The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-08
THE OFFICIAL FAMILY.
Rumors Of Dissatisfaction In the
Presidents Cabinet.
VIEWS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS.

Il
One Oniciai Says lie Feels as ~ He Were
Hired sIan-Yet with True Loyalty
They VIII stand by the President En-
| PERTAINING Gossip.
WASHINGTON, June 6.--[SPecial l-Ev-
| cry few days now we have runior of the
intended resignation of some member of
the cabinet. First it is Attorney General
Harmon, then Secretary Lamont or hokc
| Smith. So far none of these runuis has
| turned out 70 he well founded. hut Ii weuld
not be surprising II there were two or ntre
| designations from the cabinet during the
| summer 1t Is an open secret that Ircs-
dent Cleveland official family j. anything
but happy one by this l. not meant nm
insinuation that they are unable To live to-
| gether In peace and harmony, bat they have
| fallen upon the days of adversely, politically
| speaking. The president himself is more
OF less accustomed To this scr of thing
| but the members Of his cabinet do not rel
| ish being out of touch and sympathy with
| their party. They do not enjoy bcirg
"shelved," as IL Were, even in rs good
Company as that of Grover Cleveland
Some Frank Expressions.
II feel just as il l We're an official docu-
mcnt stuck away in pigeonholc up In
my department, said one member of the
cabinet To me- Il have mo influence in the
present and no hope for the future. | am
simply hired man, compelled to 10
through just SO many hours Of routine la
Dor every day AT "a salary which is only a
fifth part of what | could earn at home
and which is all eaten up, and more, too,
by my expenses. | would resign tOmor-
row if il were not that L do not think it
fair 10 leave the president just because his
party has turned against him and in the
closing year of his administration. 4"
In this vein "A number of the presidents
cabinet people have expressed themselves
to Inc. They feel that there is nothing
more in public life for them. The novelty
has worn Off All the pleasure To be de
rived from seeing ones name in the papers
every day, from attending state dinners and
being looked up Ia as IA great man in the
government has disappeared. There now
remains nearly year more of drudgery,
and no thanks for il. The outgoing adj
minstation is already under the cloud. IL
is known of all men that It's days. are num-
bercd The sun Is setting, and the glamour
goes with il. This period of twilight il
only irritating and tedious.
The cabinet men feel, however, that il
would bc ungratctul for them To leave the
president now, when he needs his old and
tried friends. He called them To office at
n time when IL was great honor 10 have u
scat in tho cabinet, when there was hope
in IL and all manner of possibilities. They
all remember how glad they were To get
their call, and they are manly enough To
say, Tho president having been rejected
by his party, spurned and abused there is
all the more reason why we should stand
by him.. :"
Had Enough of Public Once.
One member of tho cabinet who has of
late been hard pressed To run for governor
in his state said TO me: Il have fully de-
termined that this il the last public office
shall ever hold. | have had enough of it.
II does not pay. There is no satisfaction
or compensation in it. l shall never be
wholly happy till get back into private
life, where my time is my own and where
l shall not every day be compelled To resist
the pressure of a horde of opportunities "
Another member of the cabinet, who
was lately much talked of for senator ia
his state, said:
AT one time | thought wanted to be
senator. But have concluded must get
out of public life and out Of politics. The
truth IL that when | accepted place In
the cabinet thought my fortune had been
made / had worked hard all my life and
believed l had accumulated enough SO that
my remaining days and the wants of my
family were provided for. But since |
have been in Washington, ncglccting my
private affairs, my fortune has been cut
right in two i'm the middle. One half Of il
remains, and the other half has gone
know not whittier. When i realized this
fact determined To stay out Of politics
hereafter and devote myself wholly Ia the
building up of my private business. i
would gladly resign tomorrow If | could
do so honorably.'
viii Not Leave u Sinking Ship.
Still another cabinet man said To- me as
we sat smoking on the steps of his resi-
dence:
"Only an hour ago u man from my
home city left here after urging me To leave
the cabinet and promising me $50, 600 n
year To act as counsel for IA large corpora
ton in which he is an officer. | was com
PEELED out of loyalty To the president To de.
cline the flattering offer don't want
any one to be able to point the finger of
scorn at me and say l was IA rat who left
sinking ship"
Now that all possibility Of his being
called upon to sacrifice his personal inclina-
tons for the purpose of again leading his
party in presidential battle has been re-
moved by the success Of the silver men ]
am told that President Cleveland looks
forward to March next as ono Of the hap
picst days of his life. lie is eager To get
away from the responsibility and the
drudgcry of the White House, where he
has put in so many years Of unilagging
toll. Mr.. Cleveland has been president SO
long that most of the fascination and
glamour of the place have gone from his
eyes. 1t is an old story 10 him now, and
the pride and pomp and consciousness of
power no longer compensate for the weari.
ness, the anxiety and the disappointmcnts
The president, according To the under
standing of his friends, will reopen his law
office in William street, New York, living
in the metropolis in winter and at Gray
Gables in summer. IL is also understood
that he will year hence, with Mrs. Cleye
land and the children, go for n tour In
Europe. WALTER WELLMAN.
THE ARBlfRAMeNT OF WAR.