Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-01-19

Garfield cabinet, which was III ex1Srence so short a time, had no New England member. MT. Hayes selected General Deyens of Massachusetts. In the Grant cabinets, where changes were pretty frequent, New England was represented by Boutwell, and Richardson of Massa- chusetts and Merrill of Maine in the treasury Marshall Jewell of Cennecti- cut was postmaster general, and B. R. Hoar of Massachusetts served as attor= ney general.
 New York, which has not far from one-eighth of the population of the Union and proportion larger than that in the matter of distinguished men, gets place in every cabinet with like regularity. Mir. Cleveland, in the con- straetion of each of his cabinets, has selected two New Workers, Manning and Whitney sitting in the first one and Lamont and Bisse1l in the second On the death of MT Manning, Mr Fair child, also of New York, succeeded. Secretary Tracy was President Harri- son's New York appointment to the na- " portfolio Judge Folger was Presi- dent ArtlEirss secretary of the treasury, and Thomas l.. James was postmaster general under President Garfield Will liam M. Evarts was secretary of state under Hayes. Under Grant, Hamilton Fish held the same office, and Edwards Pierrepont was for time attorney gen. eral.
 If Major McKinley's experience is like that of other presidents, he will find the task of cabinet making so great that the real make up is likely to be squeezed into the last few weeks before inauguration. Four years ago the first selection made was that of Mr. Carlisle for the treasury portfolio. This was practically decided as soon as MT. Cleve- land was elected During his first ad- m1nistration MT. CarllsIe nad been speaker of the house, and his relations with the president had been most cor dial and helpful. When Mir Cleveland was about to enter upon the duties of the presidency a second time, MT. Car lisle was in the senate from Kentucky The legislature of that state was Dem ocratie, and everything seemed ripe for his appointment to the cabinet.
 No sooner had MT. Carlisle's own part been selected and agreed upon than he joined MT. Cleveland in studying the general cabinet situation as it applied to the seven other places. From the first it was known that Mir Cleveland would require the services of MT. La- mont, his former private secretary, in some post near to him, and considera- tion of the question did not go far be- fore the secretaryship of war was de- eided upon as the right one.
 For MT. Bissell, Mr. Cleveland's for mer law partner in Buffalo, there was at first some doubt as between cabinet place and one of the first class foreign missions. HolSe Smith was selected rath- CT early in the list as representative l of the new south. The remaining four l appointments were made pretty near i the time of inauguration Tho state | portfolio had been offered to several eminent Democrats before Mir. Cleve- land settled upon JHdge Gresham, and John E. Russell of Massachusetts had been stronfly urged to take seat in the council room before Mir Herbert or i MT. Olney had been invited. Mr. Olney, when determined upon as the New Eng land member, was offered either the at torney generalship or the navy portfo- lio, and his selection of the former left the secretaryship of the navy to Mir. Herbert, who throughout had been strongly urged for the position on &C., count of his long service on the naval affairs committee and his consistent advocacy of sound money. MT. Morton, as secretary of agriculture, was among the latest selections Mir. Cleveland had never regarded the post as of much con- sequence and had no idea how impor- tant the personal traits of the new in- cumbent would make it.
 It is doubtful whether in recent his ] tory there has been cabinet compara- i ble, all things considered, with that of President Hayes. Coming to the presi-