The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-24

NEW YORK, Jan. 33.-Many complete
Cabinet states have been made up for
the President elect, and published from
Time to time, but they have been purely
speculative, and the man who must
finally beconsulted has known less than
nothing about them. Many men have
been put into the Cabinet without seek
ing on their own part and without anv
knowledge Of them by the President
elect
Inc work OF Cabinet'maAing goes for
ward very slowly, as not more than two
OF the eight members have thus far
been chosen, and even one of these bas
not been assigned to any particular De-
partment. There is no longer conceal
ment about Carlisle and Lamont, and
yet 1T Is doubtful whether Mr.. Cleve-
land has distinctly in mind any other
members of his official family. Ono
thing that seems certain is that less
than the usual attention is being given
to claims and to geographical considera-
tions. He looks upon his second cleo.
ton as call to do a certain great work,
and to do it in such way that it will
be effective and permanent. He has
been heard to declare since the election
that If he believed the work of tariff
revision could be best promoted by
doing so he would not hesitate to take
every member OF his Cabinet from the
same State.
Many names have been presented.
even in formal way, some Of them bv
visits from delegations, OF whom the
public has had no information whatever.
In most cases Senators, Congressman
and prominent men, who put forward a
candidate from a given State or section,
TALK about 1t with much freedom, but
there arc some exceptions to this, and
SO attention has been called to the
names OF men without the fact becoming
noised abroad. In other cases, men
waose names are mentioned for such
favor have refused to permit friends to
write letters or make any movement In
any way recognizing the fact. As the
result OF this no other Presidents elect
has ever had so little of self seeking to
deal with or been left more free TO do as
he thought best.
MIR. Cleveland is not giving much
time or attention to places lower in
grade than those of tho Cabinet. He
manifestly looks upon it as necessary
that he should do the most Important
thing first, and that in doing this he
should have all the help he can get
from his advisers So these will be con-
suited with much freedom about the
men proposed as their colleagues during
the next four years, although the coun-
Try must know that the President elect
finally decides all such things for him
SELF
The President elect has been too busy
to receive repor ters either at his Offices
or at his house, even If he were not nat.
urally disinclined to do so now or at any
other time. In spite of this precaution,
or perhaps because OF it, he is often
represented as doing things be never
thought OF, as seeing men who have not
been near him, and as going to places
he has never visited.
only last week he was represented as
having spent tho day at a club in con-
sultation with Senator Villas, when he
did not leave his own house and tho
senator was not in town So inter-
views attributed to him are sometimes
printed OF which he has no knowledge,
as he never saw the mon who wrote
Them. Some of these have taken tina
regular colloquial form and might de-
ceive even tho persons who know him.
In like manner his friends are often
oioui1ou VIII tulnBS tney nave never
said. Only few days ago Colonel La
mont was represented as expressing
opinions he had never hold or thought
OF about the Senatorial contests in va
rious States as we'll as ON New York poll
itics.
In general the President. elect has
been fairly fortunate thus far in his
dealings with the newspapers because
OF the fact that the things invented
have boon less harmless than usual.
Most OF the papers everywhere have
not sought to pnblish such great mass
OF news about him as they did after his
election in 1884 He goes about his
work with little regard to these things,
taking no steps to correct misappYehen-
sions. though continuing by his conduct
to give little excuse for their existence.
He does not take the public into his
confidence now, any more than at pre-
visus periods in his career; but, at the
same time, he takes occasion that no
news of his actions that is really i'm
portant shall be- concealed from the
public.
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