr.. Phelps
negotiated treaty with England, only
to have it rejected for purely partisan
reasons. The Boring Sea question is
not new. 1t has only been newly treated
in the most palteriug way. There is
every reason to think that q return to
Mr.. Bayard's thoughtful and couserva-
tive policy would result in permanent
settlement of this annoying question"
For all these reasons and others that
need not be recapitulated it is not un-
natural that public attention should
now be directed again to Mr.. Bayard as
an eligible man for reappointment to
his old place. He has made no move
ment in this direction, any more than
he did in 1883, when, without solicita-
tion or application on his own part, he
was chosen for this important position.
1t may be said with truth that Mr..
Bayard has perhaps seen his old chief
less during the past four years than al
most any other one of his chosen adj
yisers who live within q reasonable dis
lance Of New York. Stranger things
might therefore happen than deter
mination on tho part of the Presidents
elect to select again as Secretary of
State his ld-time associate and friend,
The fact that Mr.. Bsyard Is to-day at
Mr.. Cleveland's house at Lake wood is
certainly as good an indication that the
Presidents elect Is looking in that direc-
ton as many of those upon which other
Cabinet representations are based.
The President elect came up from Lake
wood this morning on an early train and
went at once to his office in tho Mills
building. The whole Of his time was
taken up by interviews, some of which
had boon postponed from last week
owing to his absence from the city. He
returned to Lakewood early in the after
noon in order to meet Mr.. Bayard and his
wife upon their arrival at the cottage.
II is not probable that he will return to
the city before Saturday, even ifhe does
at all during the present week
/
Emma Juch Sues Mrs. Thurber.
New YORK, Jan. "a Miss Emma
| Juch thu oDara stnoa- hoo sna5 NJ.