The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-25

New York, Jan 22.-[special. The alb.
sence of the president-elect in Ohio in at
tendance at the funeral OF ex-President
Hayes naturally stops good deal OF the
gossip about cabinet-making. although
some of it has gone on even in his absence.
This is mainly due to the fact that much of
it has never had the slightest foundation in
truth and has no dependence upon his
presence or absence.
Many complete cabinet states have been
made up and published from time to
time, but they have been purely specula-
tive and the ran who must finally be con-
suited has known .ess than nothing about
them. Many men have been thus put in
to the cabinet without seeking it on their
own part and without Rnv knowledge OF
them by the presldert-slect.
1t is safe TO say that in spite of ell this
help the work of cabinet-making goes
forward very slowly, and not more than
two of the eight members have thus far
been chosen, and even one of these has
not been assigned 20 any particular de-
partment. There is 40 longer conceal
ment about Carlisle and Lamont and vet
il il doubtful whether MIR. Cleveland hes
distinctly in mind any other member of
his Official family. He is not man 20 go
about making tenders OF p aces OF this
magnitude until lie is thoroughly con-
vincsd that il is the right as well SIS the
expedient thing to do.
One thing that seems certain is that far
less than the usual alten tion is being given
oil o,A Il -or,-sIara-
tions MIR Cleveland looks upon hs
second election az a cell TO do a certain
great work and to do 1t in such wsv that
IL will be effective and permanent. He
has been heard 10 declare since the
election that u =. believed the work of
tariff reyisioii con.4 DO best promoted
by doing so he would not hesitaie to take
every member OF his cabinet from the
same state. While this was an exaggerated
way of stating the case, it illustrates with
accuracy the attitude OF the president
elect toward hn cabinet advisers, as well
as to the political questions of the future
that he deems important and vital.
While slow progress has been made in
the work OF making the cabinet il is not
the result of q scarcity of candidates or
suggestions. Many names have been pre-
sen.ed. even in a formal way, some of
lucIl Nv Ntslt5 HUH .tS4SGAAlOHhs Ol who'd
the pubic has had no information what
ever. In most cases senators,
congressman and prominent men
who put forward a candidate from a
given state or section. talk about it with
much freedom, hut there are some excep-
tIons TO this, and so attention has been
called to the names of men without the
fact becoming nolsed abroad. In other
cases, men whose names are mentioned
for such favor. have refused 10 permit
friends 10 write letters or make any move
ment in any way recognizing the fact
As a result OF this no president has
ever had SO little of self seeking to deal
with, or has been left more free to do as
he thouht best, than has the man who is
now patiently seeking TO make up a cabi-
net that will best promote the welfare of
his coutrymen and the success OF his ad-
ministration.
Neither is Mr.. Cleveland giving much
time or attention TO plsces lower in grade
than those OF the cabinet. He manifestly
looks upon it Gs necessary that tie should
do the first and most important thing first
and that in doing this he should have ali
the help he can get from hIs advisers. So
tlrese will he consulted with much free
dom about the men proposed as their col
leagues during the next four years al
though the country must know by this
time that the president-elect finally de-
cides al such things for himself.
Much of the matter published IN the To-
cal papers here about Mr. Cleveiand's
movements is entirely unworthy of cre-
dence. The president-elect has been too
busy to receive reporters either at his Of
flee or st his honse. even if he were
not naturally disinclined to do so.
spite of this precaution, or perhaps
because of II, ,he is often represented as do
ing things he never thought of, as seeing
men who have not been near him, and as
going 90 places he has never visited Only
last week he was represented as having
spent the day at a ub in consultation
with Senator Villas when he did not leave
hls house aud the senator was not
in town. So, interviews attributed
to him are sometimes printed OF
which he has no knowledge, never having
seen the men who wrote them. Some of
these have taken the regular colloQnial
form and might deceive even the persons
who know him. In like manner his
friends are often credited with things
they have never said. ONLY few days
ago Col Lamont was represented az ex-
pressing opinions he had never held or
thought of about the senatorial contests
in various states as we'll as on New York
politics.
In general the president-elect has been
fairly fortunate thus far in his dealings
with newspapers. because of the fact that
the things invented have been less harm
full than usual. Most of the papers every
where have not sought to publish euch
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 misapprehensions. though contin-
uing by bis conduct to give little excuse
for their existence. He does not take the
public into his confidence now any more
than at previous periods in his career, but,
at the same time. he takes occasion that