The Portland daily press., 1885-03-09
WASHINGTON.
Six Members of tEae Cabinet Take Posses
sion of Their Departments.


sion of Their Departments.
WASHINGTON, March 7.-Promptly at -
O'Clock four OF President Cleveland's Cabinet,
Mr.. Bayard, Mr.. Endicott, Mr.. Whitney and
Mr.. Garland, entered the ofice of the Secre-
tary of State. Mrs. Endicott, wife of the-new
Secretary of War, accompanied the party, as
did also Justice Field of the United States
Supreme Court. Immediately after entering
MIR. BayaTd took tho oath of Office which was
administered by Justice Field Secretary
Frelinghuysen and ex-Assistant Secretary
Davis were present. also Senator Payne of
Ohio and ex-Attorney General Pierrepont.
The party then went to the room occupied by
Secretary Chandler, where Mr.. Whitney took
the oath OF office as Secretary of the Navy.
In Secretary Lincoln's office, where Lieut..
Gen, Sheridan and staff and other officers of the
War Department had assembled, the oath was
administered TO Mr.. Endicott Mrs Eudi-
cott entered the room on the arm of Mr.. Bay
ard. AS soon as Justice Field had admins
tered the oath the various army officers were
IN turn introduced to the New Secretary
by Mr.. Lincoln. Attorney General Garland
was 3worn into office at the Department of
Justice about noon. The oath of Office was
administered by Mr. Justice Field in the
presence OF Attorney General Brewster, Sec
retaries BayaTd, Manning, Endicott Whitney
and Lamar and few others. Mr.. Brewster
will continue to act as Attorney General until
Monday, when he will formally present his
successor ia tho United States Supreme Court
The party proceeded from the Department of
Justice to the Treasury Department where
the oath of office was administered to Secretary
Manning by Justice Field. In addition to
those already named there were present ex-
Secretary McCulloch, Assistant Secretary
Coon, Mr.. W. II. Barnum of Connecticut, Mr..
Smith M. Weed of New York, Mr.. Jones Of
New Hampshire, Mr.. P. b. Olney, Mr.. @. M.
Jordan of New York, and many others, inolud-
ing several ladies. Soon after Secretary Man
ming had qualified all the bureau officers and
chief OF divisions visited his office and paid
their respects. MIR. Manning informed them
that he would not enter upon the duties of the
office until Monday morning.
Postmaster General Villas and Secretary
Lamar also took the cath Of office and entered
upon the discharge of their duties. There was
little formality In the ceremony in either case
The oaths were administered by Justice Field
in the presence of Secretary Bayard, Attorney
General Garland and many other distinguished
persons.
First 0Aicial Acts of she New Secretaries,
When a com mission was made out for the
appointment of Gen. Grant on the retired list,
Secretary Lincoln retained it at the War De-
partment. thinking 1t proper that the new
Secretary should be given an opportunity to
countersign it, after its signature by the Pres
ident. This morning it was on the desk of the
new Secretary of War, and the first official act
OF Secretary Endicott was to countersign it.
The first official act of Secretary Whitney to-
day was to sign the appointment OF Nathan B.
CLARK to be chief engineer on the retired list
of the navy. Mr.. Clark has been on the re-
tired list as a passed assistant engineer since
1868.
Thronging TO the White House.
The rush of vistors to the White House con-
tinued todsy with nosapparent decrease in the
numbers. The judges Of the Court of Claims
called in body about 2 o'clock.
The President has notified his private secre-
tary that he does not purpose to receive persons
who call in regard to appointments, as he is de-
sirous that all applications of that character
shall be acted upon by the head OF the DEPART
mont to which they belong
Miss Cleveland held her first afternoon re-
ception today. A brilliant gathering attended.
Swedish Money Orders.
A convention for the exchange of money
orders between the United States and Sweden
was signed at Stockholm, on the part of the
Swedish government, on Dec. 27, 1884, and by
the Postmaster General at Washington, in be-
half OF the United States, on Feb. II, 1886.
The convention will go into effect April
next, and under its provisions money orders
will be exchanged directly between the two
countries. instead of through Germany as at
present. The arrangement will lessen the cost
OF Swedish money orders to the public, by dis
pensing with the fee heretofore paid the Ger
man government for its services.
Facts and E8umors.
Brig. Gen. Delos B. Sacket, Senior Inspector
| General OF the United States army died at II
| O'Clock this morning at his residence in this
city.