The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17

slightly by the heated atmosphere of
Chicago, is perhaps true and ne has
doubtless been willing to go a little
further than Mr.. Bliss, whose hand
has been upon the pulse of New York
and Boston But the PERSONAL views
OF the two men are substantially the
same. Mr.. Gary has never been a
dominating force in the cabinet.
Messrs. Wilson and Griggs are also
taking less important place than
the others in shaping the administra-
ton policy, the former because he has
been "out of politics.
But, so far as differences Of opinion
have prevailed over the question now
most prominent before the American
public. the two extremes have been
Messrs. Alger and Long The former,
as head of the war department, has
been the most radical member of the
cabinet. Had he been in congress
during the last few months, ne would
have been found side by side with
Foraker. Thurston, Quay, Frye and
that class of Republicans. His asso-
Citations in the cabinet have naturally
tempered his zeal. but it is we'll known
where his preferences lie
Mr.. Alger would like to see war de-
clared tomorrow, and has always been
the influence in the cabinet which
worked in that direction He is nat
urally a good deal of politician, and
his selection for the present cabinet
attracted marked attention, in view
of the fact that it brought him into
immediate contact with Nr. Sherman,
whose memoirs, recently published,
had go severely criticised Gen. Ayers
methods of attempting to secure a
presidential nomination.
Gov. Long. on the other hand has
been the one member of the cabinet,
Loo Ill H. e.,
He has regarded any cons,d ration OF
political eXpedienc-- in the present cri-
sis as in the highest degree ignOble
and unworthy. He has not thought
war worth while or justifiable, ard tire
conservative conclusions VIII Oh the adj
minstration has reached from time to
time have. in no small part, been due
to his leading.
Next to Gen. Alger, the most jingo:s-
tic member of the cabinet, has been
Judge Day, who, practically speaking,
is member of the cabinet. since Mr.
Sherman has had no part so long. and
is ''cooped up" in a department which
does not come into very close touch
with the trend Of current events il
Washington. Mr.. Griggs, the attorney
general. is new member of the cab
met. He is naturally conservative, and
his associations are with the corpora
ton and business interests that cluster
about New York city; yet he is one of
the few men in the cabinet who have a
weather eye out for future political
honors Gov. Griggs is ambitious. and
hence likely to be less bold in resist
ing popular demands than most of his
colleagues.
First Classification.
These are the eight counsellors Of
the president. He is, ex-officio. their
leader but. as everyone knows, Mr. Nc
Kinley is not a man of strong personal
convictions. For the last twenty years,
since he has been prominently in pub
lie life. he has rather drifted along,
deriving his opinions in large measure
from his environment and associations
for the time being, and what the ex-
igencies of each case seem to demand.
He has always been a first-class politi-
cal manager, and his presence in the
presidential chair today is an evidence
of the success that has attended his
efforts.
An interesting Illustration of his
method of leadership was afforded in
the recent message, in the bouquets
which he threw at "the resolute An
tempt to catch the sympathies of the
prevailing Democracy.