| Show Cabinet Ministers I Gossip and Story About tho DIll Mon of Clovolnnds Offolal FnmllyHow Thoy Coma to Cablno1 MootliB9Socroary Mortons Turnout and Secretary Smiths Horsa Something About Tholr Wlvoi and Fnmlllos I I IFMi 5peNsfrnrl 0 IU hiWi WAIIIINOTON Jan 3 idjlIt was ten minutes to II oclock last Tuesday I flood eti the White llouw tttrrt 1rel I Ident Cleveland was In his office up stairs ready logo t 10 I llta cabinet meetIng meet-Ing whkh WM to lake place when the clock truck n A steady Iilreant of visitors sightseer coil bridal couplt wintered up and Iown In h U moon stalls uhlch led rOm the Iron fence to the porte eochere of the Knetutlve l Min Mon Some ol the sightseers weir In the ve tlbulc stating lit tire wall of glass which separates the long promenade corridor from It Others were tr > ing the chairs of Ihe east room and still other were buttonholing guard and avis logIn be a < admitted the private part ments ol the home Two brass hulloneel l l policemen stool at the door soils half doten mesenger lounging chair or standing guard here and there could be icem No Congressmen or office eek era were vIsible No one Is I received on cabinet days and this order ha > become 10 veil known sisal lire Utter clan keep away and the member II they call at all come early I h1 l taken my stand hereto watch Ihe cabinet come up I Tlrst I SAW a carriage with prnndng horses driving In at the gale A n ell coachman Ml on the boi and a blonde mm of lily odd dreied 1 In dapper clothe wa Us sole occupint lIe 1 bad heavy straw colored mustache bright blue eyes and roy cheeks lie 001 straight up In the carriage I and as his hones were reined suddenly up befoie I me under tire > ole cochere I could see that his yellow cloves were new and Hut 1 his I t clothes had been made bye good tailor This man was Secretary Morton the hornyhanded farmer of Ihe I administration lie had a package a papers la his left hand but Ihfl held iheml gingerly as though he thought lire titled Ink origin diwolorhls new gloves and I as Jumped from the carriage I could see no signs of gardening or plowing I I nipon his polished boots Secretary 1i1 I r olhr r 7t Morton always drives to the cabinet meetings He has for vcm nude enough out ol his farm lo enable him lo keep 1 a fancy turnout and Uncle Sam provides each of Iris cabinet officers with a carriage This was a government carriage and It belonged lo tire department depart-ment of agriculture The secretary ol agriculture stepped briskly Into the White House atler alighting from it then turned to the left and then to the light going upstairs to the cabinet tuum 1 he nut arrival was the Secretary of Mate Judge Gresham looks more like II farmer than Morton He walk from sine Stale Derailment 1 lo the White House at cabinet meetings and he his a with right war of pinning hlmsell along angled gesture which is peculiar to himself 11 often wear A slouch hat but today he hud on A sllfTsllk plug Ihe train ofcshicin win well rougheilup lie came un the walk to the porch wllhn look of delerailiMtlon written all over him This Mid I am goIng to get there by and by ansI he did lie spoke to the guards ache came up anl alutcd every one with a Democtalle Mow do vnndo n He had 1 no pniiert lo carry nor did he put on airs An he 01 paced me I noted that thegra hair have crept rapidly in and out among the black mranifi of hh hair and nItndb that he la now on the eilfe of growing old though iris walk show tarl he wnr feels the wound which he received at the battle of Atlanta A WAR sTOIC or IRRHIIAM Speaking of that battle I heard Ihe lory olGresliam wound tine other day Gen Mclhersnn was over him and a day or Iu before Atlanta fell a shell I struck Greahant and citiled away the fleshy part ol I his leg above the knee lie was badly hurt but be had the nerve lo send word In I Gen MclheriKm that hf was disabled and had been ordered in Ihe rear Mclherson sent hack a I sympathetic measage nnd an escort and Gtexluni was carried out by a roundabout round-about course toe place where he could l gel medical attention tere I he 1 laid fore for-e time but as soon as ioiible be via put Into baggage car on a stretcher I and CII tinS way cnrrled I t In this baggage car he found a colhn neil to him It was there when his stretcher was put In Several men were standing about and he head one of them say ° It 11 I too bad list the general Is I gone What general Is l ll vou are lalklmr oil he a kedj whereupon f the men old I I hint that they were speaking 1 of Gen Me Iherson I wins had I been shot In the battle and who < o dead body was In the coffin at hit side Mclherson had been killed shortly nfler her bad sent him hU escort and 1 had now overtaken him on his way satire rear A HAIOR 1HNKPAL IIIP OX blllT I Tlilt battle was fought In July 11161 and iresham went Into It I am lolil 1 with the hope that he might be made n major J general fur his bravery There Is no braver man rl In the country than he lie won his brigadier generalship largely through ill gallant conduct at the battle 3lu Irr ofVicktburg He had gone Into that battle a colonel of line fiftythird Indiana In-diana and had nulled Into the storm of It at th head of his men without orders 11 I ISa regiment had done Its full share ol I hard lighting and he had ever bem in Ihe thickest nf the fray At In clone however lie brigade commander put him under arrest for miicliing I horde h-orde but Gen Grant had noticed Iris bravery and he ordered lilt release It was on Grants recommendation shoilly alter this that he was made a lull Imgi timer At this battle near Atlanta be I leallted lllln the war was nearly over and that If he was to win i higher honors he would hive 10 IIIoe Iuleklv JdoreI I riding Into the eng lit mrnt he nd a1r trri d stair one of hit friends on Mcpherxm t Here joes for u mnjor gencrahhip or bint i lie then slouched his hut over his black eyes dug his pura Into his horse nnd lathed Into Ihe Irsy lie I had ridden trudy a iloien tod before he received ashot In I Ihel1 hleh knocked him from his horse and threw Urn Inline ground line wound was such inhere one that the surgeon at the hospital advised ad-vised lire amputation of Ihe leg but Ibis Uresham refilled permit Illood lois offing cnsuedand he bad a hard struggle for life I nm told that he now and then sllll feels the effects of the wound The hood polnonihf tell his stomach weak nnd though he mae a greal capaclt for woik he has to l use much care M to his health I was thinking of thIs siory as I saw lbs general innh hn way on Into hue Kieculive Mansion The stat hardy a limp In tile walk but what an historic path his feel have trod lsmntns I the war mild now he has been it pail of our his tori iie lint henlhhe clotril asxKln tlons with men of both pnnuiea Gen Garhhl at t one time mlendetl to amok him Secretary ol the Interior timl Pro Idem Arthur thought emiugh of him to make him his Iostnuster Oineral and Secretary of the Treasury lie I ban never been an oflice seeker and 1 he said not long ago that he had never allowed am billon li > take hold I t him for fear it would nuke him Us slave There lullS nun In the cabinet who has no man sirong ulenda at Greaham nor any who Is more democratic lie I ha torn tine red tape from Ihe Male Department and you may find him almost any evening ready for a chat at hb home He I has the confidence ul the President and I enlure I he makes no bones of sai Inn I just j what he thinks I without regard lo the consequence of Chvelund liking < < It or not Ho I sits at lie right < of the Ire Ident In bin cabinet inciting and he usually come Into them about One minute min-ute lale A lOOK AT TIIR ATTOKNM CUNBKAI At the door doted behind ludge Grnham I saw lisa Attorney General walk Inld the White House grounds A little sober student like man with a gray muslache and Iron gray hair he clIne gingerly along with his overcoat on his arm I he day was wmm and Grmhatn linl I left hn I coat at home Morion uai clAd in a butlnes suit hut lime Attorney General carried his I coat though ll wat within an hour of high noon sod he had only to walk ncros Ihe street Yney nit > I one of the reserved re-served men of Ihe United KUtcl and If It were not Irreverent I mlent 11 him and Secretary r Illwell line clams uf the I 1 k ol cabinet Neither of them hikes lo appear ap-pear In the newspapers Neither will sulmilt to intemewt and hoth slip In and out about Washington at though they were walking on egg and feared 1 the result ol boisterous enerllon Oney and Illssell are both tamper semI neither was much known before he came to Washington Attorney General i Ulney 5 sinlynesen I yeses old l He el Is worth I a lortuiif iml l his low practice largely Cnmrtnnnn i il 1 with railroad has It is maui I 1 n 11I111I1 hint f5nanaaa a > ear for A deead or I1UKIIII AND 11I1 CARRIAUK Toslmaster General IIUcll always comet lo line While houte In a carriage lie Is I rarely seen walking on the streets of Washington n11 I tenture there are lot a hundied men here outside of those who have met him In a business way whu know him Let me tell hnrs how IIlkl Ire looked as he stepped from I nit coupe I Jy 1 and stood upon the White House tI I p n The Ioitmitler eiienl has heo n compared to President Utveland I ill not see where the likenett COllie In I hii55eli Is a much bigger man than the President lie Is I taller broader and better made II has a glint fMmean l the bone or this are loaded down with muscular fat I dont think his flesh Is flabby It look aolld and his dark sallow skin impetus lo he healthy lie has R bigger head than resident Cleve I land If you could I trust a ruler through It from ear to ear you would I find it quite as Ihlck as that of the President Its longest I dlmeniloM however are from top to bottom I venture t It It nine inches from Ills crown 10 the mcilulla ohlonjarj and hit face must be a loot lung Hu thin la n double one and It tlopes olT Into a long strong neck line PotUnMltr General has n good broad forehead It it el high as well en broad j i rid he comb hit black hair straight up torn i It L making It look still higher hllir I Inad U I very high ahnve Ihe ear and the ear are of a good aim l and ocr rinse I hI Insert G ftJ to Postmaster General IISK lu < a p1 nnlexpression II I ii hornst In hU nunner and he can laugh Ijudgo 1 hi I wouW nuke a good club manihouxh hi ha not pent much time In club life In Washington lie is noted fur hit re linnet In lanl to hinuell and his department de-partment nail the cold I chill corrugate iiit fat back until it links 1 like a washboard I wash-board when he it asked to make a tialeinent I tor newspaper publication I lie in perhp the closest I lu the I Irc1 dent of any man In the cabinet mint Mychlcall he and Cleveland are In fact the halve of Hie soul The Potmaster I linefat lives Inner at Wadilncton about W W lljW two block Irons rl the White HOUK HU home Ie I a bit brick of three morles nnd in English I basement I It ha a priton like entrance and at Me right ot hum Is I a hltle nttko or library where Ihe 1ait mailer General receive hilt gntlcmrn I friend of an evening Hi due much of his uork at hh hon and be Mitolcn and matIns here far Into Ihe night lie It a man nf culture of Kind education I and a graduate ill Yalr i 11 iI wile r I one of Ihe moil accomplished women I the capital voting and charming She Is a llr ilr il ile fine miiVlcUii I and received a part 1 of her nuilrnl education In Europe She I Iss New York girl and woo n schunlmsli of Mr Cleveland 1 at Wella College I The Pintmaster General issuld tn lie rich I lie has nude a fortune at the law and In rnllruadf and Is Mid to be worth at many hundred thuutand dollars I an he weigh pv nds As he tips I the beam I ut about three humlredthlt would make him Ihe possessor of more than quarter of million LAMONT AI WAR RKCHKTAKV Another rich man In President Cleveland Cleve-land cabinet Is Daniel I lanmnt He lollowed 1 Illtsell UI > the White Hmite sleM 1 tills afternoon lie Ins I six Indies shorter than lire Postmaster General nnd though he hnos materially gained l In weight since he won private secretory to Cleveland be doe not now weigh mnre than half nt much as Mr I Illtsell He has not aged In the past eight cars IeII Ie II I hr His miutache Is the ame wiry Jc1 hIlt I chlna < blue eye look out from under the same heavy unwrinklrd brows and hit only dilleinur II I seen In fuller cheeks ollll and a pertiptlble piunch Secretary i mtt Ii alwav well dressed He vveari buslncs cloihM as a rule but they are new and the creates In his pints am at clearly defined I I ns were n hot of Stcretan Whitneys Iimont tea < U a democratic Me at the War Department I De-partment I < hit a little anteroom luck nl nlice where tie receive his Iriendi and in which many a confiden tial polltial I chat Is heM I lie I is a rapid ea eao worker and l knows how lo make uthrs work lor him Then arc no frillt aboii him and though be II i now rich and famous he puts on no more airs thanne did when he was comparatively poor Ian I-an told that Inc biggest salary hr had ever received up to me lime he entered the White House was considerably lest I than the am > unt he got there He was line first private I aeciclary to gt 5iooo hut fiiI is now said I that his f New York railroads and other stocks bring him In aeveral time this amount and he is I online on-line way to n million Secretary Whitney discovered his telling abilities during tl 01tl CII the last ndminitiation and it was through hint jimont I became one of lIne headaoltbc greatest Mreet railroad sjti dlcate ol the country and I am told Lanontt ability mil d mal rlally In making this propirty so valuable The company inns a canpnhal l of twoooooo ant Its stock wilt for 150 Not long ago It was only twenty millions and It sold at Co jmmnl I got a gaud slice of the stock when be entered lIe company He I had a big alary and his ability was so pronounced fcja oll nounced iliM lie I was taken t Into n targe number of Ihe biggct in ltlulion of New York He I WAS recrelnry or treasurer treas-urer of a number of these and he was a director In clghleiii dtllerent stock companies com-panies lie m not a man whu talks much about himself lie it I hemp friendly with the ncwtpauer men but pjirU to Ira tl1 Interviewed 1 and will Iu talk for publication if he can help it Wen he llrst came lo Washington he lived in a Inline on II I I street not far from the Metropolitan I Club Now lISa luime Is a his > elIow brick juts arrot Jacknon Park from lime RxeculWe Mnntlon It It I tool vvlcheil between the home of Senator Cal Ililce and hat of the Hterateur Henry Adam II is I within a stones throw of the War I porlnueot and Lament La-ment walks to his olhce and back again three time a day CRIIII R AI A ALIINR It Ia line sonic 151111 Secretary Carlisle 1 whu live a block or so farther up on K tIred Carlisle walks grent deal lie ii I a tall angular nun with n students stoop llehiAfiltcned somewhat since last March but Ins I clothes still hng on hk big frame In wrinkles and he could land fitly pound more of flesh without Injury lie is I n man of many ncqualn tanct and be atop and talks 10 racy other man he meets In coming from lIne treasury to the White house I today he was bullonholtd by no less than six mm and I noted that each one seemed 10 leave him well pleased Carlisle Is noteil for hit bonetly He I Is I blunt In hit ways and he always says what he Ihlnkt There It I nothing oftlie olengln ous politician about him and he Is nig hl ctI lia enough to be simple He I iln not n hard student though he It I n good deal of a worker lIe I leaven bit work at the department de-partment when he 1 goes out and t delights I I in plavlnic twkcr nor until stakes of an evening He it noted 1 Ion bis clearness r rl dlniJ 1 1 III II nf Intellcit and In the point of pure brains be ii i a heavier weight than AllY other man of his paily lie doe not care to show and he has none of Ihe bluster of Hoke Smith about him FULL Of HLOOD AND MUSCI The Secretary of the Interior like to dolhlnjj 1 mmiiis n rosIn He Is over sit feet In height 1 and Ie hilR It t picked with anlmd I viiillty He has lots ol mti ce and plemv of good blood lIe I I couldnl keep ito it if he tried and he move about tnt uihlngton with n ruth He I ll I fond of horseback riding and he rides a big biy jteed up M the White Homo and hands him over too groom while he goes Into cabinet meetings lIe Is I not at 1 all tnckward In exprcttmg his opinion In the imeilngt and 1 bit words carry rontiderable I weight IbIs perhaps Ilia last miser of r he cabin1 Jh though he says he would rather be n lawyer than a politician he hit I shown himself to be eminently fitted for the latler occupation oc-cupation lie Is I one of the hard workers wor-kers of lIne cabinet and one of the heavy weight He It not fat but he fh 01 welgh at leavt three hundred and every ounce of hU flesh It I solid IOMIP ABOUT IIERDKRT The Secretary of the Navy Is I another big man Mr Herbert Is nearly six feet In height and he weighs one hundred hund-red and eventyfivenounilt He I lint a big head the face of which I Is covered by a tawny beard and J his blue eye look out from f under heavy brows Ills complexion is I rather rough and It has I Just the tinge of the sallow of the south He dresses plainly and Is thoroughly I Democratic In 1 all hIs vv ays There it no trouble In gelling nt bun either at the department at hIs insure If he can do whit you want he tell II yuo at once and if not h will tell you nhn He VlIJ II has been so IIHIX in public ol life that r be understand loON 10 deal with the Con grestmen Ho know mot of them personally and ItnopuUr In both homes lie bat ninny sociable qutlitle can tell n Rood nory nnd can dictate like n I steam engine He lin a rotychcekrd private rely named Flnney who ran lakj down hil mist at the Mir of two hundred words a minute With limit mm oil one aide ut n big mahogany denk and himself on the other lint Secretary begins work about 9 I clock In the Dining i He I lint runs ihrouzli hit 1 mail tlsen receive I coilers and lie Yates hlnixilf la the work or time department de-partment At between one and two heR hunt he-R light lunch The nllernoon Is laigely takm up with tile duels of the 17 nW r ul various liurciui and nil sorts of iues lion are ditpmed ol The navy It now one of the I big manufacturing depart nitnts of the government and ha oil mates amount to millions There aru all sorts of fine questions 10 be uIwa td and Secretary Herbert calls In hit experts and pi ite these before them I He hat been Mudlnglhe navy nil his life and he Is thoroughly I I potted r upon I It and III needs He is practical however hi his idea and he runs things lostitl 1I IIdeiill clj himself II is evenings J he SI usually spends at home He Is I n bookish linn nnd lit well read He I likes II KOOlI novel and at the same time Is thoroughly posted on historical sublicls Much of lilt reading he carries on In connection with hli daughter Miss Leila Herbert I who preside over hit hone here and doe the honora nit the leading Iidy of the navy Secretary Hubert I Is a widower 1 Hit 1 wile died I a few years inca leaving tuo crown up daughters bomb ol whom I an noted for their beauty The oldest suter It I married nnd now lives In Ala ham rue olllgrl Mil Lelln She U I a slender bluccvcd blonde with IliilTy light hair and delicate features She Is I by all odd the youngest woman in the cabinet but by virtue ol Washington Wash-ington society rules she has the place her mother would hold II she were alive Phi Herbert has bad much eiperivnce In Washington society She Is I the Secretary constant companion w lien lie It I outside of Ihe depirtment She Iravelt with him everywhere and III It said that she has been on Ihe deck of every ship In Ihe United State mvy SIne It I a very nciompllshcd yoang woman speak Ircnch and Spanish 1 lluently and has seen enough oF Washington i Wash-ington life to enable her to preside over her father homo with grrat crrdil CKANK G CARNINTKR |
