The National tribune., 1893-03-02
Mr.. cLEyELswps CABINET.


The Presidcnt-E Elect Has Made All His So
lec:ioas.
The Cabinet slate is now fully made up. Tho
list is:
Secretary of State-Walter O. Gresham, of
Illinois.
Secretary of the Treasury-John G. Carlisle
Of kcatrcky.
Posma,te GENERALIZATION S. Bissell, Of
New York.
Secretary of War-Daniel S Lamont, of New
York.
Secretary of the Nary-Hilary A. Herbert,
of Alabama
Attorney General Richard Olney, of Massa-
chusetts
Secretary Of the Interor-Hoke Smith, of
Georgia.
Secretary of Agriculture. Sterling Nor
| ton. OF Nebraska,
| This gives the South three representatives,
| the Middle States two. the West two and New
! England one. COL Herbert's selection was no
| surprise TO the politicians in Washington.
| Southern politici ans have doomed him and his
record in the House was strong recommenaa-
| ton to Mr.. Cleveland. He is well in touch with
naval affairs. He was Chairman of the Naval
| Committee i'll the Honse during Cleve;snds
| former Administrator and again he holds that
| craftsmanship All iniall he is believed to be
! the bes,-e equipped Delnocrat in the House on
| natai IL Is unuer6t0oi tDaC III r.
| Cleveland had Ia mind Josiah Quincy, New
England mzn, for the, Navy. but il is said that
Mr. Carlisle plainly told the President.elect a
| few days before the appointment that at least
one of the two remaining vacancies must BIS
| filled by an out-and ont party mau, rs a sop 10
! the kickers. Mr.. Quincy represented just what
the three other chosen men Representatives,.
| sonal loyalty to Mr.. Cleveland; so Mr.. Herbert
| WAS taken rs compromise.
| Herbert S0nth
| His parents removed from Laurensviile to
| Alabama when he was child. He WAS edu-
| Gated at the Universities OF Alabama and Vir-
| GINA. and was admitted to the bar before tho
| breaking out of the rebellion. He served in
| the Confederate army as Captain aud Colonel,
and was wounded ut the battle of the Wilder
ness. He returned to the practice of the law
in Greenvile, Ala. at the close of the war, and
| in 1873 removed to the Capital of the State.
where he has since resided. He was elected to
tho 18th and every succeeding Congress-.
| Mr.. Olney graduated from Brown University
in 1856, aud from Harvard Law School two
years later. Twice Massach usetts Justice
ship has been offered to him. but he declined
it. The last offer was from Gov. Russell. A
few years ago he was the Democratic candidate
for Attorney General in Massachusetts, His
name YVES mentioned TO President Cleveland
when the Chief Justiceship now held by Mr..
Fuller became vacant, but Mr.. Fuller was
chosen because he was from the West. Mr..
Oiney has always affiliated with Democratic
interests except when the party 10 Massa-
chusetts took up Gen. Butler as candidate for
Governor. As counsel for the Boston G.
Maine the Atchisou. Topeka & Santa Fe,
and Chicago, Burlington q Quincy roads he
has been kept very busy.
1t may be stated on good authority that the
number of men who rejected offers Of Cabinet
portfolios in Mr.. CleveIand's Cabinet for one
and thor ic lar lur han,
the number who accepted. 1t has been much
harder work than Mr.. Cleveland expected, and
as a result several of his selections are men
who did not rank even second choice when
he began his work.
CLEVELAND'S PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Henry T. Thurber, of Detroit, Mich, one Of
tine law partners of Don NJ. Dickinson, has
been chosen as the Private Secretary to Mr..
Cleveland. The appointment came to Mr..
Thurber without the solicitation of himself or
his friends and was extended Ia recognition of
his admirable equipment for the position.
Mr.. Thurber has been with Mr.. Dickinson as
law student and partner for Is years has &C.
cumulated a modest fortune, and is in receipt
of professional income Of from $4,000 to
SIS 900 year. His place in the firm of Dick
inson, Stevenson 81 Thnrber will be kept for him
and all his interests at home preserved in his
absence.
Mr.. Thurber comes of long line of Demo-
cratic ancestors. His father was the late Hon.
Jefferson q. Thurber, ex-Speaker of the Miehi-
gan House. and for many years of the
prominent figures in the party in his State.
His brother is the distinguished Rev. Dr..
Thurher of Paris, France.
he is graduate of the University of Michi-
gan, where he was a classmate and friend of
Hon. Ben T. Cable, Of Illinois. He has wide
acquaintance with public men throughout the
country, aud is accom- plished by study and
travel. He is distinguished among those who
know him well for his exceptional adaptability
to his surroundings, his knowledge and tact in
his intercourse with all sorts and conditions Of
men, his rare amiability and CHEEKY tempsra-
mcnt.