The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19

| meet him AT Paris during his trip around
the world | referred 10 my conversation ana
Co his change to politicians, aud he told me
that he found it a necessity.
"How did Grant treat his Cabinet Min
listers. Judge Tyner? l asked.
He left all matters concerning their own
departments to chem. replied Judge Tyner,
land lie expected them 10 decide all ordinary
questions for themselves. Questions OF pub
lie policy he considered for himself and very
important matters relating to the service
were always brought 10 him. but as rule
he adopted tie recommendations OF his Cab
met advisers. As an instance OF his mode
of doing business, a day or so alter l was
made POstmaster-GeDer | took about a
score OF important appointments and one or
TWO questions involving the expenditure Of
money TO him. had the briefs concerning
these in MY hand ana | asked him TO look
at them. He sad:
Have y0u read themY
Certainly have, | replied.
Have you considered what is best to do
about them?'
Yes: here are my recommendations as
10 the disposal of them
Well, that is all | want to know. re-
piled General Grant 1 viii make the ap-
pointments and sign the papers
" But don't you want 10 leok into the
records Of the men and see the arguments
in the briefs? said /.
That's what | have You for II your judg-
ment is net sufficiently strong enough to
pass upon such things and 10 investigate
them in the proper way | will have TO look
around Tor some man who is out Of job TO
take your place. All / want you to do is to
look into such matters and decide them for
me. II YOU are sure they are right | will do
as you say And he thereupon made the
appointments and signed the papers"
President Buchanan treated his Cabinet
in about the same way that Grant did. He
was, however, stekler for Cabinet Ell
QuettP. and he was very particular that no
outside expenses should ever creep into his
department budgets. he got very angry at
Howell Cobb. his Secretary of the Treasury
one day for charging mp lunKet on one Of
the steamers Of the Potomac 10 the depart
menf aud he was very particular that Uncle
Sam should pay for nothing outside he Gov
eminent EXPENSES. HoratiO King. Buchan-
ans Postmaster-General. still lives at Wash
iugiOn. He must be now well along in mis-
seventies, but he is as spry TO-DAY as he
was when he began life as a printer In
Maine with Hannibal Hamiin as his part
ner He came TO Washington more than
half century ago as newspaper CORE
SpOndent and Amos Kendall, who WAS
then Postmaster General gave him an ap-
pointment 10 the Postoffice Department
with a salary Of a thousand dollars in gold.
This was the lowest salary in tie depart
out as POstmaster-General,h having as such
received the highest salary hat tie depart
ment has 10 offer. HOratio King organized
the foreign mail service of the United States
and he was for seven years Assistant Post
masteT-General. lie tells me that President
Buchanan was courteous with his Cabinet
Ministers, and allowed them to run their
own departments. He says that the Cab
met was far more dignifed in the days of
1859 and 1860 than II is now, and he does
not think that any one but the Cabinet
Ministers should be allowed admiss on 10
the councils of the President. During my
talk Mr. King referred to Judge Joseph
Holt, who was also in Buchanan's Cabinet
and who also lives al Washington. He has
for wears been an invalid, and he is afflicted
with eczema 10 such an extent that he has
TO remain in a dark room and receives no
one but most Intimate friends His mini,
however, is clear. and though he suffers
terribly he is mentally strong.
One Of the best of President Harrison
Cabinet NJ lnisters is Postmaster General
Wanamaker. SIN be was one of the men
whose appointment hung fire till the last,
and he did not positively know that he
would be in the Cabinet until after tie
Inauguration. l talked with him Yesterday
about the circumstances of his appointment.
He was sitting at his desk in the Postoffce
Department and was signing a draft for
$4,000, 900. which was to be applied toward
some Of the postal service expenses Of the