The herald., 1893-02-20
THE DRIFT OF THE INCOMING AD-
MINISTRATION.

1t is quite apparent that the good peo-
pie of the United States will have to
take Mr.. Cleveland with all his strong
personal prepossessions on his head
They probably knew this when they
voted for him. Gresham, of course,
does not go down without q sorry face
in some quarters, but his ability and
general availability are generally con-
ceded. There is one feature in the csbi-
net selections that will please those who
were not original Cleveland men, and
that is the fact that the new secretary
of agriculture, the Hon. J. Sterling
Morton, was not an original Cleveland
man. This is some consolation to these
gentlemen, and an intimation that the
official car of Juggernaut will not be re-
lentlessly rolled over them. Probably
the only objection to the Hon. j. Sterl-
ing Morton is the fact that he parts his
name in the middle. That. however, is
crime that admits of extenuating cir
cumstances. Amongst these is the fact
that Mr.. Morton is the author of that
charming idea and commemorative
practice involved in Arbor day. That
notion itself was worth a cabinet port
folio. Ii we were to take Mr..
Cleveland simply on his appointments
OF Judge Gresham and Hoke Smith we
might be tempted to think that he had
an eye single, in the preferments that
indicated his personal preferences, solely
to those who swore by him personally
The appointment of Mr.. Morton shows
that the president-elect, while not neg
lecting his friends, can be forgetful of
legitimate opposition. While on this
matter of coming events casting their
shadow before in thes line of appoint
msnts in the postoficsdepartment, Mr..
Cleveland's selection of his old law
partner, Mr.. Bissell, as postmaster
general, is not without ita Significance.
The new postmaster general is said to be
welded to civil service reform. This is
as it should be for man in his position.
What the people will look for with
quiet anxiety is the announcement of
the name of the first assistant-postmas-
ter-general. This is the gentleman who
has the appointment of innumersble
postmasters throughout the United
States. During Mr.. Cleveland's first
administration he entrusted this delicate
and responsible Office to the Hon.
Adlsi E. Stevenson, the incoming vice.
president of the United States. This
elegant gentleman and noble statesman
is understood to have had an axe some-
where about the premises, and to have
used it with great force and effect. The
Democracy are thoroughly imbusd with
the hope that Mr.. Stevenson's successor
in MI. Cleveland's second administra-
tion will be much such another man as
Mr.. Stevenson himself. Consequently,
almost anything can be heard to drop
until the name of the first assistant
postmaster-general has been announced.
In politics, as in athletics, the equilib-
rist act has great significance.
So much for pereihsge. 1t would be a
splendid thing for the Democracy If
some such man as ex-Lieuterant Gov
ernor Chauncey E. Black of Pennsylva-
mia should happen to drop into that Of
fee. II he should, all the legitim ate as
pirations of Democrats would be real
lied and the majestic ship of state would
roll on with the requisite momentum
and majesty.