10 Mar 1881
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1881
Page
1
The piece surveys Garfield era cabinet picks with Blaine at State and Lincoln at War, Kirkwood at Interior, Postmaster James of New York, and Judge Hunt as Navy head, plus Hayes ex-president train crash news and Garfield inaugural remarks urging Civil Service reform and education.
The B and O Company has secured control of the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore railroad ending Pennsylvania Railroad dominance. The move is expected to end the line’s monopoly and improve freight and travel conditions for the East. Reported crowds in Washington for the inaugural ceremonies faced unpropitious weather and scarce dining and lodging as the city recovered from heavy demand.
President Garfield sent cabinet nominations to the Senate on Saturday and all were unanimously confirmed. Named are James G. Blaine of Maine as Secretary of State William Windom of Minnesota as Secretary of the Treasury Wayne McVeagh of Pennsylvania as Attorney General Thomas L. James of New York as Postmaster General Samuel J. Kirkwood of Iowa as Secretary of the Interior Robert T. Lincoln of Illinois as Secretary of War and William H. Hunt of Louisiana as Secretary of the Navy.
Congressman Hurd, leading light of a new free trade group, aims to push the program and organize Democratic free trade clubs across Ohio for this year’s state election. The piece notes the Democratic rebuff to free trade during the late presidential campaign and questions whether the party can learn from it.
The measure passed the House but missed Senate action before adjournment, fixing total representatives at 319. Ohio would gain one seat to reach 21. The bill likely becomes law next session with bipartisan backing including Republicans and some Democrats and Greenbackers.
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