Show CLEV CLET ELANDS CABINET still continues the all topic among politicians by western abeld preg press to the NEW feb 25 the world of thursday will contain the following ALBANY feb 25 As concerns the cabinet the air has cleared very rapidly since mr lamar left here yesterday ilia ills visit brought things to a head bead and when he lie parted from cleveland tho the cabinet was practically completed I 1 have learned from a source not to be questioned for a moment that cleveland has positively settled on five members and all of them have given in their formal acceptances these are the names and places they are to fill fill bayard secretary of state manning secretary of the treasury lamar secretary of the interior garland attorney general vilas post master general this leaves the war and navy portfolios to be filled he ile isnow is now disposed to appoint whitney to the navy if he had bad to send in in his cabinet today to day he would no doubt do so bo of course this means two men from new york this is its worrying him a good deal lie ile wants wanta whitney and is about decided 19 ignore the custom and precedent and voluntarily incur much inevitable criticism ofa hostile character for the sake of having a man in the navy department whom be he understands and who understands him it need not be surprising if be he does so anyhow in fact it is probable ro that he lie will As to the war var department he lie is halting balting between two men judge endicott and honorable patrick A collins of massachusetts with chances cli ances in favor of the former one of these is sure to be appointed and will go in as the representative of new england the chances cli ances today to day are clearly that he will appoint judge endicott Endi colt who will be remembered as the democratic nominee far for governor in massachusetts chu last year ilia me selection would be particularly satisfactory to the independents who supported cleveland though ilia his democracy is not to be doubted the cabinet thus made up of cou course arse disposes d is poses h finally nal I 1 y of both th thurman u r and 31 cDonald and leaves the western and middle states without a representative the greatest hindrance to the appointment of mcdonald aldia is the irritating and disturbing effect it would hare haye on the indiana democracy which was not a unit in his advocacy for a similar reason cleveland passed over thurman an additional objection being hia his age which in Clev elands opinion would would hardly permit his undertaking the pressing work that must devolve upon the cabinet officers in the coming administration it is understood that there is to be appointed to the pension bureau which belongs to the department of the interior a welli wells known union general which would allay any hostile criticism that might arise from fro m lamars having been a prominent confederate it may bo be added that cleveland is we well along with his inaugural ad address dread it will be brief simple and plain like all bis his public utterances he ile will take the same saine position on the tariff question esti C n as a s that th a t laid down in the chicago democratic plat fohn advocating reforma reforms of the present tariff system but hin with due consideration for the incidental protection of american labor mid and industries ho ile will take positive grounds against the continue 1 aaion of colu coinage age some sometime time ago he lie reFe received ived it a letter congressmen headed by reagan of texas asking him bim to be noncommittal non committal on the silver question in his we inaugural this letter he lie is just about answer answering ine and in it will give his reasons for ta king the ground against further coin coinage |