Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-12-10
The New Cabinet,

President-elect Mckinley has
been studiously r~eticent as to his
Cabinet, and all the many runor
published as to the probable for
nation of the constitutional advi-
sers of the President may be ac-
copied as sheer speculation He
has borne himself with great dig
nifty since his election, and his
public utterances clearly Indicate
that he is profoundly Impressed
with the grave responsibilities
which rest upon him. He UNDER.
stands that he has a commission
that is much higher and graver
than merely to make a party ad-
ministration.
1t goes without saying that if
| Marcus A. Hanna shall decide to
accept a POSITION in the Cabinet he
will be given the Treasury portfo>
Ito. He is the man who developed
Mckinley as a Presidential candi-
date; it was his political skill and
tireless energy that brought a ma
jority for Mckinley out of the
chaotic contest for delegates to
the St. Louis convention, and he
lowered over all as a wise leader
in his direction of the campaign.
He started with his party and his
candidate defeated, as the whole
West and South were permeated
with the cheap money heresy.
Wnen Bryan was n animated at
Chicago there was not a single
State west of Pennsylvania or
South of the Potomac and Ohio,
that was not either positively for
Bryan or fairly doubtful; and
never in the history of American
politics hes there been such a cam.
paign of education, organization
and inspiration as that conducted
by Chairman Hanna during the
last two months of the contest.
If Hanna shall enter the Cabi-
net he will command the Conf
dence of the country. He is hon
est, able, practicable and courag-
eous. If he shall become a mem
Der of the administration he will
not only bring no trace of the job
ber or spcculator with him, but he
will be the one man most certain
to guard the President against all
who would bring reproach upon
his rule. Beyond Mr.. Hanna,
who has doubtless an open door
to the cabinet if he wishes it, II
is entirely safe to assume that as
yet no Cabinet has been deter
mined upon.
Under ordinary circumstances
the appointment of a new Cabinet
is imIo tant not only in meeting the
wishes and expectations of the
party that has been successful:
but Mckinley enters upon the
control of the government under
circumstances seldom equaled and
never surpassed in their gravity,
excepting the appalling response
bilities which confronted Presi-
dent Lincoln when he had to
meet the issue of fraternal war.
Mr.. Mckinley was not elected
by the Republican party of the
country. He would have been
defeated but for the manly sup
port given him by more than half
Il million Democrats and Indepen-
dents who voted for him solely be-
cause they believed it to be a pa
triotic duty. They will not be
among the hords that will surge
against the new President to share
the plumber of power, but they
will give a cordial support to~the
administration if it shall be con-
Quoted on the conservative lines
which would inspire their appro-
val without impairing in any
measure the Presidents devotion
to his party and his faith.
With such grave duties before
him, President Mckinley doubt
less well appreciates the fact that
he owes it to himself and to the
country to select a Cabinet not
only from the able t, but from the
most trusted Republican states
men of the country.-Philadel>
phia Times.