St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-23

Out d very SUTOUS case luu6eU. LdSG
Thursday the president reappointed
field, Me. Mr.. Libbey is the present
postmaster, and the case is most remark
able and interesting. He is Democrat
and was appointed by President Cleve-
land in 1887. His commission expired
in January, 1891. Hon. Seth L. Milli-
ken, the Republican member from that
district, in Difference to the wishes Of
the patrons of the office, declined to
make any recommendation, and for
over two years Mr.. Libbey has held
over. The fact that he had the
Office six years, and because of the rule
of the president regarding the
"eXs," induced several other Demo
Gratis to enter the race for the
office. The president heSitated for
some time, but finally decided
TO break the rule and reappOint MIR.
Libbey. The fact. however. that he
was ayerse to doing this in spite of the
fact that nearly all the patrons of the Of
flee desired Mr.. Libbey reappoiuted af-
fordS slim announcement to the best OF
the "eXs" who are candidates for reap
pointment in all parts of the country.
In fourth-class appointments this rule
may be frequently set aside, but in
presidential offices the cases will be
few, indeed.
No Lack of Timber.
Speculation as to the next candidate
of the Democratic party for the presi-
dency has already commenced, and a
number OF entries have been made at
this early date. Judge Gresham. it is
taken for granted, i'll some quarters,
will be the choice of President Cieye-
land for the succession. The course of
Secretary Carlisle. as the head OF the
treasury department., has won enthu-
siastic support for him in all parts of
the country, particularly in the South
and West, and the outspOken DemOc-
racy and jOvial good humOr of Secretary
Morton have won him supporters who
will place him in the field at the next
natiopal convention. Thus 1T will be
seen that with three of the present
cabinet In the race, with entries
that are sure to come from the
outside. the Democratic party will be
| in no lack Of available men to make the
race to succeed Mr.. Cleveland.
In the early history of the Democratic
party the selection of leader for secre-
retary of state carried with it the init
nation to the party that the man so Sc
lected would be the
Administration CanuiG1te
| for president to succeed his chief.
| Thomas jefferson served eight years,
during all of which time his faithful
friend, James Madison, filled the posi-
| ton of secretary of state, and when the
sage OF Monticello laid down the duties
| of the office of chief magistrate Mr..
Madison succeeded him. During the
first two years of President Madison IS
term Robert Smith, of Maryland, held
the first place in the council of the
president. but in 1911 James Monroe
! was appointed, and for six years, and
until he stepped into the White house
he discharged the duties of secretary of
state. During the eight years of Mon
roe's administration John Quincy
Adams was prime minister, and when
| Adams became president Henry Clay
| became secretary OF state with the ur-
derStanding that the Ctfice of president
would fall to him when Adams had
been given tWo terms.
But the younger Adams was defeated
for reelection by that bluff old Dem
ocrat, Andrew Jackson, and Clay did
not become president. but Martin Van
Buren, was Jackson's first and favorite
secretary of state, and this. aided by the
tact and fine abilities of the New York
or, made him president in 1887. The
elder Harrison selected Daniel Webster,
then the
Leading Whig Statesman
for premier of his cabinet and Presi-
dent Polk chose James Buchanan, who
was, however, obliged TO wait eight
years for the presidential nomination.
Taylor made John M. Clayton his sec
retary. and Fillmore chose Webster;
Pierce selected William NJ. Marcy and
would have preferred the able New
York statesman as his successor.
| President Buchanan'S choice was
! Lewis Cass, but not because lie wanted
the Michigan man to succeed him, for
precluded that; but President Lincoln
made William III. Seward the successor
of this long array, and had he lived the
succession wO1ld have fallen to Seward.
Garfield chose Blaine, Cleveland Bay
ard and Harrison Blaine, all of whom
when they entered the cabinets intend
| ed to be candidates for the chief Office
| of the government. Whether the
name Of Walter Q. Gresham will
be added to this long list of administra-
| ton candidates or not remains to be
| seen, but if he is nominated and elected
| the Democrats of the country will have
no reason to complain. He is Demo
crat. If any further evidence was
needed to prove this it was furnished
when he fired William E. Curtis as chief
OF the bureau Of American republics.
There Are others.
But in case Judge Gresham is to be
| the administration candidate the man
| ayers do not want to forget either John
G. Carlisle or j. Sterling Morton. They
are both going to be in the race next
tine, and there will be straight Democ-
| racv, without civil service adulteration,
| in the platform of both. The old talk
| that Secretary Carlisle was born on the
wrong side of the Ohio river to ever be
elected president has lost Its force. Sec
| retary Carlisle was Union man during
| the war in place where it cost some
| thing to take that side of the issue, and
in a contest for the presidency it will
win him votes if a sectional cry is
raised before the people. 1t will not do
| for those who are figuring ahead to omit
the name of Secretary Carlisle from the
| list.
Morton's Popularity.
In the short time that has elapsed
since the new administration took hold,
Secretary Morton has gained great
| hold on the affections OF the working
Democrats. He is accessible to all
at his department, and has an un-
failing stock of good stories with which
| TO entertain his callers and illustrate
| the points he desires to make in his
conversation. Just at present he is try.
ing to find out just what a host of meat
| inspectors are doing in various parts of
| the country. and i'll speaking of the ia ct
| that only meat to be exported is in
spected, to Maj. Baldwin, of Minnesota,
| he said:
This reminds me of the story of two
| farmers-one All American and the
! other a German. Each man started with
about the same amount of land, but the
| American found that he was losing
money every year and going behind.
while his neighbor was growing rich.
| The American worked just as many
hours ana just as hard as the German.
and could not understand the matter at
| all. Finally he asked the German to
explain.
"'Well, it's just this way" said the
| German. 'We sell everything that is
| -zod tha ,norIyot food hi ~