Show 1 ann hb othy 0 october 6 WINDUS ANO WEST the duties of the secretary of the treasury require tint the man B bo undertakes to pe form bliem shall be broadminded broad minded conservative fa abil morally courageous lie may be cf the treasury without ill or any of attributes but lie cannot lo 10 a official he can neither conduct his department judiciously nor command the confidence of the nation huleis lie be gifted with the thaita mentioned he roast above all be able to show hia freedom from local influences and the fewer financial hobbies attributed tri buted to him the better among occupants 0 this place in the presidential cabinet within the recollection of the generation are but few who have not been men of character of fiol purpose of skill in ability aid of conscientious ious regard for the v el fare of the country the ic is no exception to the rule n these particular he liw ben many years in life and has no hia record in the senate and in the treasury he has shown legislative and execl ive tact but hig conception of what is best for the whole country is not nearly as broad as the country is and liis fixity of purpose lies in the very refusal to take a more view he is ee b ut conservative almost to narrowness and is farsighted in a national sanse only alien liia vision reals upon a comparatively email but influential section of the laca the interior department has heretofore been considered the one whose head should come fr m the if indeed that ular mcgon was considered entitled eo titled to any recognition in the cabinet at all but of recent years alie west has begun to feel its importance and has awakened ti the fact that the friendship or hostility of the treasury makes a very ampre bable cifton nee in the metal market an ond manning and fairchild child have all held the eastern view in d legislation which is at home in wall street and has for its exponents the gild bugs on either eide the I 1 hay were therefore all unpopular with he eaher and lead prodoc ng sections the last campaign fought on the lines of protection and tariff reform was a disappointment to thee particular regions because neither platform expressed a definite policy with regard to the co nape and mission of silver gen harrisons chaice of lindini was lo 10 iced dpn as another slight to the einink industries between the missouri and the coast the late decision of mr windom ai to the free ini gortat on of cris aida still another offense offence ti cliwe charged up against him and in addition to all alie rest hia recent to the ai mission of certain classes of chinese has filled the coasts cup of bitterness to the brim it may ie to early in the history of ahe the father of waters and the boldn gate to expect eliat such a chaice as we would like can be had on demand but is a time coming when the voice of this tet region will carry tremendous influence and when lucli a policy ae that pursued by windom will not be tolerated is already loud aid deep rooted hostility to his methods and he will need to be well in trenched if unshaken by the is gi about him with such portentous |