The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-24

mastery in affairs. Himself a natural
leader. he recognized the like gift and
capacity In others. even when fortune
| TO the test
II was hard. in filling even the greater
OFFICES, TO md men OF enllncnce who
were willing to leave the service OF their
states or the security and ease of private
nc TO try the untrodden paths OF fed
erai government. The states were old
and secure-so men thought-the federal
The stronger sort Of men. particularly
among those b:ed TO tn law. showed
many OF them. great reluctance to
,ddentity ,dan themselves with new lnstitu-
and Washington. though he meant 20
make every liberal allowance for DIFF
fcrences of opinion, would Invite no man
TO stand with him in the new service
who did not thoroughly believe in 1t.
BEST LAWYERS FOR JUDGES.
He was careful to seek out six OF the
best lawyers to be had In the country
when he made up the supreme court,
and to choose them from as many states
John Jay OF New York TO be chief jus
tice; John Rutledge OF South Carolina.
William Gushing OF Massa chusctts. John
Blair OF Virginia, James Wilson OF Penn
sylvania and r. II. Harrison oil Mary
land-for he knew that the government
must draw Its strength from the men who
administered It, and that the common
run OF people must learn to respect "
was equally careful to find out in adj
vance Of every appointment what the
man whom he wished to ask thought Of
the new government and wished It's fu-
ture to be. Many to whom he offered
appointment declined: minor offices
seemed almost to go a-begs!ps among
men OF assured position such as 1t was
his object TO secure,
II needed all the tact and patience he
could command to draw about him a body
OF men such as the country must look
up to and revere. His letters again went
abroad by the hundred, as so often be-
fore, to pesuade men TO their duty, build
a bulwark Of right opinion round about
the government, make his purposes clear
and his plans effective. He would spare
no pains to make the government both
great and permanent,
In October 1889, his principal appoint
ments all made, the government In full
operation. and affairs standing still till
congress should meet again. he went upon
four weeks tour through the eastern
states, to put the people In mind there,
by his own presence OF the existence and
dignity OF the federal government. and
TO make trial OF their feeling towards
II. They received him with cordial
thusiasm, for he was secure OF their love
and admiration: and he had once more
a royal progress from place to place all
the way TO far New Hampshire and back
again, He studiously contrived TO make
every turn of ceremonial and behavior.
that he had come, not as the hero Of the
Revolution. but as the president OF the
United States.
A TRICKY GOVERNOR.
At Boston Governor Hancock sought
by cordial notes and pleas OF Illness to
force Washington 10 waive the courtesy
of a first call from him. and so give the
executive OF Massachusetts precedence,
II only for old friendships sake. But
Washington would not be so defeated
OF his errand; forced the perturbed old
patriot to come to him. swathed as ne
was In hannels and borne upon mems
S,iio,, snouloers i up inc stairs reeeiyed nun nm
gossps OF the town once and for all that
precedence belonged to the federal gov
ernment-at any rate, so long as George
Washington was president. Having seen
him and feted him, the eastern towns
had seen and done homage TO the new
authority set over them. Washington
was satisfied, and returned with d no.
ticeable accession of spirits to the seri-
Gus work OF federal administration