The record-union., 1896-12-10
Urging With Great Force the Appoint.
ment Of Henry G. Payne.
The Claims of the Pacific Slope Set
Forth, the Names rIentioned in
Connection With a Cabinet Place
Being Judge Waymire of Alameda,
EIWOod Cooper of Santa Barbara
and Ex-Supreme Court Justice j. J.
De Haven of San Francisco.

CANTON (O.), Dec. 9.-Cablnet
booms resounded throughout the day
at Canton. The claims of Harry c..
Payne were urged with a good deal Of
force. General Powell Clayton, who is
thought to be Cabinet possibility, had
a conference with the President-elect,
and Colonel Harrison Gray Otis Of Los
Angeles, Cal, talked about a Cabinet
position for representative of the Pa
cific slope States.
A delegation of three Wisconsin men,
ex-senator Sawyer Governor elect SEQ
field and ex-Congressman Stephenson,
called on Major Mckinley this after
noon and told him that the Republicans
of their State hoped he would appoint
Mr.. Payne to the Cabinet
Henry c.. Payne" said ex-senator
Sawyer, lis a practical, successful,
high-class man Of affairs, and a keen,
able political leader. He is in every
way fitted for Cabinet position, and
We feel that his appointment would be
good thing for the country and for
the party. The wing of the party in
Wisconsin which is not quite friendly
to him is neither potent nor important
at this time from any point of view"
Governor-elect Scofeld and Mr.
Stephenson We're equally earnest in
urging Mr.. Payne for recognition
General Powell Clayton of Arkansas
talked in private with Major Mckinley
| General Clayton secured the solid dele
cation from his State for Major Nc
kinley at st. Louis, and managed the
speakers bureau at the New York
headquarters Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee during the campaign.
Colonel Harrison Gray Otis of Cali
fornia called on Major Mckinley late
this evening concerning Cabinet pos
sibilities on the Pacific slope. He said:
"We would like to have the far Western
States represented in the Cabinet.
Judge Waymire of San Francisco has
hesn talked Of as Cabinet possibility
He is a good man and an excellent law
yer. Ellwood Cooper of Santa Barbara,
who is a scholarly man, a first-class
business man and a highly successful,
practical farmer, would make, I think,
an excellent Secretary of Agriculture.
One of the most available men in the
State is Judge J. J. De Haven of San
francisco. He Is a man of fine char
acter, and one of our foremost law
yers. He has been a successful Justice
on our Supreme bench, and is one of
the cleanest, ablest and most thorough
ly hgh-m1nded men in the West. He
Is Well known by Major Mckinley"
Mrs. Mckinley, accompanied by her
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Lafayette Mac
Williams of Chicago, will leave here to-
morrow night for a visit of several
days in Chicago at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. MacWilliams Major McKin-
ley Will remain in Canton.
The visit of Henry z. Cooper, Ha-
waiian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
ms Secretary, Benjamin Lodge Marx,
10 Major Mckinley naturally caused a
good deal Of commercial interest Min
lister Cooper called upon Major McKin-
ley this evening and was invited to a
private conference. Mr.. Cooper said
that there was no treaty of annexation
in process of negotiation at Washing
ton.
Major Mckinley did not Indicate to
the Minister what his views con-
corning the relations of the Hawaiian
ISLANDS to this country were The in
terVleW was a short one. but 1t was
long enough to raise a cloud of rumor
and gossip.
Among the other callers to-day were
Congressman J. T. McCleary of Mime
sofa, Judge Jacob r. Blair of Utah.
Webb Hayes of Cleveland, James Par
melee of New York and CAPTAIN A. l..
| Cope Of Columbus.