The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-16
THE CABINET.
n PICTURES OF THE PRESI-
DENTS ADVISERS.
s. tohes of the Eight Men Who Ad.
mister the Departments of the
Government-HowT They Live
and How They Work.

A tour of the possible Presidents is an
interesting pastime nowadays, saws the
Washington correspondent of Philadel.
phia Record. BY possible Presidents,
mean, of course, the eight members Of
the Cabinet, who are by act of Congress
in the line of promotion upon the death
y disability of the President or Vice
President. 1t is not certain that the
Secretary Of Agriculture, the baby of the
CABINET, is in this line of promotion, fol
he is not. mentioned, of course, in the
Presidential Succession act" because his
office had not then been created. But ]
suppose that under the general terms Of
the act creating the eighth Cabinet place
its incumbent is given all the powers and
privileges of his colleagues. But. at all
events, ''Uncle Jere' is a member of the
Cabinet and good fellow, and so we
will call on him, too
Blaine's department occupies the south
ern wing of the new Stanawar-St State,
navy and war-building, which stands
Just west of the Executive mansion, on
the ssfe of the old war and navy build
ings. Secretaries Blaine, Proctor and
TRACE, who control it, have adopted
someYhat more stringent rules for the
admission of visitors that are prescribed
in other departments. Unless you are a
Senator or a representative of a depart
ment official you can only see them per
sonally at twelve o'clock on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays-newspapel
men being, of course, excepted here as
every where.
Bld fine is the latest member of the
Cabinet for getting down to his Office,
seldom arriving until 10 o'clock, the
hour at which he begins to receives Sena-
tors and Representatives. But this is not
because he gets up late, for he is light
sleeper and an early riser. It is because
ne takes time at his desk in his comfort
able rooms at the Normandie to read the
morning newspapers, which he does like
an old newspaper man; dispose of somt
of his private correspondence, and pass
with the assistance of Walker Blaine
upon some of his public business, so tina
Walker is apt to carry portfolio full o
papers to and fro for his father every day
When he can the Secretary Of State walk
the few blocks by way of Lafayette parl
from his hotel to his department. Hi
hair and beard are entirely white, hi
face is more deathlike than ever, but hi
form is straight and his step is springy
AT distance his age would not be at al
apparent to a casual observer.
The office of the Secretary of State
having been finished and furnished severa
years before the others, is faded compared
with those Of the Secretary of War ant
the Secretary of the Navy. Still it is
handsome room, with a fine wood foo
covered with rugs, elaborate frescoes,
great square mahogany desk for the Sec
rotary in the centre, a smaller one TO
his private secretary in one corner, book
cases, cabinets and fine globe scattered
around, and a number of portraits on tn
wall.
But we must not keep the Secretary o
State waiting. He stands up to receive
sitting down and fitting back in his chair
with his legs crossed, if he settles dow
to good talk with you. He takes YOU
hand with his old fervor, and his ey
still dances and sparkles-as I believe i
will when he IS dead He always say
something pleasant when he can, and, i
possible. something clever, too; and 81
it, slhiife anu a bow-youare dismissed
From 10 to u, like al the Secre
taries in this building, he receives Sena
tors and Representatives on all days ex
cept Thursday, which is reserved 70
members of the diplomatic corps exclu
sively. On Mondays there are not s.
many Senators and Representatives callinl
as to take all of the two hours, so that h
does not lose the whole morning. At II
except on Cabinet days TUESDAY an,
Friday, when he must be getting over t
the White House, he receives the publ
until / or 2, as business will permit.
Then, on his return from the Cabinet
he works away on official business until
o'clock, when he drives down the avenu
to private gymnasium, and either take
some prescribed exercise or a massag
treatment. His physician has told hin
that he must take from four to six hours
exercise every day. Before he went int
the Cabinet he walked several miles eacl
day. But now he considers himself for
tunate when he is not detain at his offic
after 5, and can get an hours exercise be
fore dinner. He dimes with his famil,
in their private dining-room at anC
then works most Of the evening at officia
business if he does not go out to dinner
Mrs. Blaine is experimenting the recon
struction of the Seward mansion on La
fayette square, which they have leasec
for ten years, and which they will occup,
in the fall, so that the Secretary is relieved
largely of that. He has a great deal o
private business, though, with his real es
tate here, and his railroads there, and hi
mines far out in the West. Altogether h
has too much work to do and gets to-
little exercise, and he viii be very glad t
get little rest after a while.
William Window, Secretary of tn
Treasury, comes next in order on tn
list. To see him we cross over through tn
White House grounds, in front or in rea
of the White House, and walk up to tn
second floor of the Greek temple know
as the treasury building. Window ha
changed the Office of the Secretary of tn
Treasuit from the southeast corner, wher
Manning and Fairchild had theirs, to til
centre OF the south side, where he use
Assistant Secretary Thompson's old roor
as his main office, and the chief clerk
old rooh, opening out of it, as his cor
sultatioh cabinet and real working der
Windoh, like George W. Childs, whOr
he so much resembles, looks Just the sam
as he did twenty five years ago-face &
unwrinkled, hair and vhiskers as darE
1t is his sunny nature which keeps hi
young. He is never rufied, but is alway
smiling. He walks over to his depar
ment from Hotel Arno, on Sixteent
street. lust north of the White Houst
with an easy moving step so as to get
his office by Q o'clock. He sees ever,
body who comes at all hours of every da
when he is in his Office and his work wi
permit. Most of the time from till
or 4 o'clock he is standing on his fe,
listening to the office-seeker and h
friends. Between callers he signs pape
or eats his simple luncheon. After 2 or
or o'clock, when the last caller goes,