The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-08-10

took over" all the members OF hi
cabinet In the extra session whic
was called by Harrison. but whic
Harrison did not live to see, an issu
came up which split the Wing party
which had elected Harrison and Ty
Ter. This was the United States bank
Clay attempted to restore the bank
which had been killed by Jackson Ions
before that time Tyler vetoed til,
bank bill. Another bill with the sans
purpose in view. but modified with The
hope of meeting Tyler's objections
was also vetoed Then all of his cabi
net as rebuke rcsigned-all eXcept
Webster. the secretary of state. who
was engaged in an important negotia
ton with England and who retained
office until that measure was consum
mated This was the Webster-Ash,
/ burton treaty Of 1872 Afterward he
too, stepped down. The Wings went
/ through the form Of reading Tyler ont
of their party. and for the latter part
/ Of his service he was president with
out any recognized political support
! ers of any consequence He drifted
back to the Democratic party and was
| a member in good standing In that or
ganization during the latter years Of
his life.
Lincoln held similar relations to his
cabinet that Jefferson did to his Off
cial advisers. He was one of them
and submitted most of his propositions
to them freely and fully According
to Jefferson's own testimony. there
was fraternal feeling between him
and every member of his council. All
had his confidence. and all were loyal
to him. One Of his cabinet. Madison,
the secretary of state. became his po-
litical heir and was his successor in
the White House. Chase, the secre-
tary Of the treasury, was a rival of
Lincoln for the presidential nominal
ton in 1864, but when the Republican
members of the legislature of his own
state, Ohio, early in that year declared
in favor of LincOln's denomination
Chase directed his boomers to desist,
Lincoln retained his regard TO the end
for his finance minister. and after
Chase'S resignation Lincoln appointed
him chief justice of the supreme court
Several changes. some through death
and others through resignation. took
place in the cabinet during Lincoln's
four years and six weeks in the presi-
iency. but considering the Importance
Of the issues and the laborious char
acter of the work which president and
cabinet were compelled to do the har-
mOny in the war executives political
family was remarkable.
Attacks on Johnson and Tyler.
Johnson inherited all of Lincolns
.abinet. and some of the members
Seward, secretary of state: McCulloch,
secretary of the treasury, and Welles,
secretary Of the navy-remained with
lin to the end. With one of the mem
,ers-Stanton. secretary of war-,Iohn-
on had serious breach. and this had
ONE influence toward precipitating
he feud with the Republican con-
ress in which the house impeached
Ohnson and in which, by narrow
margin, he escaped conviction by the
enate as the trial jury and conse-
uent removal from office. The at
lcks on johnson by the party which
lected him were fiercer than were
lade on Tyler a quarter of a century
arlier by the Wings. There was an
Important difference. however, in the
Yo cases. While Tyler was a Wing /
t the time of his election as vice
resident on the Harrison ticket,
ohnson when he was selected as run /
ing mate with Lincoln was not a Re-
lblican. He was a war Democrat.
Nobody who voted for Johnson in I
lie national convention supposed that
: was a Republican. The convention |
self was a Union convention and not I
Republican gathering. While most I
his delegates had voted the Repub. s
,an ticket in 1860 and voted it in c
6S. some of the delegates to the con-
,ntion of 1864 were Democrats in /
ose years. The issue in 1864 was a
e preservation of the Union by Wig
Gus and unrelenting war. The par f
san status of Johnson needs to be t
pit in mind in judging him because t
the rupture between him and the C
publican congress.
Grant, who had no political expert
&c when first elected, chose the q
embers of his cabinet by personal q
eference. As a consequence he made II
my mistakes, although he had made f.
~ few in his selections and recon- +,
of generals in the civil war nj
|. Many changes took place in the n,
Dinet during Grants eight years in
Ice. More alrerings of the cabinet r,
took place in RoosPvelt's seven and G,
lalf years in the White House. how ~
sr, than had ever been made previ- f.
sly. He did more shifting from one ~,
It to another in his political family r.
n any other president had done. :,
2 persons who wanted TO familiariZe -,
mselves with the cabinet roster dur ~
the career of the twenty-hfth pres =,
Mt needed to maintain eternal vigi -
&c. Every post except that of secre-
Y of agriculture had its incumbent :"
nged more than once. and some Of
m We're altered many times Roose- ",
/ inherited James Wilson. the head ."
he department of agriculture. from '-'
Einley and handed him over to