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Passaic City record., 1893-03-04
AttorneY-General.

Richard Olney was born in Oxford,
Mass, September 15 1885, and is member
of the Massachusetts, bar. He was gradu-
atei from Brown University in the class of
'56. He studied law at the Harvard Law
School, and entered the law offices of Judge
Benjamin F. Thomas. in Boston, in 1859. He
advanced rapidly in his profession and was
for many years counsel for the Eastern
Railroad Company, and after the consoli-
dation was retained as counsel for the Bos-
ton & Maine, position which he Row holds.
He lis also counsel for the Atchison, Topeka
s. Santa Fe and Chicago, burlington &
Quincy railroads. In Boston Mr.. Olney is
known as an old line Democrat, although he
was never actively engaged in politics. He
has on several occasions refused to accept
public preference to confine himself to his
law practice. He has at least twice refused
to accept place on the bench of the Su.
preme Court Of his State. Governor Russell
having been desirous to appoint him when
the last vacancy occurred. Mr.. Olney served
one term in the lower branch of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature in 1874, and once ac-
cepted the Democratic nomination for At
torney- General of the State. although it
was only an honorary nomination. When
the vacancy occurred in the Office of Chief
Justice of the United States, Mr.. Olney's
name was presented to President Cleveland,
but the appointment went to Melville N.
Fullor
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04

John Griffin Carlisle, who resigned his
seat in the Senate in order to accept the po-
sition OF Secretary of the Treasury, is a ma
tive of Campbell (now Kenton) County,
Kentucky, where he was born on September
S, 1896. He received his schooling from the
common schools of the county and subse-
quently became school teacher at Coving-
ton. He began the study Of law, and in 1858,
at the age Of twenty-three. he was admitted
to the bar. He began practice at Covington
and met with almost immediate success.
When the war opened he was q member of
the Kentucky LEGISLATURE. After the war
he served in the State Senate and as Lieu
tenant Governor. In 1876 he was elected to
represent the Covington District in Con-
gress and was reelected biennially thereaf-
ter up to 1890, when, on May II. he was
chosen to complete the term Of James b. Beck,
deceased, in the United States Senate. As q
member of Congress he ranked high as an
authority on fiscal and economic subjects.
He served as Speaker of the Forty eighth,
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. He
was recognized leader in the Senate, where
in debate he was ready aud sometimes ag-
greesive. When speaking he was deliberate
and undemonstrative. He was a careful
student and hard worker.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04

was delegate to the Democratic State Con.
vention at Rochester. When Lamont was
twenty-one he was nominated by the Demo-
Gratis for County Clerk OF Cortland County.
but lost. In 1874 he ran for Assembly and
lost by few votes only. He then became
Deputy Clerk Of the Assembly at Mr.. Til
denis request. Subsequently he was APP
pointed Chief Clerk Of the State Depart.
ment. When Governor Tilden organized
the party in the State he called upon young
Lamont, among others, for assistance. In
1878. during the State campaign, he was
Secretary Of the State Committee. He was
actively engaged in every campaign up to
the time he went to Washington al Grover
CIeveland's Private Secretary. When
Cleveland was Governor, Mr.. Lamont ac-
,cepted the post of Military Secretary Of the
Staff, and the position carried with It the
title Of Colonel When in 1889 Mr.. Cleve-
land retired to private life Mr.. Lamont ac-
cepted an offer from William C. Whitney
and Oliver 81. Payne and became associated
with them in the projects of the Metropoli
tan Traction Company. Mr.. Lamont Is of
a quiet disposition. He is slow when talking
and Of modest demeanor. He married Miss
Julia Kenney Of Cortland in 1874, and they
have three children.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04
CLgVELAED'S CABINET.
His Offlcial Family Announced
Before the Inauguration.
Biographical Sketches Of the Pres.
idential Advisers.

In defiance OF numerous precedents in the
case Mr.. Cleveland removed the ban Oh
secrecy which usually makes the compost /
tion OF the Presidential cabinet mystery
until the inauguration, and as fast as ne had
chosen his advisers and their acceptances OF
the positions were received official an
nouncement Of the fact was made from tne
Little White House at Lakewood, N. >.
The list of appointments as thus given out.
supplemented by a biographical sketch OF
each cabinet minister, Is as follows:
Secretary Of State-Walter @. Gresham,
of Illinois.
Secretary Of the Treasury-John G. Car
Isle, of Kentucky.
Postmaster r-General-Wilson 8. Bisseli, o1
New York.
Secretary Of war-Daniel s. Lamont. of
New York.
Secretary of the Navy-Hilary A. Her.
bert, Of Alabama.
Attorney General Richard Olney, oi
Massachusetts,
Secretary of the Interior-Hoke Smith. OF
Georgia.
Secretary of Agriculture-J. Sterling
Morton. of Nebraska.
Secretary of State.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04
The unpopular Politicians
VIII be Heard From.

The editor of the Neas made a
mistake when he stated that Mr..
7. 7. Slater is being backed by
certain unpopular politicians. +"
But this is the way the citizens
have been dubbed by the paper
which has had their support, every
time they have undertaken to bet
ter the city's condition. Judging
from the expressions of many of
the so-called unpopular polite
ians, it is evident that at the end
of six weeks the people will have
spoken in way which will show
who and where the unpopular pol
iticians are. Mr.. Slater's friends
claim that it is not the politicians
who are supporting him, but the
beobge. In Harrison street, Dundee.
the Bridge and the Hill the call is
for Slater
Many of our best citizens and
politicians, men who were among
Mr.. Browns strongest supporters
two years ago, are now reported to
be antagonistic to him not op-
posed to him as a gentleman, but
as a politician occupying the Office
of our chief executive, they think
he has not attained their anticipa-
tons. 1t is said he has been un-
der the influence of certain politi-
clans to an extent that has made
him blind to his own interests and
the interests of the city. Those
who claim to be in position to
know say that the city's finances
are in a worse condition to-day
than they ever were before, not
withstanding published statements
to the contrary. That taxes are
higher (by increased valuations)
and citizens more dissatisfied than
they were known to be before.
That large amount was omitted
from the tax levy, and that tax
payers are hoodwinked into the
belief that everything is serene,
when the reverse is the case.
With the possible exception of
ex-Mayor Howe, no stronger can
didate for the Office of Chief Mag
istrate of our city was ever before
the people than Mr.. Slater will be;
representing, as he will, the
wealthy and influential as well as
the mechanic and laboring ele-
ments of the town. His name at
the head of a Peoples Ticket is
likely to make the opposition to
Mayor Browns reelection pow
erful one.
The RECORD expects to witness
the contest from an independent
standpoint, as the one party has
not kept faith with us, and the
other we do not yet know.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04
WILSON s. BrssELL.

A. p. Lansing, who subsequently, formed .
partnership with Mr. Cleveland and Oscar
Folsom. In 1872 Mr.. Bissell formed part
nership with Lyman K. Bass, and a year
later the firm became Bass, Cleveland &
Bissell. The firm dissolved on the removal
of Mr.. Bass to Colorado and the election OF
Mr., Cleveland as Governor. Mr.. Bissell re-
organised the firm with new partners and
built up large practice. He IS regarded as
an able railroad lawyer. He has been Presi-
dent of two or three small railroads in the
western part of New York State and Penn
sylvania. He is also . director in number
Of corporations. He is man Of strong con-
victions. but is uniformly good natured. He
is President of the Buffalo Club, and Mr..
Cleveland Is very fond of him. When MIR.
Cleveland was married Mr.. Bissen acted as
hest man.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04
CAPTURED BY BANDITS.

Desperadoess Successful Raid in .
Western Town.
A few nights since just aftsr Missouri,
Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 2
pulled out Of Adair station, Indian Terri
tory. three desperadoes confronted the agent
and robbed him Of $500.
Eighteen citizens who appeared on the
scene were made to hold up their hands and
were marched 1t the points OF tho bandits
guns to one OF the commercial stores in the
town, which was robbed of $500.
The robbers then marched the men to the
stock yards where their horses were hitched.
They then mounted and departed.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04
Secretary of War.

Daniel Scott Lamont, who is to be Presi-
dent-elect Cleveland's Secretary of War, is
now forry-o years old. He was born at
Cortlandville. Cortland County, N. Y. For
thirty-ive years. up to short time ago, his
father was storekeeper in Cortland
County town called McGrawville. Mr.. La
monts first work was performed % his
fathers clerk, and at the same time he at
tended school. He entered Union College In
1872, and even before his graduation was
something of politician. When ne was
nineteen he was Deputy Clerk in the Assem-
bly,, and at twenty, which was in 1871, he
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04

THE total railroad mneage in North Caro-.
Hua. according to the Railroad Commission.
en- report just issued, Il $500 with record
Of 1856 persons killed and 323 injured. OF
thsso, thirty nine were killed and l27 in
jured on the Western North Carolina Road.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04
PostInnster-G General .

Wilson Shannon Bissell, who succeeds Mr..
Wanamaker as Postmaster-G General, Isl Buff
falo lawyer. He was bornin New London, N.
T.. December 81. 1847. and when he was nix
Passaic City record., 1893-03-04

Hoke Smith. of Georgia, named as Secre-
tary of the Interior, is thirty EIGHT years
old and was born in North Carolina. His
father was Fl. H. Smith, and the new conner
was named Hoke after his mother, who was
Miss Hoke. The Hokes are an eminent
Southern family, and are represented in
North Carolina. Georgia and Tennessee. He
began to practice law in Atlanta in 1876,
and he stands we'll in the profession. MIR.
Smith is over six feet tall aud weighs about
$50 pounds. He has regular features and q
deathly pale complexion, which is not an in
dication Of bad health for he scarcely knows
what it is to be i'll. In some ways he bears
q forcible resemblance to Mr.. Cleveland.
His fame has been won as a politician and
not as lawyer. He is the owner OF the At
lanta Journal. an afternoon newspaper, but
does not claim to be an editor. The income
from his law business is estimated to be from
$50, 900 to So, 600 a year. He is known
throughout Georgia and in Alabama sS an
anti-corporation lawyer, and the big. suits
against railroad companies which ne has
won for his clients are numbered in the hum
dreds. Mr. Smith married in 1888 the, daugh-
ter Of Howell Cobb, ex Governor of Georgia.
q Confederate General, who was Secretary
Of the Treasury under President Pierce. He
has three children
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-11

Mr.. Hoke Smith, who has been chosen to con-
duct the interior department. is reckoned a
Georgian. although born at Newton. NJ C. He
is 81 years old. He at first taught school, then
studied law and later became a journalist. His
newspaper connection gave him opportunity to
do good work for Cleveland, which he did with
a will.
Georgia was the ELL stronghold in the
south. He fought the Hill forces to the last
ditch and completely demoralized them.
After the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland he
made speeches in every part of Georgia,
going everywhere on his own account. pay
ing his own expenses and conducting a am
paign upon two lines, one in support of tari1 re-
form and the other upon the character of the
candidate for president.
Hoke Smith Is more than six feet high. and
weighs about $50 pounds. He has excellent fea-
lures, and his lack Of beard or mustache makes
him look Ave years younger than he is. He has
a complexion Of deathly pallor. but there is
nothing sickly about him
He walks rapidly, but without grace. In girth
he bears a striking resemblance to Mr.. Cleve-
land. He stands very well as a lawyer. but his
chief fame has been won as a politician.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-11

Wilson S. Bissell, an old friend and former law
partner, has been chosen by Mr.. Cleveland to
succeed John Wanamaker as postmastergen-
eral. Mr.. Bissell has not a national reputation
either as a lawyer or politician. Years ago he
was a law student under Mr.. Cleveland. and he
has ever since been one of the ex-president's
most devoted admirers. 1t was upon the advice
Of Mr.. Bissell that Mr.. Cleveland became
o candidate for mayor Of Buffalo, and it
was Mr.. Bissell who helped to manage the
canvass for the gubernatorial nomination
which rendered possible Mr.. Cleveland's
nomination for the presidency. Mr.. Bissell
is one of the leaders of the bar of western New
York. a man of fine intellect and ~resolute and
~forceful character. He married the college
chum Of Mr.. Clevelands wife. and the relations
between the two men have all along been close
and confidential.
Not long ago q newspaper correspondent
asked Mr.. Bissell what he regarded as the Sc
cret OF Mr.. Clevelands success. and he prompt
ly replied: His untiring industry and energy,
allied to unfagging honesty and an abundant
stock of hard common sense. His mind"
he continued, lis eminently impartial.
and he would have made a splendid
Judge. AS a lawyer he prepared himself
thoroughly for the trial of a case, and once
enlisted in a cause he carried the battle to the
| end. He never belonged to the class Of money
| making lawyers, he met the poor client and the
rich one on the same footing, and he often gave
his services to those in distress without the ex-
pectation OF compensation. To younger mem
| bers of the bar he was always most generous
| and helpful. think it can be most truthfully
| said of Mr.. Cleveland that never in his life has
| he sighted any task he has undertaken"
| In the work Of a~ligniug the ex-president's
| forces for the struggle against Tammany al
| Chicago, Mr.. Bissell proved a strong ally to
| the resourceful Whitney.
1t is understood that Mr.. Bissell could have
| had a portfolio in the first Cleveland cabinet
but at that time he was not in a financial posi-
| ton to meet the exactions Of social life ir
| Washington ON q cabinet members salary
! Since that time he has increased bis fortune
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-11
TELEPHoNING WITHOUT WIRE.
Mind Talking to Mind Through the Me-
dlum of Fure Ether.

Mind Talking to Mind Through the Me-
dunn of Fure Ether.
W. 81. Preece, chief engineer and
electrician to England's post office. has
put up a wire a mile long IN the coast
near Lavernock and a shorter wire on
Flatholm, a little island three miles of
in the British channel. He fitted the
latter wire with a ''sounder" to receive
messages, and sent a message through
the former from a powerful telephone
generator. That message on the main
land vas distinctly heard on the is
land though nothing connected the
two, or, in other words. the possibility
Of a telephone between places uncon-
nected by wire was conclusively estab-
lished.
There is a possibility here Of inter-
planetary communication. says the
London Spectator, a good deal more
worthy attention than any scheme for
making gigantic electric flashes. We
do not know if we can communicate by
telephone through the ether to New
York or Melbourne, with or without
cables, but we do know that if we can
not the fault is in our generators and
saunders and not in any p%rohibitory
natural law.
"Will our habitual readers bear with
US for a moment as we wander into an
other and, as many of them will think,
into a supersensual region? The
thought in a mans brain which causes
him to advance his foot must move
something in doing it, or how could it
be transmitted down that five or six
feet of distance? If it moves a phys
ical something internal to the body,
why should it not move also some-
thing external, a wave, as we all
agree to call it. which on another mind
prepared to receive it-ftted with q
sounder, in fact-will make an impact
having all the effect in the conveyance
of suggestion or even of facts of the
a%udibility of words?
"Why, in fact. if one wire can talk
to another without connection, save
through ether, should not mind talk to
mind without any wire at all? None of
US understand accurately, or even as
yet approximately, what the conditions
are, but many of us know for certain
that they have occasionally, and by
what we call accident. been present to
particular individuals, and that when
present the communication is COM
pleted without cables and mind speaks
to mind Independently of any machin-
cry not existing within itself.
why, in the name of science, is that
more of a miracle-that is, an occur
renee prohibited by immutable law
than the transmission of Mr.. Freezes
message from Lavernook to Flatholm?r,
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-11
THE NEW CABINET.
Personnel Of President Cleveland's
Official Family.
Brief Sketches of the Gentlemen Who VIII
Assist the Nations Executive In
Shaping Our Destinies for
the Next Four Years.

There are eight members in the official
family OF the president, of the United
States and all of them have peer chosen;
nave been notified of their appoint
ment, and have accepted the trust.
The law of presidential succession
passed by the Forty-ninth congress, in
case OF the death of both the president
and vice-president, Or their inability to
perform the duties of president, the
members of the cabinet succeed to the
office in the following order: Secretary
OF state, secretary of the treasury, sec
rotary of war, attorney-general, post
master-general, secretary of the navy,
secretary of the interior, secretary of
agriculture,
Following are brief sketches of the
public life of the ger tlemen who have
accepted Mr.. Cleveland's tender of cab
met honors:
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-11

Richard Olney was born in Oxford, Mass. IL
1885. He Is a graduate of Brown university and
Harvard law school. His only political ven.
ture was when he represented the Second Nor.
folk district in the legislature in 1874. This
was the year when there was a great overture
in state politics, DR.. VIM. CASTOR defeatin,
Gov. Talbot by nearly 5000 votes. In Mr.. Oh
ney's district there was a close contest. In the
face of the returns he was only five behind. \
recount made the vote a tie, and on a new cleo.
tion he won the seat. His democracy
has been of the stanchest kind.
Twice he has been offered a Massachusetts,
justiceship, but declined, having the last offer
from Gov. Russell. A few years ago he was
the democratic candidate for encouragement
of Massachusetts. His name was mentioned
to President Cleveland when the chief justice.
ship, now held by Mr.. Fuller, became vacant.
5 counsel for the Boston & Maine. the Atchi.
son, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Chicago. Bur.
lington s. Quincy railroads he has been kept
quite busy, succeeding the famous legal light,
Sidney Bartlett.
Mr.. Olney has always. so far as known,
affiliated with the democratic party, except
when the party in Massachusetts took up Gen.
Butler and made him its candidate for govern.
or. Mr.. Olney refused to support Gen. Butler.
He makes a sacrifice financially in accepting q
cabinet position.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-11

Walter G. Gresham, Mr.. Cleveland's choice
for secretary Of state, Is better known through
his former republican afhliation. His choice
for the most important position in the cabinet
was a surprise to all parties, but his thorough
accord with Mr.. Cleveland on the tariff question
and his undoubted qualifications. coupled with
unimpeachable personal integrity, probably
suggested his appointment.
TIT great questions now pending in the state
department-the Behring sea arbitration, the
Canadian railway matter, even the Hawaiian
question-require the mastery hand Of a great
lawyer to deal with them. Such a hand Judge
Gresham can bring into Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet.
When Arthur succeeded Garfield Gresham
became postmaster-general in the cabinet and
made an excellent record. Before the close OF
the administration he was appointed judge Of
the Seventh judicial district, a position which
he has since held. His record on the bench is
well known
The Seventh judicial circuit, involving the
holding Of the United States courts at Chica-
ga. naturally brings within its jurisdiction
many cases OF the first importance. Judge
Gresham has worthily maintained the high
reputation Of the court which it obtained in the
time of Davis and his successor, Judge Drum
mond.
Judge Gresham's early career Is a close copy
OF that of many stalwart westerners, Of whom
Abraham Lincoln was a good exemplar He
was a native of Harrison county, Ind, born
| March IL. 1882. so that he will be 81 years Of
age a few days after he becomes secretary Of
| state.
Like Harrison's ancestor. Gresham's grand
father, George Gresham, had come from Vir-
| ginia.
In 1854 he was admitted to the bar and from
that time till 1850 was busy with a growing law
| practice and with politics, in which he took an
interest from his boyhood. He also joined the
| militia and was a captain when the war broke
out. so it was almost inevitable that he should
lead his neighbors into active service when the
fighting began.
He started in as Northumberland OF the
Thirty-eighth Indiana regiment, soon became
colonel of the Fifty-third Indiana. and. on the
recommendation OF both Grant and Sherman
was made a brigadier-general and placed In
command Of Natchez. During the march tC
the sea" he commanded q division of the Sew
enteenth army corps. He was highly regarded
by the late lamented Mcpherson. and on the
same day that Mcpherson was killed Gresham
received the wound that i~ncapacitated him fol
further service.
Judge Gresham is a six-footer in stature, and
in his youth was called the handsomest fellow
in his part of the country. He has always beer
a distinguished man in his personal appear
ance. Not only his height, but his strone
features, especially a very sharp pair OF blacl
eyes, and a great shock of iron gray hair, at
tract attention. His face indicates great force
Of character. although the big square jaw /:
quite concealed by the b~ristling gray whiskers
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-11

The fact that John Griffin Carlisle has been
chosen to fill the secretaryship Of the treasury
In the Cleveland cabinet hardly brings any add
cd honor to the great kentuckian. He began
life at the bottom. and by his own energy. brains
and force of character is likely to leave 1t at the
top. He was born in Kentucky. September 3,
1885. He had a common school education only.
and taught school himself while he prosecuted
the preliminary studies Of the law. He must
have been a precocious teacher, as he was ad-
mitted to the bar at .. He still bears more re-
,emblanee to the pedagogue than the states
man. He went into politics, as most Ken
tuckians do, simultaneously with going into
law. and the very next year, 1859. was sent to
the Kentucky house Of representatives
Four years later he declined the