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was some time before be gave his consent.
This was not done, however, until after
Mr.. Cleveland had arrived in Washington.
Here he was met with a protest at the
appointment OF the Mississippi Senator; not
against Mr. Lamar personally, but upon
the ground that the Secretaryship of the
Interior should be filled by lawyer.
Lamar accepted Mr.. Cleveland's proffer,
however, aud he was listed as late as the
afternoon of March 3.
1t was late in the evening of the same day
when the name of William c. Endicott, of
Massachusetts, was placed oppofite the
War portfolio. The politicians objected to
Mr.. Endlcott's experimentation the ground
that the head of that department.. should
come from the West, and that the Massa-
chusetts man was almost unknown to those
prominent in politics. Mr.. Cleveland con-
suited with few. He listened to advice, but
acted upon his own Judgment.
Mr. Cleveland took from the Senate three
Senators-Bayard, of Delaware, Secretary
OF State; Lamar OF Mississippi, Secretary
of the Interior, and Garland, OF Arkansas,
Attorney General This was the first time
when a President had made so heavy
draft upon that body MIR Garland was a
hbbiS ieibt Al EItGhE iitO ttit NstplHCl, dS
he did not give his answer until after the
President-el elect had come on from Albany
Mr.. Harrison went through much the same
experience as that encountered by Presi-
dent Garfield. It was not until about the
| middle of February that Mr. Blaine yielded
| to the entreatieS of the President elect
| and gave his consent to become Secretary
| OF State for the second time. Mr.. Har-
| rison's Secretary of the Interior, John w
| Noble, was the first Cabinet officer TO
accept This was early in January. When
| Mr.. Harrison arrived In Washington on
| the afternoon OF March ], his Cabinet was
g long way from being formed. He had a
| hard time to find a Secretary OF the
| Treasury. John C. New, of Indiana, who
| had been one of Mr.. Harrison's managers
was a persistent candidate for the Treas
ury portfolio. At one time the President
| elect had made up his mind to make the
| appointment, but be was seized with a
desire to do something for his law partner,
W. II. H. Miller. Immediately after Mr.
Harrison's election Mr. Miller was modest
enough 20 ask TO he made the Private Sec
retary TO the President. Mr.. Harrison
refused this request, and instead placed
him at the head of the Department OF
Justice, which was personal and not a
political appointment.
Up to the time Mr. Harrison left In
dianapolis he had practically determined
TO place Uncle Jerry Rusk, OF Wisconsin, at
the head of the War Department, but on
arriving here he found New England clam
oring for recognition. Whereupon he
named on the Sd Of March Redfield Proc
tor, OF Vermont, for that place, and showed
the ex-governor of Wisconsin into the
mine hole,' the Secretaryship of Agri-
culture, thus making Mr.. Rusk the first
person to fill four year term of that
office.
The selection of John Wanamaker for
the Postmaster Generalship was the sub
1ect Of no little thought upon the part of
the President elect, notwithstandingThoma
Dolan had journeyed to Indianapolis to
prese the claims of the Philadelphia mer
chant who, IL was said, had caused to be
subscribed upward of S400, 900 for Mr
Harrison's campaign fund. 1t was well
toward the time for the new President TO
prepare for the inaugural ceremonies be-
fore Mr.. Wanamaker's name was safely
slated. There was no end Of protests
against Mr.. Wanamaker s selection, but the
| Republican national committee demanded
it, and that in connection with Mr. Wana-
makers power to raise campaign funds had
| due consideration
/, William Window, Of Minnesota, but In
| fact at the time resident of New York,
was not selected for the Treasury until
many other names had been canvassed,
chiefamong them Senate Allison's, Thomas
| c. Platt's and Warner Miller's Platt and
| Miller were not friendly Miller had been
| defeated for governor when Mr.. Harrison
carried the State, and was described by
| Mr. Harrison in his famous letter of con-
| dolence as having fallen outside the
| breastworks.' The result was that neither
New Yorker was selected and Mr.. Window,
who had gone into political retirement
since he left the Treasury Immediately after