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The New Cabinet Officers

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Day
22
Month
March
Year
1893
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Mr. Cleveland'B admlnistration siniuiíi be a unjque one. He le the fii-st preaMeal n' tihe Dnlted State wiio ii.is liad the iK'iic.it ol finir years' of retiixMiient to tstud.v previoua inist:ikr.. Ilr le slartinjí (nt nOW witli B sincere deaire ho remedy eyery blunder made in tlic past and io make as stniiiü au adminlBt ratio n as posslble. TJiat 1hls admiui.stration wil] be a ■ 1 1 .- i on (rom beghmlng to vt. is i li-ar. Tiivp rwaltiing gtxxl trom the iirimvi ai -ie party viii be comparativcl.v sinall. Mr. h'vrlaii'l in Ji Is cabinct bas followed ncaiiy tlic geographlaal Unes llial (!id lic. ore. The s.nitli, when Hu' cabiiH't contatned only Beven members, had tbree reproeentetSves. Mr. Cleveland has Improved very nnuh on his sfintlieni re])i'csiii!.Éitiv s. Mr. ISa.varil. Of Dolawaiv, and Mr. (arland, from Aikansas. and Mr. Lamar, from Mississippi, were nt good adminlstratoTB. Mr. Bayard never liad any fii"is]i ui)on t h.c statf departmeot, and !h' ddplometlc correspondence pmanatIng from liini was tlic weekest tnown In our hstory. Mr. (arland, while lic is a vcry good lawyor, so plunged Ilie department of fuwtlce ijito scandal throiiirli hi.s connettion with the Pan Electric lismess that his political useiulness ivas completcly dostroycd. THE FORMKR CABIKBT. Mi'. Ijimar was wbolly unfitted for t'he work of the interior departmcnt. He was too mudh oí a acholar and too literary in his cliaracter to beo om e a mastor of dry, hard business details. There would be as mu h aenee in elèctInsr a poet president of tlhe Stock KxiJiantiP as there was n the appointment Of Mr. Limar to tUiis place. So, from a business standpoim , tbe three Pormr selectlome (rom tibie south in Mr. Clevèïand'B adniiiisira!inii were failuifs. Tbe Belectlöne t his Hme pre ïnurli 1. etter trota the standpoint of Imsiiüs. There aro no two men in tlue democratie party who have better knowledge of public affairs Than Mr. Caritate and Mr. Herbert. Xeither of liii-in :s nu extreme parttean. Mr. Hoke SniBtüi tKUB yci to prove '.i ,al:iiiy at the head oí a great departme.nt. He is yowag and has a reputiitjon at home a1i;,!i may be mevfted. TUK NAV.w. BECRETARY. Mr. Herbert is one of tiht; best of southern men. He rea&zca tliat the world moves and Uien the old-fashioned ildtsi th.it everythtng proposed in the nortli must be opposed by the sou'Ui, is passin.ir away. A-ftiuoUgb a off; In the confederarte anny. Mr. Eterbert ie to(kiy ;i stanch Ameritan and in his poirman ai naval affairs bas been tbrougbout a conateteni Btapporteï i the pofflcy jí building up navy, wrii whcn thai depertment wnae uader repuWiean dlrectlon. Mr. Hi-iKrrt abowed h: toyaity to the g'oveniincnt :n a conepicuous manner du ring .the Chili'an aifair. lic took no idea witli the few imvtisans who wjhed to antaironize the govemmant at tluit time. lic as.sured PreeiBent Harrison that his commltteee womd support hlm in BnythJng be proposed to do to malnbaifin tlic homo-r and Intögrlty ol the governincnt. In hta jvosilion as chaii-man of naval ail'airs lic eould have done vcry modi to harass the government had be chose to do go. Mr. Herberi feit i'Jiat In polittoe as ugalnst ■elgner t!i are Bhoulcl be no differenoe betweom ffenuilne Amerlcans. TUK AMIAllI.i: TEBA8ÜRY 8ECBBTARY. Mr. OarKete, tb tljid representat-ve of t'hie nmth In the abinct, has a ■ ompléte i ii. oietdtal knowlodgï of the l lilis (■ounliy. lic is adroü (iiiiï sk:n ui in ii.s ojeallnge üi men. H'1 :s 10 kindly in liis n.nin-c and so teresl Ing, lul: hróva an Inti lle :tual and pereonal stoadpoitit, thai it eau l.c saiW of hiin truly tliai lic has allUOSt no cncniii-. I: Mr. Clcvlanil coaldfaave liad i) own way he wouid " 'la;, i e b el Justlce of bhe United States. COMPARED WITH TUK PAST. Natural"? Mr. Cleveland cablnel ■vviu be compared wWh Harrlsoo ■ il'iH'! ajVd vitlli his OWB first assoriatee. Mi-. Greebam n the state flepartment, wJllbeyery Ktrtumte wfcen be le placed u compariso-n with Cleveland' tiiHi, Mr. Bayard, luit uiivn li ■ l Wa ■■;! n comparteon witu Mr. Biaiine Ine l nol 1' so fortúnate. Blaline waa a man í genius ; í -vi ledge o-f pnWI ■ affalTS, and th a very corred knoiwledge ol Forelgn world. He had. too, a Bturdy Amci'i tiiism wlii-li oever ïaiii rUng t rfelits oí the tJi'Is country as againel that ís. He ltad llir bteadth of víew hi.-h enabled liim bo take In a1 ■ ul I sweep boaring ol greal quMrtSons; line natural tendency í democrate - n tuve dlrectkm ol ai aaod to say t ii.it tilines cannoi ,n'. pol'i y nf annexlng Hawail ríñete oppoattlon n democratie jiks. rl i a y oí the Bourbon - in the dlrecttan oí etand' doing aothing, unleea n ivdl-n-oni pati of pi lui n hicli !■ tread. Mr. Greehatn i een eúncated hm a rcpublöcan, .uní. as be irmscif decl&red, thai hia vottng tor Mr. Cleveland irt nut malse b;maiiyjá repúblicas. He may l:e .ilil ■ Id kcci) np ihc standard of tilo depturtmeori wbidi was raieed so liish li.v Mr. lUaliiir. TUK iv.u; DKTARTMENT. Tiic ar departinen.1 La the galaer over t'jic pnevloua (v ■■ï.-nni cablnet by übc Beüectioo ol Donde] Lamont. Mr. Kikü tt, of MoesacfoiaettB, wtio uas Mr. cic-vciaiurs íi-si selectkm, ■h11m had i:v;m si loog i'n private Ufe aiiil bad liail so lüttle to do uith ])ui1- afta] s (faAi lic n Ver made iiiinii mpics-iKMi uiion tii. department. Ii is a i!:-partmi':it mad ap ol arbltrary l-ureaus, tii hJtóe ol whlch are not Mihjcct to remova] by tbe eecretary. Tbey are. tbeKOorc, vciy IndepeodMit, nul Ui:' (if-]i;i rt iii.-nt - 6ev3T 80 contanted es vrttien t bás a routine se - H'iai.v wiio contente liimscif wlth uciciy signins papera nuil wim doee not atti-mpt n any way to Interfere Avjlli the (k'partmcnt inachéiiriy. Ibera i-s ii (lcpai'tmiMit undcr the irovfrniiH'-iit wbere ii Ie lUIllcult i)or :ts lR'ad to make any special repatation for liimscif. Col. Lamont lias DOW bada Buces-sful business training and ho win nndoabtedly admlnlater lif (Irpartiiient On ti manner that will compare íavorahly with that of Qov. Proctcr, vrho lefi a marble bu.-vine.ss to take c'liargo of the ann.v at PreaMmt Hairlson'a rqaeit. This liard-headed New Englaod ïinairjier s ver.v masioi-iiH in his ch.aracter. He na ver.v üitic giren to yleldlng to tlhe wfcll and inlluence of others, hut I hare bqard bhn repeetediy gay that no secretiary oí war con ld introduce reforma iri tJitit department un til he blad the power of remove] ol the chlefs of bureaus. Thffla power luis been ii'ivcu tn tbe seeretary of n&ry, and it is owing to tJiat cbamge that ive nave now to-day su h woudurriil jmprovi-infiit in 11i divc ■■tion oí our nava] attain. OTIIEK COMPAKISOKS. la tbe aítoiiH y-uriiri-ai's öcpartment K Avould lie di!'fi,ult to niprovo upon tlie carcfu]. discreet management of Attoraey-Genenal MMIer. Mr. Olncy'e reputïit:-on, Jiowcvcr, justnics Ui ■ pre(Ki.-tiion tuint tbere wiil lw ao PanlliTtri- gcamdala n iis nianageniont, und t'hat uiii, thereJore, constltute au mpi'ovriiK ni opon Mr. (arland. íu t he knterfor department Mr. Noble lian mad a moet Buccessful admlbtration. lts afiairs ore vast, and tlic queetjons Bubmjtted ttaere lor eonalder.■I i'ion ai i riHist Important. It requires BOmethiOg of tbe aUility ol a railroad manager, Vbe talent found m the director of a banking house and the knowledgie reqojstte to hold a hfgh twettfion on benct to propeüy perftvrm tbe dmtitee of tlü oifi.c. Ia tbe poel office departme&1 Mr. Bïssell wUl find himself in comparison wltt of the mosl eucceesfuj buaineesinen in Philadelphia and In further cotnpanleon wiih Mr. Don M. DiektoBOD, Mr. Clevi'laiid's first BeleCtion, and u'ho was a most saccessful post mester general. In tte d ipartment of affrtoulture Mr. Morton win he placed in eoniparieon wlüh Gen. Ilusk. who il: Hist secretary of toat departuient. Botto are practica] farmers, and men of nturdy common sense. Mr. Morton Ie tfae more of a s liolar, Avhile Gen. liusi; lS, perhape, the better poiti'iiui. T. C. CRAWFORD.

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