Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-06-11
Two Good Appointments.

In selecting Attorney General Olney to
I'll the vacancy in his Cabinet, President
Cleveland has shown that wisdom for
which be Is 20 we'll known In the appoint
ment Of his executive assistants. Mr.
olney is thoroughly acquainted with the
objects and the policy Of the adminlstra-
tion and is believed to have had great
deal to do In forming and carr, ing into
eject both. His advice as lawyer In
foreign and home complications is be-.
lleved to have strengthened the ad
ministrstion immensely in the many
knotty questions which It has had to
solve.
He came nobly to the front last
Summer when the Debs outbreak In
Chicago threatened to involve the
whole country In anarchy, and bat for his
prompt action, the riotous strikerssmight
have inOculated the laboring men Of the
whole country With the folly which such
men as Debs were capable Of inspiring
This was the fearful prospect at one time
but the prompt action OF the President
in calling out the Federal troops nipped
the strike Ia the bud before it had be
come powerful enough to make any
Roadway before the small but intrepid
companies Of United States troops that
we're hastily summoned to sustain Law
and order
Mr. Olney Is Democrat Of the old
school and this will be satisfaction to
those members Of the party who were
opposed to Secretary Gresham on account
Of his Republican antecedents He is a
Massachusetts man and his appointment
to the premiership. as It is called, will
strengthen the administration In the
Eastern states where the party has been
losing ground since the defeat Of
Governor Russell as governor Of the Bay
Stats AS a political move It Is therefor Q
believed to be a very sagaeIous one.
MIR. OineY's successor as attorney
general, Is Judson Harmon OF Cincinnati.
one Of the leaders OF the Ohio bar and a
memberof the law firm OF which Gov
srnor Hoadly was the head before he left
Cincinnati for New York.
The new attorney general Is 40 years
old and while he has never held pollti-
cal oface before. he has been on the
bench In Cincinnati. He is over six feet
tall and is portly, weighing 225 pounds.
The President appoint cd Judge Har-
mon frat, because he is In every way
we'll fitted for the place, and second
because he Is a Cleveland Democrat
and lives west Of the Alleghenles, and
the President had no especial D Official
end In view except to encourage the
sound money Democrats In Ohio and the
West generally.
These two appointments will be salts
factory to the Democracy and cannot
fail to be pleasing to the country at
large The duties and the business Of
the executive departments, in the United
States Cabinet, are very extensive and
they cannot well be delegated to subordi
mates. 1t Is therefore gratifying that
the President has thus promptly reor
ganiEsd his Cabinet and prepared himself
for those emergencies which are sure to
Hrlse In the future Heretofore there has
been no jArring in Cabinet troubles, the
President and his legal advisers have
been unit upon all matters Of public
interest and 1t is believed he reorgani-
cation Of the Cabinet win leave things
as they we're in this respect
We cannot tell Whist the future has in
store for us, but II Is satisfaction to
know that our government is intact and
In position to meet It whether It be for
veal or woe All honor to Grover Cleve-
land and the noble men whom be has
chosen as bis advisers. IN the high Office
he 50 honOrably fills.