Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1889 — A Mediocre Cabinet. [ARTICLE]

A Mediocre Cabinet.

A thoroughly mediocre man, President Harri-on has gathered about him an entirely mediocre Cabinet, with one exception. Mr. Bi ine is confessedly a much bipger man than his chief, but it is question ble whether he will be permitted to exhibit his peculiar abilities as Secretary of State or startle the country with p ore Mulligan let'e s. r J he distribution of the main spoils is intrusted to a t-u cessiul dry-goods merch nt of Philadelphia who contributed liberally to campai n funds last fall, and who is supposed to be a mere Btalking-horse for Matt Quay. Noble, Miller, Busk and Proctor are nonentities so far as statesmanship is concerned, and Windom rises to the capacity of a respectable Wall street broker. General Traoy, who might have made a good Attorney General, will be as much out of place in the Navy Department as a sailor seeking admission to the bar of the Supreme Court.