Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-03-02
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.

ing by remarkable scene. Col. Herbert
came in few minutes after the House
met and modestly started for his seat
The first member who espied him clappeo
his hands. Immediately every head was
turned and like storm a great roar Of
applause went up.
Mr. Cultivate, who had the floor al
the time, announced that he would give
the gentleman from Alabama five min
utes to reply to the recognition which the
House had accorded him.
Col. Herbert simply said that the de
monstration touched him more than he
could express and thanked the House
from the bottom of his heart. Every
body is delighted with the appointment
Mr.. Cleveland could have selected nc
man with whom the House would have
been better satisfied, although there are
those who think he should have selected
one free coinage man in his Cabinet As
it now stands, every man who goes into
the Cabinet is goldbug. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Olney for Attorney General
is decidedly satisfactory. He is said to
be the ablest lawyer in New England.
Here are some expressions about the
Cabinet:
Speaker Crisp-It is very good Cabi-
net, and a satisfactory one, guess. lam
very glad that Mr.. Herbert was taken for
the navy portfolio.
Mr. Turner, of Georgia-It is very
good Cabinet.
Mr.. Bingham, of Pennsylvania-1t is a
strong Cabinet. l am very much delight
ed with Mr.. Herbert's appointment. The
Cabinet has this pcculiarity and this sat
isfaction. 1t is the first which has ever
been announced before the +th of March.
l like that 1t is personal Cabinet and
is chosen for fidelity of its members and
that is a point about it which is not
always apparent in a Cabinet.
Representative Livingston, Of Georgia
Mr. Herbcrt's appointment is num-
Der one appointment and will please my
section of the country thoroughly. They
are thoroughly satisfied with Cleveland,
but there is division among them upon
the appointment Of Mr.. Gresham.
want to say this, that the South has not
been recognized since the war in the de-
partment of agriculture. We have a
peculiar climate and our products are
peculiar and we have had no man in the
office who was thoroughly conversant
with the production of cotton. of sugar.
| of rice and tobacco. / do not know Mr..
Morton, but judge from the newspaper
accounts of him that he is practical as
well as theoretical agriculturist, and will
give satisfaction. This matter of Mr..
Cleveland's political family is one that
ought to be left entirely to him. he
ought to be not only responsible, but the
privilege ought to be extended to him
without stint. to make up his political
family just as he pleases.
Representative Coombs, of New York
like particularly the appointment of
Mr. Herbert.
Representative Crosby, of Massachu-
setts-I think that the appointments as
whole are the very best that could have
been made. AS soon as had learned
who would be in the Cabinet, it occurred
to me, that the proper men had been APP
pointed. ar that President never had
made appointments of men who excelled
in ability those who will compose Mr..
Cleveland's Cabinet during his second
administration. With reference to the
appointment of Mr.. Olney as Attorney
General, it is, in my opinion, the best
that could be made I know him per-
sonally and have been brought in con-
tact with him during my term of service
when he was counsel for the Boston and
Maine and other railroads. regard him
as in many respects the ablest lawyer in
New. England. His appointment will
reflect great credit upon Mr.. Cleveland
and be entirely satisfactory to men of
both parties.
Senator Pugh said:
MY relations with Mr.. Herbert have
ALWAYS been of the most friendly and
pleasant character. He is man OF
ability and well equipped by long service
in the House Naval Committee, for the
efficient discharge of the duties of Secre-
tary of the Navy. | am constrained to
believe that the ruling motive for Her
bert's appointment was the courage lie
displayed in being the only member from
Alabama who voted against 95 per cent
of his constituents on the free coinage OF
silver. Mr.. Herbert is the only Demo
crat of prominence in Alabama who
agrees with the enemies of free coinage
There is not man in Cleveland's Cabi-
net from the South or West whc repre-.
sents his State or the Democratic party
on the silver question. If it is Cleve-
lands purpose in making his Cabinet .
unit against 90 per cent of his party to
disrupt or muster it into the service OF
the money kings, iie is doomed to the
most signal failure"
To these comments ex-Speaker Reed
of Maine, added this characteristic CAP
sheaf-I think that Cleveland changed
his mind about appointing me to place
in the Cabinet because of some speech
Hill or some other Democrat made about
me. I am disappointed.
The selection of Mr.. Herbert to be Sec
retary of the Navy in Cleveland's Cabine
is the cause of much satisfaction among
the bureau chiefs and other officers of the
service on duty at the navy department
Mr.. Nerbert's long service as Chairman
and as member of the House Commit
tee on naval affairs, have given him
personal acquaintance with great mum
Der of officers and the sentiment is uni
versal among then. that he is admirabl!
equipped for his new duties.
TIE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The appointment of Richard olney a
Attorney General was a great surpHs'
here. The fake dispatch sent out from
Brookville. Penn. was believed to b'
true at first. However. Mr.. Olney is salt
to be one of the ablest lawyers In th'
country and the New England men ar
delighted with his appointment. He Isl
rock-ribbed Democrat.
TIE MONEY QUESTION.