Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1884 — CLEVELAND’S CABINET. [ARTICLE]

CLEVELAND’S CABINET.

Probable Effects of the Change on OfficeHolders—Views of an Old-Timer. [Correspondence Rochester Sunday Herald.] “Yes, the principal topic of conversation here at present is the probable action of the incoming administration.” The speaker was Mr. William M. Ashley, of 506 Maine avenue, a man whose large and intimate acquaintance with prominent public men here in Washington renders his opinion of uausual weight. “The all-important question among the clerks of the various departments is, Who is to go? In my opinion there will be very few changes among the old-time employes who have been here year in and year out through several administrations. The removals will occur among the heads of departments.” “The sense of mistrust which must necessarily pervade the departm?nts is, I suppose, detrimental to the proper transaction of business?” “Well, rather, 1 reckon. It unfits the clerks for business. Some get very blue, for they have purchased little homes which they must sacrifice.” ‘ Last summer it was reported that many were ill of malaria. How is it?” “More likely ill of a fear of change. I don’t think Washington is so very mularious. At the sftme time I admit that since residing here I have not always felt first-rate. At timeß I have been greatly troubled with sharp-shooting pains. One day my right arm and leg would torture me with pain, there would be great redness, heat and swelling of the parts, and perhaps the next day the left arm and leg would be similarly affected. Then again it would locate in some particular part of my body and produce a tenderness which would well-nigh drive me frantic. There would be weeks at a time that I would be afflicted with an Intermitting kind of pain, that would como on every afternoon and leave me comparatively free from suffering during the balance of the twenty-four hours.” “Of course you consulted the doctors regarding your difficulty?” "Consulted them? Well, I should say I did. Some told me I had neuralgia; others that I bad inflammatory rheumatism, for which there was no cure.” “But didn’t they try to relieve your miseries?” “Yes, they vomited and physicked me, blistered and bled me, plastered and oiled me, sweat, steamed and everything but froze me, but without avail.” •‘But how did you finally recover?” “I had a friend living in Michigan who had been afflicted in a similar way and bad been cured. He wrote me regarding bis recovery and advised me to try the remedy which cured him. I procured a bottle and commenced its use, taking a tablespoonful after each meal and at bed time. I had used it about a week when I noticed a decrease of the soreness of the joints and a general feeling of relief. I persevered in its use and finally got so I could move around without limping, when I told my friends that it was Warner’s Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put me on my feet” “And do you regard your cure as permanent?” “This was more than a year ago, the trouble has not returned, and I haven’t been so well in years as I am now.” “ Speaking of President-olect Cleveland, who, in your opinion, will oomprise his Cabinet?” “That is as difficult to determine as it is to say what office-holders will go. Many good men have been named for the positions— Bayard, Thurman, Bragg, McClellan, not to mention a lot of lesser lights. Every prominent politician has a slate made up which ho is backing to win; but, tlion, as is always the case, some one will get left."