The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-25
Mr.. Cleveland and His Cabinet.

reiormed7 In q test Of less than nine
months 1t has hardly developed any re-
markable capacity as an executive stan
and none as q political adjunct. It would
be unjust, Of course. to expect too much Of
this or any Cabinet. for Cabinets are formed
OF too heterogeneous materials, q combine
ton Of rewards and expectations and sec
ond choices. to allow high degree Of har.
mony or OF Hrst-class talent to be con-
spicuous In their collective conduct. In
itlative is not demanded OF them. and
the display OF exceeding ability or more
than mediocre popularity on the part OF an
individual member is not to be tolerated.
The glory Of q Cabinet Is for the benefit Of
the President; and his mistakes will be as-
| cribed. II possible. TO his advisors. Mr..
CLEVELAND Is perhaps not the least exact
Ing or the most eltruistic OF Presidents,
and II offence has come by reason Of the
| Cabinet or anybody connected with the Ad-
ministratlon. It will be only human nature
and Mr.. CLEvEIANDs nature that some
body should suffer for 1t. Himself. Presi-
dent cannot punish. but he may fall upon
his Cabinet for not having come up TO his
expectations.
The Hon. WALTER Q. GRESHAM was pre-
sumably got into the Hawaiian scrape by
his chief. but there seems to be no reason
why he should be forgiven by that official
for not having been more faithful barom-
eter OF public opinion. 1t Is true that Judge
GREsHAM's personal sacrifices have been
large. He has lost In the last few months
the respect OF q very considerable body OF
Republicans who were unable to believe.
even after he took Office under Democratic
Administration. that personal enmity could
influence his public conduct The Populists,
to whom he was very dear last year. seem
to have fallen by the wayside. The Demo-
Gratis. to whom he was to be recommended
as an Administration candidate for the
Presidency, are not enamored OF q poll
tician who has disappointed the sanguine
hopes that were once entertained OF
him, ceased to be Republican without be-
coming Democrat. and followed. either
through malice or compliance. policy not
American. The incidence OF public opinion
would be shifted. In no degree. by the dis
charge of Secretary GRESHAM. yet II
Mr.. CLEVELAND demanded the Offering
Of q victim. the Secretary OF State is
nearest at hand. Even II Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND. as Is likely enough. can see no wrong
al q pOiCy WhlCA uO AoS OE COu-
sented to, the tang of failure will cling to
the Department Of State. and Mr.. GRESHAM
will be guilty In the Presidents mind Of
having scored q sensational defeat. The
appointment Of Mr.. GRESHAM was sensa-
tond appointment, from which no such
result was looked for by the maker.
The Hon. HoKE SMITH. In the Interior
Department. has been carrying on a policy
with regard to pensions that cost the DEM
ocrats good many votes in the last cleo
tions. and that may be the subject of
inquiry In the next Congress-. The inquiry
will not be prompted by Republicans alone.
Mr.. SMITH may be said to be the personal
creation Of Mr.. CLEVELAND. He is certia-
cate OF personal political service. He repre-
sents no important force or following In
his own State or any other. Such q man
must have been taken on trial. and he can
properly be dismissed for falling to give
satisfaction. He has had all the adver-
tisement he needs out OF the place. 1t
would be no hardship to him to bid him
pack; and 1t might be Of some service to the |
Democratic party AS q joke the Hon. HoKE |
SMITH is out Of date. As serious person |
he may be uncommonly serious to the De- |
mocracy in 1894
The Hon. WILSON SHANNON BIssELL must |
regard his appointment as Postmaster
General as honorary and temporary. fhe
did not, and II he expected to stay In a Demo
cratic Cabinet, he would not be found con-
graduating Republican officials upon their
election, keeping other Republican officials
in office. and generally neglecting to i'm
press upon the country that the Hon. JOHN
10 nnI min Nn ia
Doubtless Mr.. BIssELL Is an excellent as he
certainly Is weighty representative OF
dress-parade Democracy; but the fall cleo
lions show that dress-parade Democracy
will not do. Mr.. BIssELL should prepare to
make some sacrifice.
In regard to the other members OF the
Cabinet We may be allowed to make few
observations not less kind or pertinent, we
trust. than those above. Mr.. CARLISLE
went into the Cabinet against his own judg-
ment and that Of his friends. He took a
post OF enormous responsibility. in line in
WHICH he had no experience. and In which
the risks OF impairing his prospects and
his popularity were enormous. We have no
doubt that he was animated by generous
patriotism in making a choice disagTeeable
10 his wishes; and the event has justified
ais distrust. He has wayered one way suf-
ieiently TO cause grave doubt OF the
Ioundness Of his financial judgment, In the
East; and he has wavered to the other
ide enough TO make his natural sup
,orters. the Western and Southern ad-
lerents Of his older financial opinions.
eel that he has gone over to the enc
ny. He has yielded at once too much
nd too little. and he has manifested no
'TeRt capacity for executive control; and
let his talents in their proper field are so
Ireat. his personal qualities so engaging,
hat the masses Of his party must continue
o wish him well. His fate In Mr.. CLEVE-
ASD's Cabinet is only an illustration ofthe
erils that beset a man Of high parts con-
emned 10 place subordinate In the main,
Practically insuperable In its details. and
tored with political electricity To man I
ke Mr. CARLISLE the question must be.
OF How can get out Of the Cabinet. but I
Why did ever come INF I
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