The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-08

lions, was prompt in action, and q safe adj
wiser. 1t is said that since Tobias Lear was
Secretary to George Washington, no other man
was so completely part of the official and
unofficial life of the President as Daniel La
mont.
Grover Cleveland was first inaugurated
President, March 4, 1885. 1t was during this
Administration, in 1886, that an enactment
Of Congress was passed regulating the Presi-
Dental succession, by precedence, of the
members of the Cabinet. This rule repealed
the old law by which the President pro TEN.
Of the Senate, or the Speaker of the House of
Representatives came in the line of the
Presidency in case of the death, resignation,
removal or inability of both the President
and Vice-President of the United States
The new law substituted for the line of sue
cession the Secretaries of State, Treasury,
War, the Attorney General, the Postmaster
General the Secretary of the Navy, and the
Secretary of the Interior. They therefore
rank accordingly in the Administration, In
its ceremonial and social affairs
President Cleveland chose for his premier
Thomas Francis Bayard, of Delaware Mr..
Bayard was 16 years Senator of the United
States His home in Washington during
these years was the center Of refined and
cultivated society. For more than 40 years
some member OF the Bayard family had
served in the United States Senate.
The most noticeable figure In Mr.. Cleve-
lands Cabinet was perhaps Daniel Manning;
and probably his retirement, from impaired
health, was one Of the saddest experiences that
came to the President during his Administra-
ton, for his absence withdrew from the Presi-
dent the counsel and advice of devoted
friend. Mr.. Manning was succeeded by As
eistant Secretary Charles Stebbins Fairchild,
which was recognition of his services per-
formed in the Office for more than a year
Mrs. Fairchild was the first lady Of the Cabi-
net after the sad death of Mrs. Bayard. She
carried the honors with dignity and grace.
She was niece OF Horatio Seymour, of New
York.
Mrs Manning was descendant of Chancel-
lor Livingston. who administered the oath of
Office TO President Washington. During her
two years residence In Washington she made
many warm friends. She was woman of
captivating grace, and carried with her much
Of the charm of the women of the halcyon days
Of the Washington regime When she took
her departure she carried with her the regrets
Of Washington society, official and otherwise
Mr.. William Crowninshield Endicott was
Mr.. 0eveland's Secretary of War. His wife
was Miss Ellen Peabody, daughter of George
Peabody, of Salem, Mass Mr. Endicott's
mother was the niece of Jacob Crowninshield,
President Jefferson's Secretary of the Navy
Their daughter, Mary c. Endicott, married
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, of England, dur
ing the time that their father held the port
folio of War
The appointment to the Attorney General
ship by President Cleveland of the Hon.
Augustus H. Garland was the cause of some ad-
verse criticism by Mr. Cleveland's friends He
was Tennesseean by birth but an Arkansan
by adoption. Heheiped to pass the ordinance
Of secession of his State in 1861, and to make
laws for the Confederacy. He was refused a
seat in the Senate in 1867, but was elected
Governor Of Arkansas In 1874 and sent to the
Senate in 1876 and 1882. He was thought to
be one of the most progressive of the Southern
Democratic Senators He advocated accent
ing the results of the war between the North
and the South, and undoubtedly President
CleVeland's idea was TO meet such sentiment
half way.
William Freeman Villas, of Wisconsin, was
Postmaster General He served under Grant
during the war, and was great admirer of
the old hero. Mrs. Villas was the daughter C
DR.. Fox, an eminent physician of Milwaukee
Until her health became precarious, their
home was made very attractive to the social
world
The Secretary of the Navy, William c.
whitney, was the wealthy man Of the Cabinet
and entertained with royal hand. He is a
man of princely generosity where charities
are deserving. lie made hosts of friends in
and out of his Department. He was the
active manager of the Democratic campaign
IN New York in 1854
Mrs Flora Payne Whitney, daughter of the
millionaire Senator from Ohio. and one of the
leaders In the standard oil monopoly. was a
charming hostess. She presided over the
household entertainments in a manner be-
coming her position. In the dispensing of
kindly charities her hand was not withheld:
and her womanly virtues found ready recog-
milton. The departure of the Whitney family
iron Washington was deeply regretted by
the friends they had made, not alone among
those of high degree, but among the poor and
iowly, which is praise indeed. Mrs Whit
ney's untimely and sudden death from an
affection of the heart not long after her re-