The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-03-07
THE PRESIDENT PLEASED
At the Speedy Confirmation
Of the Cabinet.
JUDGE GRESHAM TAKES THE OATH

ID ArIIIHH '''ff NIt'I'II o. 'IAs '''.' /
IS much pleased with the speedy conHma |
tiuu of the Cabinet He desired 90 have |
judge Gresham sworn in at once. while the |
swearing i'm of the other Cabinet officers I.
could go over another day
The haste concerning Judge Gresham |
was due to the fact that next in import |
ance to the Cabinet appointments are the
first class foreign MISSIONS which viii
probably be filed this week.
Private Secretary Thurber called at the
Arlington and informed Judge Gresham Of
his confirmation and of the Presidents de
sire to have him take the oath Of Office at
once
The Judge repaired to the State Depart
ment about 3 o'clock.
The officials had not expected him, and
there was considerable agitation over his
informal arrival, because this act upsets all
the ancient ceremony that was gone
through with ON the occasion of swearing
in a new Secretary
MIR. Gresham walked into the Secretary's
office. recently vacated by MIR. Foster and
temporarily occupied by Assistant Secre
tary Wharton
Assistant Secretary Adee happened to
be near and dropped in. But there was
not time for assembling the heads OF
bureaus and bringing forth the venerable
Bible and venerable swearer in.
"Oh. any ordinary Notary will do to ad-
minister the oath,' said Judge Gresham
"He is just ass fully qualified as amy other
officer
Col. Crook. one of the White House
executive staff, who happened to be present,
was notary public. so the ceremony pro
cagdei without any further tormaiity
| Judge Gresham raised his right hand and
repeated the oath after the notary public.
| IL was quite uudramatic. and the Judge
recitcd the words of the oath with the same
C0mpUsure that he would deliver a decision
| in an ordinary law case.
When the oath had been taken Judge
| Gresham now Secretary Gresham, smiled
| and accepted the proher of Mr. Wharton,
no longer Acting Secretary Wharton, TO
| take the large. easy leathern chair which
| Bayard. Blaine and Foster had used Mr..
| Wharton had already prepared the com
mission of Secretary Gresham. ii was
written on parchment and sealed with the
! Seal of State.
! After talking for ten minutes on various
| minor routine matters Of the Department
Ju ige Gresham withdrew and returned to
the Arlington.
According to custom, the Senate met
| We sterday to attend to the business which
always devolves upon it after the Inaugural
| tiOn of a new President, viz, to confirm
necessary nominations, and, in this case,
tolatify or reject the Hawaiian treaty.
When Nice-P President Stevenson made
his appearance in company with the Rev,
Mr. Butler chaplain of the Senate the
| spectators in the galleries could not re
% D. Il
broke into a round of hand Clapping. This
ceased only when the prayer began, and
was renewed when the Vice-Presidgut, at
the close Of prayer, took his place as presid-
ing officer.
When order was restored, Senators Black
burn Dem. Ny.) and Allison (Rep., Iu)
| reported that as the committee which had
been appointed to- wait upon the President
of the United States, they had performed
l that duty and had been requested by the
President to inform the Senate that he
would communicate Immediately in writ
ing,
Atuoon Major Prudcn the Presidents exc
cutiye clerk appeared upon the floor of the
Senate bearing the nominations Of the
officers of President Cleyeland's cabinet as
follows
Walter O. Gresham, Of Illinois, to be
Secretary of State.
John q. Carlisle, of Kentucky, to be Sec
retary of the Treasury.
Daniel S. Lamont, of New York, to b,
Secretary of War.
? Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, to bt
Attomey-G General.
Wilson S. Bisseu, of New York to b.
r Postmaster General.
J Hillary A Herbert, of Alabama, to I
! Secretary of the Navy.
Ioke Smith, of Georgia, to be Secretary
OF the Interior.
:. Julius Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, t,
p be Secretary of Agriculture.
After the journal of Saturdays session
! was read, Mr.. Pruden presented his mes
l SAGE, and on motion of Senator Harri
g Dem, Tenn the Senate went into eXecu
q tive session.
The doors had been closed about fftee
e minutes and then they were reopened, TIA
- Cabinet having been in the meantime VI
A animously confirmed.
Mr. Sherman (Rep., Ohio said that h
desired to introduce a joint resolution t
7 amend the constitution.
The Joint resolution was read. II pre-
4 poses that the terms of office of the Pres
= dent and President and of tn
] 54th Congress shall continue unit
8 noon of the 3Oth of April 1897; tina
y the Senators whose terms would eXpu
, on the 4th of March, 1897, shall continue j
Office until noon of the 3Oth Of April an
8 that time shall hereafter be substitute
for the 4th of March as the commencement
and termination of the official terms of tn
= President Vice-President, Senators an
9 ! Representatives of Congress.
e AiI Harris-Let the joint resolution
f lie on the table for the present.
The joint resolution was laid on tn
table: and then, at 12;35 the Senate az
Il jouned until Thursday next at noon.
First Assistant to Secretary Gresham.
q WASHINGTON, March Hon. Josia
y. Quincy, Of Massachusetts,, has been form
IL ally rendered the position Of Assistant Se
o retary of State by Secretary Gresham, an
!, has accepted. Mr.. Quincy is member
!, the National committee, and in the la
u campaign had charge OF the campaign Lite
allure. lie is a graduate of Harvard and