Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-10
NEW MEMBERS OF the CABINET,

The promotion of Attorney General
Oney, of Massachusetts, to the premier
chair in the cabinet, made vacant by the
death of Secretary Gresham, caused no
surprise. 1t was generally anticipated by
those who keep in touch with affairs poll
tical. Mr.. Olney will be GO years old in
September. To natural ability of high
order he adds ripe general scholarship,
a familiar acquaintance with the history
of nations, and profound learning as
jurist, particularly the higher branches
of constitutional and international law.
With the exception of one term in the
Massachusetts Legislature, he never held
public Office until appointed as chief of
the department of justice by President
Cleveland, and in that capacity he has
fully realized the high expectations of his
friends. His public and private records
are stainless, his integrity of purpose has
never been questioned, and his attach
meut to American ideas and principles is
of the highest order known to men bern
and bred in the state of Webster and
Sumner. His close intimacy with the la
mented Secretary Gresham and conse-
quent knowledge of the policy and affairs
of the state department naturally marked
him rs the most suitable man in the
country to fill the vacancy.
The appointment of Judge Judson
Harmon, of Ohio, as attorney general,
came IN the nature of a surprise, for the
reason that the gentleman had not pre-
viously been mentioned in that connec-
ton, but, judging from the high tributes
paid to him by the Cincinnati press and
bar, the president made no mistake in
this selection. Judge Harmon is not only
recognized as one of the forem ost law
yers aud jurists of Ohio, but also one OF
the most honorable, upright and popular
citizens of that great state. He was born
near Cincinnati 40 years ago, has always
lived there and is known by all. His
father, Rev. B. Il. Harmon, was Baptist
minister, we'll known throughout the Ohio
valley. Judge Harmon graduated at Den
nison university, Baptist institution at
Granville, Ohio, in 1856, and began the
practice of law in Cincinnati in 1869. He
was Republican until 1872, when he
Greeleyized AS Democrat he was
elected common pleas judge on the Til
den ticket in 1876. He was elected su-
peror Judge in 1885, reelected in 1888,
and when ex. Governor George Hoadley
went to New York in 1887 Judge Harmon
resigned from the bench to become the
head of the firm of Harmon, Colston, /
Goldsmith 4 Hoadley, which justly ranks
as one of the most powerful and trust
worthy law firms in the country. When
Judge Harmon resigned in 1887, Cover
nor Foraker appointed Judge Taft, now
United States circuit Judge, and formerly
solicitor general, to the vacancy. Mrs.
Harmon il an accomplished lady, the
daughter of the late DIR. Scobey, of Ham
ilton. They have three daughters, Mrs.
Edman Wright, jr., of Philadelphia, Miss
Elizabeth, a recognized society leader,
and Marjorie, the youngest of the fam
lily, who is IA years old.
Personal tributes to the new members
of the cabinet, however much merited,
are not called for at this time. Secretary
Olney and Attorney General Harmon will |
have ample opportunity to Justify the
wisdom of the president in making their
appointments.