Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-12
The Cabinet.

newspapers.
At the head of the list of names
sent to the Senate yesterday stands
that of John Sherman, who was nom
mated for the Office Of Secretary of
State. The other names arc less
widely known. But General Alger
who is to be Secretary OF war, like
Mr.. Sherman, has been an unsuccess
full candidate for the presidency.
What is more, on one OCCASION, he
succeeded in capturing the dele
gates that Sherman had gathered up
in the South.
In his memoirs, not long ago pub
lished, Sherman went so far as to
say that Ayers agents bribed or
bought these delegates from their al
legianoe to him. Since that time
as may be imagined, the relations
between these two distinguished
Republicans have been "strained.'
However,, it is understood that an
armistic has been arranged which
will euable them to sit at tho Same
council table without coming to
blows
No doubt General Alger is glad to
become member Of the Cabinet, ev.
en- if he has to sit by tue side of
Sherman. Now Alger may consider
himself vindi ated from the charges
made against him by Phil. Sheridan
We have not the time now to go into
the history of these charges. but
they were to the effect that Alger
was III the habit of alb enting him
self from his command whenever an
engagement was imminent. We
thiuk 1t but fair to say that Alger
has produced testimony to show
that the charges were made under
misappreheusion. if not from malice
prcpense. The matter has been very
fully discussed in the newspapers
from time TO time, and much to the
modification of Alger; but his nomi
nation by the President to be Score
tary Of War will go very far towards
removing the stain upon his namo.
MIR. Gage, who is to be the Score
tary of the Treasury, is millionaire
and national bank man in Chicago.
His advent into that Office will be
watched with more ,h,a usual inter
est, because the pubic will be anx
ious to see if practical fnancier
Will mako more than ordinarily
successful Secretary of the Treasury.
The great masters of national ii
nance in this country have not been
practical iinanciGrs. Both Chase and
Sherman are Considered to have
been eminent secretaries, yet Meth
er had practical training for the
work as MIR. Gage has had-thut is
if to have been q seccessful banker is
the sort of training that Secretary
of the Treasury needs.
Mr.. Cornelius n. Bliss, who is to
be Secretary'of Interior, is another
practical business man that Mr.. Nc.
Kinley has persuaded to enter his
cabinet. MIR. Bliss is at the head
OF large dry goods house of New
York, but is largely interested in
several great money institutions.
Mr.. james A. Gary, of Baltimore,
who is also successful business
man, is to fill tho Office of Postmas.
ter General This is the only Cabi
net position given to the South, and
there is some disposition on the part
of the southern Republicans to ques
ton whether a Marylander can truly
be said to be representative south.
eruer.' We are so well statistic d,
ourselves, with our Maryland breth
rem. it is not question that we
should ever raise, but it has been
raised, aud by Republicans, and
against their own Pr esident, too.
The Pacific slope has representa-
tive in ex Judge Joseph McKenna
OF California, who is to be Attorney
General.
Elk Governor Long, of Massaehu-
sets, who is TO be the Secretary of
the Navy. is good deal of TN office
seeker, and good deal of scholar
IN politics, also. Ho is the author
n cnvnro1 hao1,.